All Breakout Presentations will take place on Tuesday June 2nd:
3:00-3:45pm (EST): 2 Separate Presentations
Presentation 1:
- Title: Benefits of Social Work Training During a Global Pandemic: Transitioning College Counseling Centers from Office to Home during COVID-19
- Presenters: Amy Young MSW, LISW-S (Ohio State University), Courtney Arbogast MSSA, LSW, Shivani Edwards MSW, LISW-S, LICDC-CS
- Abstract: As College Counseling Centers responded to COVID-19, the transition from office-based mental health services to tele-behavioral health at home was rapid and unprecedented. There were many known and unknown factors, ethics, and challenges to be considered and navigated during this global pandemic. Social work training has been essential and beneficial while managing angst, assessing clinician and department strengths and resources, intervening and developing policies and procedures, and supporting students, staff, faculty, and the university while moving forward. While following the core competencies learned from social work training programs and lived experience, OSU CCS was able to effectively develop procedures and policies while providing quality mental health services, crisis response, campus outreach, and ongoing training to senior staff and trainees.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of COVID-19 on College Counseling Centers
- Identify strengths developed through social work training that assist when responding to crisis
- Identify integration of social work competencies into crisis response policies and procedures
- Understand how to maintain effective social work training programs through crisis and telework formatting
Presentation 2
- Title: Beyond Clinical Office: Supporting Students through Outreach Programs
- Presenter: Laina Wirgau LMSW, CAADC (Wayne State University)
- Abstract: Outreach services are a crucial component of College Counseling Centers and have been an integral part of training programs. By expanding clinical social work internships to include outreach and workshop opportunities, College Counseling Centers will further enhance clinical skills as well as student academic success and overall wellness. Wayne State University Counseling and Psychological Services (WSU CAPS) has incorporated clinical social work internship placements as a part of the multidisciplinary clinical training. The interns are presented with opportunities to collaborate with senior staff on designing presentations and workshops on mental health topics, connect with marginalized and underrepresented students, and respond to clinical needs in traditional and creative manners. In face of the recent shift in service delivery related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the clinical interns have been involved in designing virtual outreach programs to provide ongoing mental health support to the campus community. This presentation will explore various efforts invested by the training program to engage interns in providing psychoeducation and support to the campus community, challenge mental health stigma, and engage in social justice activism as a part of the clinical training at WSU CAPS.
- Learning Objectives:
- To better inform the university and community about mental illness or psychological distress, wellness, clinical services, academic success, and to facilitate development of life skills in these areas
- Challenge stigma assigned to CAPS as associated with mental illness and with help-seeking by improving approachability and usefulness to community, particularly populations that under-utilize psychological services
- Integrate NASW Code of Ethics social justice core value through advocacy opportunities
4:00-4:45pm (EST): 1 Presentation
Presentation 3
- Title: So Many Gaps to Fill: Internship Ideas in Small Liberal Arts Colleges
- Presenter: Osmara Reyes-Osorio Ed.D., M.S.W., LCSW (Marymount California University)
- Abstract: Smaller colleges and university counseling centers are tasked with filling roles that at larger institutions have specific departments designed for such tasks. Having an MSW intern in such a small counseling center can be a great asset in helping the institution meet the required demands (both Federal and State) while also alleviating some of that pressure from your clinical team. One of the key ingredients to a successful MSW internship is getting staff buy-in. One way to get buy-in is through alleviating some of the pressure mentioned in order to get not only the required tasks completed but those other key items that need to also be maintained. This presentation will explore such ways to get staff on board while still being able to get all those counseling center to-do's done.
- Learning Objectives:
- Participants will understand the difference between an interns role vs a staff members role.
- Participants will have a greater understanding of what types of demands are placed on smaller institutions counseling centers.
- Participants will have a greater understanding of how to prioritize what is required vs what is optional.
- Participants will learn ways to get staff buy in while still growing the interns experience