Current Workshops

Online Continuing Legal Education Workshops from NACLE

NACLE online workshops, which can be completed at your convenience, are for PEF and M/C attorneys who are interested in earning CLE credits. Hundreds of titles are available for registered participants to choose from. To ensure you see the full list of currently available courses, you may need to clear your cookie/cache history before you click this link: https://www.pswp.info/docs/naclepswpcourses.pdf.

Examples of available courses include: Ethics of Social Media: What Attorneys Need to Know (1.5 CLE Ethics Credits), Bias in the Legal Profession (1 CLE Diversity Credit), and Navigating Elder Law: Understanding Medicaid Eligibility (2 CLE General Credits). Affidavits are made available directly from NACLE upon request for credit and completion of the course. Upon completion of enrollment, participants will be provided with an instructional document and an email including course instructions and account details.

Knowledge Transfer (Online)

This course provides a general overview of knowledge transfer and management. Knowledge Management is a systematic method for finding, understanding, and using knowledge to achieve organizational objectives and improve agency and employee performance.

Professional Writing Mechanics (Online)

This course starts with the basics: parts of speech and parts of a sentence. In this online course, you will learn to recognize common grammatical errors, use standard punctuation, and proofread your work.

Dual-Diagnosed: Mental Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (with CE hours) – Virtual

This workshop is geared towards clinicians and counselors and will discuss the barriers those with intellectual/developmental disabilities may have when trying to obtain appropriate mental health services. Participants will learn tools and therapies to assist in identifying if a negative behavior is due to the disability or another underlying issue. (6 approved Licensed Master Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor continuing education contact hours)

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Affirming Mental Health Care (with CE hours) - Virtual

The workshop will focus on increasing participant knowledge and building capacity to understand diverse identities and experiences. Participants will learn common identity-related language. With a focus on adolescent or young adult identity development we will focus on the social and environmental experiences LGBTQAI+ adolescents face (i.e., navigating peer and family relationships, and socio-cultural-political messages, etc.) and the implications these experiences have on their health and wellbeing. Lastly we will look at professional organizations’ (i.e., NASW, APA) guidelines pertaining to the professional and ethical mandate to support and respect SOGI diversity. Section content will present and examine various components of offering affirming care to LGBTQAI+ adolescents. (3 approved Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Master Social Worker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and Psychologist continuing education hours)

The Adolescent in Therapy: Treating the "Age Between" (with CE hours) - Virtual

The teen years are a time of life marked by change. Complementing healthy adolescent development are influential factors that permeate both climate and culture. Social media, wide-scale intolerance, increased rates of anxiety and depression, COVID, and the list goes on. In this training, clinicians will explore the nuances of adolescent development, with particular focus on inter/intra-personal dynamics, therapeutic strategies, countertransference, and resiliency. 6 approved Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Licensed Master Social Worker continuing education hours.

Application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Groups in Short-Term Treatment Settings (with CE hours) - Virtual

This workshop will provide an overview of DBT and the application of DBT skills-based groups within short-term mental health treatment settings. The presenters will also provide an example of an adapted DBT skills-based group for a short-term treatment setting. The material presented is applicable to therapists in the mental health field, including clinical trainees, from psychology, social work, or mental health counseling. This presentation will be applicable to clinicians with varying levels of training and experience with DBT (3 approved Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Master Social Worker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and Psychologist continuing education hours)

Fundamentals of Business Analysis for the Engineering Professional - Virtual

This four-session (each 3 hours in length) virtual workshop on business analysis covers the process, questions, and techniques to efficiently extract expertise from Business Users required for engineering related projects. Topics include the role of business analysis and structured ways to define success, following change requests/projects through the entire SDLC, defining scope for new engineering projects, writing business cases, and providing results.

How to Build a High-Performance Team

This full day classroom workshop introduces participants to the team building process, development, the characteristics of effective team members, and methods for developing team leaders. The roles and responsibilities of diversified team members will be examined along with the characteristics of high performing work teams. By developing successful teams, participants will learn to increase productivity and positive communication.

Technical Writing for IT Professionals

This workshop will assist IT professionals in producing written material in the workplace for the non-technical internal and external audience. The workshop covers how to plan and organize IT related materials into emails, letters, memoranda, and other writing formats. Participants will review grammatical fundamentals and strategies for communicating technical content to non-technical readers. Participants will learn how to simply present complex technical information.

Workplace Conflict Resolution

This full day classroom workshop provides practical tools and techniques for conflict management and dispute resolution in the workplace. Topics include individual styles for resolving conflict and determining how differences impact communication. In this interactive workshop, participants will also learn the benefit of searching for root causes of potential conflict before jumping to negative conclusions about individual behavior of others.

Professional Writing: Mechanics

This full day (6 hours in length) workshop provides participants with a review of the mechanics of writing including word choice and sentence structure. The workshop includes a review of the parts of speech, phrases and clauses, and the use of modifiers. Participants will also review the rules of punctuation. Participants must complete the NYS GOER Writing Mechanics (Online) course component prior to attending the virtual portion of this workshop.