Showing events starting from May 1, 2019

May 21, 2020 - 3:00 PM ET

This week our guests will address issues affecting populations confined to jails, prisons, concentration camps, immigration “holding centers,” and others. We will discuss COVID with a focus on individual, peer and family relations, and community organizing. Our overarching theme, Identity and Vulnerabilities, will be used to frame reports and discussions. 

Guests:

Mary Heinen McPherson: PCAP Project Coordinator, University of Michigan.

Warren Thompson: Professor of Social Work, Rutgers University  

Ashley Lucas: Professor, Music, Theater, and Dance, University of Michigan.

Larry Root: Professor Emeritus, Social Work, University of Michigan.

Josh Hoe: Policy Analyst at Safe & Just Michigan

Baraka Sander: MSW student, University of Michigan. 

This follows on conversations the Faculty Allies for Diversity have been having for the past two months on social consequences of the pandemic. 

May 22, 2020 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET

This workshop is part one of a four-part series on social justice oriented approaches to offering private behavioral health services in a private practice setting. This section outlines the basic knowledge foundation social workers need to prepare to offer private outpatient behavioral health services. While we encourage participants to complete all four parts, you may also select those that best fit your needs and schedule...

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May 22, 2020 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET

Note: This course contains synchronous and asynchronous online content. Please see the agenda for the detailed schedule.

Depression is a leading cause of disability in the United States and worldwide. It is estimated that one in five individuals will experience depression in their lifetime, and while these symptoms are common, under-treatment is often seen in practice. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a valuable evidence-based intervention and effective approach to use in practice for individuals experiencing depressive disorders. This workshop will discuss depressive disorders, CBT theory, and use of CBT to treat depressive disorders.

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May 22, 2020 - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET

This workshop is part two of a four-part series on social justice oriented approaches to offering private behavioral health services in a private practice setting. This section focuses on skills for outpatient behavioral health services. While we encourage participants to complete all four parts, you may also select those that best fit your needs and schedule.

This series will provide a foundational understanding of private and public behavioral health services so that participants are able to identify the skills needed to deliver outpatient services as a clinician with a social justice orientation. With increased access to behavioral health services through policies such as Health Care Parity and the Affordable Care Act, more community members with mild to moderate need for behavioral health services are seeking care and there is a greater need for non-public behavioral health care providers who deliver culturally-responsive and socially-just services.

Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.

May 22, 2020 - 5:00 PM ET

Due to the Career Center (ssw-cso@umich.edu) for review.

May 25, 2020 ET

May 28, 2020 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET

This minicourse will explore contemporary issues in spirituality and social work focused on what it means to competently integrate spirituality into one's social work practice. In adopting a holistic perspective to guide practice, spirituality will be viewed as a vital and essential dimension in the biopsychosocial assessment and treatment planning process. This course will explore the rationale and need to integrate assessment and interventions related to spirituality in social work in a manner that supports cultural humility and competent practice. It will examine spirituality as rooted in the history of social work practice as well as exploring how to best define, integrate, and use spiritual assessment and interventions in addressing presenting client issues in clinical setting today. The relationship between spirituality and issues of race, gender and social class as well as spirituality across the life cycle will be addressed. Specific methods and interventions will be highlighted and applied to...

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May 28, 2020 - 12:00 PM ET

Join ENGAGE SSW on Thursday, May 28 at 12 PM, for a special session focused on how COVID-19 is impacting racial and economic equity in Detroit. Special guest Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan’s 13th congressional district will join us to share how the pandemic is affecting her community and what residents are doing to advocate for their needs.  

Jamila Martin, Michigan State Advisor of Movement Voter Project and cofounder of 482forward, will also join the conversation to share how social justice organizations have responded by creating MI COVID-19 Community Response  a mutual aid resource network to help organizations minimize the impact of the pandemic. Members of Common Roots are invited to join and ask questions during the online event.

Attending this session will count towards field credit.

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