SW 545A ST: Mindfulness Skills for Social Work
An online course that will focus on learning and the practice of mindfulness based approaches to work with individuals (adults and children) to foster resilience and to treat many mental health challenges such as ADHD, PTSD and Anxiety Disorders). Some of the major modalities which will be covered are Mindfulness-based stress reduction, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The learning will include both synchronous and asynchronous elements with some partner work and student presentations.