ON-LINE TRAININGS

ASSIGNMENTS AND POINTS/HOURS

Count hours spent viewing and or participating in training
Provide certificate of completion if available
Write a 2 page reflection addressing:
Knowledge gained
Skills insights
Applicability to your practice focus
Ethical issues for practice
Include hours spent on the training at the top of your reflection and upload to Canvas for your Field Faculty to review and discuss in your meetings
One hour viewing/participation = 1 point
Reflection paper = 5 points/hours
Review and discuss in meeting with your Field Faculty

EXAMPLES: (Please choose on-line trainings/webinars, etc. that are of interest to you and applicable to your specific area of practice and/or social work career)

Website focused on professional standards and advancement of sound social policy. https://www.socialworkers.org/ (Links to an external site.)
SPS Webinar Catalogue link: https://www.socialworkers.org/Careers/Specialty-Practice-Sections/SPS-Webinar-Catalog (Links to an external site.)

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) increases the health security of our nation. As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects peple from helath threats by conducting critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against health threats, and responds when they arise. This website is a wealth of a wide range of knowledge and has many resources, including webinars, trainings, podcasts, articles, etc. https://www.cdc.gov/

More specifically within the CDC, the Injury Prevention and Control: Division of Violence Prevention:

Connecting the Dots: Introduction to the Links between Multiple Forms of Violence https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/connecting -the -dots/node/4

Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/aces -training/#/#top

Principles of Prevention https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/principles -of -prevention/

STRYVE: Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/stryve/

Understanding Evidence https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/evidence/

Community Development Project: This toolkit is designed for organizations and individuals that want to use participatory action research (PAR) to support their work towards social justice. PAR helps us to analyze and document the problems that we see in our communities; allows us to generate data and evidence that strengthens our social justice work and ensures that we are the experts about the issues that face our communities. In this toolkit you will find case studies, workshops, worksheets and templates that you can download and tailor to meet your needs: Research for Organizing: A Toolkit for Participatory Action Research: http://www.researchfororganizing.org/index.php?page=webinar-seres

Human Rights Campaign: HRC is the largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBTQ equality by inspiring and engaging individuals and communities. HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. https://www.hrc.org/

All Children, All families Webinars: https://www.hrc.org/resources/all-children-all-families-webinars

National Resource Center on LGBT Aging is a technical assistance resource center aimed at improving the quality of services and supports offered to LGBTQ older adults: https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/

National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a learning network, coordinated by the Urban Institute that connects independent partner organizations to ensure all communities have access to data and the skills to use information to advance equity and well-being across neighborhoods: https://www.neighborhoodindicators.org/

Webinars, presentations and audio: https://www.neighborhoodindicators.org/get-involved/webinars

NC Area Health Education Centers (or North Carolina AHEC) is developing online educational learning modules to address the misinformation in communities, especially rural communities, around those with addiction and Substance use Disorder.

Opioid Education for Community Health Workers Online Series: https://www.aheconnect.com/opioided/default.asp

North Carolina State University, Center for Family and Community Engagement is a public service and research center. The Center fosters family-community-academic partnerships that are relevant and responsive to families and communities by supporting community engagement, offering training and technical assistance and providing evaluation and research: https://www.cface.org/ The site has a variety of resources including webinars:

A Resource Parent’s Guide to Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) https://www.cface.org/projects/family_engagement/dss/IDDinfo.php
Game Building as Engagement https://www.cface.org/projects/family_engagement/dss/gamebuilding.php
Learning to Support, Include, and Empower Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, and Questioning Youth in Substitute Care https://www.cface.org/projects/family_engagement/dss/lgbtq.php
How Loss Impacts Youth in Foster Care: What is our role and responsibility within these relationships? https://www.cface.org/projects/family_engagement/dss/ALinfo.php

Now Matters Now is a suicide prevention organization that provides free trainings and resources including micro-intervention, suicide safe care, recommended care and DBT skills to name a few: https://www.nowmattersnow.org/get-involved

Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) is the only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the implementation of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. SPRC is funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): https://www.sprc.org/

CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means: https://training.sprc.org/
Locating and Understanding Data for Suicide Prevention: https://training.sprc.org/enrol/index.php?id=35
A Strategic Planning Approach to Suicide Prevention: https://training.sprc.org/enrol/index.php?id=31
Preventing Suicide in Emergency Department Patients: https://training.sprc.org/enrol/index.php?id=30

