Title: Prison Reentry: A Social Work Perspective

Please note this webinar will be hosted by the NASW Rhode Island Chapter (CEUs approved by NASW-MA)

Description: This webinar will explore complex clinical, policy, advocacy, and ethical issues that arise when offenders reenter the community from prison. Dr. Frederic Reamer will highlight key challenges related to behavioral health, housing, employment, supervision, social support, and voting rights, among other issues. He will apply key social work and ethics concepts, and discuss their implications for practitioners who work with offenders in community-based and institutional settings.

Speaker: Frederic Reamer, Ph.D. 

Frederic Reamer, Ph.D. is professor in the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College. Dr. Reamer has spent many years as a social worker in federal and state prisons. He served on the State of Rhode Island Parole Board for 24 years. Dr. Reamer is the author of many books and other publications on the subjects of crime, parole, and professional ethics. He chaired the national task force that wrote the NASW Code of Ethics and served on the code revision task force.

Webinar Learning Objectives: 

• Identify clinical challenges associated with offender reentry following incarceration.

• Identify policy and advocacy challenges associated with offender reentry following incarceration.

• Apply key social work and ethics concepts.

• Implement strategies designed to enhance offender reentry.

This CE program is part of an NASW-RI webinar series called “Healing from Collective Trauma Series”.

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• Responding to the Third Wave of the Pandemic: Trauma and Addiction with Chris Dorval MSW, LICSW LCDP, LCDCS. (Friday, October 13, 2021) Register Here

• Prison Reentry: A Social Work Perspective with Frederic Reamer, Ph.D. (Friday, Nov 12, 2021) Register Here

• Self-Care is Healthcare: Building Resiliency for our VUCA World with Danielle M. Fagan, MSW, LICSW. (Friday, Jan 21, 2022) Register Here

This event is approved for 1.5 CEUs

This webinar will be hosted by NASW Rhode Island (CEUs approved by NASW-MA)

$15 for NASW members / $30 for non-members

$10 suggested donation for discussion with no CEUs