“Bouncing Forward in a New World; Finding Hope in Resiliency”

Date/Time: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 - 7:45 AM to 6:00 PM

Continuing Education: Total of 9.0 hours of CEU credit for those participating in-person, 7.0 hours total for virtual attendance (approved and sponsored by UTAHSWA, Utah Social Work Association, www.utahswa.org).

UTAHSWA Current Members: (in-person, 9.0 CE hours or Virtual, 7.0 CE hours) - $100

NON-MEMBER RATE: (in-person, 9.0 CE hours or Virtual, 7.0 CE hours) - $150

General Public (No CEUs): $65

STUDENTS (active MSW or BSW): $10

The Utah Social Work Association Board has compiled a stellar line-up of speakers to address various topics pertinent to this theme as we all continue to learn, grow, and adjust to this new Social Work field in today's world.

There will be community vendors this year, there will be breakout rooms with a certain amount of vendors in each room and those that are in-person will have education and learning opportunities to interact and visit the booths for CE credit.  

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Dr. Gregory A. Hudnall is a former high school principal and associate superintendent with the Provo City School District. He has been involved with suicide prevention for the past 25 years. Dr. Hudnall is the founder of Hope4Utah, a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. His school-based peer-to-peer suicide prevention program, Hope Squad, has been responsible for over 5,000 students referred for help and over 1,000 hospitalized. The Hope Squad program is now in over 1,000 schools in the U.S. and Canada.

For over 15 years, Dr. Hudnall has led a state-wide volunteer suicide crisis team that has responded to over 54 youth suicides. Dr. Hudnall has presented at over 100 national and state conferences on suicide, bullying, connectedness, community collaboration, and making schools a safe place for students.

Dr. Hudnall was invited to testify before the United States Surgeon General on suicide in Utah. He has presented to the U.S. Department of Health and at the national conferences of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Association of Suicidology. Dr. Hudnall was also invited to participate in a webinar on African Americans and suicide by the White House. He has trained over 50,000 in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. He has presented across the United States and three countries on suicide prevention, including to the Minister of Education for Madrid, Spain.

Dr. Hudnall is considered one of the leading experts in community- and school-based suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. He lives by the mantra, “While it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an entire community to save one.”

Brian Miller, Ph.D. provides training and consultation on topics of secondary trauma, trauma informed supervision, and implementation processes nationally and internationally. His book, Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress: Skills for Sustaining a Career in the Helping Professions was released in July of 2021.

Dr. Miller’s experience includes tenure as Director of Children’s Behavioral Health at Primary Children’s Hospital, Director of Mental Health Services for Salt Lake County; Director of the Trauma Program for Families with Young Children at The Children’s Center in Salt Lake City; Clinical Director of Davis Behavioral Health, Associate Director of the Utah State Division of Mental Health; and as a psychotherapist in private practice. He holds a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was a Mandel Leadership Fellow. He is the past board president for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Utah Chapter, and serves on the editorial review boards for the journals Traumatology and Contemporary Psychotherapy and the Secondary Traumatic Stress Consortium. He serves on the Governor’s Commission on Education and Mental Health and is a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Dr. Susan R. Madsen is considered one of the top global scholars and thought leaders on the topic of women’s leadership, has authored or edited eight books, and has published hundreds of articles, chapters, and reports. Her research has been cited in the U.S. News and World Report, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Parenting Magazine, Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Washington Post. She is also a regular contributor to Forbes and other local and state newspapers. Professor Madsen is the Karen Haight Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and serves on many nonprofit and community boards. She is also the Founding Director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project, and her passion is to strengthen the impact of girls and women in Utah and worldwide.

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