Showing events starting from October 1, 2015 up to October 31, 2015
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How Young Children "Tell" Us Their Feelings
October 9, 2015 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET
CancelledChildren 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, Human Rights, and Social Justice
October 10, 2015 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
This mini-course focuses on the real community and personal impact of a public policy with sweeping national controversy, many deaths, and significant questions about social justice, racial discrimination, and even intent in the constitution. Because it is a mini-course, rather than a full course, this course will concentrate on one aspect of immigration policy? undocumented immigrants and the public policy strategy of enforcement for undocumented immigrants at the border and in the interior of the country. Along with discussion of the policies and practices of enforcement, we will bring local enforcement activities to the table and examine their impact on people, families, and Michigan communities. The discussion will have a global, national, state, and a local component. Students in this course will acquire the skills to critically analyze this aspect of immigration policy and its controversies. and about community and organization responses and activism.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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School of Social Work Alumni Homecoming Tailgate Party
October 10, 2015 - 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM ET
SSW Alumni, join Dean Lein and reconnect wtih former classmates while enjoying plenty of food, giveaways, and school spirit. Transportation is provided between the School of Social Work and the Big House.
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University of Michigan’s Department of Psychology Career Fair
October 12, 2015 - 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET
Admissions representatives will attend the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychology Career Fair to share information on U-M's MSW and PhD programs.
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MSW General Information Session for CASC Preferred Admissions
October 12, 2015 - 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET
Interested in learning more about receiving a masters degree in social work? Come to this event to learn more! Please note, this event is only open to declared CASC minors who are interested in the preferred admissions program. RSVP by emailing cascminor@umich.edu.
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Portland Idealist Grad. Fair
October 12, 2015 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET
Stop by the Idealist.org Graduate School Fair to speak with an admissions representative about U-M's MSW and PhD programs. The fair is free and open to anyone considering graduate school.
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Developing A Social Work Response to Racism, Hate Crimes, and Police Use of Force
October 13, 2015 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET
In response to the recent events in cities such as Ferguson, Charleston, and New York City, NASW-Michigan and Wayne State University School of Social Work have partnered to initiate a call to action for social workers to help examine personal biases and to eliminate racism and institutional barriers. In October 2015, Developing A Social Work Response to Racism, Hate Crimes, and Police Use of Force forums will be held across the state of Michigan.
Social workers are trained to be skillful and knowledgeable about creating coalitions, empowering people and communities, advocating on policy issues, and communicating with different audiences. As a profession, we must gather our strength and work even harder to end the blatant racism and hate crimes that are occurring all too often within our neighborhoods and across the United States.Participants will explore:
How bias and prejudice develop, and how they become structured into institutions and systems.
Describe how stereotypes inform our implicit biases and how implicit bias impacts our interactions.
Establish norms and learn strategies for having open and honest conversations about the content.
The forums will include an impassionate video from national social justice leader and social worker, former Congressman Ron Dellums. Following the video will be dialogues about the needs of both our community and profession. The long-term goal is to shape a call to action for social workers to examine personal biases and work at ways to eliminate racism and institutional biases.
(2) free CE’s will be offered.
Light refreshments will be provided.
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College Advising Corps - Graduate School and Opportunities Fair
October 13, 2015 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET
An admissions representative will attend the College Advising Corps - Graduate School and Opportunities Fair to share information on U-M's MSW and PhD programs.
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Seattle Idealist Grad. Fair
October 13, 2015 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET
Stop by the Idealist.org Graduate School Fair to speak with an admissions representative about U-M's MSW and PhD programs. The fair is free and open to anyone considering graduate school.
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#SpeakerSeries - Presentation by Professor Rogério Pinto
October 14, 2015 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Title: Pursuing Social Justice Through Advocacy
Associate Professor Rogério M. Pinto, will focus on how social work values call us to action to challenge social injustice - poverty, unemployment, discrimination, racism, etc. We will discuss how commutative and distributive justice require redistribution of benefits, goods, burdens and pleasures. Dr. Pinto will draw on his decade of social work practice in New York City as clinician and community organizer and on his many years of Community-Based Participatory Research in HIV prevention and in women's and sexual minorities' access to health.
Lunch will be provided!