Training
A centerpiece of the Connect to End COVID-19 initiative is providing accurate information to social
workers about COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccines, including vaccine safety and effectiveness,
barriers to vaccination (e.g., mis/disinformation, logistical challenges, psychosocial and social
care considerations, etc.), and the role of social workers in supporting clients in informed
decision making regarding COVID-19 vaccination.
Key to the initiative are national, interactive trainings on the use of Screening, Brief Intervention
and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and other evidence-based,
culturally competent, public health and social work informed frameworks for helping clients process
decisions regarding their health. A primary focus is on populations with low vaccination rates and
greater vulnerability to severe forms of infection.
Past Webinars: Register For Complimentary Self-Study
COVID-19: New Vaccines, Updated Boosters, and Living with a (Controlled) Pandemic
September 29, 2022
Interactive webinar, offered through NASW’s Connect to End COVID-19 initiative, includes the
following discussion and topics:
- New COVID-19 vaccines
- Updated booster formulations
- What we’re learning about Long COVID
- Living with a controlled (versus an urgent) pandemic
- Special considerations for mental and behavioral health providers
- Constructively navigating uncertainty
Speakers:
- Mona K. Gahunia, D.O., Associate Medical Director, Infectious Diseases/Internal Medicine, Kaiser
Permanente
- Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH, Deputy Director of Programs, National Association of Social Workers
Webinar materials include:
Register for complimentary self-study webinar,
“COVID-19: New Vaccines, Updated Boosters and Living with a (Controlled) Pandemic”
What’s Next in the Pandemic, Through a Social Work Lens
February 24, 2022
In this webinar, hear from social work and infectious disease experts about the evolving COVID-19
landscape, what’s on the horizon, and how social workers can continue to play a role in vaccine
uptake, especially among special populations. This is the third in a three-part series offered
through the Connect to End COVID-19 initiative in which NASW is partnering with the University of
Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work.
Speakers:
- Mona K. Gahunia, D.O., Associate Medical Director, Infectious Diseases/Internal Medicine, Kaiser
Permanente
- Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH, Deputy Director of Programs, National Association of Social Workers
- Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Social Workers
Webinar materials include:
Register for complimentary self-study webinar "What's Next in the Pandemic
Through a Social Work Lens"
available in mid-March.
COVID-19 Vaccines Through a Social Work Lens: Supporting Informed Client Vaccine Decision
Making Through Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to
Treatment (SBIRT)
January 12, 2022
At this interactive event, participants learned how to apply MI and SBIRT frameworks in supporting
clients in their decision making around the COVID-19 vaccines and boosters.
Complimentary webinar and CEUs are available for self-study.
This webinar is the second in a series of three webinars that are part of NASW’s Connect to End
COVID-19 initiative, undertaken in partnership with The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks
School of Social Work and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The third
webinar in the series, “Supporting Special Populations in Vaccine Decision Making,” will be
conducted February 24, 2022.
Speakers:
- Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW – CEO, National Association of Social Workers
- Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH – Deputy Director of Programs, National Association of Social Workers
- Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW-S – Senior Research Program and Training Coordinator, Steve Hicks School
of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin
- Stéphanie Wahab, PhD, MSW – Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University
Webinar materials include:
Register for complimentary self-study webinar "Supporting Informed Client
Vaccine Decision Making"
COVID-19 Vaccination Through the Social Work Lens: Myths and Facts
November 9, 2021
As part of the NASW 2021 Virtual Forum: Reimagining Social Work In Health, a complimentary webinar,
COVID-19 Vaccination through a Social Work Lens: Myths and Facts, was
offered. The complimentary webinar and CEUs are available for self-study.
Millions of people are becoming partially or fully vaccinated each day. However, there are many
others who have not gotten vaccinated, despite the demonstrated safety of the vaccines and their
high degree of effectiveness in preventing severe illness and death. At this webinar, learn more
about the vaccines, including myths and facts, and special considerations for social workers.
Webinar materials include:
- COVID-19
Vaccination Through a Social Work Lens: Myths and Facts
, Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH, NASW
Deputy Director, Programs and Lee Westgate, MBA, MSW, LCSW-C, NASW Manager of Policy and
Advocacy
- COVID-19
Vaccines
by Mona K. Gahunia, D.O., Associate Medical Director, Infectious
Diseases/Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente
Register for complimentary self-study webinar “Covid-19 Vaccination through
a Social Work Lens: Myths and Facts”