Additional Resources for 2025 JV Caprez Social Work Field Day
Friday, March 28, 2025
9:00am - 4:00pm CDT
Memorial Union Ballroom and Zoom
Lunch Break 12:00-1:00pm
Morning Session 9:00am-12:00pm:
Title: Cultural Formulation and Concepts of Distress in Assessment and Diagnosis
Speaker: Dr. Octavio Ramirez and Dr. Annette Clarke Jones
Sponsored by: Social Work Department
3 Diagnosis & Treatment CEUs available
Objectives:
- To analyze a patient’s cultural context and how it may influence their mental health presentation, leading to a more culturally sensitive diagnosis.
- To apply the various domains of the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI), thereby improving rapport and treatment efficacy.
- To understand how different cultures experience, express, and explain mental health symptoms, which can impact the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment planning.
Afternoon Session 1:00pm-4:00pm:
Title: The Intersection of Immigration, Assessment, Diagnosis, and Cultural Competency in Social Work Practice
Speaker: Dr. Octavio Ramirez and Dr. Annette Clarke Jones
Sponsored by: Social Work Department
3 Diagnosis & Treatment CEUs available
Objectives:
- To evaluate the psychosocial impact of parental migration on Jamaican barrel children and how social workers assess members of this immigrant population.
- To understand how anxiety and depression present in immigrant populations and how cultural factors influence symptom expression.
- To apply culturally responsive approaches to assessment, diagnosis, and intervention.