Calendar

Event Schedule

August 12, 13 & 26, 2026 
**Note each day has 2 sessions, schedule below for each day

7:30– 8:30 a.m. Session 1
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.Break
8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Session 2

Location

Virtual/Zoom

Event Description

Are you ready to strengthen your role and elevate your impact as a social worker or social service designee in the nursing home setting?

This intensive training series is designed to equip participants with the essential tools, knowledge, and confidence needed to excel in today’s regulatory and person-centered care environment. From developing comprehensive social assessments to crafting meaningful person- centered care plans, this session will walk you through the core responsibilities of social services professionals in long-term care. You’ll gain practical strategies for identifying and delivering medically-related social services, meeting documentation standards, and ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations. Special emphasis will also be placed on trauma-informed care practices, an increasingly vital component of quality resident care.

Whether you are new to the field or looking to refresh and expand your expertise, this training will provide you with clear guidance, practical tools, and regulatory insight to enhance your effectiveness and help your facility shine during surveys.

Complete and defend a comprehensive social services assessment by identifying psychosocial needs, trauma history, and medically related social service requirements, and translating those findings into compliant, person-centered care plans.

Apply federal regulatory requirements to daily social services practice by meeting documentation standards, supporting interdisciplinary care planning, and demonstrating survey readiness through clear, defensible records and processes.

Integrate trauma-informed, person-centered care principles into resident and family interactions by using practical strategies that support resident rights, dignity, emotional well-being, and quality of life across the continuum of care.

Speaker

Cat Selman

Who is Cat Selman?

Educator. Motivator. Communicator. Consultant. Author. Catherine R. “Cat” Selman uses her dynamic personality and compelling presence to spread the message of continued education motivation for any given professional field. As a seasoned lecturer, Cat has more than 30 years of experience in management, social work, activities/recreation, education and consultation.

Her presentations can be:

• Motivational and Inspiring Keynotes
• Discipline-specific, detailing regulatory/compliance criteria, as well as care planning and documentation requirements
• Generic – appropriate for all settings
• Designed for health care professionals

As a speaker in all fifty states, Cat is in demand and on topic. Her sessions can be from one hour to six hours. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter – the audience is transfixed! Their attention comes not only from the impact of Cat’s message but also from her qualification to deliver it. Her career history includes:

• President/Co-Founder, The Cat Selman Company/The Healthcare Communicators, Inc.
• Co-Founding Director, Quality of Life Alliance
• Division Marketing Manager, National Heritage, Inc.
• Corporate Activities and Social Work Consultant, National Heritage, Inc.
• Director of Social Services and Activities, Floadrian Manor           

Registration & Other Information

Members                      $149
Non-Members             $249

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What’s Included
Registration fee includes digital handouts, one connection to each of the live webinars and instructions for receiving CE credit/attendance certificate for one person.  

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