UC Davis Health, Children’s Hospital: Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) online training: https://pcit.ucdavis.edu/pcit-web-course/

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Improving Cultural Competency for Behavioral Health Professionals: https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/education/behavioral-health?gclid=CjwKCAjwmKLzBRBeEiwACCVihrCTf-z-ciTbHQqhHxk7U-ZQYs_taiL7OAZOF8mw5X9Yy950CAtmbhoC368QAvD_BwE

University of North Carolina; Behavioral Health Spring Board:

Children and Adolescents Affected by Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) https://bhs.unc.edu/node/248
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders https://bhs.unc.edu/FASD-free
Introduction to the Mental Health Needs of Children and Young People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Web-Based Provider Training Curriculum https://bhs.unc.edu/introduction-mental-health-needs-children-and-young-peopleintellectualdevelopmental-disabilities

Westfield State University, Interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Collaboration (IBHC) Project Free online Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Training Modules (16 different modules on a variety of healthcare and specialized population topics): http://www.westfield.ma.edu/interdisciplinary-behavioral-health-collaboration/modules

Harborview Medical Center, Behavioral Health Institute; Behavioral Health Training, Workforce and Policy Innovation Center: This site is filled with up to date legal requirements, trainings and resources related to providing behavioral health services during COVID-19 https://bhi-telehealthresource.uwmedicine.org/

National Alliance to End Homelessness is committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. The site is full of resources, tool kits, policy information and a section called the Center for Learning with links to free and low cost trainings/webinars: https://endhomelessness.org/centerforlearning/

JustLead Washington Is growing a sustainable network of community leaders who can effectively and collaboratively work toward equity and justice for low-income and marginalized individuals and communities throughout Washington State. JusLead’s capacity-building work focuses on supporting leadership development, racial equity and collaboration between legal and community based partners. The site offers a variety of resources including a Race Equity Toolkit and Webinars: https://justleadwa.org/

African America Policy Forum (AAPF) is an innovative think tank that connects academics, activists and policy-makers to promote efforts to dismantle structural inequality. The site has a wide variety of resources including but not limited to free webinars and podcasts:

Webinars: https://aapf.org/webinars

Podcast: Intersectionality Matters!: https://aapf.org/podcast

WA-AIMH Trainings
Several trainings are currently being adapted for online delivery in the coming months, including:

The Growing Brain
Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ/ASQ:SE)
DC: 0-5 Clinical Training
DC: 0-5 Training for Non-clinicians

Please contact us at training@wa-aimh.org or fill out our training interest form if you or your organization are interested in these or our other trainings, and stay tuned for details as they are scheduled.

NOTE: The trainings listed below are offered by outside organizations. Listings are for informational purposes only, and do not indicate an endorsement by WA-AIMH or a guarantee that content meets credentialing requirements. Please reach out to your Endorsement Coordinator for any questions about training alignment with your application needs.

WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH

Mindful Self-Compassion: Heart Skills for Our Families and Ourselves in Challenging Times
This series of three webinars will feature leaders in the field sharing appropriate and timely information and practices relevant to the current global crisis and beyond. During these times when individual, family, and system stress is so amplified, we are particularly vulnerable to trauma, burnout, and deep fatigue. The always important emotion regulation and stress management skills, along with compassion practices, are essential for our ability to navigate these stormy seas. Each webinar will offer an opportunity to explore these skills and practices and consider the many ways they can support us.
ONLINE | APRIL 29 12:00pm PST
ONLINE | MAY 13 12:00pm PST
ONLINE | JUNE 24 12:00pm PST

IECMH Webinars
For a limited time, First3Years is offering FREE, 1-hour, on-demand online webinars, which include CEUs (for SW, LPC, ECI, CPE).

IECMH Webinar Series
First3Years offers a monthly webinar series that addresses the Competencies for Infant Mental Health Endorsement.

IECMH Online Courses
First3Years offers 1-hour, on-demand online courses on a number of topics, including early brain development, attachment relationships, and parenting.

RSC webinars
Three 1-hour webinars designed by the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health and First3Years, that may be especially valuable to those who are providers of RSC and need 3 hours of training specific to RSC.

National Alliance on Mental Illness: NAMI Is the nation’s largest grassroots mental Health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. They have webinars, trainings, resources, plus a variety of other information: https://www.nami.org/ (Links to an external site.)

