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May 22, 2020 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET

Note: This course contains synchronous and asynchronous online content. Please see the agenda for the detailed schedule.

Depression is a leading cause of disability in the United States and worldwide. It is estimated that one in five individuals will experience depression in their lifetime, and while these symptoms are common, under-treatment is often seen in practice. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a valuable evidence-based intervention and effective approach to use in practice for individuals experiencing depressive disorders. This workshop will discuss depressive disorders, CBT theory, and use of CBT to treat depressive disorders.

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May 22, 2020 - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET

This workshop is part two of a four-part series on social justice oriented approaches to offering private behavioral health services in a private practice setting. This section focuses on skills for outpatient behavioral health services. While we encourage participants to complete all four parts, you may also select those that best fit your needs and schedule.

This series will provide a foundational understanding of private and public behavioral health services so that participants are able to identify the skills needed to deliver outpatient services as a clinician with a social justice orientation. With increased access to behavioral health services through policies such as Health Care Parity and the Affordable Care Act, more community members with mild to moderate need for behavioral health services are seeking care and there is a greater need for non-public behavioral health care providers who deliver culturally-responsive and socially-just services.

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May 22, 2020 - 5:00 PM ET

Due to the Career Center ([email protected]) for review.

May 25, 2020 ET

May 28, 2020 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET

This minicourse will explore contemporary issues in spirituality and social work focused on what it means to competently integrate spirituality into one's social work practice. In adopting a holistic perspective to guide practice, spirituality will be viewed as a vital and essential dimension in the biopsychosocial assessment and treatment planning process. This course will explore the rationale and need to integrate assessment and interventions related to spirituality in social work in a manner that supports cultural humility and competent practice. It will examine spirituality as rooted in the history of social work practice as well as exploring how to best define, integrate, and use spiritual assessment and interventions in addressing presenting client issues in clinical setting today. The relationship between spirituality and issues of race, gender and social class as well as spirituality across the life cycle will be addressed. Specific methods and interventions will be highlighted and applied to...

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May 28, 2020 - 12:00 PM ET

Join ENGAGE SSW on Thursday, May 28 at 12 PM, for a special session focused on how COVID-19 is impacting racial and economic equity in Detroit. Special guest Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan’s 13th congressional district will join us to share how the pandemic is affecting her community and what residents are doing to advocate for their needs.  

Jamila Martin, Michigan State Advisor of Movement Voter Project and cofounder of 482forward, will also join the conversation to share how social justice organizations have responded by creating MI COVID-19 Community Response  a mutual aid resource network to help organizations minimize the impact of the pandemic. Members of Common Roots are invited to join and ask questions during the online event.

Attending this session will count towards field credit.

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May 28, 2020 - 3:00 PM ET

This week our guests will address issues affecting populations affected by myriad drug addictions and how COVID has exacerbated substance use/misuse prevention, treatment, and peer-supported sobriety, such as in 12-steps programs. We will discuss COVID with a focus on individual, peer and family relations, and community organizing. Our overarching theme, Identity and Vulnerabilities, will be used to frame reports and discussions. 

Guests:

Lisa Gaskin: Counselor, Women’s Recovery, Integrity House

Cristina Bares: Professor, Social Work, University of Michigan

Phil Luttrell: Clinical Social Worker, Addiction Counselor

Jeannette Ruffins: Executive Director, West End Residences

Darris Hawkins, North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI)

This follows on conversations the Faculty Allies for Diversity have been having for the past two months on social consequences of the pandemic.

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May 28, 2020 - 5:30 PM ET

The Association of Black Social Work Students invites you to join together this afternoon for a gathering and conversation on Zoom.

We feel the pain, frustration and anxiety of all of our peers and Black folx across the country and world. 

Today we will hold a safe space to acknowledge the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. We will also hold space to reflect on the email shared with the SSW community, and to voice what we want and need to see from the School in the future. 

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