CHRISTOPHER KEELEY,
MSW, LICSW
3814 Livingston
Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20015 • (202) 299-4919 • socialwork@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
1997
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
Washington,
D.C.
Master
of Social Work
Concentration: Advanced clinical social work practice with a focus on substance
abuse
Specialty/Method area: Child Welfare
1988
CORCORAN SCHOOL OF
ART
Washington, D.C.
Bachelor of Fine
Art
Concentration:
Photography
PROFESSIONAL
EMPLOYMENT
1994
-Current Private Practice (addicts@gmail.com)
In private practice I
conduct drug use interventions from referrals through my Website domain (http://intervention.org)
and from community referrals. I assist people seeking help for drug problems or
needing substance use treatment. As a consultant, I have consulted on drug
policy for government agencies.
1997-Current
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY (CFSA) Washington, D.C.
Government
of the District of Columbia - Christopher.Keeley@d.c.gov
Senior Permanency
Clinical Social Work
Supervisor
Provide weekly clinical supervision to five masters level child protection
social workers.
Monitor and implement quality assurance protocols to ensure CFSA federal and
District of Columbia clinical and qualitative benchmarks are met.
Review and monitored the creation of child/family case plans, court petitions,
adoption petitions, and risk assessments.
Provide clinical testimony and opinion on case related issues.
Facilitate crisis interventions and placement stabilization when appropriate.
Provided in field support at home visits, collateral meetings, and as needed.
Provide in-service clinical trainings on forensic interviewing interventions,
clinical documentation, clinical assessment skills, how to engage difficult
clients, and general clinical topics.
*8 years as an In-Home Services clinical supervisor and 11 years as a
Permanency clinical social work supervisor
1997
THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY Washington, D.C.
Consultant, Group Moderator
1997
PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE OF WASHINGTON
Washington,
D.C.
Social Worker
Provided intensive, family centered hospital-based treatment to seriously
emotionally disturbed (SED) children and adolescents in a locked, hospital
setting.
Developed and implemented therapeutic interventions to increase coping skills,
self-awareness, and internal capacity for self-regulation to a group of 15
children, ages 4-17 years old
Collaborated with a team to provide short-term individual and group therapy.
Completed treatment plans, risk assessments, family service plans,
biopsychosocial assessments and clinical case notes.
Coordinated and lead a therapeutic Boy’s Group, Girl’s Group, Young & Sober
Group youth with mental health diagnoses.
Provided crisis-based interventions as needed.
1995-1996
COMMUNITY FOR CREATIVE
NON-VIOLENCE
Washington,
D.C.
Case Manager
Provided diagnostic, crisis stabilization and psychoeducation services.
Performed resource linkage, home visits, transportation of clients and
collateral management.
1993-1995
T.H.E. WASHINGTON COUNSELING
CENTER
Washington,
D.C.
Senior Counselor
Provided diagnostic, crisis stabilization and psychoeducation services.
Performed resource linkage, home visits, transportation of clients and
collateral management.
Provided short-term family therapy.
1991-1993
Counselor, Clinical Director
Provided substance use interventions, assessments and education
1989-1991
Office Manager, Counselor
1988-1989
Office Manager
HONORS AND
AWARDS
2001
SOCIAL WORKER OF THE YEAR
Child and Family Services Agency
Awarded for excellence in clinical service
1999
SOCIAL WORK HONOREE
Child and Family Services Agency
1993
EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Pro Bono Foundation, How Magazine (January-February 1993)
1991
EXCELLENCE AWARD IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographer’s Forum
Magazine (Spring 1991)
1991
Management Assistance Grant awarded
D.C. Commission on the
Arts and Humanities; funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
1988
BERNARD WILLIAMS MEMORIAL AWARD FOR PHOTOGAPHY
Corcoran School of Art
1988
GREEK GOTHIC AWARD
Polaroid Professional
Chrome Contest
TELEVISION
APPEARANCES
3 On the Air, Channel ET-1, Athens, Greece, January 11, 1988
Art Street-Photographer, WTTG-5, (FOX), City Under Siege, February 5, 1990
Needle Park, WTTG- 5, (FOX), City Under Siege, December 1990
Heroin Hotel, WJLA T.V. 7, (ABC), Del Walters, September 12, 1996
Social Worker, WBDC-50 (WBDC), MEDILL News Service, December 2001
PUBLICATIONS
Prism, Magazine: A
Charity of Grace, May-June 2002.
