Teaching & Learning in Social Work

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Editor’s note: Melissa Freedman, MSW, is a social work educator and consultant specializing in leadership, supervision, administration, and quality management and assurance. Before social work programs begin writing their self-study(ies), I vehemently encourage them to follow a few recommendations.

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Communication Consultation Administration Diversity 130

Michigan Social Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

MSW students Kareem Isaac, Rhianna Womack, Ataia Templeton and Kyra Smith accepted the award on behalf of BRHP; they would also like to credit alumni Joseph “Jojo” Pearson-Green, MSW ’23, and Syncere Ellis, MSW ’23, who were on the leadership team last semester. The Central Campus Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Schools 52

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Julia Rose, MSW, LISW, serves as the president of the NASW Iowa Chapter. She is an Intimate Partner Violence Program Coordinator for the Veterans Health Administration. When I was considering the direction of my masters, I learned about a local MSW program. She answers questions about her role with NASW.

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Administration Social Worker Psychology Mental Health 98

inSocialWork

MARCH 21, 2023

Louanne Bakk, PhD, MSW , is a clinical associate professor and director of the Doctor of Social Work program at the UBSSW. Her pedagogical focus is on the use of implementation science within social work, research and program evaluation, online learning, macro practice and public policy regarding aging.

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Human Services University Social Worker Schools 118

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 21, 2024

It could be to attend an event, a program, an opportunity. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. In the process you may find yourself advocating for the kids.

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Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Counseling 147

Shelter, Inc

APRIL 22, 2024

s programs, services, management, and administration. Santa Maria, MSW, LCSW shared, “COA reviewers conducted a meticulous evaluation, reviewing more than 700 items related to all aspects of our business. Programs include emergency housing, transitional living, foster care, home visiting and clinical support services.

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Administration Child Welfare Foster Care LCSW 52

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 23, 2022

John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program. Because we both sought to be handlers of Kugle in the program, both Arlene and I had to be tested with Kugle to see how we managed him and how he handled various situations we could encounter. If Kugle failed with either of us, neither of us could belong to the program with him.

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Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker 208

Doin' The Work

AUGUST 31, 2022

Episode 56 Guests: Charla Yearwood, LCSW; Cassandra Walker, LCSW, CCTP; Alan Dettlaff, PhD, MSW Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. UH has a phenomenal social work program that offers face-to-face master's and doctorate degrees, as well as an online and hybrid MSW. Alan Dettlaff, PhD, MSW [link]. Alan Dettlaff, PhD, MSW [link].

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 9, 2024

In the short time I have been here, we’ve successfully launched our CT Health Horizons Scholarship programs that support MSW students studying to become school social workers as well as our CT Adelante program that trains bilingual social workers to meet the mental health needs of the Latine community.

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Diversity Engagement Welfare Schools 52

Doin' The Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The University of Houston has a phenomenal social work program that offers face-to-face master's and doctorate degrees, as well as an online and hybrid MSW. They offer one of the country’s only Political Social Work programs and an Abolitionist Focused Learning Opportunity. Go to [link] to learn more. Go to [link] to learn more.

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LCSW Administration University 98

Social Work Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

PROGRAM: Video Remarks from Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04-D). Nicole Other Medicine, MSW, LICSW, School Social Worker, Indian Education Program. Tiffany Walker, MSW, LCSW, School Social Worker (Certified) and Chief Executive Officer, Journey Therapy Center, Clifton, New Jersey. WHERE: Registration Link.

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School Social Work Social Worker Schools Welfare 98

Michigan Social Work

APRIL 2, 2024

MSW Student Kevin Nguyen has been selected as the 2024 U-M National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Student of the Year.

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Code of Ethics Social Worker 52

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JUNE 30, 2023

Editor’s note: Melissa Freedman, MSW, is a social work educator and consultant specializing in leadership, supervision, administration, and quality management and assurance. The composition of your team depends on which social work program(s) you offer and how your academic unit is structured.

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Administration Consultation Adoption Anxiety 130

Doin' The Work

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Episode 59 Guest: Turquoise Skye Devereaux, MSW Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. The University of Houston has a phenomenal social work program that offers face-to-face master's and doctorate degrees, as well as an online and hybrid MSW. Episode 59 Guest: Turquoise Skye Devereaux, MSW Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW.

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LCSW University Interviewing Administration 97

Michigan Social Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

After receiving five degrees from U-M (including her MSW and PhD in Social Work and Psychology), Lee joined the School faculty as an associate professor in 2012. She is the director of the Parenting in Context Research Lab and was the director of the School’s Program Evaluation Group from 2019-2023.

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Child Welfare Welfare Psychology Schools 52

Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2022

When I started an MSW program at Boston College, my plan was to work in HIV/AIDS, with the immigrant population here in Boston or maybe to go back to Ethiopia,” he says. “I His previous work experience includes serving as dean of Academic Support Services at MIT and adjunct professor in several MSW programs.

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Justice and Corrections Clinical Social Work LCSW Clinic 97

Michigan Social Work

JULY 27, 2022

The legislation provides for the creation of a Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Retention and Training grant program (SMART), paying graduate social work students $25 an hour for their field education in public schools settings. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed Michigan Senate Bill 1012 into law.

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Mental Health Advocacy Schools Social Worker 98

Doin' The Work

JANUARY 30, 2023

The University of Houston has a phenomenal social work program that offers face-to-face master's and doctorate degrees, as well as an online and hybrid MSW. They offer one of the country’s only Political Social Work programs and an Abolitionist Focused Learning Opportunity.

