Ethical Practice in a Diverse World: Cultivating Cultural Humility & Ethical Decision-Making

Date: Thursday, July 2, 2026

Time: 4:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. ET

Presenter: Jessica Fraser, PsyD
Founder, Dr. Fraser CEU Consulting

CEUs: 3 Category I Ethics

Cost: Non-Member: $75 | Member: $50 | Retired Member: $30 | Student Member: $20

Please Note: This workshop meets the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners' 3-hour Ethics requirement for license renewal.

Course Description

Social workers routinely encounter complex ethical situations that require balancing professional responsibilities, client needs, cultural considerations, and competing priorities. In an increasingly diverse world, ethical decision-making must be grounded in cultural humility, self-awareness, and a commitment to equitable and responsive practice.

Through case scenarios involving adolescents, marginalized families, and culturally complex clinical situations, participants will strengthen their ability to apply ethical decision-making frameworks in real-world practice settings. This interactive training incorporates case analysis, audience discussion, ethical problem-solving exercises, and practical application of both NASW ethical standards and Maryland regulatory requirements.

Participants will leave with concrete tools to navigate ethical dilemmas with greater confidence while integrating cultural humility into clinical judgment, treatment planning, and professional decision-making.

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Addressing Implicit Bias, Structural Racism, Microaggressions, and Macroaggressions Facing Black Social Workers

Presenter: Karessa Proctor, BSW, MSW

Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2026

Time: 12:00-1:00 PM ET
 

Workshop Description: This interactive 1-hour training explores the intersection of microaggressions, implicit bias, and structural racism as experienced by Black social workers across practice settings. Participants will examine how everyday interactions are often subtle and unintentional, reflecting broader systems of inequity embedded within social work institutions and professional culture.

Grounded in anti-oppressive and trauma-informed frameworks, this session integrates current research and practice-informed strategies to help participants recognize, interrupt, and respond to microaggressions at individual, organizational, and systemic levels. Emphasis will be placed on linking interpersonal bias to structural racism, ensuring alignment with new licensure requirements. Participants will leave with actionable tools to promote accountability, equity, and culturally responsive practice within their professional roles.

Learning Objectives

1. Define and differentiate microaggressions, implicit bias, and structural racism, and explain how they manifest in social work practice environments.

2. Analyze the impact of microaggressions on Black social workers’ well-being, professional advancement, and client outcomes using an anti-oppressive lens.

3. Identify and critically reflect on their own implicit biases and how these biases may contribute to perpetuating structural inequities in workplace interactions and decision-making.

4. Apply at least two strategies to interrupt microaggressions and address structural racism within their organizations, consistent with ethical and anti-oppressive social work practice.

CEUs: 1 Category 1 in Implicit Bias and/or Structural Racism

Note: This training meets one-time licensure requirements for Implicit Bias and the 2026 Structural Racism requirement and is designed as a live, interactive Category 1 continuing education experience aligned with Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice standards.

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The Dedicated & Committed: Introducing Identity Camaraderie to Recognize Burnout & Grief in Social Work Clients
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2026; 10:00 am - 1:15 pm
Presenter: Dr. Shanea Thomas, LICSW, CSE

Description: Though most people still feel the lingering effects of world events such as COVID-19 and the changes brought on by our current administration, which affect our ability to practice holistically, these unprecedented times are leaving practitioners and administrators feeling a bit weathered and professionally unstable. What happens when the issues you are experiencing personally align with the community that you directly work with? When you share an identity with a client or group, how can we be sure that there is a boundary between who we are and what they need? This workshop will examine the social changes that have significantly affected our ability to provide care in direct and administrative services, and how we use our identities, consciously or unconsciously, as they affect our ability to show up as our whole selves. This workshop is based on Dr. Thomas' research and knowledge of the lived experiences of those working within healthcare and service-oriented institutions, and is inspired by Freudenberger's (1986) community-oriented research on burnout. In this workshop, Dr. Thomas believes that without equipping organizations to address the emotional effects of trauma, grief, and loss in their work, shifting an institution's capacity without installing intentional care can just result in great workers leaving.  This presentation covers the concept of identity camaraderie to describe the nuanced experience of a relationship between direct service practitioners and their clients, an offering of an Organizational Risk Assessment to evaluate the level of burnout experienced by clinicians in practice, and finally, walking through the construction of a plan for practitioners to thrive in the new era of practice.

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Dismantling Structural Racism: Moving from Theory to Anti-Racist Practice

Date: Thursday, July 23, 2026

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET

Presenter: Ashley McSwain, LMSW, MSOD
Owner, Consultants for Change

CEUs: 3 Category I in Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice

Cost: Non-Member: $75 | Member: $50 | Retired Member: $30 | Student Member: $20

Please Note: This workshop meets the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners' Structural Racism requirement and fulfills the Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice content requirement under COMAR 10.42.06.03 A.(1)(d).

Course Description

Structural racism extends beyond individual prejudice and discriminatory behavior. It reflects the normalization of historical, cultural, and institutional systems that create advantages for some populations while producing cumulative and chronic disadvantages for historically marginalized communities. Understanding these systems is essential for social workers committed to advancing equity, social justice, and systemic change.

This interactive virtual training moves beyond discussions of interpersonal bias to examine the interconnected systems—including housing, education, healthcare, and criminal justice—that perpetuate racial inequities. Grounded in critical race theory and systems thinking, participants will explore how historical policies and practices continue to shape present-day institutions and outcomes.

Attendees will develop structural competency skills that can be applied within organizations and communities to identify inequitable policies, challenge systemic barriers, and implement sustainable anti-racist change. Emphasis will be placed on practical strategies for advancing equity at the mezzo and macro levels of social work practice.

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