Welcome to the 2025 Virtual Summit!
Thank you for joining us. To access a session, simply click the “Click to Join” button below when it’s time.
All sessions are LIVE ONLY—recordings will not be available. For details on earning CE credits, please review the information provided below. If you have questions, please email amy@swhpn.org.
Session 1: Cultivating Prognostic Awareness: Top of the License Practice or Not in Our Job Description?
Presented by Arden O'Donnell, PhD, MPH, LICSW, APHSW-C
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MT | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET | 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM AKT | 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM HST
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Time: 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM PT | 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM MT | 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT | 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET | 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM AKT | 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM HST
Session 2: Psychosocial Impacts of Immigration – Patient and Clinician Perspectives
Presented by Maria Fernanda Amado Cordova, LMSW and Leora Botnick, MSW, LCSW
Facilitated by Nina Laing, LICSW, APHSW-C, HEC-C
Time: 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM PT | 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM MT | 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM CT | 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM ET | 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM AKT | 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM HST
Session 3: Supporting Patients Affected by Immigration Concerns In and Out of the Hospital
Presented by Mark G. Kuczewski, PhD, HEC-C
Time: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM PT | 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM MT | 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT | 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM ET | 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM AKT | 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM HST
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Time: 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PT | 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM MT | 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT | 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM ET | 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM AKT | 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM HST
Session 4: Empowering Immigrant Communities
Presented by Caitlin Bellis, JD
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT | 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AKT | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM HST
Continuing Education Information
Thank you for your attendance!
To receive CE credits, you must join each session live and ensure your Zoom display name matches the name used during registration.
The Summit offers up to 4 CE credits—one per session. You’ll earn credit for every session you attend live. Evaluations will be sent within 7 days to your email provided at registration for each session you attend. Evaluations must be completed to receive your continuing education certificate.
For CE credit, you must be logged in individually.
Social Work Hospice + Palliative Care Network (SWHPN), #1716, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Social Work Hospice + Palliative Care Network aka SWHPN maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 7/18/2023 – 7/18/2026. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Social workers participating in this webinar can receive up to 4 (four) continuing education clock hours for attending this virtual event live.
Session 1 Learning Objectives
Title: Cultivating Prognostic Awareness: Top of the License Practice or Not in Our Job Description?
Presented by Arden O'Donnell, PhD, MPH, LICSW, APHSW-C
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This session equips social workers with practical strategies to effectively cultivate prognostic awareness.
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This session empowers social workers to provide holistic support aligned with individual values.
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Help social workers in helping patients and families fully comprehend the implications, navigate complex emotions arising from the diagnosis, and ensure culturally sensitive patient centered communication.
Session 2 Learning Objectives
Title: Psychosocial Impacts of Immigration – Patient and Clinician Perspectives
Presented by: Maria Fernanda Amado Cordova, LMSW and Leora Botnick, MSW, LCSW
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Recognize how immigration status and laws affect the well-being of individuals, families, communities, and colleagues.
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Assess the psychological and social impacts of immigration challenges and identify appropriate social work interventions.
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Incorporate awareness of immigration-related barriers, institutional factors, and relevant policies into treatment and intervention planning for persons with serious illness and in supporting colleagues affected by immigration issues.
Session 3 Learning Objectives
Title: Supporting Patients Affected by Immigration Concerns In and Out of the Hospital
Presented by Mark G. Kuczewski, PhD, HEC-C
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Identify the values that guide health-care providers in addressing the concerns of patients who are members of marginalized populations
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Analyze the barriers to effective care of patients who are immigrants.
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Develop strategies to empower these patients.
Session 4 Learning Objectives
Title: Empowering Immigrant Communities
Presented by Caitlin Bellis, JD
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Understand Fourth Amendment protections in homes, workplaces (or churches, schools, hospitals, etc.), in cars, and on the street.
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Understand Fifth Amendment protections and how invoking them may be more complicated in an era of expanded expedited removal.
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Understand expedited removal, mandatory detention, and recent policy & legal changes related to both.
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