Webinars
Workshops
Minding the Gap: Best Practices in Addressing SDOH within Interprofessional Health Care and Education: An online interdisciplinary panel
April 26, 2023
April 26 2023 CUNY-OBH Panel Flyer-updated[85].pdfPanelists:
Sharon Beaumont-Bowman, SLP Doctoral Lecturer, Communication Arts, Sciences, and Disorders Brooklyn College at CUNY
Natasha Eziquiel-Shriro, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES Health & Nutrition Educator/Ambulatory Care The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Mitchell Hare, MD Chief Internal Medicine Resident Physician Gwendolyn Lancaster, EDD, MSN, RN, CCRN Assistant Professor at Lehman College Department of Nursing Lehman College at CUNY
PILE UP OF COLLECTIVE STRESSORS IN THE CONTEXT OF A SHARED REALITY: HOW SOCIAL WORKERS CAN HELP FACILITATE RECOVERY AND GROWTH?
RONI BERGER PhD LCSW
ADELPHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
GARDEN CITY, NY
LEHMAN COLLEGE /CUNY
SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT
presents a special workshop:
"Understanding and Preventing Child Trafficking"
Presented by:
Selina Higgins, LCSW Executive Director, Office of Child Trafficking Prevention and Policy, NYC Administration for Children’s Services.
Thursday, February 18th, 2pm-4pm
This session was not recorded.
However, links to resources can be found below:
Red Flags for Sex and Labor Trafficking_OCTPP_2-3-20.pdfTattoo Removal Program_OCTPP_Handout 1-8-21 update.pdfTrafficking Red Flags for School Professionals and Staff_OCTPP_2-10-20.pdfTrafficking Related Terms and Definitions_OCTPP_11-12-20.pdfThe COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS Epidemics: Lessons for Resiliency
Thursday, November, 19, 2020
3:00-5:00pm
Link to view online workshop:
Karen Vicente, LMSW, MA, ABD
Instructor, Lehman College
Department of Social Work
Karen Vicente, M.A., L.M.S.W., is a social worker with over twenty years’ experience in counseling and facilitating groups for those facing chronic illness and other traumas. She began her work in HIV as a volunteer on Long Island early in the epidemic and moved to NYC to work for the AIDS response organization, Northern Lights Alternatives, directing their Women and Children with HIV/AIDS program. For the past 15 years, Karen has also trained human service workers in evidence-based practices such as risk reduction counseling, motivational interviewing and HIV linkage to care. She was a lead trainer in the NYC Department of Health’s initial rollout of the HIV Care Coordination program initiative, training Dept. of Health leadership, Program Directors and Patient Navigators throughout New York City. In addition to teaching at Lehman College School of Social Work, Karen writes e-learning scripts for human services and other professionals taking online courses to upgrade their skills.
Jill Williams
Care Trainer, at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Jill Williams began working in the field of HIV with the Chicago Women’s AIDS Project. Moving to Long Island, New York in 1991 as an HIV Educator and HIV Pre/Post-test Counselor, she worked in methadone programs, outpatient drug treatment, and Corrections. Jill has over 20 years of training experience and expertise, including curriculum development and staff training in the areas of HIV Patient Navigation, Prevention, HIV Testing and Linkage to Care, Behavior Change, Motivational Interviewing and Cultural Competency. In the last 9 years, Jill has trained thousands of Patient Navigators in New York City to understand and implement advances in treatment along with existing new and familiar challenges in providing services to people living with HIV. She joined the New York City Department of Health in 2015 to focus on training and curriculum development related to HIV Care Coordination and Prevention Navigation. In March, and again in August, 2020, Jill was activated by the New York City Department of Health to work in the COVID-19 response unit.
Recent Workshops
October 2020
The Benefits of Activism: Building Community and Individual Resilience
Thursday, October 15, 2020
3:00-5:00pm
Link to view online workshop:
Link to take quiz to obtain NYS Social Work CEUs: https://forms.gle/rU1dSPxn3R4iwJdk7
In order to receive a Certificate of Completion you will need to be present for the entireworkshop . Space is limited, registration is required.
This workshop is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals. The information, content and conclusions in this workshop are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
Panel Discussion
Mimi Abramovitz, Ph.D.
