Announcements

Call for 2019 & 2020 IASWG Symposia Proceeding Papers

Join IASWG members for the Group Work CEU Series offered by Loyola University Chicago. The first session will be taught by Joyce Webster, IASWG Communications Secretary on Group Work Essentials: Engaging, Empowering, and Facilitating Effective Groups on February 19th, 2021.

CSWE Group Work Track - Please consider submitting an abstract to the US Council on Social Work Education's Annual Program Meeting, taking place in Orlando, Florida from November 4-7, 2021. Visit the APM website for conference and proposal submission details. 

Llamada de artículos - Número especial: El trabajo con grupos en América Latina - Les Invitamos a presentar contribuciones sobre trabajo de grupo en América Latina. La llamada de artículos completa está disponible a continuación tanto en inglés como en español. Por favor, envíen su resumen a Jane McLaughlin, Apoyo Editorial, antes del 28 de febrero de 2021.

NEW! IASWG Board Members, Brian Kelly, Mark Macgowan, and Barbara Muskat are presenting at the inaugural Singapore Group Work Symposium in January. Co-organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS), The Next Age Institute (NAI) and the Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW) aims to provide a platform for social workers to share and create new knowledge in group work practice. 

NY Red Apple Chapter Virtual Event (March 3rd) - The Challenges of Creating Community Through Virtual Engagement During the Current COVID Pandemic. More details are forthcoming.

(April 28) Adelphi University and the Institute for Social Work and Environmental Justice invites you to the 2021 Inaugural Conference on Environmental Justice: Earth to Social Work. 

Online Workshops offered by the German Chapter on 20th of March 2021. Four workshops will be in German, two in English. The plenary sessions will be translated into English.

IASWG is actively in search of grants and sponsorships to continue its mission. If you are interested in being part of this initiative or know of foundations, grants opportunities or sponsorships with funding initiatives that would be a good fit with IASWG's mission and international educational activities (e.g. symposia), please contact us at [email protected] 

IASWG New Member Networking Hour - Meetings will occur on the third Monday of every month via Zoom. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 15th at 8pm ET. 

The special issue of Groupwork in French is now published: Échos de la francophonie: Critical Reflections and Innovations in Group Social Work Research and Practice. Groupwork (2020), Vol. 29 (1).

Teaching Group Work Online and in Hybrid Models: We have recently added a section on Teaching Group Work Online. Here you’ll find full syllabi and other resources contributed by IASWG Members. Currently, many of us are moving to online social work education to as an alternative to In Person teaching during the Coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, we are also posting resources that we believe will be valuable immediately. 

Recomendaciones para facilitar grupos de empoderamiento

Charles Garvin elected as an NASW Social Work Pioneer!

Groupwork Student Essay Prize, 2021 -  Whiting and Birch are happy to announce the fifth Groupwork Student Essay Prize. Student groupworkers are invited to submit an essay or paper on any aspect of their practice of groupwork. The deadline for entries is May 3rd, 2021.