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• Call for Workshop Proposals

  • Start
    09/01/2021
  • End
    08/30/2022

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  Each year MSSWA hosts conference trainings to meet the unique learning and licensing needs of school social workers. MSSWA welcomes RFPs for potential workshops.
  

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• MSSWA Region 11 Winter Meeting 1/26/22

  • When
    01/26/2022
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom Platform

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  MSSWA Region 11 Winter Meeting

  Topic: Youth Vaping & Drug Use

  Speaker: Annie Tepfer, Partnership for Success

  DATE: January 26, 2022

  TIME: From 2:00-3:15 p.m.

  LOCATION: Zoom

  COST:

  Free for Region 11 Members

  $10.00 for all others

  THIS SESSION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK for 1.0 CEU HOUR.

  CEU’S WILL BE emailed to participants.

  You must register by 1/21/22---REGISTER ONLINE AT:  

  http://msswa.org/event-4601359
  

  Questions?

  Contact: Laura Foresman foresmanl@willmar.k12.mn.us or Melissa Sutlief -msutlief@browerville.k12.mn.us, Region 11 Co-Representatives

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• MSSWA Virtual Spring Conference 2022

  • When
    02/28/2022
  •  
    8:15 AM - 3:45 PM
  • Location
    Virtual via Zoom

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  2022 MSSWA Virtual Spring Conference   

  Monday, February 28th, 2022

  8:15am to 3:45pm     

  
  

  
  

  Full day training on DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) -

  "DBT Skills, Tools and Techniques for School Settings"

  with Internationally Recognized Trainer and Author

  Dr. Lane Pederson, PSYD, LP, DBTC

  The Spring Conference will be recorded and registrants will have 30 days post conference to view the recording and still receive the CEU's, so if you can't attend the day of the conference, you can still attend on your own time!

  **CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD BROCHURE**

  
  

  "DBT Skills, Tools and Techniques for School Settings"

  Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, is a practical therapy approach that helps people overcome problem behaviors and live more skillful lives.  Over the past three decades DBT has been used across a large number of treatment populations and settings, including with students of all ages in school settings.

  In this training, international trainer and author Dr. Lane Pederson will share the skills, tools, techniques, and philosophies that will empower students, therapists, teachers, and paraprofessionals to more skillful behaviors individually and as a school community. 

  You’ll learn:

  •        Philosophies that promote working together toward better outcomes

  •        Skills to regulate emotions, tolerate distress, and have better relationships

  •        The best ways to change behaviors (that you don’t need to be a therapist to use)

  •        How to effectively consult with colleagues

  Learning Objectives:

  •        Practice the DBT assumptions and philosophies that promote effective treatment

  •        Use strategies to help students regulate emotions

  •        Teach distress tolerance techniques

  •        Implement the most effective behavior change strategies

  •        Learn how to use self-monitoring and behavior analysis tools

  •        Establish consultative guidelines to increase collaboration

  
  

  Dr. Pederson, PSYD, LP, DBTC, has provided DBT training and consultation to over 20,000 professionals in the United States, Australia, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East through his training and consultation company, Lane Pederson and Associates, LLC (www.DrLanePederson.com). Notable organizations he has trained for include Walter Reed National Military Hospital, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the US Navy, the Canadian Department of Defense, the Ontario Psychological Association, the Omid Foundation, and Psychotherapy Networker. He has provided DBT training for community mental health agencies, chemical dependency treatment centers, hospital and residential care settings, and to therapists in forensic settings.
  

  Dr. Pederson ’s DBT publications include the award-winning The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual, Second Edition (PESI, 2017); Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Contemporary Guide for Practitioners (Wiley, 2015); and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training in Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment Settings (PESI, 2013). He also authored the best-selling DBT Deck for Clients and Therapists and the recently released DBT Skills-Building Card Deck for Clients and Therapists.

  A real world practitioner, Dr. Pederson co-owns Mental Health Systems, PC (MHS), one of the largest DBT-specialized practices in the United States with five clinic locations in Minnesota (www.mhs-dbt.com). At MHS Dr. Pederson has developed DBT programs for adolescents, adults, people with dual disorders, and people with developmental disabilities. He has served as clinical and training directors, has directed practice-based clinical outcome studies, and has overseen the care of thousands of clients in need of intensive outpatient services. Dr. Pederson also co-owns Acacia Therapy and Health Training in South Africa (www.acaciatraining.co.za)

  Dr. Pederson currently serves on the advisory board for the doctoral counseling program at Saint Mary ’s University of Minnesota and is a peer reviewer for Forensic Scholars Today.
  

  
  6.5 CEU hours have been approved by the MN Board of Social Work.
  

  Conference Questions?