Mimi Abramovitz is the Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Policy at Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College and The CUNY Graduate Center, is often introduced as an activist and a scholar . Trained in community organizing and social policy at Columbia School of Social Work Mimi currently co- leads the National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign also known as Voting is Social Work Her research interests include US Welfare state, poverty, inequality, activism and the impact of public policy on human service organizations, all viewed through the lens of race, class an gender. Widely published in social work and often interviewed by the print and broadcast media. she is the author of several books including Regulating the Lives: Social Welfare Policy From Colonial Time to the Present (Routledge, 3rd. ed. 2018). She is currently writing a book entitled Gender Obligations: The History of Black and White Low-Income Women’ Activism Since 1900. Mimi has been honored with 15 awards, most recently CSWE’s Significant Lifetime Achievement Award.
Alberto Cifuentes, Jr., LMSW,
is a member of the VotER Healthy Democracy Team and a doctoral candidate/graduate assistant at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. His work focuses on Latino fathers, sex workers’ rights and health, and the political mobilization of underrepresented and marginalized communities. He is former Co-chair of the Board of Directors of GLSEN Connecticut, a safe schools advocacy organization, and currently serves as Founder/Chair of the Macro Social Workers Network of NASW/CT.
Cheryl Aguilar, LICSW, LCSW-C,
a licensed independent clinical social worker, is founding director and therapist at Hope Center for Wellness, a multicultural wellness practice focused on holistic healing. In her clinical practice, she addresses depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, adjustment, family separation/reunification, among others challenges. She is passionate about micro, mezzo and macro work. She founded and co-leads Social Workers United for Immigration, a network of social workers committed to the well- being and advancement of immigrants. Because of this work in 2019, Cheryl was recognized as 1 of 10 dedicated and deserving social workers making an extraordinary impact across the country by Social Work Today magazine.
September 2020
Maintaining the Frame: Practice Tips for Providing Quality Services in Telehealth Sessions
Thursday, September 17, 2020
3:00-5:00pm
Video link: https://youtu.be/SMf1bwXd6OU
Link to take quiz to obtain NYS Social Work CEUs: https://forms.gle/zABgmn8BynnXED4W8
In order to receive a Certificate of Completion you will need to be present for the entireworkshop . Space is limited, registration is required.
This workshop is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals. The information, content and conclusions in this workshop are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
Nicole Boyd has sustained a thriving private practice in NYC for 15 years. She works with adolescents and adults, utilizing individual, family, and couple sessions. She has been teaching at Silberman School for Social Work in the areas of Clinical Practice and Social Justice since 2016. In addition, she has clinical experience in community mental health, independent school counseling and hospital social work.
She transferred her practice to telehealth in response to the Covid-19 shut down and will continue through January 2021, but expects many clients/patients will prefer to continue with telehealth going forward and we should prepare ourselves for this to be the new normal.
Nicole Boyd will describe how to set the frame for telehealth sessions, identifying the concrete technical needs and pitfalls to look out for. She will outline some of the shifts she has made in engagement, assessment and interventions, as well as, use of self and self-care.
Nicole Boyd, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker in Private Practice
Adjunct Instructor Silberman School for Social Work
June 2020
Microaggressions and Implicit Bias
held on June 29, 2020
Link to view online workshop:
Link to take quiz to obtain NYS Social Work CEUs: https://forms.gle/DURS1ySe2FSgk4Sr5
Jermaine Monk, PhD
Assistant Professor, Lehman College, Department of Social Work
Prior to his appointment at CUNY, Dr. Monk has taught at several universities including Temple, Rutgers and Drew. Upon graduation with his MSW, Dr. Monk worked in HIV/AIDS case management, crisis intervention and foster care case management in Pennsylvania and New York. Dr. Monk earned his B.A. in Urban Studies from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick. He received an M.S.W. from Temple University and an M.A. in Theological Studies from LaSalle University. Dr. Monk completed his M.A. and PhD in Urban Systems from Rutgers.
In order to receive a Certificate of Completion you will need to be present for the entireworkshop . Space is limited, registration is required.
This workshop is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals. The information, content and conclusions in this workshop are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.