Faces of Homelessness,
Video, National Coalition for the Homeless, January 2001.
Killer Art, Ron Athey,
1999.
Azimuts, Revue de
Design, Cactus Network-Volatile Circus, June 1992.
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S h o t s Magazine:
Issue # 33 Selected
Work
Issue # 24 Collage
Issue # 49 Artist
Issue # 30 Aborigines
Issue # 20 Girls,
Girls, Girls
Issue # 50 Portraits
Issue # 27 Powerless
Homeless
Issue # 18 Big
Pictures
Issue # 51
Self-Portrait
Issue # 41
Metropolitain
Issue # 25 Best Work
Issue # 43 Alessandra
Issue # 44 Addict
Issue # 54 Highest
Point
Issue # 58 PowWow
Issue # 59 Barbara
Issue # 61 Photocars
Cactus Magazine:
Issue # 07 - New
Tongues
Issue # 10 - Only Dead
Fish Go With The Flow
Issue # 05 - Mother
Issue # 08 - Volatile
Circus
Issue # 11 - Hot &
Cold
Issue # 06 - Colours
Issue # 09 - Fuel to
Fight Fascism
Issue # 12 - Do it
Yourself
Issue # 13 - Noise
Issue # 14 - Playtime
Issue # 15 - Parasite
Issue # 16 - Catapult
Issue # 17 - May - Day
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Social Documentary
photography lecture presentation to the Silver Spring Camera Club, Maryland.
May 7, 2009.
Poverty In America - 4
documentary photographs to assist the chronicles of Mr. Martin Luther King's
III nationwide travels to illustrate poverty 2007
PARADISE LIFE, my
memoir, Author, 2007.
News feature http://www.salon.com/,
Jesse Jackson, Cindy Sheehan and Joan Baez march at Saturday's antiwar rally
Make levees, not war in Washington. September 2005.
CalWORKs Homeless
Families to the Los Angeles County Commission for Public Social Services,
Photograph, June 2005.
LET THE CHURCH SAY
AMEN, INDEPENDENT LENS, PBS, the disparities between the Shaw neighborhood and
the Capitol district of the impoverished in Washington, D.C. March, 2005
Photo Metro, Pure
Blood Series, August 1992.
Beach Culture
magazine, Issue # 5, 1991, Winner in "Endangered Species" contest.
Surfer magazine,
"Paraplegic Surfer", July 1991.
The Secret Surrealist
Society Journal, Senior Editor, 1991-93. Editor in Chief,1993.
ADDICT OUT of the DARK
and into the LIGHT, Author, 1994
National Coalition for
the Homeless , No One's Vote Counts More Than Yours - You Don't Need a Home to
Vote Campaign Poster , 1996.
Dragline , Album Cover
, Sept / Oct. 1996 , Richmond , VA.
Shambhala Sun Magazine,
Young Americans Rock for a free Tibet. November 1998.
The Corcoran Rag,
Volume 6 Issue 1 Fall 1987.
The Corcoran Rag,
Volume 7 Issue 1 Winter 1988.
The Corcoran Rag,
Volume 9 Issue 1 Fall 1990.
The Corcoran Rag,
Volume 9 Issue 2 Spring 1991.
The Corcoran Rag,
Volume 9 Issue 3 Summer 1991.
The Corcoran Rag,
Volume 1 Issue 4 September 1991.
Corcoran Columns,
Volume 5 Number 8, Spring 1996.
Corcoran Columns,
Volume 6 Number 4, Fall 1996.
Corcoran Columns,
Volume 6 Number 8, Spring 1997.
Corcoran Columns,
Winter 2000.
HALF LIFE, Vol. 1 No.
1, 1988.
BRAWNEY, Vol. 1, No.
1, November 1987.
EXHIBITIONS
One Person Exhibits
Sifnos Dreamtime,
Kastro School, Sifnos Island, Greece, August 2003.
Landscapes, Sparkys
Expresso Bar, Washington DC, March 2001.
Cycladic Light ,
Artists' Museum, Washington, DC, December 1999.
