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• School Social Worker of the Year Nomination

  • Start
    06/30/2021
  • End
    06/13/2022

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  Each summer, the Minnesota School Social Work Association selects a school social worker who reflects the highest professional standards, demonstrates creative leadership and service within the professional and the wider community.  

  School social workers can be a vital link in coordinating student services between school, family and community. We would appreciate you making us aware of an individual who you believe is exceptional in their social work practice and who has made significant contributions in the service of children and families.
  

  Please keep the following things in mind when considering a school social worker for the nomination:

  • Currently employed as a School Social Worker
    
  • Minnesota School Social Workers’ Association Member
    
  • Professional Competency
    
  • School Involvement
    
  • Involvement in the Wider Community

  
  

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• MSSWA Mini Grant

  • Start
    01/01/2022
  • End
    06/01/2022

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  Opportunity for MSSW Members - 

  Two Opportunities:  Deadline January 1st and June 15th 

  Twice each year, MSSWA Mini-Grants will provide two awards,

  a $500 prize and a $750 prize,

  to support projects conducted by any Regular MSSWA member**

  in the schools where they work.  

  Good luck and be sure to get your applications in by the deadline!

  
  

  
  

  **the grants are not available to Affiliate or Student Members.  They are intended for licensed school social workers employed in a school setting

  
  

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• Vendor Registration for MSSWA events

  • Start
    03/03/2022
  • End
    10/02/2023

  Register for 2022 Spring Conference             

  Register for 2022 Summer Institute 

  Register for 2022 Fall Conference

  
  

  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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• Call for Workshop Proposals

  • Start
    05/01/2022
  • End
    08/30/2023

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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 1 Spring Meeting

  • When
    05/20/2022
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    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Virtual Training
  • Registered
    41 registrants

  MSSWA Region 1 Spring Meeting What Do you Know About Vaping? Virtual Meeting, Friday, May 20, 2022 from 9-11   We are excited to have Andrea Marshall, Health Education Specialist and Mary Urch, Steele County Public Health Nurse present on vaping.    “What do you know about vaping? Why are so many kids vaping? What can we do about it?  These questions will be answered in an engaging discussion that addresses the facts about vaping, the underlying reasons it is attractive to our young people, and some of the strategies you can use to help prevent vaping  in your school and community.”   Cost is free for all MSSWA members and $10 for non-MSSWA members.  Registration deadline is Wednesday, May 18th. Prizes will be drawn at the meeting. Register at: http://www.msswa.org/event-4802987 Your Region 1 Reps, Nancy Williams  nwilliams@isd761.org and Kamie Lodermeier kalodermier@goodhue.k12.mn.us                                                                     With every school social worker in the state of Minnesota joining MSSWA and providing quality services to Minnesota students, we can make a difference in our schools and be leaders statewide through our legislative efforts.

   

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• 2022 MSSWA Summer Institute

  • Start
    06/13/2022
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    06/15/2022
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Chase on the Lake, 502 Cleveland Blvd W, Walker, MN 56484
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    6

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  The 20th Annual Minnesota School Social Workers Association Summer Institute 

  June 13—15, 2022

  IN-PERSON!

  18 CLINICAL Social Work CEU's

  Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) & Bounce Back (BB) Combined Training Supports K-12 GRADES.

  This IN-Person "gold standard" Combined Training opportunity will sell out! We must limit the Trainer/Attendee Ratio Capacity.

  Chase on the Lake, Walker, MN

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  Only 60 Spots....This Will sell out!

  
  

  Register Online today

  at: http://msswa.org/event-4640233

  
  

  **Click HERE to Download Full Brochure**

  
  

  

  
  

  Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) & Bounce Back (BB) Combined Training

  Participants will be trained to be CBITS and Bounce Back Providers

  • This combined training opportunity is meant for mental health clinicians/practitioners who want to be trained in and have the capacity to deliver CBITS with students in grades 5-12 and Bounce Back with elementary age students. Participants should have a familiarity with childhood trauma, group therapy & cognitive behavioral therapy.
  • Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) is a skill-based, group intervention that is aimed at relieving symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, and general anxiety among children exposed to trauma. Children are provided with normalizing education about common reactions to stress and trauma and learn skills such as relaxation, how to challenge and replace upsetting thoughts, and social problem solving. Children also work on processing traumatic memories and grief in both individual and group settings. The program consists of ten, 1-hour group sessions (6-8 children) usually conducted once a week in a school or mental health clinic setting.
  • Bounce Back is a skill-based, group intervention that is aimed at relieving symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression among elementary aged (K-5^th grade) children exposed to trauma. Children are provided with normalizing education about common reactions to stress and trauma and learn skills such as feelings identification, relaxation, helpful thinking, scheduling positive activities, building social support, and problem solving. Children also work on processing traumatic memories and grief in individual sessions with their group leader. The program consists of ten, 1-hour group sessions (4-6 children) usually conducted once a week in a school setting, 2-3 individual trauma narrative sessions, and a parent education session.

  
  

  • For more information on each intervention, visit their corresponding websites.
  • • CBITS: https://cbitsprogram.org/
    • Bounce Back: https://bouncebackprogram.org/
  • Learning Objectives
  • • Participants will receive an overview of child trauma, PTSD, and trauma and the intersectional mental health and academic consequences
    • Participants will review the history and evidence base of CBITS & Bounce Back
    • Participants will experience session by session demonstrations and supervised practice of each core concept of CBITS & Bounce Back for child group and individual sessions, including how to make the material culturally and contextually relevant to the audience
    • Participants will receive a review of parent and teacher sessions
    • Participants will engage in activities around implementation issues and site planning
  • Trainers: Dr. Audra Langley, Dr. Erum Nadeem, Dr. Maria Hu, & Marisa Faynsod

  
  

  • (MSSWA will follow CDC and Venue safety guidelines for the COVID-19 virus.)

  
  

  
  

  Conference Questions?

  Contact

  Tony Porter

  612-803-2722

  mplstonyjoel@gmail.com

  or

  Dan Porter

  danpporter@msn.com

  www.msswa.org

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• 2022 MSSWA Fall Conference

  • Start
    11/14/2022
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    11/15/2022
  •  
    3:15 PM
  • Location
    Hyatt Regency Bloomington, 3200 East 81st Street, Bloomington, MN 55425

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  2022 Annual MSSWA Fall Conference

  November 14-15, 2022

  IN-PERSON!!! 

  
  

  Hyatt Regency Bloomington by Mall of America

  3200 East 81^st Street, Bloomington, MN 55425

  
  

  Exhibitor/Sponsor Registration Now Open

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Conference Details and Attendee Registration Coming Soon!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Conference Questions?

  Contact

  Tony Porter

  612-803-2722

  mplstonyjoel@gmail.com

  or

  Dan Porter

  danpporter@msn.com

  www.msswa.org

  
  

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