VCU School of Social Work

VCU School of Social Work Since 1917, the VCU School of Social Work has been preparing students to bring about change through their knowledge and actions.

Join us for Culturally Adapting the CBITS (Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools), an Intervention for...
09/09/2026

Join us for Culturally Adapting the CBITS (Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools), an Intervention for Youth Exposed, continuing education opportunity, with Chanda Bass, D.S.W., LCSW, C-SSWS, CCTP, CATP (Location: Zoom)

๐Ÿ”—vcussw.info/Bass

The Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) is a widely utilized, evidence-based group treatment that has been adapted for use with students from various cultural backgrounds.

UPDATE (Sept. 9): This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. If you need additional informat...
09/04/2026

UPDATE (Sept. 9): This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. If you need additional information, please email [email protected].

Join us for Veterinary Social Work, continuing education opportunity, with Lisa Townsend, Ph.D.

๐Ÿ”—vcussw.info/Townsend

Townsend provides psychotherapy for youth and young adults who struggle with chronic suicidal ideation and self-harm. Her research interests include preserving the human-animal bond through human-animal support services and studying the effects of animal-assisted interventions on human and animal health and well-being.

โญ Come join in person or via zoom to hear from a panel of clinical and SWAPPP professionals โญRSVP: vcussw.info/Pathway
08/26/2026

โญ Come join in person or via zoom to hear from a panel of clinical and SWAPPP professionals โญ

RSVP: vcussw.info/Pathway

UPDATE: Sessions are now filled. Stay tuned for future opportunities, or email swmentalhlth@vcu.edu for more information...
08/26/2026

UPDATE: Sessions are now filled. Stay tuned for future opportunities, or email [email protected] for more information.

FREE Mental Health First Aid training ๐Ÿง โœจ
Spots are limitedโ€”REGISTER NOW
Lunch included!

Sign up here: vcussw.info/FirstAidMH

Happy first day of class rams! ๐Ÿโญ Hope you all have an amazing semester! โญ
08/18/2026

Happy first day of class rams! ๐Ÿ

โญ Hope you all have an amazing semester! โญ

Join this fall for two virtual events in our clinical continuing education series, and earn 2 CEU hours per event!๐ŸŒŸ Ve...
08/13/2026

Join this fall for two virtual events in our clinical continuing education series, and earn 2 CEU hours per event!

๐ŸŒŸ Veterinary Social Work: 6-8 p.m. ET Monday, Sept. 14, with Lisa Townsend, Ph.D., of VCU School of Medicine on the MCV Campus and VCU Health.
๐Ÿ‘‰ $35. Register: https://vcussw.info/VetSW26

๐ŸŒŸ Culturally Adapting the CBITS (Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools), an Intervention for Youth Exposed: 6-8 p.m. ET Thursday Oct. 1, with Chanda Bass, D.S.W., LCSW, C-SSWS, CCTP, CATP.
๐Ÿ‘‰ $35. Register: https://vcussw.info/CBITSFA26

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Learn more about our clinical CE opportunities, including upcoming clinical supervision training sessions in February & April 2027: https://vcussw.info/FA26CE-Events

Congratulations to Matthew Morgan, Ph.D., for successfully defending his dissertation, ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค...
07/24/2026

Congratulations to Matthew Morgan, Ph.D., for successfully defending his dissertation, ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ง-๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข, July 22! ๐Ÿ‘

Congratulations to Jeff Ciak, Ph.D., for successfully defending his dissertation, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ,...
07/21/2026

Congratulations to Jeff Ciak, Ph.D., for successfully defending his dissertation, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต-๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข-๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, on July 21! ๐Ÿฅณ

Ph.D. candidate Matthew Morgan, M.S.W will defend his dissertation, ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ง-๐˜ญ...
07/17/2026

Ph.D. candidate Matthew Morgan, M.S.W will defend his dissertation, ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ง-๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข on Wednesday, July 22.

If you'd like to view his presentation or need more information, email [email protected].

Ph.D. candidate Jeff Ciak, M.S.W will defend his dissertation, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ...
07/16/2026

Ph.D. candidate Jeff Ciak, M.S.W will defend his dissertation, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต-๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข-๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด on Tuesday, July 21.

If you'd like to view his presentation or need more information, email [email protected].

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