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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. -
Winkelman Memorial Lecture: Advancing a Healthy and Peaceful Society through Productive Aging Activities
February 18, 2025 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET
Dr. Ernest Gonzales is an Associate Professor and the James Weldon Johnson Professor at New York University, where he leads The Center for Health and Aging Innovation, the Healthy Aging Specialization in Social Work, and Grand Challenge on Advancing a Long, Healthy, and Productive Life. He is a scholar in the areas of productive aging (employment, volunteering, and caregiving), equity, discrimination, intergenerational scholarship, and social policy. His research advances our understanding of social structures that optimize the ability to live a long, healthy, and meaningful life.
This is a hybrid event. Continuing Education (CE) will only be offered to those attending the lecture in-person.
About the Leon and Josephine Winkelman Memorial Lecture Series:The Leon and Josephine Winkelman Lecture Series was established at the University of Michigan School of Social work by the Winkelman brothers - Stanley J., John, Frederick R., and Henry R. - as a memorial to their parents.
The lecture series provides a forum for the presentation of new and emerging knowledge from the social sciences and the helping professions in the field of gerontology and for the discussion of the applications of such knowledge to the development of social policy, the organization and management of social welfare services, and the delivery of social work services.
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Pics, Texts, and Tracking: Understanding and Addressing Digital Dating Abuse
February 21, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
Relationship violence is still a common problem for young people today and while professionals may be familiar with common forms of power and control including verbal, emotional, and physical abuse, many adults are less familiar with the ways technology and social media can be used as tools of power and control in dating situations. This training will start by exploring the most common ways that technology and social media can be used in abusive situations and end with practical strategies that supportive adults can use to identify warning signs of digital dating abuse and have critical conversations with both survivors and perpetrators.
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Basics of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
February 28, 2025 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET
This workshop will describe basic information about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an evidence-based psychotherapy designed to help people accept their thoughts and feelings, choose valued directions, and take action to build more meaningful lives. We will review the six core processes; identify key ACT techniques and metaphors; and discuss how ACT and CBT are similar and different.
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Certificate in Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care | Adult Track
March 5, 2025 (all day)
Introduction to Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care - In this module, participants will learn about the nature and implications of integrated care, and will become fluent in the key terms that have come to describe it. Topics will include key public policies affecting the integrated care movement, including the Affordable Care Act; successful models of integrated care; population health management and health disparities; and ethical challenges and opportunities in integrated care. The transition to integrated care will be framed as a paradigm shift from disease-oriented to recovery-oriented service delivery, resulting in new opportunities and challenges, and direct implications for consumers and their families...
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Certificate in Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care | Pediatric and Adult Track
March 5, 2025 - 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM ET
Introduction to Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care - In this module, participants will learn about the nature and implications of integrated care, and will become fluent in the key terms that have come to describe it. Topics will include key public policies affecting the integrated care movement, including the Affordable Care Act; successful models of integrated care; population health management and health disparities; and ethical challenges and opportunities in integrated care. The transition to integrated care will be framed as a paradigm shift from disease-oriented to recovery-oriented service delivery, resulting in new opportunities and challenges, and direct implications for consumers and their families...
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Certificate in Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care | Pediatric Track
March 5, 2025 - 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM ET
Introduction to Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care - In this module, participants will learn about the nature and implications of integrated care, and will become fluent in the key terms that have come to describe it. Topics will include key public policies affecting the integrated care movement, including the Affordable Care Act; successful models of integrated care; population health management and health disparities; and ethical challenges and opportunities in integrated care. The transition to integrated care will be framed as a paradigm shift from disease-oriented to recovery-oriented service delivery, resulting in new opportunities and challenges, and direct implications for consumers and their families...
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Alumni Webinar Series | Introduction to Recognizing and Treating Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs)
March 7, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) are the most common complication of childbearing. While the term "postpartum depression" is often used refer to mental health issues during this life transition, there are a number of mental health conditions that impact parents during pregnancy, postpartum, or after a loss. This course is intended to educate healthcare providers such as social workers, nurses, and physicians about recognizing the signs of PMADs, evidence-based interventions for treating them, and when and how to refer out for the treatment of these mental health conditions.
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Physical Safety Training for Social Workers
March 13, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
Safety is subjective and context dependent, and as such, a structured physical safety training program tailored to empower social workers enables social workers from all different backgrounds and life experiences to protect themselves. And, by equipping social workers with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate various safety challenges, we can ensure a more comprehensive and responsive approach to service delivery in both micro and macro social work settings.
Physical Safety Training for Social Workers will provide participants with tools to appropriately address work-place physical safety risks through practice of verbal boundary setting and physical self-defense skills. The skills taught in this course are intended to be easy to use and easy to remember; and are meant to be accessible for a range of physical abilities, and adaptations will be taught as needed. -
How To Be an Organizational Leader in Any Role
March 21, 2025 - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET
Whether you sit on a board of directors or work exclusively with individual clients, you create culture, policy, and impact through your work every day. Regardless of role, all social impact professionals are leaders. Yet many of us never receive any formal leadership training, and those who do often receive little guidance for translating business-oriented leadership approaches to the unique contexts of social impact work. Further, some of the most familiar concepts from leadership practice are not inclusive of all identities...