National
Association of Social Workers, Hawaii Chapter
and
HIV/AIDS
Spectrum: Mental Health Training and Education of Social Workers Project
presents
Untangling the Issues:
Mental Health and Substance Abuse in HIV Care
By
Evelyn
Tomaszewski, MSW
Susan Gallego, LMSW-ACP
September 29, 2005
9:00
am – 12:30 pm
(1010 Pensacola Street)
Description
of the workshop: The overall goal of the workshop is to
increase the practitioner’s ability to more effectively sever clients dually
affected by HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. Participants will build knowledge and
skills in their ability to:
1) Demonstrate mastery of skills for developing
culturally competent helping relationships
2) List five key assessment questions for alcohol and
other drug using clients
3) Identify links between mental health or AOD problems
and HIV risk-taking and strategies for risk reduction counseling
4) Demonstrate appropriate interventions using the Stages
of Change model of health behavior change
5) Name key components in effective collaboration and
steps for successful referral linkages
Evelyn Tomaszewski, MSW, ACSW, is the Project Director of
the NASW HIV/AIDS Spectrum: Mental Health Training and Education of Social
Workers Project responsible for providing training, education, and technical
assistance to social workers and allied health and mental health care providers
nationwide. She has over two decades of
social work experience as a counselor, community organizer, trainer, and grants
manager. She has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and training
curricula, and her recent publications include curricula for the HIV/AIDS
Spectrum Project. She has a BSW and MSW
from West Virginia University and a Graduate Certificate in Procurement and
Contracts Management from the University of Virginia.
Susan M. Gallego, LMSW-ACP, is
currently Director of Client Services, San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Previously she served as Health Research
Specialist, Interfaith Care Alliance, a CDC funded initiative in Austin Texas,
and Director of Client Services with AIDS Services of Austin. Ms. Gallego is a Certified Master Trainer
for the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and an adjunct faculty member
at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work and Southwest Texas
State University School of Social Work.
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“Untangling the Issues”
September
29, 2005
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