Join social workers and adjustment counselors from across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at our Annual School Social Work Conference. Every year, the NASW-MA’s School Social Work Conference Committee brings together school social workers, adjustment counselors, and other youth-focused professionals from across the state, who work with youth in all levels of schools and beyond.

This year, the NASW-MA Chapter will be hosting a Virtual School Social Work Conference with a theme of Antiracist Practice Principles for School Social Workers, to be addressed in the keynote speaker and several workshops. 

Participants will have the opportunity to choose among two sessions of workshops that cover a wide range of topics related to working with children and adolescents in school settings.

OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Attendees will learn techniques, skills, and interventions for working with children and adolescents in the school setting.
• Attendees will advance their knowledge and strategies with putting antiracist practices into place in their work in the school setting.
• Attendees will gain knowledge and tools for working with youth with a variety of social, emotional, and behavioral issues.

MORNING WORKSHOPS:

1: Establishing a Rhythm In Ongoing Uncertainty
Presented by Courtney Tucker

2: Developing Racial and Cultural Equity in School Social Work Practice
Presented by Nakia Navarro

3: Creating Queer-Inclusive and Gender-Expansive Schools: A Workshop
Presented by Kimm Topping

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS:

4: The Role of School Social Workers and Counselors in Fostering an Antiracist School Culture
Presented by Henry Turner

5: The writing of social-emotional goals/benchmarks within an IEP framework
Presented by Jennifer Williams

6: Beyond NAS: Caring for Children Born Opiate Dependent in the School Setting
Presented by Theresa Harmon

If you have questions about the conference, please email Crisbelly MA at CMedinaAdames.naswma@socialworkers.org.