The webinar will feature brief remarks from NASW organizational leaders, first-hand testimony from social workers about their struggles with student debt, and the opportunity for participants to ask questions. The webinar is taking place on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, from 6:00-7:00pm Eastern Time, and we are excited to invite you to attend and help amplify with social workers!

Noon-1 p.m.

Simply dial in to join discussions, ask questions, and comment on private practice topics.

Noon-2 p.m.
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (P.T.S.S.) is a theory that explains the etiology of many of the adaptive survival behaviors in African American communities throughout the United States and the Diaspora. It is a condition that exists as a consequence of multigenerational oppression of Africans and their descendants resulting from centuries of chattel slavery.

5:30-7:30 p.m. ET

This workshop will focus on the general core concepts of child abuse, the subsequent trauma experienced by individuals and the impact of the experience while growing up. We will discuss case examples and applications of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing taught in a simple to understand manner, that can be used to address to mental health struggles that can occur due to child abuse trauma.