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The 32nd Summer Institute on Aging will be held June 8-10, 2010 at Lakeview Resort and Conference Center in Morgantown, WV. The 2010 theme, “In Honor of Widsom and Experience”, highlights the great wealth of knowledge that our elders possess.

This Institute is designed to provide high quality training in aging services for beginning and experienced social workers, nurses, counselors, supervisors, administrators, and professionals in related disciplines.

We invite your assistance in creating an informative, creative, and stimulating conference. We encourage you to submit proposals for workshops that will help participants build new skills and enhance existing competencies. Criteria for submitting proposals are outlined below:

Objectives:
This call for workshops is for practitioners, academicians, and qualified individuals who have pertinent information for the aging field. We are interested in presenters being able to:

• stimulate and challenge participants
• provide information to increase practitioner’s knowledge base and practicing skills
• design innovative, experiential, outcome-driven opportunities for participants
• creatively communicate topics in a practical meaningful manner
• connect participants to other practitioners in the field
• teach participants relevant evidence-based research in the field of aging so as to be able to advocate appropriately for those who are aging

Length/Tracks: We invite proposals for 90 minutes (with an option of two-part sessions totaling 3 hours) and 1 hour informational networking sessions. Workshop proposals should indicate whether they are “Introductory” or “Advanced” topics. In addition, proposals should be categorized in one or two of the following tracks: Clinical/Mental Health Practice; Management/Administration/Policy; Cultural Competence/Diversity; or Core Practice.

Focus Areas:

• Holistic healthy aging
• Service delivery competencies
• Aging and health policy
• Caregiver issues
• Safety and Environmental Issues
• Engaging Post-Retired Adults
• End of Life Care
• Creativity in Aging
• Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Drug Aversion
• Effective/Innovative programs for providing aging services
• Timely topics related to the field of aging
• The role of race, culture and spirituality in aging services
• Ethics
• Aging in rural areas
• Enhancing communication and collaborative efforts among professionals
• Achievements of older individuals and their contributions to their communities and/or the field of aging

Selection Criteria:
In addition to the specifi c focus area requirements and relation to the conference theme, proposals will be rated on the engaging format, style, clarity, originality, ability to be replicated, compliance to submission guidelines, quality, cultural competencies and relevance to introductory or advanced learners.

Guidelines for Submission:
All submissions must be made online. Go to www.wvsioa.org and submit the following:

1. A 50-100 word description of the workshop to be advertised in conference brochures.
2. An abstract of the workshop to include: brief summary of content, presentation format, outline of learning objectives, and target audience.
3. An online proposal submission form.

Deadline: Proposals must be submitted by November 30, 2009.

For additional questions about the Call for Workshops or online submissions please contact Jacki Englehardt at the WVU Division of Social Work at 304-293-3501 ext 3109 or via e-mail at jacki.englehardt@mail.wvu.edu.

Submit Your Workshop Proposal Online!