Poster Presentations - Ontario Association of Social Workers

Résilience et renouvellement :
Resilience & Renewal:
Visualiser l’avenir du travail social
Envisioning the Future of
sur les plans de la pratique,
Social Work Practice,
Research and Education de la recherche et de l’enseignement
les 14 et 15 novembre 2014
November 14-15, 2014
Poster Presentations / Présentations par affiche
Social Work Provincial Conference 2014 /
Conférence provinciale du travail social 2014
What does "renewal"
actually mean
in the context of
bereaved parents?
Dr. Kimberly A. Calderwood
&
Amy M. Alberton, MSW Candidate
An ACT of Resilience:
TowelTalk - a brief therapeutic
counselling intervention for gay
and bisexual bathhouse patrons
Bradley Garrison, MEd, CCC
Bathhouse Counsellor
Constantine Cabarios, MSW, RSW
Bathhouse Counsellor/Program Coordinator
OASW Nov. 14-15 2014
Importance
to
Social
Work?
Relationships
Anxiety/stress
Guilt/shame
Loneliness/isolation
HIV/STI transmission
Bathhouse
experience
OASW Nov. 14-15 2014
Creating Space for Intimacy
Megan Cameron, BA CYC, (CYC cert.), MSW RSW
Andrea Porter, BA, BSW, RSW
Dr. Phil Klassen, MD, FRCPC
Resilience and Renewal
In May 2013,Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences developed a
consensual sexual behaviour policy, provided education for staff about
discussing sexuality in a meaningful way and opened an accessible space
for patients to access for sexual expression.
The goal of this initiative is to recognize that intimacy and sexual expression
is a natural part of one’s life and reduces the barriers that institutions create
allowing individuals to fulfill this aspect of their life.
(Lanark, Leeds & Grenville, 2007).
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“The greatest and most healing service that can be offered to people
with psychiatric disabilities is to treat them with respect and honor
them as human beings. This means honoring us in our full humanity,
including our sexuality and our desire to love and be loved.”~
Deegan, 2001
Characteristics of Resilience in
Families Who Have Members
with an Intellectual Disability
Poster presents findings from 3 studies:
Parents of young children with ID
Parents of adult children with ID
Siblings of persons with autism
James P. Coyle, PhD, RSW & Irene Carter, PhD
University of Windsor School of Social Work
What influences resilience in these
families?
Research suggests importance of
• Ability to see the positive
• Close family relationships
• Accessible resources outside the family
• Support from extended family, friends, selfhelp groups
• Acknowledgement of life-span issues
Findings guide effective social work
intervention
Fostering Resilience While Raising a
Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder:
Caregiver Relationships and
Supports
Stephanie J. Cragg, MSW, Research Associate, University of
Windsor
Debra M. Hernandez Jozefowicz, PhD, Assistant Professor and
Coordinator of Disability Studies, University of Windsor
Melissa Parent, BA Disability Studies, Research Assistant, University
of Windsor
• This research examined ways in which resilience of caregivers of
children diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can be
enhanced through various interpersonal relationships and supports.
• Five families (2 parent N=3; single parent=2) participated in in-depth
interviews regarding their experiences and the supports they
received (caregivers N=7; individuals diagnosed with ASD=5;
siblings=4).
• Data obtained from the interviews reveal that caregivers experience
many challenges to promoting and supporting resilience in their
children with ASD as they transition to adulthood.
– Lack of supports and funding
– Male caregivers expressed hesitation towards participating in support groups
• Social workers can assist caregivers and promote resilience through
such initiatives as forming support groups and disseminating and
promoting relevant resources
How words and art can transform a
person’s narrative towards resilience
and healing
Dima Dupéré, MSW, RSW
Ottawa, Ontario
Not all clients can share easily due to factors such as
fear, communication issues, culture or trauma.
A Study on the Prevalence of
Potentially Traumatic Life Events and
Post-Trauma Symptoms in an Inpatient
Population of Forensic Patients
Suraya Faziluddin MSW RSW
Colleen Kelly MSW RSW – Discipline Chief
+ Why this matters for Social Work…
Little current research exists – the study examines the
interaction between intrapersonal experience, social
context, and life events, in a socially marginalized
population
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Potential to inform assessment and treatment processes
The research team is Inter-Professional and provides
opportunities for students to learn about clinical research
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Potential, with further study, to explore the impact not
only of single-event traumatic experiences, but also the
implications of repeated exposures in this population
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Potential to inform the training and support needs of
Forensic Mental Health staff, to build their capacity and
resilience
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Uncovering Resilience Through the
Use of Metaphor in a Mindful
Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy Group
Intervention: Mindful Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy Group
Duration: 10 consecutive weeks (2.5 hours per week)
Focus: Skills development in mindfulness meditation and cognitivebehaviour therapy
Purpose: Increase ability to cope and manage anxiety, mood related
symptoms, and general stress.
