International Collaboration Task Force
NADD International Task Force co-sponsored the Third Annual Conference on International Social Work which took place on July 10-12, 2009 in Jersey City, NJ. This annual event was co-organized by NADD International Task Force members Dick Edwards from Rutgers University and Robin Mama from Monmouth University. Social workers as far as the Caribbean, England, and Israel participated. Plenary sessions included the US 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’s Partnering Organizations:
CSWE Council on Social Work Education http://www.cswe.org/
BPD Baccalaureate Program Directors http://www.bpdonline.org/
IASSW International Association of Schools of Social Work http://www.iassw-aiets.org/
ICSW International Council of Social Welfare http://www.icsw.org/
IFSW International Federation of Social Workers http://www.ifsw.org/
ICSD International Consortium for Social Development http://www.iucisd.org/
Flyers from the programs offering Study Abroad Courses in 2011:
Southern Illinois University Carbondale: Germany, Bangladesh
San Jose State University (CA): Argentina
University of Southern Mississippi: Jamaica
Brief course description:
Human Rights and Social Development in Jamaica SWK 495/695 - 4 credit hours Prof. Delories Williams - delories.williams@usm.edu or 601.266.4163 Prof. Tom Osowski - tom.osowski@usm.edu or 601.266.5852.
This course provides a cross-cultural experience in which students will learn about Jamaican culture, human rights, social development, and social welfare. Students explore issues related to social justice, social development, and social welfare, along with the service delivery approaches being used to address the social needs of Jamaicans. Students will visit Jamaican social service agencies in many of the traditional fields of practice (family and children, health, mental health, education, disabilities, and corrections).
Prerequisite: Social work majors / SWK 495 syllabus || SWK 695 syllabus
Saint Louis University (MO): India Flyer 1, Flyer 2
The University of Alabama: Mexico May 8-22, 2011
The Ohio State University: India Poland Mexico
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: India (December 26, 2010 – January 8, 2011)
Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (OH):
Bangladesh, Sub Saharan Africa, Guatemala, Turkey, Netherlands (see Flyer)
SUNY at Stony Brook: “Counseling & Treating People of Color: An International Perspective”, December 1-5, 2010; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(see Flyer 1, Flyer 2, Flyer 3)
University of Nevada, Reno: Ghana
Portland State University: Costa Rica
