Continuing Education Opportunities

Having taught almost 50 workshops on leadership, conflict management, emotional competence, and other topics related to improving organizational functioning and culture, Dr. Peters brings the knowledge and teaching experience to create rich, engaging workshops for social workers and other human service and education employees.

“Dr. Peters is very good at linking theory and practice. She is an excellent communicator, with excellent hands-on activities.” – Participant feedback

“Absolutely awesome.” – Participant feedback

Upcoming Continuing Education Workshops

Wednesday, July 6, 2022 – University of Maryland School of Social Work Continuing Education: “Self Leadership and Management: Setting and Maintaining Boundaries and Priorities at Work”

Description: Can you say “no” to your supervisor? How do you decide what’s most important to work on and what you can save for another day? Do you spend so much time managing your employees that you don’t have enough time for your own work? How do you keep from getting burned out? In this workshop, participants will learn about self-leadership and self-management, and when and how to do both to prevent burnout and be more successful at work. Participants will learn about the concept of emotional competence: Identifying their emotions and needs to inform effective decision-making and behavior at work. We will also learn about how to identify core needs and values as the foundation for developing healthy boundaries and priorities at work.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Differentiate between the concepts of self-leadership and self-management.
Identify professional situations that call for self-leadership and self-management.
Explain why setting boundaries at work is essential to burnout prevention, as well as personal and organizational success.
Describe an effective process for setting and maintaining effective priorities and boundaries in their professional life.

Create a positive workplace culture and improve client outcomes

Research shows that social work client outcomes are strongly linked to the health and culture of an organization and its employees. At Human Systems, our mission is to prevent burnout and turnover to achieve our vision – thriving human service organizations. In co-sponsorship with the National Association of Social Workers, Maryland Chapter, we offer services and workshops based on the latest scientific research and designed to help you create a psychologically safe environment at work.

Our workshops are facilitated by Dr. Peters, a social worker who has conducted several trainings for the University of Maryland School of Social Work, Child Welfare Academy, and the National Association of Social Workers, Maryland Chapter.

See the links below to learn more about our continuing education workshops and register. Contact us to learn about group rates and scheduling. View our Workshop Participation Guidelines for answers to common questions about how our workshops are conducted.

“Dr. Peters is very good at linking theory and practice. She is an excellent communicator, with excellent hands-on activities.” – Participant feedback

“Absolutely awesome.” – Participant feedback