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• Call for Workshop Proposals

  • Start
    01/01/2020
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    (CST)
  • End
    06/30/2021
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    (CDT)

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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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• Vendor Registration for MSSWA events

  • Start
    10/01/2020
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    (CDT)
  • End
    10/02/2025
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    (CDT)

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  Virtual Vendor/ Sponsorship would ALL receive:

  • Direct “thank you email” from MSSWA to all conference attendees of the virtual conference.
  • 2 Formal sponsor/vendor “thank you’ s” sent from MSSWA (one on our Facebook and one from our Twitter account).
  • Formal “verbal and slide recognition” at the conference to attendees (that include agency/company name and link to website of the vendor/sponsor).

  All Sponsors will additionally have these additional incentive/opportunities:

  • MSSWA will send/ include a 1-page flier (that will get sent to all attendees by MSSWA) included in our thanks to sponsors/vendor email.
  • MSSWA will read up to 5 sentences provided by sponsor (that will be read to all attendees during the slide recognition) at the conference to attendees.
  • Special sponsor conference reduced registration rate of $100.00 (for 1).

  
  

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• MSSWA Region 2B Winter Meeting

  • When
    01/29/2021
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (CST)
  • Location
    Zoom Virtual Training

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  MSSWA Region 2B Virtual Meeting

  
  

  School Social Work Field Placements

  Presented by:

  Jennifer Parker and Laura Benesch, MSU Field Directors

  
  

  ● Will explain MSU BSSW and MSSW Programs

  ● Example of activities/projects students have done in the past in school settings

  ● Explain the benefits to hosting a practicum student and/or students

  DATE: Friday, January 29th, 2021

  TIME: From 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

  ( Laura and Jennifer will talk from 1-2 pm and we will have resource sharing and consult from 2-3 pm)

  CEUS will be emailed to those who register and attend (virtually)!

  There will be prizes!

  LOCATION: Virtual via Zoom. Watch your email for a zoom link to be sent out the week of the event.

  REGISTER and Pay ON- LINE AT: MSSWA Region 2B Meeting -January 29th, 2021

  COST : MSSWA Region 2B Members: FREE

  MSSWA Members: (Non Region 2B): $10.00

  Others (Non MSSWA Members) wishing to attend: $20.00

  
  

  Please register and pay By/Before Wednesday, January 27th

  Questions?

  Contact: Michelle Halverson- michelle.halverson@sibleyeast.org OR

    Kris Madsen- kmadsen@isd2135.org

  
  

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• MSSWA Virtual Day at the Hill 2021

  • When
    03/10/2021
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    8:00 AM - 3:00 PM (CST)
  • Location
    Virtual Online via Zoom Platform

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        Minnesota School Social Workers Association Presents:

  

  
  

  The 18th Annual

  MSSWA Day at the Hill - Virtual

  Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

  Virtual Online via Zoom Platform

  
  

  2021 MSSWA Day on the Hill Brochure

     

   

  AGENDA:

  8:45-9:00…..Zoom Logon Opens

  9:00-9:15…..Christy McCoy, MSSWA Legislative Chair: Welcome, Introductions & Review of Day

  9:15-10:00...Keynote: Healing Centered Spaces: Why, Where and How!: Sheila Webb, MSW, LICSW; Judy Brown, MSW, LICSW; Kirsten Johnson. MSW, LGSW

  10:00-10:15...Legislative Priorities from MSSWA Lobbyist Brad Lundell and Christy McCoy

  10:15-11:25...Break

  10:25-10:45...Breakout Rooms - 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

  10:45-11:00..Large group share-out from small group discussions

  11:00-11:25...Meeting with Legislators

  11:25-11:30...Closing remarks and CEU’s

   

  Keynote Presentation: Healing Centered Spaces: Why, Where & How!

  Sheila Webb, MSW, LICSW; Judy Brown, MSW, LICSW; Kirsten Johnson, MSW, LGSW

  All presenters are Minneapolis Public Schools Social Workers

  Learning Objectives: Participants will acquire the knowledge & understanding of:

  1. Why Healing Centered Spaces are imperative to student engagement

  2. How the Healing Centered Engagement Approach is a “shift in the way we view trauma, it’s causes & it’s interventions”

  3. Where Healing Centered Spaces can be created

  4. How to create virtual and physical Healing Centered Spaces on-line, in our classrooms and in our homes

  
  

  For more information and questions, please contact  Tony Porter at mplstonyjoel@gmail.com or  (612) 803-2722

  
  

  
  

  Christy McCoy, MSW LICSW
  

  MSSWA Legislative Chair; SSWAA Board President

  
  

  Register here:  http://msswa.org/event-4104522

  or complete hard copy registration in the brochure, 
  Make checks payable to MSSWA and mail to* :

  MSSWA/Attn: Tony Porter

  762 Meyer Street N

  Maplewood, MN 55119

  
  * No cancellations or refunds after 3/5/21
  Register by March 5th, 2021
  

  
  

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• MSSWA Virtual Spring Conference 2021

  • When
    04/05/2021
  •  
    8:00 AM - 3:30 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Virtual via Zoom

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  2021 MSSWA Virtual Spring Conference   

  April 5th, 2021

  8:30am to 3:30pm     

  
  

  **Click HERE to Register NOW!!**

  AM and PM sessions will be recorded and registrants will have 30 days post conference to view the recording and still earn CEU's!

  
  

          7 Essential Ingredients of Trauma Sensitive Schools

  Sara Daniel, MSW, LCSW

           **Click Here for 2021 MSSWA Virtual Spring Conference Brochure**

  
  

  

  The 7 Essential Ingredients of Trauma Sensitive Schools is an introduction to the model of trauma informed care that SaintA has developed over the past ten years and has implemented across a variety of school environments. This training will provide concrete resources and strategies for school-wide practice.

  Part 1: Participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the use of trauma sensitive practice when applied to a multi-tiered approach

  2. Describe the prevalence of adverse experiences and the scope of their impact

  3. Define a trauma informed perspective and learn strategies to support a shift in the perspective of others

  4. Define how trauma affects the brain and influences development, behavior and learning

  Part 2: Participants will be able to:

  **Attendance of Part 1 is recommended before viewing Part 2. Participants in Part 2 will need prior exposure to trauma sensitive school content

  1. Learn school-wide regulatory practices that benefit all students

  2. Identify factors that enhance the capacity for positive relationships for students who have adverse experiences

  3. Describe how purpose, belonging and safety enhance student well-being

  4. Identify techniques that enhance caregiver capacity and connect them to client outcomes

  5. Identify action steps to create a trauma sensitive school environment for all students

   

  Sara Daniel, MSW, LCSW, is the Vice President of Educational Services for SaintA, an agency that is leading the way in providing trauma informed care to children and families in Wisconsin. Since 1997, Sara has been collaborating with school districts and early care settings to provide consultation and training in working with students affected by trauma, mental health issues or behavioral challenges.  She oversees a continuum of services that provide for students, families and schools to support student success.  Sara is currently a senior coach and consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Trauma Sensitive School Initiative and the co-author of the Trauma Sensitive Schools Learning Module Series https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health/trauma/modules. She has worked with countess school districts nationwide and trained thousands of school staff on the 7ei of Trauma Sensitive Schools. Sara is also certified in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) and is the leader of the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Interface Master Trainer Project for the state of Wisconsin.

  
  

  
  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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