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Social Work and Sports
March 11, 2016 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
A growing body of research documents the positive health and mental health benefits of participating in organized sports. While much of the current research is focused on youth participation in sports, there is also evidence of how participation in sports can benefit people across the age range and from different ethic and socioeconomic groups. This 2 day mini-course will discuss how social work values, concepts, and interventions on both the micro and macro levels can enhance sport activities. Specific strategies such as, strength-based coaching, teambuilding, conflict resolution, family collaboration, diversity training, community engagement, advocacy, and policy development will be discussed. Model interdisciplinary programs that serve at-risk youth, older adults, and other special populations will be highlighted. Through discussion and group projects, students will apply social work competencies including, assessment, engagement, intervention, research, and evaluation to this emerging practice area.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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CASC Info Session
March 11, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM ET
Interested in learning more about the Community Action and Social Change minor? Come to this info session to learn more about the CASC community, what CASC is and what it can offer you in your undergraduate program, the types of courses you'll take, and the available opportunities for CASC students after graduation!
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Persistence and Fadeout in the Impacts of Child and Adolescent Interventions
March 11, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
Speaker: Greg Duncan, Distinguished Professor, UC-Irvine
Discussants: Christine Weiland and Fabian Pfeffer
Co-sponsored by the School of Social Work's Learning Community on Poverty and Inequality, the Ford School's National Poverty Center, and the Institute for Social Research.
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School of Social Work Research Poster Session
March 11, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Join the Research Office in conjunction with the Joint PhD Office for lunch and a poster session in the Lower Level.
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The Detroit School Series
March 11, 2016 - 4:15 PM to 6:00 PM ET
The Detroit School Series asks: "How does thinking about Detroit-like cities change the questions we ask and the answers we pursue in the many disciplines that contribute to urban studies?" We hope to stimulate an interdisciplinary conversation on how research on Detroit—a city often seen as an extreme outlier of decline—can produce knowledge that is original and relevant to urban studies globally.
Amy Krings (MSW '03, PhD '15) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. In this talk, Krings will present research from her dissertation, "Building Bridges Where There is Nothing Left to Burn: The Campaign for Environmental Justice within a Southwest Detroit Border Community." For a copy of Kring’s working paper, "The Reproduction of Environmental Injustice: The Promise and Limitations of Community Benefits Agreements," please email pcooperm@umich.edu.
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Child Care Policy and Advocacy in Federal States: Ontario and Michigan in Comparison
March 14, 2016 - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM ET
Cheryl Collier, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair Co-Director, Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence Against Women University of Windsor, Department of Political Science will discuss child care policy differences between Ontario and Michigan. This event is free and open to the public. Lunch provided.
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Speaker Series - Our Once and Future Selves
March 14, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
This course is open to the public and will feature student conversations with faculty.
This speaker for this session will be Assistant Professor of Social Work and CASC Director Katie Richards-Schuster.
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How Young Children "Tell" Us Their Feelings
March 14, 2016 - 2:00 PM to 5:15 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.
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Immigration Enforcement at the Contested Border - Presentation and Display
March 15, 2016 - 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
Join us to examine immigration enforcement at the U.S./Mexico border and to learn about how the militarization of the southern border affects the people who live there and the communities that live with constant policing. Students who traveled to the border for spring break will be available for questions and discussion. A light lunch will be served. Displays will be available from 11 am - 5 pm
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Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting
March 15, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
Organizations, institutions, and individuals are at their best when gratitude, mindfulness, positivity, and strengths are valued. A special interest group (SIG) is interested in meeting to explore ways to create a more positive, transformative, hopeful, and empowered environment for all SSW community members - students, faculty, and staff. We are interested in meeting with like-minded individuals to work toward this goal!
Are you interested in getting involved in the SSW?
Do you enjoy talking about the culture, climate, and narratives of the spaces you find yourself in?
Do you appreciate strengths-based projects, initiatives, and environments?
Do you wish to create intentional learning spaces?
Are you interested in strengthening community within the SSW?
Join this new special interest group at the U-M SSW! This SIG was formed in response to students, faculty, and staff voicing vibrant ideas for making the SSW a more strengths-based, resilient, compassionate, and connected space. A place where we focus on deficits AND strengths; challenging realities AND hope; ideas AND action.
Click here to view the meeting agenda.
Lunch will be provided! Please RSVP so that we may have an accurate count for lunch.
This SIG is co-sponsored by the Office of Student Services, the Office of the Associate Dean for Educational Programs, and the Leadership in Community Benefit Organizations program.