Symposium PlanningThe Symposium Planning Committee provides support, advice, and oversight to designated symposia organizing groups throughout their symposium planning process. The Committee also helps to recruit and develop future symposia sites. The chair of the Symposium Planning Committee is Dana Grossman Leeman. You can contact her at dana.leeman@gmail.com. Annual International SymposiaSince 1979, the International Association of Social Work with Groups has met for an annual symposium. These symposia have provided opportunities for the membership of IASWG to meet others interested in and committed to the use of groups in social work, to hear and consider new approaches to social work with groups, to socialize, to help shape the present and the future of social group work in social work and in social work education, and to participate in decision making that directs the business of the Association. Annual symposia have been held across the United States, in Canada, and in Germany. Attendance may vary but enthusiasm does not wane. Those who have attended a symposium are likely to say that IASWG symposia have a special feel about them, testament to the belief that group workers know how to have fun! If you are interested in learning how to host an upcoming IASWG symposium, visit our “deconstructed” Guidebook to learn about the major components of producing an IASWG Symposium. Included here is information about our current, upcoming, and previous symposia. Following each symposium, proceedings are produced that reflect the kinds of ideas and issues current in the field at that time. Past proceedings can be found in the Resources section of this website, or check out our proceedings publisher. |
Announcements
Thank you for a memorial 2017 IASWG Symposium. Presenters from the 2016 & 2017 symposia, please consider submitting a paper for proceedings.
Coming in July! Group Work Camp in Wisconsin, USA.
On June 22nd to 24th, the IASWG Lithuania Chapter held a unique event for their members. It was a three-day workshop entitled “Mask Making: From Autobiographical Awareness to Intercultural Learning.” View photos from the event here.
Call for Papers: Groupwork invites you to submit papers that critically address the use of groupwork in all aspects of working with people who have experirenced political oppression. To learn more Groupwork with people who have experienced political oppression, learn more here. Deadline January 1, 2018.
Member Highlight
Dr. Olga Molina, LCSW
IASWG Board Member
Associate Professor at University of Central Florida, School of Social Work
Feature Article
Group work with Pulse survivors inspires UCF professor’s new research in NSM TODAY
After assisting Pulse survivors in a Spanish-mutual aid group, a UCF Social Work professor is now conducting a qualitative study on the factors that influenced the Orlando community’s resiliency following the Pulse nightclub shooting. Associate Professor Olga Molina, along with UCF School of Social Work Director Bonnie Yegidis, will be interviewing social service providers to obtain their perspective on the community’s response to the shooting. In July, Molina and Yegidis will be presenting their findings in Zagreb, Croatia. Molina, who is of Cuban heritage, said she felt directly impacted by the shooting, as most of the survivors and the victims were Latino. “It hit my community,” said Molina. “It also hit the LGBT community, which is a very vulnerable community within the Latino community, and so, I felt that I needed to get involved in helping in whatever way I can.”
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