International Collaboration Task Force

The 4th International Social Work Conference was held on March 25-27, 2011 at the USC in Los Angeles, CA. This year the main theme and focus of the conference was on building a global social work profession, as well as policy development on global problems, cross-national and cross-cultural transportability of social work knowledge, skills and experience and social and economic development. Presentations at the 2011 conference were focusing on innovations in teaching, curriculum, research evidence, and exchange of social work skills and knowledge between nations and cultures.

NADD International Collaboration Task Force co-sponsored the Third Annual Conference on International Social Work on July 10-12, 2009 in Jersey City, NJ. This annual event was co-organized by NADD International Collaboration Task Force members Dick Edwards from Rutgers University and Robin Mama from Monmouth University. Social workers from as far as the Caribbean, England, and Israel participated. Plenary sessions included the U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, understanding the grieving process and promoting resiliency among victims of terrorism, advancing social work internationally, security and risk assessment, and disaster behavioral health. Individual sessions included presentations on immigration, refugees, international service learning projects, student perspectives on international social work, disaster preparedness, and psychosocial support.

As of April 8, 2010, the new Co-chairs of this Task Force are Darlyne Bailey and Barbara Shank.

Task Force Membership (PDF)

NADD International Task Force Meeting Minutes, April 15, 2011 (PDF)

NADD International Task Force Meeting Minutes, October 13, 2010 (PDF)

Global Agenda 2011 (PDF)

Global Agenda Press Release – November 2011 (PDF)

ICSD Newsletter 2011.1 (PDF)

First Announcement ICSD AP Conference Indonesia 2012

Handbook of INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK 2012
Human Rights, Development, and the Global Profession

World Conference on Social Work and Social Development
8-12 July 2012, Stockholm, Sweden

International Social Work Conference
June 14-15, 2012 • Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN

Eight International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision, June 13-15, 2012

Asian & Pacific Islands Social Work Educators International Social Work Conference Hanoi, Vietnam June 11-13, 2012

API Call for Abstracts – Vietnam June 2012

ICSD 2013 – Kampala, Uganda July 15 – 19, 2013

International Social Work Conference 2007, NADD Task Force Report (PDF)
Prepared by NADD’s International Task Force.

Task Force’s Partnering Organizations

Flyers from Programs Offering Study Abroad Courses in 2012

Southern Illinois University Carbondale: Germany, Bangladesh

University of Southern Mississippi: Jamaica

North Carolina State University: Guatemala

San Jose State University (CA): Vietnam

University of Alabama: Hong Kong

University of Missouri: Cape Town, South Africa, Summer 2012

University of South Carolina: Maymester course in Romania

Florida State University: Prague, London and South Africa

Flyers from Programs Offering Study Abroad Courses in 2011

Saint Louis University (MO): India Flyer 1, India Flyer 2

University of Alabama: Mexico

Ohio State University: India, Poland, Mexico

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: India

Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (OH): Bangladesh, Sub Saharan Africa, Guatemala, Turkey, Netherlands

SUNY at Stony Brook: “Counseling & Treating People of Color: An International Perspective,” Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Flyer 1, Flyer 2, Flyer 3

University of Nevada, Reno: Ghana

Portland State University: Costa Rica

San Francisco State University: Germany, Philippines

Rutgers University School of Social Work: Israel, China

University of Chicago: India

University of New Hampshire: London, UK

George Mason University: Costa Rica