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SSW Meeting - Executive Committee
December 17, 2024 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET
Visit the SSW meeting calendar for full schedule information.
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SSW Meeting - Doctoral Committee
December 18, 2024 - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM ET
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Larry Gant Retirement
December 18, 2024 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET
You are cordially invited to celebrate Larry Gant’s retirement This will be a hybrid celebration. You may attend in-person or virtually on Zoom.
Light refreshments will be served and there will be a memento book for those in attendance to sign. Please RSVP by December 5, 2024.
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Mandatory Pre-Field Orientation Virtual Webinar for MSW Students Starting Field in the Winter 2025 Term
January 8, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
This event is for students starting Field, residential and online, for the Winter 2025 term. This mandatory session will help to provide an overview of what to expect in Field your first term, what is required for a successful grade, and to answer any questions students may have. Please ensure you are attending the correct Field Faculty meeting. If you are unsure of who your Field Faculty is, check your SW 515 canvas site. Please look out for a follow up email in December. If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact the field office at [email protected].
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Alumni Webinar Series | Maintaining Optimism During Difficult Times
January 16, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
Note: This course is available for free to U-M SSW alumni as part of our Alumni Webinar Series, which features invited alumni speakers. Please know that non-alumni participants are welcome to register as well!
Americans have historically been optimists. But that's changed significantly in recent decades. Trust in almost all institutions has fallen significantly, many people don't believe the news they see or read, and these realities create significant problems for agencies and their leaders.
In this webinar, we'll identify the benefits of optimism, discuss why optimism is hard for many today, and offer six practical methods for maintaining/increasing your optimism, and for helping others do the same. -
Grand Rounds with Rocío Calvo "Empowering Latine Communities: A Holistic Approach to Research, Training, and Capacity Building"
January 22, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
We are excited to continue the School of Social Work Grand Rounds with Professor Rocío Calvo, a highly respected Professor of Global Practice at Boston College School of Social Work. Professor Calvo is also the Founding Director of the Latinx Leadership Initiative, a pioneering program dedicated to empowering Latinx social work professionals.
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Social Work Services and Supports for Children With Intersex Variations and Their Families
February 6, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
In this online workshop, participants will learn how to support infants, very young children, and older children who are who have differences in sex development (intersex variations) and their parents. This training will address the importance of affirming language and avoiding stigmatizing language.
This session will focus on self-determination and, centering the voice of the child with intersex variations and deferring decisions on medical care when there is no life-threatening condition.
This workshop will focus on the importance of implementing child-centered, gender-affirming care so that all children can live healthy, affirmed lives. It is designed to equip providers to help families and children quickly and effectively during these sensitive moments.
Social work, a profession with roots in advocacy and social justice, is uniquely positioned to adopt a leadership role in providing evidence-based, ethically informed services to persons with intersex variations. -
Alumni Webinar Series | Forensic Social Work
February 7, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Note: This course is available for free to U-M SSW alumni as part of our Alumni Webinar Series, which features invited alumni speakers. Please know that non-alumni participants are welcome to register as well!
This webinar explores the critical role of forensic social work in addressing the broader social determinants of health and advocating for abolition and reform within the legal and criminal justice systems. Participants will understand how forensic social workers can influence policy, provide essential support to individuals involved in the justice system, and promote systemic changes that foster justice and equity. -
Suicide Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
February 14, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States and worldwide. Nearly 50% of individuals who end life by suicide see a primary care provider within a month of death, yet suicide risk assessment and treatment is consistently difficult in practice. With the majority of mental health services in the US being delivered by social workers, it is imperative that risk assessment and safety planning knowledge and skills are in place for our work with clients with the ultimate goal being to prevent premature suicidal death.
This webinar will discuss and present on suicide as public health issue in the US, risk and protective factors, warning signs, barriers to help-seeking, risk assessment process and risk formulation, safety planning, and cultural humility in risk assessment with use of a clinical case. This workshop is also focused on the adult population. -
Pics, Texts, and Tracking: Understanding and Addressing Digital Dating Abuse
February 21, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
Relationship violence is still a common problem for young people today and while professionals may be familiar with common forms of power and control including verbal, emotional, and physical abuse, many adults are less familiar with the ways technology and social media can be used as tools of power and control in dating situations. This training will start by exploring the most common ways that technology and social media can be used in abusive situations and end with practical strategies that supportive adults can use to identify warning signs of digital dating abuse and have critical conversations with both survivors and perpetrators.