The Veterans Training Support Center provides continuing educational opportunities and professional development to those who provide direct service to veterans and their family members. http://veteranstrainingsupportcenter.org/index.php/calendar_main/event (Links to an external site.)

Free training:

Psychological Resilience: During the Time of COVID-19, Friday, April 3, 2020, 1-4pm
Complex Post Traumatic Stress & Personality Disorder, Part 3; Friday, April 10, 2020, 9am-12pm
Trauma and Moral Injury Workshop for Mental Health Professionals; Friday, April 17, 9am-4pm
Psychological Resilience: During the Time of COVID-19; Tuesday, April 21, 9am-4pm
Advanced Motivational Interviewing; Friday, April 24, 9am-4pm

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Trainings: https://learningacademy.cswe.org/catalog (Links to an external site.)

North American Network of Field Educators & Directors (NANFED) Link to Free online trainings for MSW Students by UNC-Chapel Hill: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bd11f6e8dfc8ccbbf4a15b2/t/5e6bd9bb1e6b032a2c0691aa/1584126395506/online+training+guide.pdf (Links to an external site.)

Leadership Snohomish County https://leadershipsc.org/ (Links to an external site.) is hosting: “Navigating Uncertain Times” Monday, April 6: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/navigating-uncertain-times-registration-101269812736 (Links to an external site.)

UW Center for Health Sciences, Interprofessional Education: IPE is an approach to teaching and learning that brings together students from two or more professions to learn about, from, and with each other in service of enabling effective collaboration. The goal of IPE is to improve health outcomes through the education of a practice-ready healthcare team that is prepared to respond to local health needs 

 https://collaborate.uw.edu/in-the-classroom/Links to an external site.

here are four IPE events that are still open for registration. The first three are part of the Interprofessional Active Learning Series (iPALS). The fourth is part of the Foundations for Interprofessional Practice Series.

iPALS Ethics Lab: 4/6/20, 5:30 – 7:30 PM: Adolescent Decision-Making
iPALS: 4/17/20, 3:00 – 5:00 PM: Weight Stigma in Clinical Care
iPALS: 5/1/20, 3:00 – 5:00 PM: A “One Health” Clinic for Persons Experiencing Homelessness with their Animals
Foundations for Interprofessional Practice – May 6, 2020, 3:30 – 5:30 PM –

Error Disclosure,a critical skill in your practice toolkit: To register: contact Rachel Lazzar, rlazzar@uw.edu

Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction; (OSPI has a variety of on line trainings, webinars and other learning opportunities; https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/resources-subject-area/sexual-health-education/trainingstaff-development#OnlineLearningOpportunities (Links to an external site.)

National Association of Social Workers, Washington State Chapter: NASW, WA has information and trainings on telemental health, video conferencing and much more: https://www.nasw-wa.org/professional-learning-events

SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS) promotes the development of integrated primary and behavioral health services to better address the needs of individuals with mental health and substance use conditions, whether seen in specialty behavioral health or primary care provider settings. CHIHS provides training and technical assistance to community behavioral health organizations, community health center and other primary care and behavioral health organizations.

• SBIRT: Training and Other Resources (free and fee): https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinical-practice/sbirt/training-other-resources

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice:

http://www.nwcphp.org/training/training-search

Washington State Department of Health: DOH provides a variety of trainings, including a Suicide Prevention Training, which fulfills mandatory WA Suicide Prevention requirements for professionals. There’s a 3 hour training for $15 and a 6 hour training for $25:

https://www.doh.wa.gov/ForPublicHealthandHealthcareProviders/HealthcareProfessionsandFacilities/SuicidePrevention/TrainingPrograms/2017ModelList

COVID-19 Resources for Social Workers and Therapists from Socialwork.career

Family Caregiver Alliance addresses the needs of families and friends providing long-term care at home by providing information and trainings through free webinars, classes, videos, information, tips, etc.: https://www.caregiver.org/

International Center for Responsible Gaming helps increase understanding of pathological and youth gambling and finds effective methods of treatment of the disorder. They provide free webinars, trainings and resources: https://www.icrg.org/

Institute for Research, education & Training in Addictions (ireta)focuses on providing information, technical assistance, and educational resources for policymakers, providers (prevention, treatment, recovery and non-specialized healthcare works who also provide substance ause disorder care), educators, consumers and their families and administrator. They provide free and fee services including webinars, classes, trainings, information and resources: https://ireta.org/training/overview/

Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Works toward practical solutions that benefit both employer and employee, JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent tha tpeole with disabilities add to the workplace. JAN provides a wide variety of resources including free webinars, trainings and resources: https://askjan.org/events/Trainings.cfm

Magellan Health Services, Inc offers a variety of informational and educational courses, webinars and other resources for providers such as social workers, counselors, certified drug and alcohol counselors and psychologists), consumers of mental health services; family members and other interested parties. They offer free courses on building resiliency, recovery, whole health and more.https://alphacarecms.magellanhealth.com/training-site/learning-opportunities.aspx

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health provides training, support and consultation to advocates, mental health and substance abuse providers, legal professionals and policymakers as they work to improve agency and system-level responses to survivors and their children. They provide free trainings, webinars and resources: http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org/trainingta/

National Council for Behavioral Health coordinates the Mental Health First Aid program across the USW and operates the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated health Solutions to provide nationwide technical assistance in integrating primary and behavioral health. They provide free webinars and resource information: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/events-and-training/webinars/

Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Provides free monthly webinars designed to increase knowledge and skills related to preventing HIV among youth with an emphasis on young gay men and transgender youth of color. https://www.chla.org/division-adolescent-and-young-adult-medicine-webinars#.UX1rM6VlkVs

End Violence Against Women International: We envision a world where gender-based violence is unacceptable, where perpetrators are held accountable and victims receive the compassion, support and justice they deserve. AS a professional training organization, we offer a broad portfolio of resources to improve criminal justice and community responses to gender-based violence through trainings, conferences, webinars, training bulletins, resource library, FAQs and technical assistance: https://evawintl.org/Library/Documents.aspx?StaticCategory=true&CategoryID=313

Futures With Out Violence: FUTURES provides groundbreaking programs, policies and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world. Free webinars and resources available: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/resources-events/webinars/

National Children’s Advocacy Center: The NCAC models, promotes and delivers excellence in child abuse response and prevention through service, education and leadership. There is a wide variety of resources, free webinars and trainings, readings and much more on this site: https://www.nationalcac.org/online-training-catalog/

National Eating Disorders Association advocates on behalf of and supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders. NEDA works with partners and volunteers to develop programs and tools to help everyone who seeks assistance. Free videos and resource information: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/learn

National Health Care for the Homeless Council help bring about reform of the health care system to best serve the needs of people who are homeless, to work in alliance with others whose broader purpose is to eliminate homelessness. They offer free webinars on a variety of topics of interest to the homeless health care field. https://nhchc.org/webinars/

Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides technical assistance, training and materials to increase the knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention practitioners and other professionals serving people at risk of suicide. Free resources and webinars available: http://www.sprc.org/search/webinars

Washington Coalition of sexual Assault Programs: This website is filled with resources, policy information, trainings and free webinars: https://www.wcsap.org/resources/webinars

Washington Nonprofits Institute is resource for nonprofits across Washington State, empowering them with a broad set of resources, advocating for public policies that effect them, and helping them build connections. The website has a variety of fee webinars and resources, in addition to information about trainings and conferences (for fee.) https://www.wanonprofitinstitute.org/

Podcasts:

University of Buffalo, School of Social Work, inSocialWork Podcast Series engages practitioners and researchers in lifelong learning and promotes research to practice and practice to research. inSocialWork features conversations with prominent social work professionals, interviews with cutting-edge researchers and information on emerging trends and best practices in the field of social work: https://www.insocialwork.org/

City of Seattle Weekly Updates on COVID-19 related resources: https://frontporch.seattle.gov/2020/03/24/get-connected-to-our-weekly-covid-19-community-webinars/

Free State Social Work offers on-line continuing education for social workers, counselors and therapists using carefully selected academic journals, government reports and other professional resources including trainings and webinars (free and fee) They cover a range of subjects: https://www.freestatesocialwork.com/?page_id=784

ADvancing States iQ Online Learning Center was designed to help strengthen participants’ knowledge of the aging and disability networks,our online courses provide overviews and analyses of systems and services that impact older adults, people with disabilities and their caregivers. Webinars and resources (free): https://www.advancingstatesiq.org/

American Society on Aging: https://www.asaging.org/education

Certification information: (This is an idea I’m working on… what if we had a section on different types of certifications Social Workers regularly get?

