BUSSW Community Members Share Expertise at 2024 NASW-MA Symposium Conference
Faculty, students and alumni from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will share their expertise with social workers, mental health professionals, and community leaders from across the state at the 2024 National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts Chapter (NASW-MA) Symposium, April 25-26.
The virtual conference – the largest professional gathering of its kind in the state – features workshops from a number of BUSSW community members who will present on topics including transracial adoption, artificial intelligence, suicide prevention, neurodiversity, and priorities for the social work profession.
Check out the presentations below for your guide to BUSSW community presentations.
BUSSW Presenters at the 2024 NASW-MA Symposium
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Parental Understanding of Cultural Difference in Transracial Adoption
Clinical Associate Professor Hope Haslam Straughan, PhD, ACSW and Chelsea Anderson, LICSW
Prof. Haslam Straughan and colleague Chelsea Anderson, LICSW, share insight on the intentions, processes and implications of transracial adoption and give their perspectives on raising a child of a different race/ethnicity than your own. (April 25, 4:00–5:30 pm | 1.5 CEUs)
Neurodiversity Affirming Practice in the Workplace
Lecturer Sara Rodrigues, DSW, LICSW
Lecturer Sara Rodrigues explores how neurodiversity can transform your organization into an inclusive and innovative space with practical skills for implementing neurodiversity-affirming practices in the workplace. (April 26, 8:30–10:00 am | 1.5 CEUs)
Strength-Based Skills for New/Emerging Social Work Supervisors
Jonas Goldenberg, LICSW, alum and former MSW program director
Jonas Goldenberg, LICSW, teaches how to improve new/emerging supervisory skills by learning to use the powerful and successful approach of strength-based practice for supervising interns and employees. (April 26, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | 1.5 CEUs)
Helping the Helpers: Exploring Wellness Needs and Priorities of the Next Social Work Generation
Lecturer Taylor Hall, (PhD’17) and Pamela Szczygiel, DSW, LICSW
Lecturer and doctoral program alum Taylor Hall, PhD, and colleague Pamela Szczygiel, DSW, LICSW, have a candid conversation about the wellness needs and realities of the next generation of social workers. (April 26, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | 1.5 CEUs)
A New Approach to Neurodiversity Affirming Care in Clinical Practice
Lecturer Sara Rodrigues, DSW, LICSW
Rodrigues explores how to integrate the principles of neurodiversity into your clinical practice to promote a more inclusive and empathetic environment for all individuals. (April 26, 1:00–2:30 pm | 1.5 CEUs)
Culturally Responsive Best Practices for Suicide Prevention
Bedford Campus Director Yunieska Krug, LICSW, MLADC (MSW’07)
Yunieska Krug, LICSW, MLADC, director of the BUSSW Bedford Campus, shares how culturally responsive frameworks for suicide prevention can support safer health systems for our communities. (April 26, 1:00–2:30 pm | 1.5 CEUs)
Leveraging the Power of Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Ethical Practice
CISWH Director Tami Gouveia, PhD, MPH, MSW with current MSW students David Andrade (MSW’25) and Zoë Richman (MSW‘25)
Tami Gouveia, an alum and director of the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health at BUSSW, and MSW students David Andrade and Zoë Richman present on what social workers need to know to leverage benefits, mitigate risks, and respond to ethical considerations of AI in order to use it effectively. (April 26, 3:00–4:30 pm | 1.5 CEUs)
Sustainable Social Work Practice Through Ritual
Clinical Associate Professor Hope Haslam Straughan, PhD, MSW, ACSW
This interactive session will explore sustainable social work practice by considering and practicing personal and professional rituals utilized in the natural rhythms of the helping relationship of social work. (April 26, 3:00–4:30 pm | 1.5 CEUs)
Neuroscience of Addiction & Relapse: Social Work & Personal Bias
Lecturer Taylor Hall, (PhD’17) , Leslie Green, LICSW, and David R. Selden, LICSW
Participants will learn how the brain is impacted by substance use starting in adolescence, as well as the process of relapse and relapse prevention skills. Personal bias is examined in ourselves and in social work practice around substance use and misuse through case analysis. (April 26, 3:00–4:30 pm | 1.5 CEUs)
Intuitively Informed Treatment for Trauma: The CORE Approach
Bette Freedson, LCSW, LICSW, CGP (MSW’82)
Bette Freedson, LCSW, LICSW, CGP, a 1982 graduate of the School’s MSW program, will introduce participants to the CORE schema, an innovative four-ingredient, integrative approach (Connect, Orient, Resource, Establish) that can be applied in treating trauma. (On-Demand Workshop | 2.5 CEUs)
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Don’t see your presentation on the list? Email us at bussw@bu.edu.
View the full NASW-MA Symposium schedule at the conference website.