Many social workers were trained to engage with griefwork using Kübler-Ross’ stages of dying, yet people came to apply them broadly to grief generally- a misapplication with problematic implications. Despite most grief theorists’ and researchers’ rejection of the stage approach, people continue to force a 5 stage model.

This webinar will explore the significance of social work licensure and heightened challenges in a post-COVID world. This insightful session will delve into the complexities of social work licensure and how it is evolving in the aftermath of the pandemic.

The preamble to the NASW Code of Ethics states, “Social workers are sensitive to cultural and ethnic diversity and strive to end discrimination, oppression, poverty, and other forms of social injustice” (NASW, 2021, para. 2). In order to meet these ideals, social workers must have not only interpersonal empathy but social empathy.

This webinar will bust myths and explore the science behind emotions after abortion, as well as explore participants’ personal values surrounding abortion.

Social workers play a vital role in addressing children’s social and emotional reactions to trauma. We can facilitate trauma-informed, antiracist interventions in our work with children and with adults, to ensure we are building safe environments essential for healthy development.