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  1. Legal Issues of Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities

    June 28, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

    This course helps students increase their understanding of the legal issues frequently encountered by older adults and persons with disability, including estate planning, planning for incapacity, guardianship, elder abuse and exploitation, advocacy for quality long-term care and other services, eligibility for long-term care benefits and services, and elder abuse and exploitation. Students will discuss readings and case studies in small groups with other students and write short reflective pieces, as well as having the option to observe court proceedings.

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  2. Independence Day Holiday

    July 4, 2019

  3. Navigating the Licensure Maze - Everything you need to know!

    July 8, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:15pm

    Michelle Woods, Director of Career Services will discuss the licensure process for Michigan and how to research procedures for other states. The ASWB licensure exam process will be discussed as well. 

  4. Ask a Current MSW Student Webinar - For Incoming Students

    July 9, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

    What's the program really like? Where is your field placement? What do social work students do for fun? 

    Join several of our MSW students for a live web chat. They're excited to answer any questions that you have and share their feedback about the program. 

    This is an off-site, web-based session and may be attended via the Internet. The session will be recorded.

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  5. Immigration Enforcement, Human Rights, and Social Justice

    July 11, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

    This mini-course focuses on the real community and personal impact of a public policy with sweeping national controversy, many deaths, and significant questions about social justice, racial discrimination, and even intent in the constitution. Because it is a mini-course, rather than a full course, this course will concentrate on one aspect of immigration policy? undocumented immigrants and the public policy strategy of enforcement for undocumented immigrants at the border and in the interior of the country. Along with discussion of the policies and practices of enforcement, we will bring local enforcement activities to the table and examine their impact on people, families, and Michigan communities. The discussion will have a global, national, state, and a local component. Students in this course will acquire the skills to critically analyze this aspect of immigration policy and its controversies. and about community and organization responses and activism.

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

  6. Current Treatments for Trauma Survivors

    July 12, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

    This course addresses the theoretical framework of trauma and trauma treatment from a culturally and philosophically diverse perspective. It seeks to provide information about why and how trauma and PTSD occur and how trauma treatment is affected by type of trauma experience, socioeconomic and cultural factors, individual personality and family functioning. Attention is focused on life span development and the meaning of trauma at different ages. Various types of trauma and trauma treatment are discussed from an individual, family, and socio/cultural perspective. The importance of understanding trauma and its relationship to grief and loss will be addressed. Coping and resiliency in surviving and recovering from trauma are explored, emphasizing the diversity of human response and focusing on the significance of social groups in integrating trauma. The formation and practice of rituals, and diversity in religious and spiritual experience as a component of coping with trauma will be discussed. Trauma...

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  7. MSW Student Town Hall

    July 15, 2019 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

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  8. Letter Writing Campaign

    July 16, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

     

    To continue our work from the Community Gathering last week,  Student Union is partnering with the Office of Global Activities and the Office of Student Services, to host a Letter Writing Campaign. The campaign will be centered on various topics that relate to current developments in immigration/asylum policy and enforcement.  We want to invite students, faculty and staff, within and outside of the SSW, to write to their state and national representatives expressing their concerns, and to urge the reps to push for humanitarian reform within various sectors of the immigration system. We will have various writing stations with postcards and the resources needed for participants to take action. RSVP: http://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/rsvp/index.html?eventID=E3714

  9. All Women Are Leaders All Women Are Leaders

    July 18, 2019 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm

    The Michigan Medicine graduate social work intern program and the School of Social Work are proud to announce the second annual All Women Are Leaders celebration. This event addresses diversity in leadership, and shares wisdom and inspiration. Our student presenter this year is Fatima Nasir. Attendance at this event counts for two field hours for students. A reception will follow.

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  10. Microaggressions

    July 22, 2019 - 10:00am to 11:30am

    Microaggressions - the subtle everyday verbal and nonverbal slights and insults which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages - can effect anyone. In this thought-provoking presentation, attendees learn how background influences individuals' perceptions and experiences of other; strategies for building strong relationships; and ways to create more mindful & inclusive work environments. Facilitated by Clarissa Love of the Office of Health, Equity & Inclusion.

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