Educational Series
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The Breakfast Educational Series is designed to provide relevant continuing education for social workers. Please see the schedule below.
October 9th, 2026– “Guardianship 201”
Presented by: Shekinah Hammonds Davis, Managing Attorney of Hammonds Davis Law, PLLC
About Speaker: Shekinah is an attorney who advocates for clients in guardianship, probate, heirship, estate planning, real estate, and estate administration matters. A graduate of Edison High School, she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Texas Lutheran University in 2005 and a law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2011.
Her experience includes work with the 25th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, a federal district judge, the Texas Attorney General’s Child Support Division, and attorney KT Whitehead. She belongs to several legal organizations, including the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and is certified as an attorney ad litem and guardian ad litem. She volunteers in community care centers and nursing homes and has taught classes through Northeast ISD and the Alzheimer’s Association. A vocalist, pianist, and songwriter, she has also traveled with mission teams to Ghana and the Philippines. She became managing attorney of Whitehead & Hammonds Law in 2021 and took over the practice in 2022, continuing KT Whitehead’s legacy of serving Bexar County and surrounding communities.
September 11th, 2026 – “Medicare’s New Dementia Care Model”
Presented by: Kimberly McDonough- Home Care and Channel Partnerships Manager Cerest Health
About Speaker: Kimberly McDonough’s extensive healthcare operations and digital health leadership experience is shaped by 20 years of witnessing the indispensable role caregivers play in successful healthcare delivery. This experience fuels her passion for Ceresti’s mission to support families living with dementia.
With a career spanning health systems, home care, and value-based care, Kimberly is focused on advancing caregiver-centered dementia care through strategic home care and channel partnerships aligned with the CMS GUIDE Model connecting families with support, strengthening care delivery, and improving outcomes.
August 14th, 2026 – “Principles of Dementia Communication”
Presented by: Ryan McGuire – Director of Community Relations of Griswold Home Care and Founder of Upward Care
Objectives:
Explain how dementia affects communication
Describe how a person-centered approach can help with communication.
List strategies to help you communicate well with a person living with dementia.
Identify ways to improve communication with family, friends and other health care professionals.
April 10, 2026 – ” You Don’t Know, What You Don’t Know”
Presented by: Esther Pipoly – Founder of “Loss of Life Advocates”
Objectives:
- Establishing an outline for a Patient Transition from Hospital to Home/Facility.
- Identifying partners to assist with the Transition Plan.
- Checklist for Transition Plan.
March 18th, 2026 – In-Person CEU Event – Even Functional Families Have Issues: Ethical Considerations When Working with Client Systems
Presentedy by: Byron Cordes, LCSW, C-ASWCM, CMC – Owner Sage Care Mgmt
Objectives:
• Understand several sources of difficult behaviors
• Identify systems surrounding clients/families
• Communicate our professional ethical responses to client systems
Location: Independence Hill Retirement Community – 20450 Huebner Rd, San Antonio, TX 78258
March 13th, 2026 – Cultural Diversity & Competencies with Ethics presented by Russell Gainer, LCSW
Objectives:
1. Define –
Culture
Diversity
Ethics – beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and justice
Competence
2. Identify how these diverse concepts intersect to form unique dilemmas for cultural competence
3. Evaluate case studies for elements of diversity, ethics and applications of cultural competence.
Speaker Biography
Russell Gainer, LCSW-S has been a Board Approved Supervisor since 2002 and has provided both Clinical and Probationary Supervision services. A graduate of the UT Austin MSSW program, his work as a Field Practicum Supervisor, adjunct faculty at Our
Lady of the Lake and Incarnate Word Universities, Executive Director and manager, and small business owner, provides a wide
range of experiences from which to draw upon. Russell values creativity and depth in the Supervision practice and seeks to prepare
the Supervisee with the confidence to manage in the professional Social Work setting.
February 13, 2026 – Medicaid Update 2026 presented by Brennen Boze, Attorney
Brennen will go over the financial qualifications for Medicaid in Texas and strategies to help families preserve assets while still qualifying for the program.
Biography – Brennen Boze is a partner at Bertsch & Boze Elder Law. He is a dedicated, empathetic attorney with a true passion for helping those in need. After more than ten years working as a litigator, Brennen turned his efforts toward assisting the elderly, disabled, and their families with securing necessary care, preserving their legacies, and ensuring peace of mind for the future. Brennen obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with honors, and received his J.D. from Baylor Law School, where he was awarded a Public Interest Summer Fellowship to pursue pro bono work. He has appeared in state and federal courts across Texas, representing everything from individuals in crisis to large corporations, and brings over a decade of experience to Bertsch & Boze Elder Law, PC.. Brennen is the Chair of the San Antonio Bar Association’s Probate, Guardianship and Estate Planning Section and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He has been elected a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a member of the Texas Bar College. He regularly gives presentations to local organizations on the topics of estate planning, probate, and long-term care planning. Brennen and his family spend their free time exploring the city and surrounding hill country, sampling all the cultural and culinary experiences it has to offer.
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Date: February 9, 2026
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