School of Social Work Events Calendar
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Sexuality, Social Work, and Exploring Implicit Bias
May 10, 2024 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
This course challenges learners to explore their personal values, beliefs and judgements related to issues of sexuality. Interpersonal practice tools will be offered to assist clients in holding personal beliefs and values and remaining present to client's sexual self, needs, beliefs. Lecture and discussion will examine how implicit bias can limit services and harm clients, particular limits to sexually diverse populations. Sexual health will be considered as a social justice issue.
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SSW Meeting - Graduation Committee
May 13, 2024 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Visit the SSW meeting calendar for full schedule information.
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Community Conversations Training
May 13, 2024 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
We invite you to become a Community Conversations facilitator! We extend this opportunity to all SSW staff, students, and faculty.
There will be a two-session Community Conversations facilitator training, held on Zoom on May 13th and May 20th from 5-7 pm. Both sessions are required, along with pre-work to be completed before the first session on May 13th. The training will equip you with intergroup and restorative dialogue skills, which include a strong anti-racist history and deeply embed PODS into their structure and approach. These skills are applicable in micro-, mezzo-, and macro- social work practice and help to develop all of the nine social work competencies.
Community Conversations bring us together in dialogues in which we are all teachers and learners, and which help create an environment of compassion, understanding, and change. These conversations help us to broaden our perspectives and to discover collective meaning.
We hope to see many of you on May 13th and May 20th!
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Suicide Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
May 17, 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
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. -
Residential & In-State Online Student Field Applications Open for Fall 2024 Term (Field Start)
May 20, 2024 (all day)
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Placement Verification Forms Due (5p, EST)
May 28, 2024 - 5:00pm
All students currently enrolled in field (SW515 or SW691) for Spring Summer 2024 must turn in the Field Placement Verification form by this deadline. This form is considered complete after your Field Instructor signs off on it.
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Due Date for Site Visit to be Scheduled for Spring/Summer 2024 Term
May 31, 2024 (all day)
This will apply to all students currently enrolled in field.
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Residential & In-State Online Student Field Applications Due for Fall 2024 Term (Field Start) (5p, EST)
May 31, 2024 - 5:00pm
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Certificate in Mixed Methods Research
June 3, 2024 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Part 1: This program area will welcome participants to the MMR CE program and introduce mixed methods research. We will begin by covering theoretical frameworks and the advantages of using theory for mixed methods research and practice in social work. This program area will also cover the basics of how to design a mixed methods research study. We will begin by discussing how to develop research questions, then we will cover mixed methods language and notation, and then we will discuss choosing a mixed methods design. Participants will be guided through how to develop a research question based on their phenomenon of interest. This is important because researchers make decisions about whether they will use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods after finalizing their research question. Communicating research designs throughout various stages of the planning, implementation, evaluation, and reporting of the project will also be covered. Then, this program area will cover transformative mixed methods...
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Positive, Problematic, and Productive Social Media Use
June 7, 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Technology and social media shape the identities and worldviews of today’s teens. Adolescent sexuality and relationships are interwoven with cell phones and social media. Many caregivers and professionals are left wondering: what does it all mean? This workshop will start from the ground up, beginning with definitions and a roadmap of technology commonly used by young people. From there, we will examine how technology influences teen sexuality and relationships – for better or for worse. We will discuss teen relationship abuse and technology, as well as the way teen relationships and identity can be strengthened by technology. Finally, the class will focus on how to work with and relate to teens through the lens of technology.