Showing events starting from February 1, 2025 up to February 28, 2025
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Placement Verification Forms( PVFS) Due for All Students Currently in Field
February 3, 2025 (all day)
Please ensure you submit your placement verification(PVF) on time. This will ensure access to your Online Educational Agreement (OEA).
This requires both student and Field Instructor submissions. This is a requirement to pass SW515/ SW691.
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CommuniTea with Dr. M Candace Christensen
February 3, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM ET
Please join us for our first CommuniTea of the Winter semester with Associate Professor of Social Work, Dr. M Candace Christensen! Dr. Candace is a feminist, arts-based social justice researcher and activist whose work focuses on preventing gendered, racial, and anti-LGBTQ+ violence through community-engaged methodologies, with a particular emphasis on queer and trans youth development, creative social work practices, and empowerment-driven interventions. Join us to coffee, tea, snacks, and learn from Dr. Candace!
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SSW Writing Retreat
February 3, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
As we dive into the new semester, we are excited to invite you to our Winter Writing Retreat—a perfect opportunity to kickstart your writing projects, applications, and assignments with support and camaraderie.
Our retreat is open to students, staff, and faculty, offering a relaxed environment to make progress on your individual writing endeavors. Whether you’re crafting a research paper, working on your application for a Global Independent Study (due March 2nd), polishing up your resume, or simply looking to carve out focused writing time, this event is for you!
Here's what you can expect:
One-on-One Consultations: Meet with our Writing & Study Skills Coordinator, Betsy Williams from Career Services feedback and guidance.
Quiet Writing Spaces: Enjoy designated areas for focused writing.
Community Support: Connect with fellow writers, share progress, and stay motivated.
Refreshments: Complimentary snacks and beverages to keep you energized.
Held in collaboration with the Office of Global Activities, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Career Services.
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Advances in Child Maltreatment Prevention Lecture
February 4, 2025 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET
CancelledChanging the Narrative: The Evolution and Global State of Child Protection-- History, Gaps, Failures and Missed OpportunitiesThe Advances in Child Maltreatment Prevention speaker series features the work of leading prevention and child welfare scholars engaged in efforts to strengthen and reform child‑serving systems. The series provides a forum for new and emerging knowledge from the social sciences and the helping professions that can improve the health and well-being of vulnerable children and their families.
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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. -
Online Educational Agreement: Assignments Selected & Saved
February 10, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET
Please refer to your Canvas site for more details. Students should select and save an Assignment for each competency. You will not be submitting the Ed Agreement to your field instructor at this time that will happen at the end of the term.
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MSW Prospective Student Information Session - Virtual
February 11, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM ET
This online session will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor's School of Social Work MSW program. Topics covered will include: Online Program, On-Campus Program, Curriculum Options, Application Process, Financial Aid, and more!
All registered attendees will receive a recording of the session.
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Black Love Day Kick-Off: An Uplifting Celebration
February 12, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Join us as we commemorate Black Love Day, observed annually on February 13th. This day is dedicated to celebrating love, forgiveness, and acceptance within Black communities.
We are honored to welcome Dr. Natalie Malone, a counseling psychologist trainee, researcher, and yoga instructor, whose work centers on the sexual, spiritual, and holistic wellness of Black women. Dr. Malone’s intentional integration of social justice, embodied healing, and holistic wellness offers an inspiring approach to fostering love and healing within ourselves and our communities.
Come connect, reflect, and uplift as we celebrate the beauty and power of Black love.
This event is virtual and the Zoom link will be shared prior to the event.
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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.