Showing events starting from January 1, 2015 up to January 31, 2015

January 13, 2015 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET

Understanding the implications of early relationships on adult functioning can assist in providing adult psychotherapy in ways that can assist to repair individuals’ capacity to form and maintain healthy adult relationships. Using attachment theory and emotional regulation theory as the foundation, this course will address relationship-based interventions in interpersonal practice with adults.

Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.

January 14, 2015 to January 18, 2015

Admissions representives and current doctoral students will exhibit at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA to share information about U-M's MSW and PhD programs. 

January 16, 2015 - 9:30 AM to 7:00 PM ET

Children who have experienced early neglect and abuse create representations of themselves and their world based on a lens of lack of certainty about safety and comfort. They may lack the words to tell us how they feel, but their interactions with us can. Early experiences of persistent unmet needs and/or unremitting distress create interactions with caregivers that can elicit the same feelings of confusion, despair, loneliness and rage that the child feels. This workshop will highlight the internal working models of abused and neglected children, and how caregivers and interventionists can actively work to understand and resist confirming negative self-models.

Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.

January 16, 2015 - 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM ET

We invite you to our annual reception in conjunction with the Society for Social Work & Research Annual Conference. Join U-M SSW faculty, doctoral students, and alumni for this special reception.

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Le Foret is located approximately 500 feet from the New Orleans Marriott (the 2015 location of the SSWR Annual Conference).
 

January 19, 2015 ET

January 19, 2015 - 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM ET

"There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality." MLK 1963, "I have a dream" speech.

The failure to indict the police officers responsible for the deaths of Michael Brown Jr. and Eric Garner has re-ignited public debate about the value of black life. These events exhibit tensions that emerge at the intersection of urban crime control policies, policing practices and community life for black and brown people in the USA. In the spirit of Dr. King and the long struggle for civil rights, these events have given rise to new forms of activism. A new generation of students, organizers, artists, and everyday people stage die-ins at their universities, raise their hands at hip-hop concerts and use their bodies to choke expressways and thoroughfares.

The panel will lead a dialogue on the underlying racial tensions and the ways in which a new generation of activism can provide a way forward.

University of Michigan School of Social Work

Learning Community on Poverty and Inequality, U-M School of Social Work

Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies, U-M Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

January 20, 2015 - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM ET

Join the next brainstorming and dialogue VIBES Session. There will be food and awesome people with powerful ideas.

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At this upcoming event we will be revisiting some of the ideas that were presented for:

Events (such as debriefs, self-care days, study sessions, dialogues, article sharing about places you are from or in Michigan)

Specific facilitation topics (such as race, sexuality and gender identity, global issues, national issues, economic oppression within the school, community cohesion)

Issues that will be debriefed and addressed in the space (such as economic oppression, sharing resources, diversity, professor dialogue facilitation, administrative needs)

and other miscellaneous content

We absolutely hope to see you there but completely understand if your schedule doesn't allow for it and hope that you feel able to share any thoughts or ideas that come up in other, more accessible ways (via email [Lloydsh@umich.edu, sswsupresandvp@umich.edu, or Semeritz@umich.edu], on Facebook, in person, in an appointment with a Student Union representative, etc).

If you have any specific ideas or interests for events, you are invited to send them to Phyllis Shelman (pshelman@umich.edu), the SSW Student Union Social Chair.

Some of the items we hope to hear from you about are, knowing we have a space, what you want to get out of that space. These could be:

Things you're passionate about

Things you want to process or debrief in a shared space

Things that you like to do for self care and would like to do with others

Something that I didn't mentioned that you're thinking of because you are awesome and creative and have lots of thoughts in your head (and are willing to share

Things you'd want to hear someone talk about or you'd like to lead a discussion on

This event is sponsored by the School of Social Work Student Union, The Office of Student Services, and the Dean's Office.

January 21, 2015 (all day)

Field Placement Verification Form due for review. 

Field Placement Verification Form is considered complete when the student has submitted it and their Field Instructor has approved it.

Students will not be able to start their Educational Agreement until their Field Placement Verification form is complete and validated by the Office of Field Instruction.

Questions or concerns? Contact ssw.ofi@umich.edu.