Michigan Social Work

JANUARY 23, 2024

The University of Michigan School of Social Work, in collaboration with the U-M Arts Initiative, proudly announces the selection of the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE) as the featured artist residency for 2024. The intersection of social work, social justice and the arts is a vibrant and impactful area of study.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

“Ann Arbor and the university welcomed us with open arms, and we fell in love with this diverse, inclusive community.” Lecturer and ENGAGE: DETROIT Program Manager Ayesha Ghazi Edwin’s family history is chronicled in a story on U-M’s Center for South Asian Studies website.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From January 2024, Thomas will be working at the New Bulgaria University situated in Sofia, on three initiatives, with implications for research, policy recommendations, and sustained collaboration. These projects were developed in consultation with the leadership and faculty of the New Bulgaria University. Scholar Program.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 17, 2022

Both of these lesson plans align with the following social work competencies from the Council on Social Work Education : From 2015 EPAS – Competency 4 – Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice From 2022 EPAS – Competency 3 – Engage Anti-racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Practicea.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Assistant Professor Sukhmani Singh has been awarded a Bureau of Justice Category 2 Award to examine best practices and challenges associated with developing and implementing restorative justice diversion (RJD) programs from RJD trainers, a national cohort of providers, and their juvenile legal system counterparts.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

She is a co-investigator on a Nation Institute of Drug Abuse funded Diversity Supplement study for Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare, and Social Supports ( TCN-PATHs). Associate Research Professor Hsiu-Ju Lin is working on several federally funded projects related to the opioid crisis.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Born and raised in Brazil, Pinto , a professor and associate dean for research and innovation at the University of Michigan School of Social Work , found a way through the visual and performing arts to confront a painful past, find peace and forgiveness. It allowed me to look inwardly and consider personal growth and explore my own identity."

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Dear UConn SSW Community, National Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 through October 15, offers us the opportunity to honor prolific and diverse cultures of Latine communities.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Stapleton is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, class of 2016. Through these various roles, Natasha has a voice in advocating for the equitable practices for diverse students across the school, within curriculum and activities that are provided at the school.

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Community Care

MAY 30, 2024

The adoption system is “institutionally racist”, sector leaders have warned, in a strategy designed to tackle ethnic inequalities facing children and prospective adopters and a lack of diversity in the workforce. of the child population. of prospective adopters approved in England from 2018-19 to 2020-21, compared with the 6.4%

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University of Connecticut

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

She is also PI for the National Center of Excellence for LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity , funded by SAMHSA and the National Center for Youth with Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression. Matarese is among over 800 U.S. Scholar Program.

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

Casey Foundation, Child Trends, and Dr. Glenn Saxe of New York University on the first-ever longitudinal study on the impact of integrating trauma-informed care into child welfare and mental health services. Diverse perspectives are key to our progress. We use treatment approaches that are rooted in research and validated by evidence.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Social work academic career As an academic, Drakeford was professor of social policy and applied social sciences at Cardiff University and published several books on the profession. ” Jones, emeritus professor of social work at Kingston University and St. ”

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 31, 2023

The School’s Black History 365 committee engages in this work by honoring and highlighting Black lives, contributions, and culture throughout the year. These efforts advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism, as well as our goal to support and value the experiences of our Black students and colleagues.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 9, 2024

I’ve become increasingly familiar with the work and impact of our outstanding faculty and their research as well as our students who are engaged with some of our most pressing social welfare issues, child and adolescent behavioral health, substance use disorder, juvenile justice reform, LGBTQ+ health, and supporting immigrants and refugees.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 22, 2021

She had been handed the social justice advocate award earlier in the ceremony for her work creating diversity workshops for foster carers and social work colleagues following George Floyd’s murder in May last year. If it was just me bringing that model, I’m not sure that people would have engaged as such,” she said.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A few years back, my colleague, Dr. Lisa Baker at Samford University’s Department of Social Work , and I collaborated on a study about a technology-meditated assignment that we developed for a Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) course. Our goal was to breathe some new life into a stale assignment.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In this sense, in his articles he presents unpublished reflections both from researchers who are in training, and from the best and most established researchers that the editors can attract to publish in the magazine, as well as from university professors in the field of ethics and related topics who are available. Current Issue Vol.