Portraits , Utopia bar
and grill / art & eat , Washington , DC, May 1998.
Powerless Homeless ,
National Coalition for the Homeless Web site - http://nationalhomeless.org/ ,
April 1997 . Traveling Slide Show and Video .
Zonezero , 16
Portraits permanently in cyberspace –
Web site - http: //zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/keeley/,
February 1996.
Spinart , 20
Photographs , The Little Hunt , Washington , DC , June 1996
Funks Democratic
Coffee Spot , Baltimore , MD., August 1995 .
Cycladic Spiritual
Space-Churches , Icons and Pigeon Houses, The Charles Sumner School Museum and
Archives, Washington , DC , September-November 1993.
Addict Out of the Dark
and Into the Light , International Herald Tribune , Paris, France , May 1993.
Broad Spectrum, Griswald's, Washington DC, January-February 1993.
Powerless Homeless,
Cannon Rotunda on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, October 1990.
Addict Out of the Dark
and Into the Light , Pierides Foundation Museum and Gallery , Athens, Greece,
March-April 1989.
Exhibition of
Photographs at Pierce College Open House, The American College of Greece ,
Athens, Greece, April 1988.
Exhibition of Photographs
by the American Cultural Center of Thessaloniki , at the Armed Forces Exhibit
Hall , Thessaloniki, Greece, March 1988.
Anonymous Connections
, Cultural Center of the City of Athens, Greece, January 1988. Love Festival,
Javarama Coffeehouse , Washington, DC, April 1987.
Dangerous Living,
Festival of Light and Dark, Javarama Coffeehouse, Washington, DC, December
1986.
Group Shows
Art-O-Matic, 2004,
National Children's Museum, 16 Portraits, November 2004.
IN PROCESS:
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the BFA Program, The Corcoran Gallery,
Washington, D.C., January 2003.
Art-O-Matic, Waterside
Mall, Washington, D.C., October, 2002.
Selected Photographs,
Metro Cafe, Washington, D.C., August 2002.
Porto Alegre: Portrait
of a City, The Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C., April
2002.
Sifnos Light,
Municipality Exhibit, Apollonia Sifnos, Greece, August 2002.
A World of New Views
POLAROID Prints, Corcoran College of Art andDesign Alumni Association- George
Washington University Virginia Campus Gallery August - October 2001.
Cycladic Landscapes,
Woman's National Democratic Club, Washington, DC , March-May 2001.
Photoexhibition 2001,
Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C., February 2001.
Art-O-Matic 2000,
Historic Department Store, 4500 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
September 2000.
Lima '1999 -
Washington 2000. Embassy of Peru, Washington, DC , September, 2000.
Photography Month,
Lima '99, Gallery of Catholic University Cultural Center, Sponsored by the
Instituto de Arte Fotografico, Lima, Peru, September 1-30, 1999.
Faces, Spaces and
Places, CyberStop Cafe, 1513 17th Streets NW, Washington, DC, March 1999.
C r u s h, Crush,
Adams Morgan, Washington, DC, April 1997.
Abandoned :Photo's of
Our Neglected Populace, 18 TH Street Lounge , Washington , DC , March 1997.
Alumni Show , Sandy
Spring Friends School , May 1996.
Photographs from
Greece , Women's National Democratic Club, January-March 1994.
Greek Gothic, Chrome
Gallery, Washington,DC,1993.
Open Studio,
Washington Project for the Arts,Washington, DC, April 1993.
Family Values, Intime
Art Salon, Washington, DC, October-November 1992.
Political Exhibition,
Women's National Democratic Club, September-November 1992.
Beyond Reality,
Selected Work of Secret Surrealist Society, Intime Art Salon, Washington, DC,
July - August 1992.
Mixed Bag, Intime Art
Salon , Washington, DC, June-July 1992.
6th Annual Juried
Members Exhibition , Washington Center for Photography, June-August 1992.
Open Show, Washington Project
for the Arts, Washington, DC June-July
1992
Powerless Homeless, Club Yari, Washington, DC, May 1992.
1992 International
Fine Art Photography Exposition, Association of International Photography Art
Dealers , Washington, DC March 1992.
Pure Blood, Fifth
Colvmn, Washington, DC, March-October 1992.
