Showing events starting from November 9, 2024 up to November 29, 2024

November 14, 2024 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

Dr. Tabb Dina’s research agenda addresses inequities in perinatal mental health outcomes impacting parents and infants across the population, clinic, and community levels. She is one of the foremost international experts on perinatal patient engagement, perinatal mental health, racial disparities, and social determinants in maternal and child health. She regularly speaks for invited medical grand rounds, continuing education seminars, conference plenaries, with policy leaders, and as invited keynote nationally and internationally. As an investigator her research has been continuously funded since 2013 through support from the National Institutes of Health, the Patient Centered Research Outcomes Institute, the State of Illinois Department of Human Services, and several gifts and foundations. She makes regular media appearances—including InStyle Magazine, The Washington Post, and NPR’s All Things Considered to name a few. She serves as an Elected Board Member for the National Association of Perinatal Social Workers.

Perinatal mental health is gaining recognition as a key antecedent of adverse maternal and child outcomes as the United States experiences a maternal mortality and morbidity crisis. Recent policy efforts have attempted to mitigate adverse outcomes through legislation and extending access to care with postpartum coverage through Medicaid expansion. Even with progress, perinatal mental health policy continues to grapple with a basic truth: The United States lacks an overarching health care system capable of meeting the mental health care needs of perinatal people and their families.? Moreover, the burden of undiagnosed and untreated perinatal mental health challenges remains greatest among racially minoritized populations, such as Black, Asian, and multiracial people. A broader understanding of perinatal mental health is needed, grounded in the tenets of reproductive justice. Drawing from the reproductive justice framework and the NAPSW code of ethics, this talk will articulate specific policies to meet perinatal mental health challenges and promote thriving for birthing people and their families.

Participants will be able to describe perinatal mental health challenges in the United States, list one associated outcome, and list one strategy to address perinatal mental health from a social work perspective.

1:00 - 1:15pm | The prevalence of perinatal mental health problems in minority and rural populations and complications related to untreated perinatal mental health problems

1:15 - 1:45pm | How to assess mental health challenges, with strategies for addressing perinatal mental health disparities in clinics, as well as in communities and through policy interventions

1:45 - 2:00pm | Key summaries & conclusion, followed by moderated Q&A

The University of Michigan School of Social Work, provider #1212, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The University of Michigan School of Social Work maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 5/15/2023-5/15/2026. Social workers participating in this course will receive 1 online continuing education contact hours.

Please see the CE Policies page for more information about continuing education. 

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November 15, 2024 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET

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November 15, 2024 - 1:00 PM to 4:15 PM ET

This course will provide a basic understanding of trauma and the impact that trauma has on the body and how it presents in a psychotherapy setting. Trauma can come in many forms, ranging from societal and intergenerational trauma to singular events to chronic and complex life experiences. This course will examine how these traumatic events impact individuals, as well as note common reactions in clinicians and secondary exposure to trauma.

In addition to this, we will review three different types of trauma treatment, including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, and Internal Family Systems Therapy, as types of avenues for treatment and how they work. This part of the training is not a certification and will serve as a starting point in different trauma treatments, as well as explore commonalities between the different treatment styles.

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November 18, 2024 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Please join us for our last CommuniTea of the Fall semester with Dr. Daicia Price! Dr. Price is a clinical assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan with extensive experience in juvenile justice, community mental health, housing, schools, and foster care. She earned her BSW, MSW, and PhD from Eastern Michigan University and is dedicated to supporting others while disrupting racism and oppression through a bioecological and African-centered framework. Join us to coffee, tea, snacks, and learn from Dr. Price!

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November 18, 2024 (all day)

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This is a requirement to pass SW515/ SW691.

November 18, 2024 - 3:00 PM ET

What's the program really like? Where is your field placement? What do social work students do for fun? Join an MSW student as well as other prospective MSW students for a live webchat about the School of Social Work. Our MSW students are excited to answer any questions that you have and share their feedback about the program.

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November 18, 2024 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM ET

Panel discussion to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance. 

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November 19, 2024 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET

Join us for a screening and panel discussion of the documentary Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice.

Our panelists, including Audrey Geyer, film director, and Matthew Fletcher from the University of Michigan Law School, will explore the film's themes of Indigenous legal activism and the fight to protect sacred lands and treaty rights. The event will start with watching the movie and then a hybrid discussion will take place starting at 7:25 pm.

This event, is being hosted by the DEI Office in collaboration with the LatinX and Indigenous Social Work Alliance.

All are welcome to attend this important discussion, and we encourage students, staff, and faculty to participate.

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