The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services and Westchester Jewish Community Services, both UJA-Federation beneficiary agencies, also offer professional development programs.

Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services 
The Martha K. Selig Educational Institute, the training arm of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services (JBFCS), offers workshops, courses, and conferences to mental health and social service professionals throughout the New York metropolitan area. In addition, the institute is available to develop customized trainings to meet the needs of individual agencies.

National Association of Social Workers continuing education units are available.

For information on offerings, including online courses, visit www.seliginstitute.org or call 1.212.632.4667.

Westchester Jewish Community Services 

The Educational Institute of Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) is designed to develop and enhance the skills needed to deliver the highest-quality service to the broad spectrum of clients served by the agency and by other professionals in the Westchester community. Unless otherwise indicated, all programs are held at WJCS at 845 North Broadway in White Plains, New York.

WJCS offers training in the following areas:

• Evidence-based practice for treating adults and children
• Cognitive-behavioral treatment of trauma and depression
• Family violence across the life span
• Treatment of disruptive behavior disorders
• Social-skills groups for children
• Treatment of anxiety in children
• Diversity

The Educational Institute also offers annual courses on the following subjects:

• Family therapy
• Treatment of developmentally disabled and seriously emotionally disturbed children and their families
• Child and adult psychopharmacology
• Child sexual abuse, and addictive disorders
• Child abuse identification
• Initial assessment and risk evaluation in children and adults
• Psychoeducational problems
• Early-childhood development and intervention

For information, visit www.wjcs.com or contact John Alterman, L.C.S.W., director of the Educational Institute, at 1.914.949.7699 ext. 374.