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Introduction to Human-Animal Interactions in Social Work Practice (HAI-SW)

Overview

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Live Online Seminar 

Tuesday, June 14, 2022
7:00-9:30pm MT / 9:00-11:30pm ET
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
9:00-11:30am CST

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 2.5 CE contact hours

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Institute for Human-Animal Connection

Introduction to human-animal interactions in social work practice. Overview of human-animal interactions in clinical, community, and macro settings with review of animal roles and appropriate terminology. Emphasis is placed on cultural and social justice issues involving intersecting systems of oppression, speciesism and violence against humans and animals.

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Learning Objectives

As a result of attending this seminar, participants will be able to:

  • Provide five (5) examples of human-animal interactions in micro, mezzo, and macro practice settings
  • Differentiate between four (4) animal roles in social work settings
  • Recognize three (3) areas of additional competency for clinical social workers who incorporates animal interactions in therapy
  • Describe three (3) areas of intersecting violence between people and animals
  • Identify two (2) areas of limitation in the existing research literature for human-animal interactions in social work
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Presenter

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Nina Ekholm Fry, MSSc., CCTP

Nina Ekholm Fry, MSSc., CCTP, is the Director of Equine Programs at the Institute for Human-Animal Connection at University of Denver and a faculty member in the Graduate School of Social Work and the Graduate School of Professional Psychology. She coordinates the Human-Animal-Environment Interactions in Social Work certificate within the Denver Campus MSW program. For the past 15 years, her work has focused on human-animal interactions in mental health. She has a particular interest in applied ethics and social justice perspectives within human-animal interactions, including human-animal conflict.

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Attendance Fees

General Admission: Free of Charge

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Continuing Education Contact Hours

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 2.5 Continuing Education Contact Hours.

New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers {#SW-0012}.

New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors {#MHC-0083}.

For Mental Health Practitioners: Please check with your state, if you are not licensed in New York, to determine if these credits will be accepted for licensing renewal.

55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.

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Special Accommodations and Grievance Policy

Special Accommodations:
Students requiring accommodations have the opportunity to make these known upon registering or by writing to silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.

Addressing Grievances:
For information on our grievance and complaint procedures, contact 212.998.9099 or silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.

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NYU Silver School of Social Work
Office of Global and Lifelong Learning
285 Mercer Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003

Email: silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.5973
Fax: 212.995.4497

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