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• MSSWA Mini Grant

  • Start
    06/16/2021
  • End
    12/31/2021

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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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• MSSWA Mini Grant

  • Start
    06/21/2021
  • End
    01/01/2022

  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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• 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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• 2021 VIRTUAL MSSWA/MIDWEST Fall Conference

  • When
    12/01/2021
  •  
    8:00 AM - 3:15 PM
  • Location
    Virtual via Zoom

  Registration is closed

  
  

  2021 Annual VIRTUAL MSSWA/MIDWEST Fall Conference

  October 28 - 29, 2021

  
  

  Virtual Conference via Zoom

  
  

  
  

  MSSWA will be hosting the MIDWEST School Social Work Conference as our Annual Fall Conference! Join school social workers from the Midwest Region as they join our MN MSSWA members!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Click Below to access the conference brochure:

  2021 Fall Midwest Conference Brochure.pdf
  

  
  

  All Sessions will be recorded and viewable post conference for 30 days! Earn up to 28 CEUS's

  Thursday, October 28, 2021

  7:45am to 8:00am - Logon Opens for Keynote

  8:00am to 10:00am - Keynote: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Means We Value Differences More: Perspectives on What, Why and How?: Eddah Mutua, Ph.D.

  10:00am to 11:00am - MSSWA Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon

  11:15am to 11:45am - Virtual Movement Session: Mind Full or Mindful: The Practice of Presencing

  Session 1 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

  11:45am to 12:00pm - Logon Opens for Session 1

  1A: Be the Change: Exploring Identity to Make a Difference

  1B: Creating Schools That Welcome All Genders

  1C: MSSWA Suicide Awareness & Prevention: Train the Trainer

  Session 2 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm

  2:15pm to 2:30pm - Logon Opens for Session 2

  2A: Children With Anxiety: Before and After the Pandemic

  2B: Strengthening Your Schools Tier 1 & 2 Behavior Interventions Using the Power of 3

  Evening Session - 5:00pm to 7:00pm

  "Wake Up: Stories From the Frontlines of Suicide Prevention" Movie Viewing

  
  

  Friday, October 29, 2021

  Session 3 - 8:15am to 10:15am

  8:00am to 8:15am - Logon Opens for Session 3

  3A: The Science and Art of Engaging Resistant and Traumatized Youth

  3B: Unlearning the Gender Binary: Breaking the Grip of Implicit Bias in Social Work

  3C: Must Knows for New School Social Workers

  Session 4 - 10:30am to 12:00pm

  10:15am to 10:30am - Logon Opens for Session 4

  4A: Putting the SUPER in Supervision

  4B: Epilepsy & Seizures in a School Setting

  4C: Increasing School Success for American Indian Students

  12:30pm to 1:00pm - Virtual Movement Session: Mind Full or Mindful: The Practice of Presencing

  Session 5 - 1:15pm to 3:15pm

  1:00pm to 1:15pm - Logon Opens for Session 5

  5A: MN Kognito Mental Health School Training Initiative: Creating a Community of Champions

  5B: It's Still a Problem: Commercial Tobacco in Minnesota

  5C: Restore & Motivate Professional Health: A Rythmic, Melodic and Harmonic Approach to Restorative-Care

  
  

  Interested in both sessions at the same time? No worries! Full Conference Registrants will receive a link to ALL recorded sessions, available to view for 30 days post conference.
  

  
  

  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 Spring Conference 2022

  • When
    02/28/2022
  •  
    8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Virtual via Zoom

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  2022 MSSWA Virtual Spring Conference   

  February 28th, 2022

  8:30am to 3:30pm     

  
  

  
  

  Full day training on DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) 

  with Internationally Recognized Trainer and Author

  Dr. Lane Pederson, PSYD, LP, DBTC

  
  

  "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

  
  

  Brochure Coming Soon!!

  
  

  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 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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