Pure Blood, Woman's
National Democratic Club, Washington, DC , March-April 1992.
Washington Area
Photographers, Tartt Gallery, Washington, DC, July 1991.
Corcoran Alumni
Gallery Show, Washington, DC, September 1991.
Dreams + Fantasies,
The Fifth Colvmn, Washington, DC, September-December 1991.
Alienated Youth, The
Fifth Colvmn, Washington, DC , October-December 1990.
Photo Metro 8th Annual
Photo Contest Winners, Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 1990.
Powerless Homeless,
The Fifth Colvmn, Washington, DC, May-August 1990.
Homeless Portraits,
Woman's National Democratic Club, Washington, DC , March-April 1990.
On the Edge-Reality,
The Fifth Colvmn, Washington, DC, September 1989-Feb. 1990.
Transparency Exhibit,
The Fifth Colvmn, Washington, DC, August-December 1988.
Labyrinthine
Transparency, Minos Beach Art Symposium, Ayios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece,
June-October 1988.
Corcoran School of
Art, Senior Thesis Show, May 1988.
Corcoran Gallery of
Art, Senior Show, April 1988.
Artparticiparty Show,
Mayfair House, Washington, DC, November 1987.
Traveling Art Schools
Exhibit, 1986.
Curated, Beyond
Reality, Surfacing the Subconscious, sponsored by the Secret Surrealist
Society, July 1988, In Time Art Salon, Washington DC.
CURRENT LICENSURE AND
CERTIFICATES
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District of Columbia Licensed Clinical Social
Worker
August 2021
License #: LC3000744
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District of Columbia Child Welfare Clinical Supervisor training
certificate
May 2003
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Transfer of Learning
Process
November
2003
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Engaging Families for
Supervisors
March 2003
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Mastering the Art of Clinical Supervision
certification
January 2004
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Engaging
Fathers
April 2004
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High Impact Coaching and
Feedback
July 2005
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High Impact Coaching and Leadership
certification
September 2005
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Structured Decision Making (SDM) tool certification
October 2005
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NASW Ethics
Workshop
March 2006
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Treating Suicidal
Adolescents
June 2006
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Emerging Trends in Mental
Health
September 2006
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Understanding Malpractice
Risk
September
2006
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Understanding HIV/Aids
September
2006
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Understanding Aging: Social Worker's
Role
October 2006
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Truancy and PINS
Cases
October 2006
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NASW Ethics Training Part
II
October 2006
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Effective Clinical Intervention with AA Men and
Women
March 2007
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Sexually Transmitted
Disease
September 2007
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Family Development &
Credentialing
December 2007
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Solution Focused Therapy agency
certification
February 2008
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Conducting Abuse & Neglect
Investigations
July 2008
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Ethical SW Practice in Providing MH
Services
September 2008
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Conflict Resolution: Improving
Interpersonal
November 2008
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Training on
Medicaid
November 2008
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Practice Coaching-Introductory
Meeting
February 2009
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Leading Effective and Inclusive Service
February 2009
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Progressive
Discipline
March 2009
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Transitioning from Practice to Purpose
April 2009
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Teaching Supervisors How to Lead from Behind
May 2009
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Effective Performance
Management
May 2009
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Practice Coaching -Final
Session
July 2009
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Customer
Service
July 2009
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Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
July 2009
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Supervising In-home practice: Case analysis &
Peer
September
2009
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Child Welfare QSR Reviewers
certification
July 2010
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Effective Client
Engagement
July
2010
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HIV/AIDS & Social Work
Ethics
October 2010
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Suicide Prevention for Children &
Teens
October 2010
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Co-Occurring
Disorders
December
2010
§
Safe and DC Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
February 2011
§
Understanding Child Welfare & Dependency
Court
March
2011
§
Understanding Mental Illness in Child Welfare
March 2011
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Understanding Substance Use
Disorders
March 2011
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Safety
Training
April 2011
§
Included the Excluded: Work w/ Unavailable
Parents
September 2011
§
ICWA Training: Assoc for American Indian
Affairs
September 2011
§
Ethical Child Welfare
Practice
September
2011
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Working with LGBTQ
Youth
October 2011
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Mentoring and Coaching Skills in
Action
October
2011
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Program Operations and Training of
Trainers
October 2011
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Domestic Violence: The Next
Level
December 2011
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Behavioral-Based Case
Planning
May 2012
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Screening, Brief
Intervention/Referral
