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Higher Education Supports for Youth with Experience in Foster Care
February 7, 2020 - 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM ET
This session is focused how to support and facilitate academic success within higher education for students who have experienced foster care. Nationally about 50% of children who experience foster care will graduate high school and about 2-4% of those will earn a four year degree. This presentation will give an overview of educational outcomes as well as the barriers and unique needs of students who have experienced foster as well as strategies, tools, and resources that DHHS foster care workers and other supportive adults can use in their practice when working with young people navigating educational options.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Psychopharmacology for Social Workers
February 8, 2020 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
This course has a clinical focus and practical orientation; therefore, we will examine basic neuropsychopharmacology, neurotransmitter systems, drug metabolism, and the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of psychotropic medications to only a limited degree. Our emphasis will be on primarily on understanding the physiological actions, therapeutic effects, and potential toxicities associated with prescribed pharmacotherapies for major classes of mental disorders affecting youth, adults and older adults.
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
February 8, 2020 - 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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CASC Info Session
February 11, 2020 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 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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Conversations Across Social Disciplines - The Gift of Aging in Place: Navigating Multiple Levels to Achieve a Society for all Ages
February 11, 2020 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
The Gift of Aging in Place: Navigating Multiple Levels to Achieve a Society for all AgesTuesday, February 11, 12:00-2:00 PM
School of Social Work, Educational Conference Center (ECC) (SSW 1840)Presenters -
Dr. Toni Antonucci, Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor, Psychology
Dr. James Ashton-Miller, Albert Schultz Collegiate Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Lydia Li, Professor, Social Work
The reception will begin at 12:00 PM with the program directly following at 12:30 PM.
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Field Educational Agreement Due for review
February 12, 2020 - 5:00 PM ET
For all students currently enrolled in field, the Field Educational Agreement is due for review for the Winter Term.
This does not apply to incoming students.
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MSW Prospective Student Webinar
February 13, 2020 - 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET
This online session will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University of Michigan School of Social Work MSW program. Topics covered will include: Curriculum Options, Dual Degree Programs, Application Process, Financial Aid, and more.
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2020 Leon and Josephine Winkelman Memorial Lecture
February 18, 2020 - 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM ET
The Leon and Josephine Winkelman Memorial Lecture was established at the University of Michigan School of Social Work by the Winkelman brothers - Stanley J., John, Frederick R., and Henry R. - as a memorial to their parents
The lecture series provides a forum for the presentation of new and emerging knowledge from the social sciences and the helping professions in the field of gerontology, and for the discussion of the application of such knowledge to the development of social policy, the organization and management of social welfare services, and the delivery of social work services.
TopicBrave New Age of Social Relations
Keynote SpeakerToni Antonucci, PhD, Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, LSA, Research Professor of the Survey Research Center, ISR
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Social Justice in the Real World: Alumni Panel and Mixer
February 18, 2020 - 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM ET
Join us a for a panel discussion and mixer with CASC Minor alumni. Panelists will share their stories and journey engaging in social justice and change work. Learn more about their academic career as undergraduate students, experience in the minor, and the challenges, and lessons learned about applications of social justice "in the real world". Light dinner served
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Social Work is a Political Profession
February 19, 2020 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Dr. Shannon Lane, author of "Political Social Work: Using Power to Create Social Change and Social Welfare Policy in a Changing World," discusses her book at the School of Social Work. Lane is a pioneer and leader in the field of political social worker and professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Lane began her political career in her undergraduate studies by working for the United States Senate and then pursued her MSW from U-M.
She will discuss how to engage individuals and communities in voting, influencing policy agendas and seekings and holding elected office. Lane will introduce critical thinking exercises in the areas of power, empowerment and conflict; planning political interventions; empowering voters; persuasive political communication; and making ethical decisions in political social work. The seminar will also touch on the roots of social workers historically involved in political action to challenge systemic social inequality.
This material is based upon work supported by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching's Instructional Development Fund and CEW + Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund