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 Exploring the Multiple Roles of the School Social Worker, 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.

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.

MORNING WORKSHOPS:

1: Responding to Sudden, Unexpected Loss: Strategies for Supporting Schools after Suicide

Presented by Larry Berkowitz

2: Creating Equitable Schools for ALL Children: The Power and Promise of Public Education

Presented by Anthony Hill

3: Children’s Behavioral Health Boarding: How Schools Can Partner to Address an Existing Crisis Worsened by the Pandemic

Presented by Courtney Chelo, Alexia Edwards, Amara Anosike, and Miranda Gonzalez.

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS:

4: Supporting Grieving Students

Presented by Colleen Shannon

5: Supporting the Mental Health & Wellbeing of Immigrant and Refugee Students in School Settings

Presented by Vanja Pejic and Amy Piepiora

6: Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout: Understanding the Impact on Professionals in School Settings

Presented by Zlatina Kostova

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