Schedule at a Glance: DSW 2024

Please note that all times are in the Central time zone.

Time/Session Topic
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  Keynote Panel: A Time to Act: Evolving the Course of DSW Education and Practice
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Announcement of Award Winners and Networking Lunch
Session Options (Choose One) 
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Session 1
Topics in DSW Education and Student Experiences  Session Presentations:

1A.  Decolonizing Writing Instruction in a Doctor of Social Work Program
1B.  Using Design Thinking to Guide a DSW Curriculum Revision
1C.  The Right Role: Tensions of Being a DSW Student While Working in Higher Education

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Session 2
Novel Perspectives in Clinical Social Work Practice  Session Presentations:

2A.  Stop Silencing Schizophrenia
2B.  Horses in Social Work? How Does That Work?
2C.  The Practice of Sports Social Work: Understanding Athlete Vulnerabilities and Exposing DSW Scholars to the Practice

2D. Confronting Antisemitism in Social Work Practice: Best Practices for Inclusivity and Cultural Competence from a Top-Down Perspective

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Session 3
Innovations and Trends in Higher Education I  Session Presentations:

3A.  No Better Time to Act: Integrating Grief and Loss Across the Social Work Curriculum
3B.  Elevating Learning in Social Work: Unleashing the Power of Interracial Team teaching in Higher Education
3C. Reducing Harm= Increased Learning: Supporting Faculty’s Use of Trauma-Informed Educational Pedagogy
3D.  Is it Cheating to use ChatGPT?: A Roadmap for Crafting a Student-Centered AI-Use Policy

Session Options (Choose One) 
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session 4
The Roles and Experiences for DSW Graduates Session Presentations:

4A.  Social Work Pracademics: The Role of DSW Education in Bridging Practice Experience and Academic Positioning-A 5 Step-Model
4B.  Can’t We All Just get Along? Why Women of Color With Practice Doctorates Have to Fight to Belong?

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session 5
Topics in Medical Social Work Practice Session Presentations:

5A.  Small Choices With Big Impact: Assisting Patients with early-Onset Neurodegenerative Disease in Limbo Regain Autonomy Using Person-Centered Care
5B. How Studying Obstetric Violence Became Research on Birth Trauma Prevention: Navigating a taboo research topic
5C. Transition of Care of Sickle Cell Disease Patients: An Expansive Conceptualization and Framework
5D. Oncology Social Work Supervision: Building Cohesion through Expressive Arts

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session 6
Innovation and Trends in Higher Education II Session Presentations:

6A. Integrating Relational-Cultural Theory for Transformative Learning and Competency Expansion in Social Work Education
6B. Collaboration Between Education and Social Work: Using an Interprofessional Educational Model to Promote Social Justice Outcomes Within Primary and Secondary Education Settings
6C. Teaching Interpersonal Trauma to MSW Students Incorporating the Grand Challenges of Social Work
6D. ADEI-Focused Social Work Education: A Conceptual Approach

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Session 7
Poster Sessions: 

7A.The #SocialWorkAiArt project
7B.Voices Unheard: Examining the Barriers to Culturally Responsive Autism Services
for Black Women and Girls
7C. “Part of the journey and not left out”: The role of instructor engagement to promote online student success
7D.Trauma-informed Servant Leadership in Suicide Prevention
7E. “What is the Hidden Message?” Exploring Children Movies with a Sensitivity to Inclusivity
7F. “Empowering Change: Empowering Undergraduate Social Work Students with Anti-Racist Advocacy Skills”
7G. The price of ethical clinical social work practice: Competence as commodity
7H. Empathy in Action: Navigating Trauma-Informed Approaches for Social Workers in Domestic Violence Support.
7I. The Adultification of Black Girls and How it Robs Them of Their Right to Rely on Adults for Protection and Nurturance.
7J. Cultural adaptation in parent training programs: Addressing the Black parent experience
7K. Mental Health Supports for Sexual and Gender Minority College Students
7L. Correlations Between Cultural Values and Caregiver Support As Perceived by Latinx Transgender Young Adults (working title)
7M. Constantly Resolving Conflict: A Leadership Reality
7N. An Exploration of Foster Youths Involvement with the Juvenile Justice System
7O. From Limiting to Liberating: Reducing Stigmatizing Language in Clinical Documentation
7P. “More than a unicorn: DSW graduates unique contributions to academia and the field including research, teaching, and practice innovations”

Session Options (Choose One) 
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Session 8
Perspectives on Health and Disability Session Presentations:

8A. Psychosocial Adjustment of Diabetic Amputees in New York City: A Mixed-Method Study on
the Impact of Race on Mental Health Outcomes in Physically Disabled Adults
8B. “Nothing About Us Without Us”: Bringing Disability Justice into Social Work Pedagogy”
8C. More than just a physical illness: The impact of COVID-19 on mental health, social issues, and the social work field
8D. Professional Development Training on Learner-Centered Approaches Through a Trauma-Informed Lens to Close Educational Gaps for Students with Disabilities

3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Session 9
Addressing Anti-Oppression in Social Work Session Presentations:

9A. Understanding the Impact of Anti-Asian Hate Incidents on Mental Health among Asian Americans: A Comprehensive Scoping Review