September 2012
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HIV/AIDS &
Hepatitis
November 2012
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Adoption Process
Training
December 2012
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QSR Manager
Training
January 2013
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Online: Gain-SS
Training
February 2013
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CFSA Evidence-Based
Practice
March 2013
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Trauma
101
March 2013
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Adoptions and Permanency Training
May
2013
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Sexual Harassment Awareness for
Managers
June 2013
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Teams that work Building Effective
Teams
July 2013
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Management
Fundamentals
August
2013
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Communication/Resolving
Conflict
August 2013
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Management
Skills
August
2013
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Communication in the
Workplace
August 2013
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Management Fundamentals-Functions
Front-Line
September
2013
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Handling People with
Tact
September 2013
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TST Stakeholder
Training
September 2013
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Trauma Systems Therapy
Training
September 2013
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OYE Older Youth Permanency
Learning
November 2013
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CWTAO: Trauma Systems Theory
Training
June 2014
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Advance Facilitation Skill
Building
June 2014
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RED Team
Integration
July 2014
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Safe and Together
Model
July 2014
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TST: Techniques for Emotional
Regulation
September 2014
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TST: Caregivers Engagement
September 2014
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Facilitating Trauma Team
Meetings
September 2014
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A Well-Being
Toolbox
September
2014
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OWB-Grief, Loss and
Trauma
September 2014
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The Safe/Together Model: Domestic
Violence
September 2014
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HIV/AIDS &
Hepatitis
October 2014
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Urgency to Permanency: Concurrent
Planning
October 2014
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Streamlining
TST
October 2014
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CSDC-DC
October 2014
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TST Toolkit for
Supervisors
October 2014
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Ethical Child Welfare
Practice
November 2014
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Phencyclidine
Training
December 2014
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Adaptive
Leadership
December 2014
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Human
Trafficking
January 2015
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Safe and Together
Training
April 2015
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C1 CAFAS/ PECFAS-
Supervisors
April 2015
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C1
CSBA
May 2015
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Case Plan
Integration
May 2015
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LGBT Cultural
Competency
June 2015
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Leadership Practices: LPI 360
Assessment
September 2015
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C1: Danger &
Safety
October 2015
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Reasonable Suspicion
Training
February 2016
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Sexual Harassment Prevention for
Employees
February 2016
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Emptying the Cup
March 2016
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Assessments Now
What?
March 2016
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MACWS 2.0: CT & THE Paradigm
Shift
August 2016
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Book Review 1: Practice
Guidance
August 2016
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Servant Leadership
Training
August 2016
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Ethics & Social
Media
September 2016
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MACWS 2.0: Clinical
Supervision
September 2016
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Book Review 2: Practice
Guidance
September 2016
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Book Review 3: Practice
Guidance
September
2016
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MACWS 2.0 CISF & Clinical
Supervision
October 2016
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HIV/ AIDS &
Hepatitis
November
2016
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MACWS 2.0 PCAP & Clinical
Supervision
November 2016
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MACWS 2.0 Supportive
Supervision
December 2016
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Human
Trafficking
January 2017
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PGRAT
Training
January 2017
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MACWS 2.0:
ETSOW
February 2017
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MACWS 2.0: QSR & Clinical
Supervision
February 2017
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Improving Services for
Victims
September 2017
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Fatherhood
Engagement
September 2017
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Rebuilding the Emotionally Broken
Child
September
2017
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Introduction to
Engagement
October 2017
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Engaging Incarcerated
Parents
November
2017
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Comprehensive Addiction/Recovery
Act
November 2017
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Working w/Substance Abuse 1