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University LCSW Mental Health Counseling 72

Michigan Social Work

JANUARY 30, 2024

MSW students Wolfgang Bahr, Sarah Shimizu and L Tantay have all had projects selected for the Michigan Health Equity Challenge, which provides support for U-M grad students working with community-based organizations in developing multidisciplinary initiatives that address health care inequities.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health 52

inSocialWork

AUGUST 22, 2023

Our guests are Alyssa Ernst, MSW ’10, LMSW, and Stephanie Stodolka, LMSW, two school social workers who have been around the block. After earning her MSW in 2010 at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, she has focused her career on at-risk youth.

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School Social Work Schools LMSW Foster Care 68

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Since passage of a bill that removed a known biased exam—the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) MSW exam—as a requirement for licensed non-independent social workers (i.e., Rubin, MSW, LSW, ACSW, CAE, stated, “This is a monumental success for social work in Illinois. NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director Joel L.

Mental Health 57

Mental Health Social Worker Crisis Intervention Telehealth 57

inSocialWork

JUNE 20, 2023

Dior Lindsey, MSW ’16 If a person is being held accountable for a crime, do we need to punish their entire family? Dior Lindsey, LMSW, MSW ’16 , is the program coordinator for the Osborne Association’s FamilyWorks Buffalo program.

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Criminal Justice LMSW Schools University 68

Michigan Social Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Hawkins received her PhD in Social Work and Sociology through the School’s Joint Doctoral Program in 2015 and joined the School faculty in 2018. She has previously served as both associate director (2021-present) and acting director (2022-2023). She brings extensive experience in conducting research on health care disparities.

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Interventional Schools 52

University of Connecticut

MARCH 31, 2022

Nary Rath, MSW ‘19, California Program Manager at SEARAC. Dean Jones, MSW ‘15, Director of Peacebuilders at COMPASS. Dr. Traci LaLiberte, MSW ‘97, Executive Director at Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy – University of Minnesota School of Social Work.

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Child Welfare Welfare Social Worker Schools 98

Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Schools are a common intercept point for mental health and suicide prevention programming. Hope Squad, a school-based, peer-to-peer, suicide prevention program, uses trained and mentored students nominated by their peers to perform intentional outreach with fellow students. Authors: Jennifer L.

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Schools Mental Health University Therapist 97

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 2, 2022

While I found that program basic, I took a psychology course as an elective and fell in love with it. I applied to the university of Toronto and got a conditional acceptance to the Master of Social Work program. He passed me with a B+ so I met criteria for admission to the social work program at U of T. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

Private Practice 147

Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Schools 147

Michigan Social Work

JANUARY 9, 2024

MSW students Maryam Syed and Maretta DeWitt have been named as Dow Sustainability Fellow by the Graham Institute. Designed to support the next generation of sustainability leaders in business, government, and nonprofits, the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program is among the most prestigious and productive graduate programs at U-M.

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Government 40

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Since passage of a bill that removed a known biased exam—the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) MSW exam—as a requirement for licensed non-independent social workers (i.e., Rubin, MSW, LSW, ACSW, CAE, stated, “This is a monumental success for social work in Illinois. NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director Joel L.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Social Worker Crisis Intervention Telehealth 52

inSocialWork

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Arnie Graf, MSW. Arnie Graf, MSW, is an organizer and a social worker. from SUNY University at Buffalo in 1965 and received his MSW from West Virginia University in 1971. The program has enabled thousands of young people, including the Mayor of Baltimore, to become first generation college graduates. from 2011 to 2013.

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University Social Worker Schools 74

Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

The federal government is soliciting proposals to fund various programs that prevent and address elder abuse. As noted in a recent NASW Practice Perspective , social workers are currently involved in similar grant-funded programs and play critical roles in elder justice. Details regarding each program and a brief resource list follow.

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Domestic Violence Administration Hospitals Government 127

Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 5, 2022

I gained an interest in photography and a year later applied and then attended a program at Seneca College. I took a job as a childcare worker in a group home and from there applied to a Masters program in social work. After graduating and four years later, I applied to a PhD program in social work and was rejected.

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Rehabilitation Private Practice University Mental Health 147

Social Work Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

By Maren Dale Jennifer Pelham, MSW, is a self-defined corporate social worker from Albany, N.Y., She stepped into the corporate sector in 2008, taking on a role as a career development program manager for a major technology company, after serving as a hospital-based individual and group therapist.

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Advocacy Social Worker Empathy Administration 52

Michigan Social Work

JUNE 13, 2023

Associate Professor Kristin Seefeldt and Lecturer Trevor Bechtel spoke to the Ann Arbor City Council earlier this month about a new program which would provide a universal basic income to 100 Ann Arbor residents engaged in some form of entrepreneurship.

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Engagement University 52

Social Work Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

Kristi Wood says her eyes were opened to the work of NASW when she was a student in the part-time MSW program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wood, MSW, CAPSW, won her seat recently as director of Region VIII, which includes Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. NASW members can read the full story here after logging in.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Human Services Welfare 98

University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

program in summer 2024. During his tenure, he led multiple initiatives that strengthened our doctoral program. The program also transformed its model of student advising and increased professional development opportunities for doctoral students. He also taught four courses in the doctoral program. Laura Curran, MSW, Ph.D.

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Administration Schools University 40

Michigan Social Work

MARCH 28, 2023

ENGAGE Program Manager and Ann Arbor City Council Member Ayesha Ghazi Edwin, MSW ’10, worked with fellow City Council Member Linh Song, MSW ’04 and the Michigan chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW-MI) to officially proclaim March as Social Work Month in the city of Ann Arbor. “We

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Social Worker Engagement Government Schools 52

Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Harris Foundation, donate to the NASW Foundation’s Verne LaMarr Lyons MSW Scholarships program. The Lyons program supports master’s degree candidates in social work who demonstrate an interest in health/mental health practice and a commitment to working in African American communities.

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Diversity Mental Health Social Worker Schools 97