Undergraduate Micro-Seminar: The Transformative Power of Sports and Social Work
Start learning even before school starts with a micro-seminar
Thursday, August 22 from 3:00 - 4:30pm (PDT) and Friday, August 23 from 10:00 - 11;30am (PDT)
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As part of the university's micro-seminar series for new undergraduate first-year and transfer students, Teaching Professor of Social Work Practicum Education Steve Hydon will present a two-session micro-seminar on the transformative power of sports and social work.
This micro- seminar will provide an exploration of the relationship and intersection of social work, mental health, wellness, and athletes and sport across the lifespan. Learning outcomes will consist of: understand the relationship between social work and athletes; analyze case studies that examine how social workers can provide useful interventions for athletes, especially scholastic athletes; apply core social work values to real life examples of mental health conditions of athletes.
Day I: Overview of the transformative power of sports and social work newly created syllabus. Lecture and group discussion of meaningful topics.
Day II: Deep dive into actual case studies through the use of vignettes and videos and apply social work tenets to understand conditions of athletes across the lifespan.
Target Audience: Undergraduate first-year and transfer students interested in how mental health, wellbeing, and the profession of social work can help athletes thrive socially and emotional in all environments.