In the latest SSW Dispatches blog post, Jose Hernandez A16 talks about balancing life during field placement--and the importance of self-care.
For more information, visit www.smith.edu/ssw/dispatches.php
We are delighted to announce that we are accepting applications for the Bertha Capen Reynolds (BCR) Fellowship Program, which offers a twelve-month residential fellowship for a doctoral student in the dissertation phase of a social work Ph.D. program.
The BCR fellow is expected to be in residence full-time at Smith College from September 1, 2015, through August 31, 2016. While the focus of the fellowship is to support dissertation completion, the fellow's duties may include, but are not limited to, advising and classroom teaching.
The fellowship provides:
-$30,000 stipend
-Access to a $6000 seed grant for research or to support dissertation completion
-library privileges at all five campuses belonging to the Five College Consortium
-health benefits
-office space
-housing assistance (up to $12,000/year for individuals, $18,000/year for families)
Fellows must be either citizens or permanent residents of the United States. The applicant must have completed all of the requirements for the doctorate except for the dissertation.
Review of applications will begin in early February 2015.
Please see the full announcement for details.
For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/ssw/docs/BCRFellowship.pdf
Wondering how to fit continuing education credits into your busy schedule? Register for online continuing education classes through the Smith College School for Social Work! Earn 0.5-5.5 CEUs per course from the comfort of your home or office--while learning from the experts!
Each year, we offer a wide variety of informative and engaging online courses on timely topics, presented by some of the finest helping professionals in the field. Selected popular on-campus continuing education courses were video and/or audio taped over the past three summers. Our current offerings are available in an easily accessible online format through March 31, 2015.
Our new and returning online course offerings:
Women in the Military: Rewards and Challenges
Kathryn Basham, M.S.W., Ph.D.
The Transformative Nature of Grief and Bereavement
Joan Berzoff, M.S.W., Ed.D.
The Trauma Whisperers: What Works in Trauma Treatment
Daniel Buccino, L.C.S.W.-C., B.C.D.
(NEW) DSM-5: Implications for Social Work Practice
David S. Byers, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Tools for Solving Ethical Dilemmas
Catherine Clancy, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
(NEW) Attachment Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder
Yvette Esprey M.A.
(NEW) Raising the Color Bar: Thinking about Race in the Dyad from a Relational Perspective
Yvette Esprey M.A.
Trans-affirmative Care: Evolving Role of Clinical Social Workers with Transgender, Transsexual & Gender Nonconforming Individuals
Lisette Lahana, L.C.S.W.
(NEW) Clinical Skills Working with Gender Nonconforming Children and Transgender Youth
Arlene Istar Lev, L.C.S.W.-R., C.A.S.A.C.
(NEW) Relational Psychodynamic Theory and Therapy
David Levit, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Object Relations Theory and its Current Applications
David Levit, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Connection and Hope: Psychosocial Capacity Building in Response to Disasters
Joshua L. Miller, M.S.W., Ph.D.
A Clinically Meaningful Understanding of People with Disabilities and the Impact of Ableism
AndreAs Neumann-Mascis, Ph.D.
Attachment Across the Life Span: Clinical Implications
Sally D. Popper, Ph.D.
Narrative Therapy and Children/Adolescents and their Families
Beth Prullage, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Quiet, Blackness, and the Grace of Being Human
Kevin Quashie, M.A., Ph.D.
Understanding ADHD/ADD and Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents
Sharon Saline, Psy.D.
Relentless Hope: The Refusal to Grieve
Martha Stark, M.D.
All the Rage: Helping Adolescent Girls in Crisis
Martha B. Straus, Ph.D.
The Legacy of Developmental Trauma: Treating Complex Trauma in Adolescents and Families
Martha B. Straus, Ph.D.
Assessing the Risk: Interviewing, Understanding and Managing Suicidal and Self Injurious Clients
Kirk Woodring, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., C.G.P.
If you have questions, please contact us at sswced@smith.edu.
For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_online.php
As a token of our appreciation for the crucial role our field affiliates play in mentoring our students, we are delighted to offer them the opportunity to participate in the School's online continuing education program.
Tuition will be waived for all Smith College SSW field affiliates (e.g. directors of training, current student supervisors, and faculty field advisers). Participants who take advantage of this opportunity will pay only the $5 registration processing fee.
For information about available courses, please follow the link below.
For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_online.php