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University of Connecticut

MAY 2, 2023

Supervisors will learn to guide their staff in assessing the diverse needs, strengths, and limitations of their clients. This workshop seeks to help social work supervisors to support staff working with children and families in crisis using various supervision models.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Message from the Dean Dear Colleagues, National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 through October 15, gives us the opportunity to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures of Hispanic and Latina/o/x communities.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This annual event celebrates the many diverse cultures and histories of Hispanic and Latinx/a/o communities. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism (DEI/AR) are central to our mission and infused throughout our Strategic Plan for the next five years.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This annual event celebrates the many diverse cultures and histories of Hispanic and Latinx/a/o communities. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism (DEI/AR) are central to our mission and infused throughout our Strategic Plan for the next five years.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

Social workers can embrace an awareness and acceptance of death, and begin to approach life and death mindfully, first in their own lives, and then learn more about ways to engage in conversations with clients about their own perspectives and wishes. Dealing with death breaks up those habits and expands us.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

Using firsthand accounts from 200 Black adolescents, Black Male Youth Raised in Public Systems: Engagement, Healing, Hope validates the fears, anxieties, and complexities of these youth. Follow this link to learn more about NASW Press authors who will present at the June 19-22 NASW National Conference (and book samples below).

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Highlighting Black History Month is also an expression of our School’s mission, as described in our Strategic Plan , which advances continuing work on diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism. Our Black History planning committee engages in this critical work by honoring Black lives, contributions, and culture.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Antoinette Lombard – University of Pretoria “ Meeting Vilma the first time as a social work colleague, implied the privilege of meeting a friend for life. She inspired others to act, engaged in action at the forefront, and led by example. Vimla Nadkarni . I am deeply sad by the news of her passing away.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 12, 2023

Our faculty and staff are deeply committed to continuing to engage in meaningful dialogue about diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in our community and in our work. For information about these events and other events across the state, please visit UConn’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice website.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Covering a wide range of environments in which social workers work with IPV, contributors offer a variety of innovative methods for working with victims, including constructed agency, antioppressive frameworks, community engagement, and work with abusive persons.

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University of Connecticut

MAY 17, 2023

Attention to diversity of membership and types of groups will be included as we discuss the stages of group development. Each of these groups has their benefits but challenge practitioners to adapt differing strategies to engage members, provide a safe space and develop a cohesive group.

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Community Care

MAY 9, 2023

Antonia Ogundayisi, who was appointed last year as the council’s first service manager, anti-racist practice, said the council had sought was to engage in challenging and uncomfortable conversations about racism with its ethnically diverse staff, enabling them to share experiences of racism in the workplace.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Through an engaging presentation and expert insights, this webinar will dissect the multifaceted impact of hip-hop, from empowering marginalized communities to redefining societal norms. In this webinar we’ll delve into the fascinating realm of hip-hop and explore its profound influence on behavior and culture.

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University of Connecticut

MAY 17, 2023

Social group work has a long history of bringing people together in many settings for enjoyment and to share common concerns, provide support and mutual aid, generate diverse solutions to problems, and learn new skills. The social isolation of the pandemic has demonstrated how much people need human connection to survive.

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Relias

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Let team members know they can count on you as an engaged leader who understands their struggles. If you manage a team with diverse cultural backgrounds, they may have perspectives and life experiences you have not readily considered. The antidote for uncertainty is consistency.

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Social Work Haven

JANUARY 3, 2022

Diversity & Equality. Set some time aside and take on some online training or pay for course at a university to enhance your social work skills further! Diversity & Equality.     Diversity and equality play a significant role in the career of a social worker. Professionalism. Values and Ethics.

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

School of Social Work faculty and staff are engaged in collaborative teams that are developing and advancing scholarship to address a diverse range of problems, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, adverse childhood experiences, foster care, homophobia, trauma, aging, and more.

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University of Connecticut

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The safety and dignity of our students and faculty are paramount, and that safety should be ensured on our campus as well as at events where members of our community are engaged in work on behalf of the School. The fact that this offensive behavior took place off campus makes it no less serious or worth addressing. Dean and Professor.

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Social Work Haven

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The University ensured that students had access to several resources to help make our placement journey a success, however, placement experiences differed because of a combination of several factors. I also attempted to engage in culturally competent supervision sessions. J (2003) Teaching for quality learning at university, 2nd ed.

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