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Join the Gero-Ed Center for a preconference Faculty Development Institute to learn how to prepare social work students with person-centered and participant-directed competencies at the 2014 CSWE APM!

A recording of the webinar The ACA and Care Transitions: Implications for Social Work, which took place on July 16, 2014 is now available! Paul Gould of Binghamton University and Walter Rosenberg of Rush University Medical Center discussed care transition interventions that utilize social workers, directions for social work practice, and implications for social work education created by new payment structures and business models.

The official selections of the 2014 Film Festival, part of the CSWE Annual Program Meeting, are now available! Two films feature gerontological themes, including Cyber-Seniors, which highlights a mentoring program in which teens teach older adults how to use computers, and Homegoings, which explores the significance of death in African American communities.

ADVISORY WHO: Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) WHAT: Has screened and chosen 12 films to participate in the CSWE 2014 Film Festival. This year’s film topics cover many of the issues that are plaguing society, from mental illness stigma to military sexual assault. Listed below in ...

The Gero-Ed Center is pleased to feature the 2014 Gero-Ed Track: Social Work’s Role in the New Era of Aging at the CSWE APM in Tampa, FL from October 23–26. Highlights of this year’s programming include the Kick-Off Panel, Aging Your Way: Advancing Social Work Education and Practice, the annual AGESW networking reception, faculty development sessions on person-centered and participant-directed competencies, and more!

The Council on Social Work Education is pleased to announce that Jared Bernstein, PhD, renowned economist and author, will be the 2014 Special Plenary speaker at the 60th Annual Program Meeting (APM) in Tampa, FL, on October 24. The title of his presentation is “Getting Back on Offense: ...

The Gero-Ed Center is pleased to announce that the HPPAE-VHA partnership is expanding to three VA Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) sites and one VA hospital in fall 2014! The new partners include the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, SC and GRECC sites in Durham, NC; Pittsburgh, PA; and Nashville, TN.

Join Paul Gould of Binghamton University and Walter Rosenberg of Rush University Medical on July 16, 2014 at 1:00 pm EST to learn how social workers are on the forefront of new care transition interventions mandated by the ACA, and what this means for social work education and practice.

The Gero-Ed Center is accepting nominations for the Ashley Brooks-Danso Fund’s Student Travel Scholarships! The scholarships offer BSW and MSW students complimentary registration and $500 towards travel expenses to attend the 2014 CSWE APM and its Gero-Ed Track events.

ADVISORY WHO: Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and its Board of Directors WHAT : Will recognize: Two 2014 CSWE Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award Recipients Michael Reisch, Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social ...