Poster Presentation
Pre-Post Qualitative Measure
Using client’s metaphor by complete the phrase – “My Life is Like..”
Well suited in assessing outcomes related to mindfulness skills
How This is Important to Social Work
By accessing the client’s voice, metaphor can harness the reflective
capacity of individuals to describe their lived experience and act as an
effective qualitative evaluation tool.
A Social Work Led Critical
Incident Debriefing Team
Supporting Resilience In Our
Health Care Colleagues
Michele Holwell MSW RSW
Noreen English MSW RSW
What is this?
why is it important To Social Work?
A critical incident debriefing is a form of crisis intervention offered
through facilitated and structured group discussion based on
the Critical Incident Stress Management model.
When a critical incident has occurred at our hospital, we may be
called upon to provide a debriefing. Our goal is to help mitigate
the impact of the critical incident, prevent distress from
worsening, restore functioning and enhance group cohesion
amongst the health care team.
Hospital social workers are respected health care peers who are
trained in group therapy, intervention and facilitation. We also
have an understanding of the culture and context of the hospital
environment.
Who’s Driving Your Life?? by Krista Kleinwort 2014
Youth experiencing homelessness are
but what are we as Social Workers doing to help them
Who’s Driving Your Life?? is a six week,
psychoeducational group designed for youth
experiencing homelessness. The group gives youth:
- practical information
-hope & validation
-skills to plan for a future
by Krista Kleinwort 2014
Transitions Through Stories:
Reducing social isolation by
building resilience in older adults
Nadia Landry MSW, RSW
Laura McCran-McDermott MSW, RSW
Upper Grand Family Health Team
Transitions Through Stories is a unique group offered within a
Family Health Team, and designed to target isolated older
adults who are at risk of isolation and depression in a rural
area.
There was an 80% decrease in participants' perception that
they felt isolated from others after attending the group.
“My goal is to get out, I realize what I miss out on by not
getting out. I realized this through this group. It made a
difference for me.“ (Participant 2014)
Importance to Social Workers
Social work values and skills place workers in a key role to
address isolation and depression among seniors. The
"Transitions Through Stories" group is a useful tool that can be
used by other social workers to reduce social isolation and
increase resilience in older adults.
A Pilot Study Exploring the Feasibility,
Suitability, and Benefits of an Arts-Based
Mindfulness Group Program for
Improving Mood in Adults Seeking Mental
Health Services
Diana Coholic Ph.D. RSW and Heather McAlister BSW
Laurentian University in collaboration with the Sudbury Mental Health
and Addictions Program (Health Sciences North)
• Our research is innovative within the field of mindfulness-based
interventions.
• Facilitates mindfulness using arts-based methods which engage
people in an enjoyable process through which they learn
important skills and abilities.
• Social work needs effective strengths-based interventions that are
engaging, meaningful and relevant to assist people to develop to
their full potential.
• Creativity and fun bring depth to our work and can help to sustain
us.
“Thought Jar” Activity
A Meta-Ethnographic View of the Pathways
to Positive Couple Relationships for Parents of
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Rae Morris, MSW, RSW
Michael Saini, PhD, RSW
Kevin Stoddart, PhD, RSW
Barbara Muskat, PhD, RSW
Deborah Barrett, PhD
Margaret Gibson, MSW, RSW
David Nicholas, PhD
Glenn Rampton, CD, PhD, C.Psych
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, MD, PhD
A Meta-Ethnographic View of the Pathways to Positive
Couple Relationships for Parents of Children with
Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Key relational themes across 3 phases:
– Diagnosis
– Service Planning
– Maintenance
• How is this important to social work?
