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The Network for Professional Education Launches Spring 2025 Webinar Series
The Network for Professional Education at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) offers a series of webinars to enhance social work practice beginning this spring. Led by BUSSW alumni and Network experts, these professional learning opportunities cover timely subjects including social isolation in older adults, polypharmacy, and dementia.
4/24: DBT – Understanding & Implementing Skills for Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers a multitude of benefits to clients, helping them manage emotions, cope with distress, and develop healthy communication strategies. In this session, participants learn ed about the biosocial theory behind DBT and discover how to apply DBT skills to their practice.
05/21: Substance Use and Older Adults
In this hour-long program, Dr. Rossana Lau-Ng, assistant professor of Geriatrics at BU’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, will share new insights on substance use among older adults. Participants will learn how stigma impacts health outcomes for older adults, and consider diagnostic challenges and treatment opportunities for substance use.
Learn more and register here.
6/11: Decoding Dementia: Understanding Responsive Dementia Behaviors as Communication
Join Lisa Fagan Walts (MSW’15) as she walks participants through the different stages of dementia and how the disease impacts a person’s ability to communicate. Attendees will learn how to shift communication strategies to better meet the needs of people living with dementia.