Showing events on March 11, 2016
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Executive Leadership Skills in Human Service Organizations
March 11, 2016 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
This mini-course focuses on the characteristics and competencies of the executive leader. After introductions and a brief overview on elements of leadership as conceptualized by different authors, we will look at a number of assays which will help the individual student compile her or his own profile . These essays will include "temperament" assessments such as the Myers Briggs and the Emotional Intelligence Assay, on the characteristics side, and managerial assessments and executive profile mapping from the competency sets. The interaction between characteristic sets and competency sets will be discussed. We will also explore the social psychology and sociology of leadership-in-action. Various readings from the Harvard Business Review, including one from Manfred Kets DE Vries, an organizational thinker and trained psychoanalyst, will be explored. The assignment will be to develop a personal learning/development plan.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Social Work and Sports
March 11, 2016 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
A growing body of research documents the positive health and mental health benefits of participating in organized sports. While much of the current research is focused on youth participation in sports, there is also evidence of how participation in sports can benefit people across the age range and from different ethic and socioeconomic groups. This 2 day mini-course will discuss how social work values, concepts, and interventions on both the micro and macro levels can enhance sport activities. Specific strategies such as, strength-based coaching, teambuilding, conflict resolution, family collaboration, diversity training, community engagement, advocacy, and policy development will be discussed. Model interdisciplinary programs that serve at-risk youth, older adults, and other special populations will be highlighted. Through discussion and group projects, students will apply social work competencies including, assessment, engagement, intervention, research, and evaluation to this emerging practice area.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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CASC Info Session
March 11, 2016 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm
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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School of Social Work Research Poster Session
March 11, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Join the Research Office in conjunction with the Joint PhD Office for lunch and a poster session in the Lower Level.
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Persistence and Fadeout in the Impacts of Child and Adolescent Interventions
March 11, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Speaker: Greg Duncan, Distinguished Professor, UC-Irvine
Discussants: Christine Weiland and Fabian Pfeffer
Co-sponsored by the School of Social Work's Learning Community on Poverty and Inequality, the Ford School's National Poverty Center, and the Institute for Social Research.
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The Detroit School Series
March 11, 2016 - 4:15pm to 6:00pm
The Detroit School Series asks: "How does thinking about Detroit-like cities change the questions we ask and the answers we pursue in the many disciplines that contribute to urban studies?" We hope to stimulate an interdisciplinary conversation on how research on Detroit—a city often seen as an extreme outlier of decline—can produce knowledge that is original and relevant to urban studies globally.
Amy Krings (MSW '03, PhD '15) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. In this talk, Krings will present research from her dissertation, "Building Bridges Where There is Nothing Left to Burn: The Campaign for Environmental Justice within a Southwest Detroit Border Community." For a copy of Kring’s working paper, "The Reproduction of Environmental Injustice: The Promise and Limitations of Community Benefits Agreements," please email pcooperm@umich.edu.