Showing events starting from May 1, 2016 up to May 31, 2016
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Family Psychoeducation Intervention in Work with Adults, Adolescents, Children and Their Families/Extended Support Networks
May 14, 2016 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
This course will focus on developing the group work skills necessary to implement evidence-based family psychoeducation interventions in work with adults, adolescents, children and their families. Special emphasis will be given to the family psychoeducation approach using multiple family groups in the treatment of severe psychiatric disorders. This course will examine the theoretical and empirical foundations for family psychoeducation, as well as, the practice of multifamily group treatment in schizophrenia, bi-polar illness, major depressive disorder, borderline personality disorder and with children and adolescents with serious mental illnesses.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Restorative Practices in Schools and Communities
May 14, 2016 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
Within the contest of restorative justice frameworks, course participants will learn about the school to prison pipeline and implications of zero tolerance policies pushing at-risk students into juvenile and criminal justice systems. Restorative practices aim to increase cultural awareness, practice, and advocacy in practitioners incorporating best practices for social emotional well-being and learning methods with young people in schools and communities.
1. Clearly articulate the problems traditional justice and discipline models present for youth in communities and schools: addressing behavior management, school to prison pipeline, and expulsions.
2. Panel discussion of people who are working in both communities and schools.
3. Teaching skills around restorative practices (conferences and peace circles), conflict management, mediation, and facilitation.Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Field Placement Verification Form Due
May 18, 2016 - 5:00 PM ET
All student currently working on their field placement turn in the Field Placement Verification Form to the Office of Field Instruction.
This form does not apply to Incoming Students.
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Field Placement Application Due for Incoming 20-month or Advanced Standing Students
May 19, 2016 - 5:00 PM ET
Field Placement Application due for incoming students who will start field in Fall 2016.
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Alumni Day of Service - Ann Arbor
May 21, 2016 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
Join your fellow SSW alumni in a morning of service at Growing Hope, a non profit that seeks to educate and empower committees to grow and eat healthy food. We will be helping at their urban farm. Children supervised by an adult are welcome.
Hosted by the School of Social Work Office of Development and Alumni Relations and the Alumni Relations Committee of the Alumni Board of Governors.
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Alumni Day of Service - Detroit
May 21, 2016 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
Join your fellow SSW alumni in a day of service at Earthworks Urban Farm, a project of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen that seeks to build a just, beautiful food system through education, inspiration, and community development. We will be helping in the gardens or greenhouses, or assisting with cleaning up the surrounding neighborhood. Friends and family (ages 11+ with an adult) are welcome.
Hosted by the School of Social Work Office of Development and Alumni Relations and the Alumni Relations Committee of the Alumni Board of Governors.
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Community Leader Conversation with Christie Bacon
May 24, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Christie Bacon has a Masters in Public Service Management and many years of experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
Come have lunch and conversation with Christie as she shares key tips and skills for MSW students to hone for a successful career in any sector!
Lunch will be served.
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Executive Leadership Skills in Human Service Organizations
May 25, 2016 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
This mini-course focuses on the characteristics and competencies of the executive leader. After introductions and a brief overview on elements of leadership as conceptualized by different authors, we will look at a number of assays which will help the individual student compile her or his own profile. These assays will include "temperament" assessments such as the Myers-Briggs and the Emotional Intelligence Assay, on the characteristics side, and managerial assessments and Executive profile mapping from the competency sets. The interaction between characteristic sets and competency sets will be discussed. We will also explore the social psychology and sociology of leadership-in-action, Various readings from the Harvard Business Review, including one from Manfred Kets De Vries, an organizational thinker and trained psychoanalyst will be explored. The assignment will be to develop a personal learning/development plan.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Memorial Day Holiday
May 30, 2016 ET
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Positivity Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting
May 31, 2016 - 12:00 PM ET
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 the special interest group at the U-M SSW! This open group 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.
Our work involves:
Installing and launching a communal SSW Library (coming soon | expected Spring/Summer 2016!)
Designing, selecting, and hosting relaxation, meditation, and/or mindfulness classes (coming soon | expected Fall 2016!)
Drafting a proposal to begin a Positivity Ambassador Program
Generating and proposing ideas to decision-makers for more creative use of common spaces within the SSW
VIEW the upcoming meeting agenda.
Add this meeting to your calendar using the "Add to Google Calendar" button below.
Lunch will be provided! Please RSVP so that we have an accurate count.
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.