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Webinar: Leveraging Tech in Human-Centered Work: How AI-Powered Tools Can Be Used in Social Work to Address Issues of Access and Equity
Webinar Description: This webinar will provide participants with an opportunity to discover how AI-powered tools can complement the work of school-based social workers. The webinar will open by engaging participants in a brief, evidence-based digital intervention focused on intention/goal setting. From there, the Executive Director of Student Services for Cumberland County Schools in Fayetteville, NC, will provide an overview of her district’s eco-system of student and family support programs and services. She will share how technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), has enabled her district’s social workers to provide personalized support for every student. Next, the presenters will guide participants in an examination of research related to the use of AI chatbots for mental health support, in particular the role technology can play in addressing ongoing issues of equity, access, and cultural relevance. In the final segment, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on how ideas shared in the session can be applied in their own community.
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Speakers: Dr. Natasha Scott, EdD, MSW & Dr. Elsa Friis, Ph.D., Msc-GH
Dr. Natasha Scott, EdD, MSW, is the executive director of student services for Cumberland County Schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She is also an at-large board member for the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. She has 25 years of experience in public education and as an adjunct professor of Social Work. Dr. Scott is a proud alumna of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and UNC-Chapel Hill. While she loves being a social worker, her most important roles are daughter, sister, auntie, fur Mama to Miss Missy the Yorkie, friend, church member, and Girl Scout co-leader.
Dr. Elsa Friis, Ph.D., Msc-GH, is a licensed psychologist, researcher, and behavioral health advocate who specializes in utilizing technology to expand access to youth mental health support. She received her MS in Global Health and PhD in Clinical psychology from Duke University where she leveraged human-centered design to develop an app to support the implementation of a family therapy intervention in Kenya. She has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles on the co-development, adaptation, and implementation of culturally salient youth interventions in the US and globally. Clinically, Elsa has worked and trained in a variety of settings in NC and GA including schools, primary-care clinics, academic medical centers, and hospitals. She is trained in a variety of third-wave cognitive behavioral treatments for youth including DBT-A, ACT, and TF-CBT. She specializes in family-based approaches to treating anxiety, severe behavior concerns, and suicidal ideation.
Content Level: Beginning
Target Audience: School Social Workers; Middle & High School School Social Workers; School Social Work Supervisors and Leaders
Refund policy: No refunds will be given if you are unable to attend the live webinar.
Many state licensing boards impose specific limitations on course content, distance education, or other elements of continuing education, even when courses are taken from approved providers. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that the courses taken will meet the requirements for your license.
School Social Work Association of America, 1789, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. School Social Work Association of America maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 7/27/2022-7/27/2023. Social workers completing this course receive 1 CE continuing education credit.
Certificates will be emailed to participants upon successful completion of the webinar and completion of the course evaluation. Participants must stay the entire length of the webinar and complete the evaluation to receive credit. No assignments will be required for this course. System Requirements-- Participants must have a computer and audio to participate in the webinar. Attending by phone is strongly discouraged and may result in not receiving CEs. Accessibility Accommodations are offered upon request, please reach out to ContactUs@sswaa.org .
Please Note: Our Webinar Registration is a two-step process. First register here on our member portal and make payment, you will then receive a confirmation email upon completion of your registration.
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