This 4-hour workshop helps social workers navigate free speech, employer expectations, and HIPAA confidentiality while using social media responsibly. Participants will explore the NASW Code of Ethics, federal privacy laws, and workplace policies that guide online behavior. They’ll leave with practical strategies to advocate, educate, and show up authentically without crossing professional or legal boundaries.

As a new technology, AI is rapidly expanding in scope and applications, especially in clinical social work, creating greater efficacy and efficiency in direct work with clients. However, we are running to catch up with the technology in regard to the ethical implications of the use of AI, especially in regard to informed consent, transparency, privacy safeguards, algorithmic fairness and bias, potential for misdiagnosis, and threats to autonomy. This workshop will lay out these implications and the ethical responses to them.

“Bridging the Generational Divide: Ethical Practice in Social Work Across Generations” is a four-hour interactive webinar designed to help social workers understand how generational differences shape values, communication styles, work expectations, and help-seeking behaviors. Through case studies, small-group discussion, and reflection, participants will explore how age-based assumptions and biases can impact engagement, assessment, and intervention. Grounded in the NASW Code of Ethics, this session will focus on practical strategies to build generational intelligence, strengthen cross-generational collaboration, and promote ethical, culturally responsive practice with clients, colleagues, and communities of all ages.

This live webinar will discuss the topic of betrayal trauma and its relevance to the child welfare-involved youth and families. We will define Betrayal Trauma Theory and discuss specific forms of betrayal trauma, including Institutional Betrayal Trauma and Cultural Betrayal Trauma, providing examples of each in the context of child welfare. The impact of betrayal trauma will be explored from an intergenerational perspective, along with strategies for identifying betrayal trauma and its consequences. The webinar will conclude with a discussion of considerations for strengths-based, trauma-informed treatment planning and relational healing.

In 2026, social work continues to evolve far beyond its traditional boundaries of case management and counseling. Today’s social workers are data-informed advocates, systems thinkers, and community innovators. They leverage technology, cross-sector partnerships, and policy engagement to address complex issues such as mental health, climate justice, housing insecurity, and digital equity. The modern social worker operates at the intersection of human care and systemic change—balancing compassion with innovation to build more resilient, equitable communities.