WISR SEMINARSþÿýTü DECEMBER, 2005

I. INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR

Practice in Action Research About Social Change  Thursday, December 15, 6:30-8:30pm

Marilyn Jackson, Ph.D. and Vera Labat, MPH, WISR Faculty Facilitators. Continuing our discussion on social change, participants are invited to conduct brief, informal interviews with one or two or up to five people, asking them for examples of positive social change.  Ask them for specific examples of a social action or change they consider "promising." They may come up with historical examples but ask them for at least one contemporary example.  If you like, call Dr. John Bilorusky at WISR for suggestions of other students, faculty, alumni, etc., to interview.  If you would like to participate but can’t make it or live out of town, you can email or mail the results of your research to WISR for our discussion and possibly website posting later.

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                        II. MARRIAGE  FAMILY THERAPY (MFT) SEMINARS

These seminars, though designed for students pursuing an MFT license, are open to all students.

MFT Faculty request that nonstudents planning to attend MFT seminars let them know in advance.

Child & Teen Therapy VI                                              Saturday, December 10, 10:00am-3:00pm

Ronald Mah, MA, MFT, WISR Faculty. The seminar continues examining the underlying cross-cultural and development principles of the therapeutic and life games, manipulations, and seductions practiced by adolescents (with themselves, with their peers, and with adults).  This will allow clinicians to successfully meet the demands of the adolescent inter-relational "game."  Clinicians will be guided in how to validate the existential world of the teen by "playing" the game successfully (gaining respect and credibility versus losing the same), and then promoting therapeutic change leading to behavior, attitude, and value development. (Ronald Mah’s next seminar will be 1/14/06, 10am-1pm.)

Treatment Planning and Case Management, I             Saturday, December 17, 10:00am-1:00pm

Michael McGlathery, MA, MFT, WISR Faculty. After a recent occupational survey done by CAMFT and AAMFT nationally, it was discovered that more and more MFTs are working in the public and non-profit sectors as opposed to private practice. AAMFT responded and has listed Treatment Planning and Case Management as Core competencies of MFTs. We will use what you have learned in MFT seminars at WISR to tie in this important survey. (Michael McGlathery’s next seminar will be 1/21/06, 10am-3pm..)

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III. ANNOUNCEMENTS I

J Reminder: If you have not yet done so, students, alumni, faculty, board and friends of the WISR community, please forward our e-mail introduction to WISR (found at http://www.wisr.edu/help/introducingwisr.htm) to others who may be interested in enrolling or may know someone else who is.  This is a low-cost way to promote WISR and increase enrollment without spending student tuition money on expensive ads. We are also looking for like-minded organizations to exchange website links with, so let us know if you have any ideas. Thanks! B

_fProspective students and others wishing to learn more about WISR are invited to attend WISR seminars.

WISR is on Sacramento at Harmon Street, one block north of Alcatraz.. Email: mail@wisr.edu.