– Inform and enhance social work practice with parents of children with ASD
– Provides a deeper understanding of co-parenting relationships among
parents of children with ASD
– Provides insight about how to enhance cohesion and relationship resilience
Contact
Rae Morris
Individual, Couple, and Family Therapist
The Redpath Centre
rae.m.morris@gmail.com
Social Worker Perceptions of Family Needs and the
Role of Social Work with Children with Autism Spectrum
Disorder
and Their Families in Pediatric Settings
Rae Morris, MSW, RSW
&
Dr. Barbara Muskat, PhD, RSW
Social Worker Perceptions of Family Needs and the Role of Social Work
with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Families in
Pediatric Settings
Rae Morris, MSW, RSW & Dr. Barbara Muskat, PhD, RSW
• Social work practice with children with ASD and their families in the hospital
Challenges
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No training in school or since
Lack of clarity of social work
role
Can be a challenging
population to work with
Can be a time drain
Lack of knowledge of services
Can bring out uncertainty and
doubt regarding role
Benefits
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Promoters of family-centered
care and family expertise
Provide support to families (to
help enhance resilience)
Help child communicate
Advocacy for hospital
accommodations
Service navigation
Consultation with other
experts
• How is this important to social work?
• Inform the future of pediatric social work practice with children with ASD and their families
• Augment awareness of the resilience of social workers and role as key contributors to child- and
family-centered care for children with ASD and their families
Contact:
Rae Morris; Individual, Couple, and Family Therapist; The Redpath Centre ~ rae.morris@redpathcentre.ca, 416-920-4999
ext 4112
YOGA FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIET Y
Group Description, Group Evaluation:
Implications for Resourcefulness & Resilience
Yoga Pilot Study:
• A Six Week Yoga Group as
an Adjunct Therapy for
Women Struggling with
Anxiety & Depression
• Offered in the Community
Mental Health Program at
Toronto Western Hospital
University Health Network
Janet Lewis, BSW, RSW, RYT,
Social Work Clinician,
Registered Yoga Teacher
Tamara Perger, MSW , RSW,
RYT,
Social Work Clinician,
Registered Yoga Teacher
YOGA FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIET Y
The Yoga Group Ex p e rie nce
Implications for
Social Work:
 A non-medical approach
 Suggests there is a need
for mindful, movementbased groups
CENTERING
CHECK OUT:
GROUP
SHARING
CHECK IN:
GROUP
SHARING
GUIDED
RELAXATION
PSYCHOEDUCATION
 Promotes mind-body skill
building and self
empowerment
 Offers experiential
interventions (eg. breath
awareness, centering,
grounding,) to help
manage anxiety and
depression
 Opportunities for women
to care for themselves in
new and creative ways
 Shows promise for
crossing language barriers
MINDFUL
MOVEMENT
BREATHING
TECHNIQUES
 This pilot study validates
the need for an
experiential yoga group
and points to the
importance of conducting
further research
I Keep Shining: Looking at Resilience Through
the Voices of Healthcare Providers in the Field
of Palliative Care
Nadine Persaud BSW, MSW, RSW
Director of Client Services
Kensington Health Centre
Purpose
Research Question
The purpose of this qualitative exploratory
“What are the experiences of healthcare
research study was to provide an in-depth
providers in the field of palliative care
exploration of resilience in the field of
who care for clients that are dying and
palliative care.
how do they understand resilience?”
Key Themes of Study
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The impact of the first death - a shift
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This study flagged the lack of social
from blame to purpose driven
workers in the field of palliative care
resilience
as well as the need for more education
The meaning of resilience – a trait and
and awareness.
process definition,
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Importance to Social Work
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The results of this study can be used as
Maintaining resilience (Self-care,
a personal and professional toll for
Spirituality and the importance of an
Social Workers working in the field of
interdisciplinary)
palliative care and other fields as well.
Good death.
Social Work's Unique
Capacity: Addressing Needs
And Improving Resilience In
Individuals With Sickle Cell
Disease
Fatiha Rochelle MSW RSW
Hemoglobinopathy Clinic
Sickle Cell Disease: Physical and cognitive complications
Social Determinants of Health: A starting point
Resilience: Predicted & impacted by social determinants
Interventions: Clinical as well as Advocacy work
Social Work's Unique Capacity: Connecting the dots
Supported Self-Management:
Highlighting a Best Practice in
Chronic Disease Management
Candace Roker, BSW, MSW, MA, RSW
Social Worker/Education Coordinator
Centre for Complex Diabetes Care, The Scarborough Hospital
Implications for
Social Work
This poster will
examine the
unique role
Social Workers
can play in
building capacity
with both
patients and
teams to
encourage selfmanagement of
chronic illness
care
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Impact of Chronic Illness
Importance of Self-Management
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Worldwide, chronic
diseases have overtaken
infectious diseases as
the leading cause of
death and disability.
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Patient self-management
is well documented as a
best practice in chronic
disease management.
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Three out of five
Canadians over the age
of twenty live with a
chronic disease, and
four out of five are at
risk.
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When patients are
encouraged to be more
active participants and
partners in care delivery,
they are more likely to
engage in health
promoting behavior.
