Please Note: Allegany College of MD in Cumberland will be joining this workshop live and invite interested attendees to watch live at 12401 Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD 21502! 

Presenter: Ashley McSwain, LMSW, MSOD
Owner, Consultants for Change
Synopsis: This 3-hour workshop is specifically designed for Social Workers seeking to rigorously align their practice with the highest standards of the NASW Code of Ethics. Moving beyond theoretical concepts, this training provides a practical framework for identifying, analyzing, and interrupting the implicit biases that can unknowingly compromise client assessment, service delivery, and professional integrity.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this workshop, attendees will be able to:
1. Identify the difference between explicit and implicit bias and explain how implicit associations are formed within the brain's cognitive schema.
2. Analyze the ethical and systemic impact of implicit bias on key social work domains, including client assessment, diagnosis, resource allocation, and supervision, referencing the NASW Code of Ethics.
3. Connect the concept of implicit bias directly to the ethical mandate of Use of Self in professional practice.
4. Develop and demonstrate at least three specific, real-time strategies to interrupt biased thinking and action in client-facing scenarios.
CE: 3 Category I  in Anti-Oppressive SW Practice/Implicit Bias
Cost: $50 for members; $75 for non-members; $30 for retired members; $20 for student members
Please Note: This workshop meets the BSWE Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice content requirement COMAR 10.42.06.03 A.(1)(d) and qualifies for 3 Category I continuing education units in Implicit Bias.
Please Note: This workshop meets the Maryland BSWE's requirement for Implicit Bias for first time license renewal.
 

• Ashley McSwain, LGSW, MSODBio
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Ashley McSwain, LGSW, MSOD Bio

Ashley is the Executive Director for Community Family Life Services, an organization serving women who are returning home following a period of incarceration, homeless and low income families and offers case management, release planning and navigation services. Ashley is also part-time faculty for Catholic University’s Graduate School of Social Work. Ashley is licensed to practice Social Work in Maryland and the District of Columbia and holds a Master of Social Work from Temple University, a Master of Organizational Development from American University and a bachelors in Criminal Justice from Temple University. Ashley has worked in the human services field for over twenty-five years and served six years as a probation officer in Philadelphia. Ashley is passionate and committed to representing the voice of those who feel voiceless and those living on the margins of society.

• Lisa D Fisher, M.Ed.,M.Div.,LCSW-C, Owner and PsychotherapistBio
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Lisa D Fisher, M.Ed.,M.Div.,LCSW-C, Owner and Psychotherapist Bio


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