Reservations/Cost

Events are free of charge but reservations are required. Contact Pamela.carson@case.edu or call (216) 368-2281.  *CEU's for each workshop are $18.  Checks are made out to: MSASS and can be paid at the workshop.  Study Trips are priced individually. Visit the MSASS website for details http://msass.case.edu/international/
All lectures are held at the Mandel School in Room 320.

Monday, March 16, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Self Injury, Eating Disorders and Effective Treatment

Mark Warren, MD, MPH, FAED, Cleveland Center for Eating Disorders
Eating disorders and self harm are a disturbing trend among youngsters. Dr. Warren will discuss the behaviors and various theories of causation and treatment. Of interest to social work clinicians will be "Dialectical Behavior Therapy" which addresses these behaviors for the first time.

Monday, April 6, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Transforming Non-Profits for Relevancy in Challenging Times

Celeste Terry, MSSA '03, Assistant Executive Director, United Black Fund of
Greater Cleveland
Ms. Terry connects marketing with technology and urges nonprofits to market their missions differently. She frames a discussion on nonprofit transformation by reflecting on her own personal challenges and ultimate fulfillment in the nonprofit world.

Friday, April 17, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Challenge of Prisoner Re-Entry

Dr. Kathleen Farkas, Associate Professor, MSASS
Dr. Farkas has been working with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated substance abusing women
and their families since 1995 through the Women's Re-Entry Network (WREN) at Community Re-Entry/Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries, Inc. and the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center. She has been an active participant in the development of the Greater Cleveland Reentry Strategy and will talk about local and national service delivery and practice models to support successful prisoner reentry and reduce recidivism. Practitioners who work with substance abusing clients should also find this workshop of interest.

Thursday, June 11, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 Social Work, Advocacy and Lobbying at the Federal Level

Art Lifson, MSSA '69. Art Lifson Consulting LLC
Susan White, MSSA '80.  Susan J. White & Associates
Moderator:  Mark Chupp, Ph.D. MSASS ‘03
Social workers have a tradition of making a difference through advocacy in the public, private and non-profit sectors.  This workshop explores how these concepts and skills in community organization, planning and social work ethics are being applied at the federal level through the act of lobbying. We will examine organizations of all types who use fundamental social work skills to advocate on behalf of various issues and interests.  We will also review how social workers help these organizations identify their issues, develop strategies for change and advocate with Congress and the Administration.  

Annual Grace Coyle Lecture in Group Work

Thursday, October 1, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (note different time)

Cultural Approaches to Group Work: New Explorations, New Frontiers

Dr. Paule McNicoll, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of British Columbia
Very often people from minority cultural communities do not take advantage of social work groups because these groups reflect the values and ways of the dominant majority. Dr. McNicoll will talk about group approaches that fit the specific aspirations and customs of minority cultural communities and show the high rate of group participation when the appropriate approach is implemented.  She will pose that the variety of approaches will not lead to cultural divisions but will eventually constitute a bank of ingenious group wisdom that is culturally-based and is part of a common human heritage. This lecture is made possible by the generosity of Anna Fritz and the late Robert Lauretig and is co-sponsored by the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University and the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups.