The Social Workers Radio Talk Show

Gretta Hansing, Nicole Gentile, Bob Wright, and Will Schaefer, sat down with The Social Workers to discuss their MSW Capstone Project which tackles food insecurities. Aside from listening, save the dates of April 29th - May 22nd when there will be a food drive happening. Boxes will be on all of the UAlbany quads/apartments, in the Campus Center and right here on the Downtown Campus.

When an infection goes unchecked, sepsis – a life-threatening systemic infection – can result. And the majority of sepsis cases begin at home, where diagnosis can take longer. This is not widely known, and until recently, efforts to combat this deadly disease focused on hospitals, not on identifying sepsis at home. Al Cardillo, a lecturer in the School of Social Welfare, is leading the efforts to...

Rossana Coto-Batres is the Education and Training Coordinator at the Northeast New York Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (NENYCOSH). She has a background in social work and has worked to train refugees and immigrants around nutrition, health and safety topics. As an immigrant and children of immigrants, she has first-hand experience understanding the struggles many Latino and immigrant...

Jennifer Harvey is the Education Specialist at Eddy Alzheimer's Services. She has been with EAS since 2016, and helped to develop their current programing under the Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Initiative from the NYS Department of Health. Jennifer has a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Gerontology from University at Albany (SUNY) and a Bachelor of Science in Special Education from T...

As part of the MSW curriculum, the UAlbany School of Social Welfare has been offering a capstone course in Community Engagement and Social Change. Taught by Associate Professor, Dr. Eric Hardiman, the course challenges students to develop and implement community-based social change projects that embody the values of social justice and the social work profession. "EducateMeToo" is a group...

Chelsea Turnbull, Aubrea Ageda, Eileen Duran, Erin Caligiuri and Michelle Williams (all 2nd year MSW students) discuss how the book, 'Becoming' by Michelle Obama, motivated them to become more involved with policy work. This interview is in connection with their class, Women and Social Policy instructed by Dr. Kate Lawrence.

Kira Kosydar, Liz Sellman, Alison Kosinski, Natalie Brown, and Rae Eubanks (all 2nd year UAlbany MSW students) discuss how reading 'Redefining Realness' by Janet Mock helped them to have a better understanding of social policy in social work. This was done in connection to their class, Women and Social Policy.

Robert N. Swidler is the Vice President of Legal Services for St. Peter’s Health Partners, the Capital Region’s largest health care system, with 5 hospitals, 7 nursing homes, a medical practice with over 350 physicians, and many other facilities and services. Mr. Swidler is also Editor of the NYS Bar Association Health Law Journal, a Governor’s appointee to NYS Task Force on Life and the Law, on t...

Laqueena Fernandez, Michelle Knightes, Jill Holland and Christina Hess Al-Junaid speak about their experience creating the RISE Leadership Conference for Women. This conference is part of their MSW Capstone Project. Please join us for the first annual RISE Conference! Reach Inspire Soar Excel Women Inspiring Confidence. Raising Awareness. Hosted by four MSW students known as 'Social Works!'from th...

In this past live segment, now available on podcast, Sean Erreger, LCSW discusses his use of blogging and social media in social work, particularly with the topic of suicide prevention. Sean also explains how social media platforms, such as twitter, can be used for professional development, advocacy, networking, and much more. You can find more about Sean's work on twitter @StuckOnSW and at www.st...

This episode was recorded during October's Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Barbara Rio-Glick is the Assistant Director of the BSW program at UAlbany's School of Social Welfare. Her area of expertise is in Domestic Violence.

Dr. Victor Asal is Chair of the Department of Public Administration and Policy and a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Albany. Asal’s research focuses on the choice of violence by nonstate organizational actors as well as the causes of political discrimination by states against different groups such as sexual minorities, women and ethnic groups. In addition, Asa...

Critical Conversations is the new student-led journal at the School of Social Welfare. The mission of the journal is to further the accomplishments of students in the School of Social Welfare by sharing knowledge and ideas cultivated by those in the BSW, MSW and PhD programs. The first issue will be released on March 13th as part of the school’s celebration of Social Work Month. The editorial team...

Eunju Lee received her bachelor’s degree from Ewha Womans University (this is a correct spelling of this University) in South Korea and studied issues on gender equity, family policy, race and ethnicity, and immigrant adaptation in the University at Albany Sociology department. From 1999 to 2012, Dr. Lee conducted program and policy evaluation in the area of child welfare with the Center for Human...

Marie Dolfi, LCSW sits down with Alyssa Lotmore of the Social Workers Radio Talk Show to discuss how identity formation is more complex for adoption triad members due to relinquishment, lack of information, the merging of family backgrounds and society’s negative portrayal of adoption and triad members. She includes information on the developmental stages of identity formation for adopted individu...

The Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers - NYS Chapter was a guest on our February 28th live show. Samantha Howell, Esq. spoke about the importance of legislative advocacy in social work. NASW-NYS is a host of Social Work Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) which is happening in Albany on Tuesday, March 5th 2019. The goal of this event is to further social wor...

Mark Lane, LCSW-R has over 29 years of experience in the mental health field including positions as a school, private practice and outpatient mental health social worker. His work focuses on collaborating with clients and helping them use strengths to obtain their goals. Mark also specializes in group therapy for children, adolescents and young adults. He provides solution focused training to ther...

Guest: Samantha Fletcher of UAlbany School of Social Welfare. Her research interests include social activism, social justice, peer support, program evaluation, gerontology, and veterans. In this 15 minute segment, Sam discusses her qualitative research on lifelong social activists and the connection to social justice.

This episode featured Sandy Camper who is a licensed acupuncturist. She recently gave a presentation at UAlbany on restoring vitality for older adults with the principles of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. As a holistic form of care, Chinese medicine addresses the psycho-emotional, as well as, the physical aspects of health. In the interview today, Ms. Camper will discuss how the principl...

The Small Enterprise Economic Development (SEED) program is a loan program for future entrepreneurs and small business owners. UAlbany School of Social Welfare is a partner in this collaborative effort. Four UAlbany student interns speak about their work in the SEED program and how it relates to social work. Students: Paige Meyers, Lieyeka Thomas, Ashley Whiteside, and Ibtissam "Ibby" El...

Dr. John Forsyth is a highly sought after teacher and trainer in the personal and practical use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness practices to alleviate human suffering, awaken the heart and spirit, and to cultivate living well. He is also a professor of psychology and director of the Anxiety Disorders Research Program at the University at Albany.

Social workers can be media savvy. We must use appropriate media tools to inform the public, engage new community groups in problem solving, and advance new knowledge on current pressing social issues and on the resources, services, and supports to address them. Through these venues we can contribute to a better understanding of who we are as social workers and what we do as agents of change in so...

Yoga Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Y-CBT): New research based treatment model which blends traditional psychological strategies with yogic practices and philosophies to address symptoms of anxiety and co-occurring symptoms of depression. www. Y-CBT.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/YogaCognitiveBehavioralTherapy Published workbook based on the Y-CBT treatment model: The Yoga-CBT Workbook for...

Award-winning filmmaker Edgar Barens sat down with the Social Workers Radio Talk Show to discuss his documentary film titled 'Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hill'. A screening of this documentary was held at the University at Albany School of Social Welfare on September 30th, 2015.

This episode featured Sheryl Kaplan, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who discusses the impact of poverty, trauma and addiction on the developing brains of children. She speaks on how schools, families and communities can help address the resulting challenges.