In this interactive session we will identify risk factors and diagnostic criteria for depression among older adults and discuss related conditions such as dementia and substance use. Participants will understand the individual and societal impacts of depressive symptoms in the older adult population. Various treatment modalities and settings will be compared including crisis interventions for older adults with depression.

This session provides a brief overview of the current state of AI technology, a review of the limitations and concerns associated with AI, and opportunities for AI to enhance learning in higher education and supervision. Practical strategies for harnessing AI in a responsible, ethical manner are highlighted.

In this dynamic and interactive webinar, participants will explore the burgeoning field of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), focusing on its practical applications and ethical considerations within social work. We will delve into the use of conversational AI tools like ChatGPT as a consultative tool for social workers, explore how visual AI tools like Midjourney and Dalle can be utilized to create therapeutic materials and resources, and do a deep dive into the use of GAI to reshape professional development. Furthermore, we will examine the ethical dimensions of employing GAI for drafting progress notes and designing personalized treatment plans, ensuring fidelity to professional standards and client confidentiality. Participants will have access to handouts, references and resources, and live demonstrations of GAI tools in action.

This webinar presents an approach to self-care that goes beyond cliched self-help advice. It assumes both a micro and macro approach to preventing stress-related conditions, including vicarious trauma and burnout. The presentation will provide an overview of the impact of chronic stress, the origins of the concept of self-care, and culturally-relevant approaches to furthering wellness, including radical and decolonized self-care. On a micro level, it offers in-depth coverage of personal strategies for managing stress that incorporate a cognitive-coping framework as it relates to self-assessment, self-regulation, and self-efficacy. On a macro-level, it discusses organizational strategies for furthering workplace wellness, including the management of mismatch between personal and organizational culture, supervision that supports self-care, and agency policies and practices that contribute to the psychological safety and well-being of diverse employees. It concludes with a note of hope for social workers and agencies embracing the ethical imperative to further self-care in social work.

A decade ago, researchers predicted that millennials would comprise 75% of the workforce by 2025 (Fuller,2023). As predicted, the Baby Boomers are entering retirement at record speed, leaving millennials to make up most of the current workforce. In response, social work organizations are taking on an entirely new cultural design. The famous cliché “out with the old and in with the new” in context realistically describes where the social work profession currently finds itself. Now is the time for social work leaders to dive into new opportunities to transform their organizations through meaningful digital content development to embrace and retain their millennial staff. For the sake of the health and survival of social work organizations everywhere, leaders must consider moving on to new opportunities to redesign the existing organizational culture. A deeper understanding of the millennials' behavior will be presented to help the managers adapt their practices and expectations. Want to attract, retain, and motivate millennials?  Research-based recommendations will be presented to help managers be successful with the millennials. They are not going anywhere. They are here to entrench your workforce.