  Contact

  Tony Porter

  612-803-2722

  mplstonyjoel@gmail.com

  or

  Dan Porter

  danpporter@msn.com

  www.msswa.org

   

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• MSSWA Virtual Day at the Hill 2022

  • When
    03/08/2022
  •  
    8:45 AM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Virtual Online via Zoom Platform

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  The 19th Annual

  MSSWA Day at the Hill - Virtual

  Tuesday, March 8th, 2022

  Virtual Online via Zoom Platform

     

   

  AGENDA

  8:30 - 8:45 Zoom Log In Opens

  8:45 - 9:00 Christy McCoy MSW LICSW, MSSWA Legislative Chair and SSWAA President - Welcome, Introductions and Review of the Day

  9:00 - 10:20 Keynote: School Social Workers as Nepantleras: Working for Racial Justice and Systemic Change; Dr. Leticia Villarreal Sosa

  
  

  This presentation will review the role of school social workers as advocates, bridge builders, and transformative leaders.  Schools have historically been a place of forced assimilation and reinforcement of racial and class inequities, but schools can also be a place of empowerment and transformation. School social workers play a key role in leading schools in this process and advocating at all levels given their knowledge of lived realities and systems on the ground. As our code of ethics states, social workers must take action against oppression, racism, discrimination, and inequities, and acknowledge personal privilege.

  1. Understand the possibilities and potential of the role of SSW’s as social justice advocates. 

  2. Understand the historical context and function of the public school system. 

  3. Learn strategies for using your positionality to enact systemic change and equitable practices. 

  Dr. Leticia Villarreal Sosa, is a professor at Dominican’s School of Social Work. She earned her Ph.D. at The University of Chicago. She has 14 years experience as a school social worker and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Her research focuses on Latinx and immigrant youth, school social work, international social work, and school equity.  She is the Editor-in-Chief of the International School Social Work Journal. Her recent book, School Social Work: National Perspectives on Practice in Schools, promotes school social work aligned with the national practice model with a special focus on an intersectional approach to diversity. Her current research projects focus on utilizing Photovoice with the Muslim/Arab American and Latinx communities as a tool for advocacy, and an immigrant student equity project focused on understanding the role of school social workers in supporting immigrant students. She provides professional development and consultation for clinicians, school social workers, university faculty, and other professionals in areas such trauma, ethics, truancy, cultural humility, equity, and inclusive education. 

  10:20 - 10:50 Small Group Breakouts - Networking discussions centered on strengthening the impact of our advocacy at the micro, meso and macro levels to ensure educational equity and to dismantle social injustices.  

  10:50 - 11:20 Large group share-out from small group discussions 

  11:20 - 11:30 Break

  11:30 - 11:45 MDE Director of Government Relations Adosh Unni

  11:45 - 12:00 Legislative Priorities from MSSWA Lobbyist Brad Lundell and Christy McCoy 

  12:00 - 12:15 Senator Nick Frentz - Tips for Talking to Your Legislator

  12:15 - 12:30 Small Breakouts to prepare for Meeting with Legislators 

  12:30 - 1:00 Meeting with Legislators from Senate/House Ed Committees

  1:00 - 1:15 Closing Remarks and CEU’s 

   

   

   

   

   

   
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

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• MSSWA Region 10 Meeting - March 29th, 2022

  • When
    03/29/2022
  •  
    4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom Platform

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  MSSWA Region 10 Meeting

  Network, share resources, self-care, WIN A PRIZE & reconnecting…

  Networking hosted by Region 10 Representatives: Dan Porter & Cara McGlynn

  DATE: March 29^th 2022

  TIME: From 4:30-6:30 PM

  LOCATION: Chili’s 1800 Beam Ave. Maplewood, MN 55109

  Agenda:

  4:30-6:30- Chili’s Check IN- We will have an area of the restaurant for us to sit together, look for a MSSWA SIGN

  • Bring a self-care resource to share and you will be entered into drawing for 25.00 gift card given at 5:30pm (Must be present to win)
  • Bring a school social work friend that is not a MSSWA member (if they sign up at the event) you BOTH win an extra prize

  Resources, networking FREE APPETIZERS (for Region 10 members that sign up prior to the event)

  EVERY Region 10 attendee WINS A PRIZE

  Stay as long as you like!

  COST: MSSWA Region 10 Members: FREE

  THIS SESSION HAS BEEN APPROVED:BY THE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK: 2 CEU HOURS.

  CEU’S WILL BE available at the event

  You must register by March 25^th 2022---REGISTER ONLINE AT:  

  http://msswa.org/event-4570894
  

  
  

  Questions?

  Contact: Dan Porter - danpporter@msn.com or Cara McGlynn -cmcglynn@916schools.org

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