Washington State Licensure Requirement information, Department of Health: https://www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/ProfessionsNewReneworUpdate/SocialWorker

School Social Work Certification FAQs: https://socialwork.uw.edu/programs/ce/k12/school-social-work-certification-faq

Substance Use Disorder Professionals: https://www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/ProfessionsNewReneworUpdate/SubstanceUseDisorderProfessional/LicenseRequirements

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) provides a Trauma focused CBT training and resources. (Certificate training cost $35): https://tfcbt2.musc.edu/

The Indiana University School of Social Work is offering a free introductory program titled ‘Telehealth Basics for Social Work Educators and Clinicians' responding to COVID-19. The program is online and self-paced. It includes 3 modules that provide help with risk-management, ethical guidelines, service policies, social media, and strategies and skills for engaging with clients online. Participants that complete the program can earn 2 CEU’s.

Click on the link below to access:

https://expand.iu.edu/browse/socialwork/courses/telehealth-basics-for-social-work-educators-behavioral-health-clinicians-responding-to-covid-19

WEBINARS

ASSIGNMENTS AND POINTS/HOURS

Count hours spent viewing and or participating in training
Provide certificate of completion if available
Write a 2 page reflection addressing:
Knowledge gained
Skills insights
Applicability to your practice focus
Ethical issues for practice
Include the number of hours spent viewing/participating in the training at the top of your reflection paper and upload to Canvas for your Field Faculty to review
One hour viewing/participating = 1 point
Reflection paper = 5 points
Review and discuss in meeting with your Field Faculty

EXAMPLES:

Pathways RTC: Upcoming Webinar: “Collaboration Between Youth Partners and Family Partners in Wraparound” April 30, 2020 10AM

http://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/webinar.shtml (Links to an external site.)

Be Strong Families partners with organizations, systems and communities to help families grow stronger from the inside out. The offer technical assistance and trainings to help create peer-to-peer discussions that promote vitality, provide emotional healing and foster peaces. These trans formative conversations not only prevent violence and fight oppression, they give hope, create amazing leaders and help overlooked communities thrive. Link to webinars addressing current (COVID-19) and ongoing issues: https://www.bestrongfamilies.org/search?q=webinars

Public Ethics in Public Health Emergencies: Standards of Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has raised a number of difficult questions about scarce resource management, how to provide care for individual patients while protecting the well-being of the community, and the professional obligations of healthcare workers. During this ethics lab we will provide an overview of the ethical framing of public health emergencies, and students will work with future colleagues from across professions to apply ethical decision-making tools to prominent questions of the pandemic.

May 11, 2020 from 5:30-7:30pm

Via Zoom - Please sign up here.

Space is limited!

Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement - CORA / Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SzKpkSCURCa5-ZvUo-lDkQ

Battered Women's Justice Project. The link has 9 different topics to choose webinars from: https://www.bwjp.org/resource-center.html

Social Work Career: https://www.socialwork.career/2020/03 (Links to an external site.)

US Government: COVID-19 Planning and Response: Isolation and Quarantine: Lessons Learned from Seattle & King County.

https://www.usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/Webinar_COVID_19_Seattle_King_County_Slides_03242020.pdf (Links to an external site.)

The Well-Being Series | Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network
https://mhttcnetwork.org/centers/northwest-mhttc/well-being-series

TED Talks:

Innovations in Aging Multigen Series

READINGS

ASSIGNMENTS AND POINTS/HOURS

1) BOOKS:

ASSIGNMENT: Choose a fiction or non-fiction book relevant to social justice/social work. There are endless choices; a smattering of ideas are here but please find a book with meaning to you that you have not yet read. Write a 4 page reflection on:

social justice issues infused in the book
Insights you gained into a lived experience
Ways you will incorporate your growth and learning from reading the book into your social work micro, mezzo and macro practice.
Include the number of hours spent reading the book at the top of your reflection paper and upload to Canvas for your Field Faculty to review
One hour reading = 1 point
Reflection paper = 10 points
Review and discuss in meeting with your Field Faculty

Book options (or you may suggest one you haven't yet read!)

