Professional Development Registration
One of our member benefits includes access to previous professional development webinars from this year's series. Click here to visit our member InfoHub!
2025 Professional Development Webinar Series:
- 01/28/2025: "Cultural Humility to Cultural Reverence: An Overview"
- 02/25/2025: "Healing-Focused Care: Integrating Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed Care + Cultural Humility"
- 03/12/2025: "Navigating New Beginnings: Supporting Unaccompanied Children in Their Resettlement Journey: An introduction for Human Service Providers"
- 04/15/2025: "Empowering Voices: Survivor-Led Advocacy in Social Change Practice"
- 05/12/2025: "Behavioral Health Consideration when working with Individuals and Families during Pregnancy and Postpartum"
- 06/02/2025: "Supporting Families through Pregnancy and Infant Loss"
- 07/09/2025: "Moving Beyond Performance: Assessing your Organizational Landscape in Anti-Racist Work"
- 08/06/2025: "Bringing AI into the classroom: Real-World Tips and Tools for Preparing Undergraduate Human Services Students"
- 09/23/2025: "'Do I really want to tell you?': A CASE Approach to Uncovering Suicidal Ideation"
- 10/17/2025: "Expanding Caring Frameworks, A Critical Cariño Toolkit: Improving Practices when working with Latine Students and Communities"
- 11/25/2025: "From Comradery and Purpose to Questions and Uncertainty: Supporting Positive Veterans Reintegration"
- 12/08/2025: "Transformative Outdoor Programming for Youth and Youth Workers Situated in a State Child Welfare Agency"
Empowering Voices: Survivor-Led Advocacy in Social Change Practice
April 15, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. EST
Presenters:
Desiree Demos, Executive Director of EVA Center Boston and Tempe Staples, MHS Research and Evaluation Coordinator, Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health and Human Services at Assumption University
Description: This workshop aims to provide human services practitioners, professionals, educators and students with a deep understanding of survivor-led advocacy, an approach that centers the voices and lived experiences of survivors of trauma, abuse, and systemic injustice. The goal is to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and frameworks necessary to incorporate survivor-led perspectives into their future professional practice, while fostering respect, empowerment, and ethical collaboration.
Individual Registration Fee:
- 1 person only
- NOHS Member Fee: $0.00 | Non-Member Fee: $25.00
Organizational Group Registration Fee:
- Unlimited attendees
- Fee: $50.00
Behavioral Health Consideration when working with Individuals and Families during Pregnancy and Postpartum
May 15, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. EST
Presenter:
Caroline Flowers, LMHC, PMH-C, MaCCS
Description: This workshop is designed for human service workers and clinical professionals seeking to improve their skills in supporting individuals and families during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Participants will gain practical insights and tools to better serve this population.
Key Focus Areas: Symptom Recognition: Learn to identify key symptoms and behaviors that may indicate perinatal mental health concerns. Assessment and Referral: Understand the next steps in assessing clients and making appropriate referrals. Cultural Competence: Explore cultural considerations in perinatal care to provide more inclusive and effective support. Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Examine examples of successful multi-disciplinary interactions in perinatal care. Client Perspectives: Gain insights through point-of-view statements from perinatal clients. Practical Application: Analyze a detailed case review to apply learned concepts.
Individual Registration Fee:
- 1 person only
- NOHS Member Fee: $0.00 | Non-Member Fee: $25.00
Organizational Group Registration Fee:
- Unlimited attendees
- Fee: $50.00
Supporting Families through Pregnancy and Infant Loss
June 2, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. EST
Presenter:
Carol McMurrich, Director, Empty Arms Bereavement Support
Description: Pregnancy and infant loss, though it impacts as many as one-quarter of all pregnancies, is scarcely mentioned in reproductive conversations. Its elusive nature combined with a societal discomfort with grief as a process makes the experience extremely difficult for those going through it. Professionals themselves are often unsure how to support these families. This workshop will offer a brief overview of the typical experience and presentation of bereaved parents and offer some precise tools for how to support them.
Individual Registration Fee:
- 1 person only
- NOHS Member Fee: $0.00 | Non-Member Fee: $25.00
Organizational Group Registration Fee:
- Unlimited attendees
- Fee: $50.00