A Social Work Perspective: What’s Correct in Corrections? Thursday, June 18 | 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (check-in begins at 8:15) Peck Hall | Room 103 The School of Social Work in Falk College, an approved provider of continuing education for LMSWs and LCSWs in New York State, will offer “A Social Work Perspective: What’s Correct in Corrections? On Thursday, June 18, 8:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Registration details for this program, which is four Continuing Education Contact Hours, is coming soon. The cost is $50. For more information, contact: Bette Thoreck,ebthorec@syr.edu, 443-5567. Currently there are 7 million people involved in the correctional system in the US. Corrections encompasses the punishment, treatment, and supervision of persons who have been convicted of crimes, which commonly include imprisonment, parole and probation. However, the system affects more than the convicted individual, it affects families, neighborhoods, communities and our nation as a whole. Included will be an examination of the cross section of mental health and addiction and the confounding role each plays in policy and practice. This course critically examines the influence, effects and outcomes of our current system correctional system and how we in human services can address the implications of this system before, during and after. Brief overview of the history and evolution of the structure and purpose of corrections; • Explore the policies and economics of corrections and consequences for individuals from diverse groups; • Highlight present-day controversies related to corrections from a systems perspective; • Recognize the ethical principles that guide social work practice in criminal justice settings; • Explore aspects of prison reform and community corrections. Xenia G. Becher, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years experience in the human services field working in a broad range of setting and consumers. Her clinical work has included individual and family counseling, behavioral management and treatment of conduct and personality disorders. For the past 14 years she has been active with the Alternatives to Violence Project in Auburn Correctional Facility, a state maximum security prison. For the past 6 years, she has been an internship coordinator and course instructor in the Falk College/School of Social work at Syracuse University. She most recently developed and taught a graduate/undergraduate course in the School of Social Work, titled Practice and Policy in Adult Corrections.