November 2017
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Engagement: Mental
Health
December
2017
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Child & Adolescent Development
January 2018
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HIV/ AIDS
Training
January
2018
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Ethical Child Welfare
Practice
February 2018
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Engaging Incarcerated
Parents
March
2018
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Working Effectively with LGBTQ
Youth
May 2018
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MACWS 2.0: Revisiting your Full
Potential
October 2018
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De-Escalation
October 2018
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Sexual
Health
January 2019
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CASE Training (Center for Adoption Support &
Education)
January 2019
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Restoring the Art of Social
Work
January 2019
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Engaging Parents with Mental Health
Needs
March 2019
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Best Practices in Engaging
Fathers
March
2019
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Behavioral Based Case
Planning
August 2019
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De-Escalation
August
2019
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Cultural
Humility
September 2019
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CEO of My
Soul
September
2019
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Leadership Communication/Stress
Management
September 2019
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Engaging Parents and Supporting
Children
October
2019
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Motivational
Interviewing
January 2020
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Adult Mental Health
Disorders
January
2020
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Permanency Mediation/Family
First
February 2020
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MANDT
Training
March
2020
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Domestic
Violence
April 2020
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Partnering with PEER
Team
May
2020
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Family
First
September 2020
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Race Matters: Addressing Racial
Bias
September 2020
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Transracial
Caregiving
October 2020
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DC Safe Sleep Program
Training
October 2020
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Restoring the Art of Social Work in Child
Welfare
November 2020
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Integrating Adolescent Brain Development Child Welfare
Practice
December 2020
References:
Clinical Director at
Intervention Organization: “Chris Keeley is a colleague (across the Pacific
Ocean) who I highly regard for his many talents and for the prodigious energy
with which he maximizes them. He’s an honest man of integrity, and very well
respected in several fields in which he applies his efforts, from social work
to photography. His communication/social networking skills are especially very
well developed.” October 20, 2009.
Pip Wilson , Student ,
Macquarie University, was with another company when working with Christopher at
Intervention Organization.
“The first thing that
impressed me about Chris was his passion for his work and life. Honest and a
person that gives back to his community.” February 24, 2009.
Tim Smith , Vice
President Criminal Justice Division , Mental Health Systems, Inc., was with
another company when working with Christopher at Intervention Organization.
“Chris is one of the
most compassionate people I know. If I needed an intervention, I would want
Chris to facilitate it. No one does more to help people with the disease of
addiction than Chris.” September 28, 2008.
Norman Meres , Adjunct
Assistant Professor , Northern Virginia Community College, was with another
company when working with Christopher at Intervention Organization.
“Chris has the back
ground and the energy to provide the necessary and most effective response to
intervention situations” April 7, 2008.
Pat Jollie , Cultural
Information Assistant , National Museum of the American Indian, worked with
Christopher at Intervention Organization.
“Chris is very detail
oriented, and is passionate about his work. Sean” December 2, 2007.
Sean Carter , Membership
Manager , American Dental Education Association, reported to Christopher at
Intervention Organization.
“Chris pulled off a
successful intervention in 1995 on an alcoholic that everyone else had pretty
much given up on. That alcoholic is still sober 12 years later. Chris’s
combination of toughness, expertise, and creativity were key to the alcoholic’s
recovery and continuing sobriety.” September 10, 2007.
Top qualities: Great
Results , Expert , Creative.
Timothy Allen hired
Christopher as a Intervention Director in 1995.
“Chris is a talented,
dedicated reliable man. He’s got the uncommon gift of common sense. He’s
sensitive, real and helpful.” June 24, 2007.
Todd Sukol , Owner ,
Sukol Communications, LLC, was with another company when working with
Christopher at Intervention Organization.
“Chris is a great case
manger.” June 11, 2007.
Sean Carter , Sr.
Membership Manager , Association for Psychological Science was a consultant or
contractor to Christopher at Intervention Organization.
“Chris has the deepest
understanding of addiction possible.His photographic work of addicts in
recovery and interviews reveal his unique sensitivity and ability to
reach,communicate with addicts.I have known Chris and his work since 1988 and
his progressive growth is inspiring to me personally and photographically….his
dedication to helping others is boundless and unconditional. All the Best,
Shmuel/Stephen Rockwerk” May 31, 2007.
Stephan Rockwerk ,
photographer , rockwerk photography, was with another company when working with
Christopher at Intervention Organization.
“Chris has shown to be
a dilligent and concerned director for his clients and an avocate to keeping
them in touch and aware of their options in life.” May 13, 2007.
Byron Peck , Founder/Artistic
Director , City Arts Inc., was with another company when working with
Christopher at Intervention Organization.