"There There" by Tommy Orange
"The spirit catches you and you fall down" by Anne Fadiman
"Dopesick by Beth Macy
"Hearbest of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama" by Diane C. Fujino
"Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich
"Days in the Lives of Social Workers" by Linda May Grobman
"Rubyfruit Junction" by Rita Mae Brown
"Rosa Lee" by Leon Dash
"The New Human Rights Revolution" by Pete Joseph
“A Second Helping of Gumbo for the Soul: More Liberating Stories and Memories to Inspire Females of Color” by Michelle Trotman Scott
"Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution"
"She of the Mountains" by Vivek Shraya
"All You Can Every Know" by Nicole Chung
"Giovanni’s Room" by James Baldwin
"When a Line Becomes a River" by Francisco Cantu

2) ARTICLES:

Assignment: Please choose a scholarly article/articles of significant importance to your social work practice focus and write a 2 page reflection per article addressing:

Knowledge gained
Skills insights
Applicability to your practice focus
Ethical issues for practice
Include the number of hours spent viewing/participating in the training at the top of your reflection paper and upload to Canvas for your Field Faculty to review
One hour reading = 1 point
Reflection paper = 5 points
Review and discuss in meeting with your Field Faculty

EXAMPLES: Please choose the article/s of interest to you

The Ethics of Care: Social Workers in an Influenza Pandemic Philip M. Rosoff MD, Social Work in Health Care; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00981380801970814 (Links to an external site.)

Read the article “The Ethics of Care Social Workers in an Influence Pandemic.” Write a reflection that addresses one of the following ethical questions raised by the article: Should social workers have a duty of care to clients during times of pandemic or natural disaster, and how would this influence your decision making as a professional social worker asked to work during a pandemic or natural disaster? OR How does the field of social work safeguard against the influence of  bias in times that may require the rationing of care?

Repositioning Risk in Social Work Education: Reflections Arising from the Threat of SARS to Social Work Students in Hong Kong During their Field Practicum; Terry Tse Fong Leung, Ching Man Lam & Hung Wong; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02615470601081704 (Links to an external site.)

MOVIES

EXAMPLES: (Please choose a movie related to social justice/social work that you have not yet seen)

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

Write a 4 page reflection on:

social justice issues infused in the movie
Insights you gained into a lived experience
Ways you will incorporate your growth and learning from reading the book into your social work micro, mezzo and macro practice.
Include the number of hours spent reading the book at the top of your reflection paper and uplooad to Canvas for your Field Faculty to review
Per one hour movie watching = 1 point
Reflection paper = 10 points
Review and discuss in meeting with your Field Faculty

ACTIVISM

ASSIGNMENT: Please submit a detailed report of your hours you spent and activities in which you engaged. Review and discuss in meeting with your Field Faculty

ONE HOUR = ONE POINT

EXAMPLES: (Please choose according to your own area of interest)

The National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign seeks to: Raise awareness of the importance of voting to social work practice and impact; Integrate voter engagement activities into class and field education for all social work students (micro and macro); Provide information about voter mobilization skills and strategies to field instructors, students and faculty for use in agencies and the classroom; and Ensure that all the people served by social workers have access to the vote. : https://votingissocialwork.org/social-work-students/ (Links to an external site.)

Read social work voting toolkit and develop a plan for your agency/issue/client community

Compose advocacy writings (e.g., op-ed, letter to the editor, key talking points for agency personnel, etc.) to elected officials or media outlets about issues and legislation with (e.g., Indian Child Welfare Act, Family First Prevention Act, Homeless Camping Bans/Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness, etc.) and provide a synopsis of key takeaways the agency is connected to/populations they serve

Learn about key social work organizations and get connected: https://www.socialworkers.org/; https://www.aswb.org/; https://www.cswe.org/Home.aspx (Links to an external site.)

Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions:

Provides training information on providing Information and Referral services:

current website: https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/ (Links to an external site.)

new website: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/integrated-health-coe/ (Links to an external site.)

The Social Work Podcast: http://socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/ (Links to an external site.)

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

ASSIGNMENT: Please submit a detailed report of your hours you spent and activities in which you engaged. Review and discuss in meeting with your Field Faculty (ONE HOUR = ONE POINT)

EXAMPLES: (Please choose according to your own area of interest)

LIFELONG: Building on our longstanding commitment to those living with HIV, Lifelong ensures that vulnerable and marginalized people thrive by eliminating barriers to health and wellness. We have both on-site and off-site volunteer opportunities available. Please email  taraj@lifelong.org for more information. More info: https://www.lifelong.org/group-volunteers

YOGA BEHIND BARS

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN

PROJECT CONNECT – Please see this page for more information about these exciting projects!