Social Work and the Arts; Healing You, Healing Us: Leveraging the Arts for the Betterment of All

April 28, 2023 | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

Presenter: Dr. Taylor Ellis

Target Audience: Clinical Social Workers

Content level: Entry to Advanced

CE credits: 3 (Clinical)

About the webinar:

The workshop is designed to explore the relationship between social work and the arts and how practitioners can integrate the arts into their practice and personal lives. Despite being an integral part of the history of Social Work in the United States, the arts are an often forgotten or overlooked tool that has the power to heal individuals, families, and communities. This workshop will begin by providing a historical perspective on how Jane Addams and Ellen Gates-Star prioritized the arts in the Hull House, and how the quest for professionalization has affected our willingness to acknowledge and embrace this part of our professional identity. This will lead into a discussion on the professional use of self and how we can enhance our lives and practice by including the arts. Finally, we will explore a series of arts-based tools that practitioners can use at all stages of the therapeutic process, discuss work with clients at various levels of practice, and determine how to develop a self-reflective practice.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this webinar participants will be able to: 

1. Discuss the historical relationship between the arts and social work practice in the United States and how it connects to the profession today.
2. Integrate arts-based tools/activities into their everyday practice and lives.
   
3. Explain how the arts can be utilized in social work education and practice for the betterment of clients at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.

Fee & Registration:

The cost is $49 for CSWA members, and $59 for non-members. CSWA student members may attend for $9.99, and non-member students may attend for $34.99 (student registrants will NOT receive CEs for this course). If you are not a CSWA member, click here to learn more about CSWA benefits and join today.  Registrations will be accepted until the start of the webinar or until the webinar is full. Cancellations must be received 24 hours prior to the live webinar to receive a refund. Each registered participant will receive zoom log-in information via email from administrator@clinicalsocialworkassociation.org one day prior to the webinar.

Course interaction & CE completion requirements:

This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions.

To earn 3 CE credits, participants must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course, complete and pass an online post-test and complete a course evaluation. Certificates of completion will be provided once the evaluation is submitted.

System Requirements to Participate

On a PC:
Internet Explorer 9, Mozilla Firefox 34, Google Chrome 39 (JavaScript enabled) or the latest version of each web browser
Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 or later
Cable modem, DSL or better Internet connection (1 Mbps or faster)
Dual-core 2.4GHz CPU or faster with 2GB or more of RAM

On a Mac:
Safari 6, Firefox 34, Google Chrome 39 (JavaScript enabled) or the latest version of each web browser
Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or newer
Cable modem, DSL or better Internet connection (1 Mbps or faster)
Intel processor (2GB of RAM or better)

Participants wishing to connect to audio using VoIP will need a fast Internet connection, a microphone, and speakers (a USB headset is recommended).

On an iPad, iPhone, Android or Windows mobile device:
Free Zoom at www.zoom.us ; WiFi connection recommended for VoIP audio

Special Accommodations: To request special accommodations, please contact our administrator immediately upon registration. All special requests must be made within a minimum of 5 business days prior to the event.

CE Provider Information

Clinical Social Work Association, provider #1719, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/27/20-08/27/23. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.

Questions? Contact Angela Katona, CSWA Executive Administrator at administrator@clinicalsocialworkassociation.org.