“Chris is highly
regarded within the addiction recovery industry. Though I do not know him well
in this capacity, I have been his friend for over 30 years and our families
enjoy an important, life-long connection. As an artist (specifically as a
photographer), Chris is an award-winning creative force for social change and
the highest good. Through the lens of his camera, Chris is able to bring to his
photographs a view of our modern world that makes clear his awareness of the
world’s ongoing need for healing across all levels of society. Additionally,
Chris has a deep love of the natural world and his photographic testimony in
this regard is truly breath-taking. Chris Keeley is truly one of those people
in our world that quietly, but significantly makes an impact in the lives of
individuals, while ministering to the rest of us just by being true to
himself.” May 9, 2007.
Jim Horan , Admin Asst
, IBM, was with another company when working with Christopher at Intervention
Organization.
“Chris and
indeed intervention.org is a great source of
information and education of substance abuse and more importantly, recovery.
Chris’s dedication to helping men and women with drug and acohol problems is
outstanding. His humanity only serves the ‘greater good’ and he is truly an
inspiration to anyone with an opportunity to work with him either as a client,
a co-worker or within the artist’s community. Ann Allen, Australia” May 9,
2007.
Ann Allen , Manager ,
Shades, was with another company when working with Christopher at Intervention
Organization.
“I have been involved
with Mr. Keeley in a professional capacity since 1994. Mr. Keeley is a
completent clincial social worker and manager with great clinincal and
managerial skills. He has excellent knowledge and experience in the treatment
of substance abuse as well as other individual and co-occuring diagnoses, such
as depression, bipolar disorder and personality diorders. He is also well
versed in issues that bring children and families to the attenton of child
protective servcie. In the past several years, he has been instrumental in leading
a large number of clinical social workers to ensure that children achieve
safety, well being and permanency. Mr. Keeley has either testified or prepared
his supervisees in providing testimony as expert witnesses in court
proceedings. In addition to clinical issues, Mr. Keeley is well aware of larger
societal factors that contribute to the production and/or maintenance of
individual and social ills. Mr. Keeley has attempted to work toward alleviation
of individual and social problems through his writing and art, in particular
photography. I am strongly confident that Mr. Keeley will be an asset in any
endeavor that requires his contributions.” May 9, 2007.
Sina Baktash ,
Clinical Social Worker , Child and Family Services Agency, worked directly with
Christopher at Intervention Organization.
“I first met Chris
online around 1999 to 2000, being a recovering alcoholic I stumbled across the
website intervention.org. I had exchanged a few emails
with Chris and had a particular interest in his work as a photographer. Having
read many of the blogs and writings of Chris I gained valuable information
about recovery. In early 2007 I relapsed after 7 years of sobriety, feeling
alone, guilt ridden and confused I called Chris on the phone, he immediately
helped me find a local meeting and the following day had his sponsor call me on
the phone, Somehow I wasn’t surprised but was still very much inspired by the
kind actions of someone I had only met via the internet. I can not imagine what
more an employer might look for or want in an employee. I would highly
recommend Chris, he helped me tremendously in a time of need, freely and
without obligation. Sincerely, Timothy A. Hynde” May 8, 2007.
Top qualities: Great
Results , Personable , Expert.
Tim Hynde hired
Christopher as a Counseling in 2007.
Photographer/Artist at
Chris Keeley Photography
“Use your eyes, brain
and heart — if you do you won’t need my recommendation. This guy’s got an awful
lot on the ball in so many ways. A pleasure to recommmend him.” June 24, 2007.
Todd Sukol , Owner ,
Sukol Communications, LLC, was with another company when working with
Christopher at Chris Keeley Photography.
“Chris is a very
dedicated photographer and artist as well a focused director of NA which serves
to help many in our community. Byron Peck,” June 7, 2007
Byron Peck ,
Founder/Artistic Director , City Arts Inc., worked directly with Christopher at
Chris Keeley Photography.
“Chris Keeley has an
amazing eye for finding people and locations that always seem to have a
connection with the subject. I highly recommend him.” May 8, 2007.
Chris Tufty , Owner ,
Tufty Productions, was with another company when working with Christopher at
Chris Keeley Photography.