SOCIAL WORK SEMINAR IS SCHEDULED

The local chapter of the National Association of Social Workers will sponsoring a "Solution Focused Brief Therapy" conference from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 7, in the Harrison Room of Southeast Missouri Hospital.

The conference will be presented by Timothy Galvin, winner of this year's Social Worker of the Year award for the St. Louis area, and will focus on different aspects of brief treatment.

Galvin has worked as a child abuse and neglect social worker for the state of Missouri and a medical social worker at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

The workshop will present overview models and comparisons of brief treatment as well as a video, discussion and solutions on brief systemic therapy. A certificate of completion will be awarded for six hours.

Admittance to the conference will be $25 for students, $35 for groups of four from a single organization and $45 for individuals. To register call the local chapter of the NASW in Columbia at 1-800-333-NASW, or send a check to NASW Missouri Chapter, 601 Business Loop, 70 West, Suite 138, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

For more information call Shelby Kneer at 339-9749.