LSWO National Latinx Social Work Chicago Conference 2023
Workshop:
Integrating Art Therapy and Latinx Culture in Social Work Expressive Arts Curricula
Speakers:
Elena Delavega, PhD, MSW, Professor,
Susan Elswick, EdD, MSSW, LCSW, LSSW, RPT-S, IMH-E Professor (Univrsity of Memphis SSW Faculty)
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Workshop:
Weaving Narratives: The Artistry of Qualitative Research in Unveiling Truths
Speakers:
Iraida V. Carrion, PhD., LCSW Associate Professor University of South Florida SSW
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Workshop:
Art as a Method to Engage a Community on Sensitive Topics: Reducing the Stigma of Suicide Deaths in the Latino Population
Speakers:
Dr. Enedina Enriquez, DSW, LCSW-S, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley SSW
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Workshop:
Don't tell me, show me: Using expressive art to disrupt settler colonialism and normative cultural standards in social work supervision.
Speaker:
Dr. Priscila A. Norris, RYT, MSW, DSW, LCSW, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor University of Kentucky
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Workshop:
Project IMPACT: An Expressive Arts Therapy Model of Care, Connection and Creativity
Speaker:
Michael Rangel, LSW, MSW, Dance/Movement Therapy Certification, SkyArt and St. Xavier University
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Workshop:
Addressing Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the Latinx Community Through Storytelling
Speaker:
Miranda Mestas Vatterott, MSW, PhD student at Our Lady of the Lake University and Harvest Home. Javier Segovia, MSW, US Department of Veterans Affairs and PhD Student at Our Lady of the Lake University
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Workshop:
Finding the Artist in Us. How to love, live and thrive as a Social Worker.
Speakers:
Mary Kay Martin Heldman, MSW, LISW-S
Lecturer and Liasson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) SSW
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Workshop:
Adding Laughter…Reducing Stress!
Speakers:
Mayra L. Reyes, LCSW-S, CLYT, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley SSW
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Workshop:
Exploring Culturally Attuned Values Via Art in Social Work Practice for Latinx/e Adults
Speakers:
Elizabeth Sanchez, AM, PhD Student and Graduate Research Assistant, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and Dennise G. Moreno, MSW, Social Work PhD Student at University of Illinois Chicago
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Workshop:
Cultural Engagement and Expression in Substance Use Counseling for Latine Adolescents
Speaker:
Esmeralda Garcia, BA, ACED, ESUDP, Clinical Supervisor, and Rachel Williams, MA, LMHC Lifeline Connections
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Workshop:
Snapshot exploration leading into a path of imagery and use of self…
Speakers:
Jesse (Jesús) Muñoz Aldrete MSW, LCSW (Group Practice)
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Workshop:
The Therapeutic Use of Expressive Arts at an Orphanage in Manzanillo, Mexico
Speakers:
Don Phelps, Ph.D., LCSW, CCTP, Aurora University George Williams College of Social Work
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Workshop:
Rest Is Resistance: Sanando y Empoderando Through Storytelling
Speakers:
Cindy Berríos, MSW, LCSW, and Gricelda Correa, B.A., CHW, On the Margins, LLC
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Workshop:
Developing Bilingual Social Work Students Through Creativity for Child Welfare
Speaker:
Vania Buck, MSW, California State University, Chico
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Workshop:
​Healing the Hood: One Sticker Design at a Time
Speaker:
Marissa Alvarez, MA, and Claudia Rangel, BA, ENLACE Chicago -Violence Prevention Program
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Workshop:
Mental Health Access, COVID, and the Chicago Latinx Community: A Photovoice Project
Speaker:
Leticia Villarreal Sosa, PhD., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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Workshop:
“Don’t Call Me Mother”: Trans Latina Immigrants Redefine Madre and Comadre Relationships
Speaker:
Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez, PhD, LCSW, Boston University School of Social Work
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Workshop:
La frontera entre Estados Unidos y México: Teaching Future M.S.W. Students to Respond with Cultural Sensitivity
Speaker:
Marjorie Colindres, MSW, LCSW, Ph.D. Student at Loyola University of Chicago School of Social Work
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Workshop:
Poetry to Be Alive: The Use of Poetry for Social Transformation.
Speaker:
Elisaura Vázquez Ayala, LSW, MSW, SOCIAL WORK SUPERVISOR, ADFAN, FAMILY DEPARTMENT, MAYAGUEZ, PR
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Workshop:
Preparing to Successfully Pass the LMSW Exam: An Exercise in Personal Activism
Speaker:
Rey Martinez, LCSW, Ph.D Facundo Valdez School of Social Work New Mexico Highlands University
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The Chicago Conference