Educating the family shapes
stronger advocates for effective
treatment towards recovery from
mental illness
Understanding
the illnesses
Navigating the
healthcare system
CASUALTIES CAN BE REDUCED
The education of family and friends reduces
relapse by 50%. An uneducated family does
more harm than good.
Among caregivers in the workplace, 27% lost
income and 29% incurred major financial costs
related to caring for a family member, 77% are
women and more likely to miss work or quit their
jobs to fulfill their caregiving responsibilities.
Inadequate recognition and support for
caregivers generates significant emotional,
physical, financial and social burdens. These
situations create chronic stress for family
caregivers, who often become “collateral
casualties” of mental illness.
Failure to recognize, acknowledge and
support family caregivers compromises their
health and quality of life, reduces the efficacy
of the help they can provide to their relatives
and increases the costs to our health and
social service systems.
Our Delivery Model
Family Groups
• 4 or 12 weekly sessions
• 18 different groups each
year
• Available in 5 cities
throughout Niagara
• Facilitators are registered
mental health
professionals that are also
family members
• Free of charge – voluntary
donations accepted
Alumni and Public
Education Events
• Larger venue
• Discussion panels and
expert speakers
• Several times each year
Fostering Resilience and Professional Identity in Social Work
through Field Education
Jared Dalton MSW RSW, Janet Adamson MSW RSW
& Asha Rawal MSW RSW
LHSC Student Education Program
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Social Work Observation
Interprofessional Education
Peer Consultation
Onsite Professional Development
How is this important to social
work?
•Social workers have the opportunity to facilitate groups
for youth to learn new information, practice new skills and
develop tools to sustain themselves in challenging
situations
•Often youth have been sheltered from difficult situations
in the belief that they need to be protected or are too
fragile to cope with disappointment, hurt, rejection, failure.
This removes the opportunity for youth to learn valuable
life lessons
•Our profession is well placed to work with both caregivers
and youth to explore the range of life experiences that we
may face and promote the skills of persistence,
preservation, stick to it-ness, grit, self-determination, etc.
Interesting Facts:
•Notice the person who is the trunk, the
roots, the underlying message, “No one
like me”
•Poster was designed by our Native
Liaison staff- role of the tree in the First
Nations culture
•Need to have roots to support
ourselves
•The Thrive program at Sarnia Lambton
Rebound is a group for youth in the
transitional years from elementary to
high school. The intention is to create
confidence and courage in youth 12-14
years to face situations of adversity and
also every day challenges
MANDATORY
REPORTING OF CHILD
MALTREATMENT AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE
THERAPEUTIC
ALLIANCE:
PERSPECTIVES OF
SOCIAL WORKERS
Lea Tufford,
PhD.
School of
Social Work,
Laurentian
University
HOW IS THIS IMPORTANT TO SOCIAL WORK?
 Social work clinicians could benefit from the
opportunity to reflect on their decision-making
processes in reporting a case of suspected child
maltreatment
 Social work clinicians can prepare themselves with
a range of alliance repair strategies (engagement,
reporting, information, affect regulation, advocacy,
and resource strategies) both prior to and following
a report of suspected child maltreatment to the
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Promoting resilience and capacity building:
An inter-organizational person centred approach
to meet the needs of community dwelling older
adults with dementia and their caregivers
Jayasudha Vavilla MA, RSW, M.Phil , Social Worker, Alzheimer Society of Toronto
Mohammed Patel Manager, Adult Day Program, St. Clair West Services for Seniors
Natalie Warrick MSc, Project Coordinator, Alzheimer Society of Toronto
www.alzheimertoronto.org
Importance to Social Work
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Inter-organizational collaboration
provided a unique opportunity to
individualize approaches to the delivery
of dementia specific services.
An expansive range of ongoing services
driven by clients were provided including:
 One on one counselling
 Family caregiver education
 Support groups
 Creative therapies
These promote resilience, renewal, stress
reduction and prevention of burnout.
Results
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Educational and creative therapy workshops
were delivered to over 80 caregivers.
Caregivers reported :
 Increased confidence, knowledge and
awareness of the progression of the
disease.
 Need for more workshops
Support group participants were surveyed at
weeks 1 and 4.
Support Group Survey Results
"Good"
"Excellent"
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Pre
60%
40%
Post
33%
67%
One on one counselling equipped caregivers
and persons with dementia with improved
coping skills.
www.alzheimertoronto.org
Visits to Posters
Location: Mountbatten Room A
Friday: 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
& 4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
www.alzheimertoronto.org