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Managing stress-related anxiety at work (MAP)

Social workers and psychologists are invited to register for this UFT Member Assistance Program (MAP) workshop on managing stress-related anxiety at work. This presentation will explore the relationship between work stressors and anxiety and offer tools to help employees navigate both. Discussion topics will include tips on how to manage relationships in the stressful environment of the workplace. Earn two CE hours by completing this course.  

Creating Safety: Engaging LGBTQ+ clients seeking substance use disorder treatment with trauma-informed affirmative care (MAP)

In this UFT Member Assistance Program (MAP) workshop for social workers and psychologists, participants will expand upon this to explore the interplay of trauma and substance use, highlighting substance misuse as both a survival and a pleasure-seeking strategy. Get a better understanding of LGBTQ+ clients' experiences seeking substance use treatment and the importance of creating a safe, welcoming environment. This training will also help participants to identify key components of care for LGBTQ+ people and to develop skills to improve their delivery of trauma-informed, affirmative care. Earn two CE hours by completing this course.

Regulating Our Energy (MAP)

Social workers and psychologists are invited to register for "Regulating Our Energy: using acupuncture and Chinese medicine to thrive in a challenging world," an in-person UFT Member Assistance Program (MAP) workshop. Modern life can be challenging. We may periodically fall into states of depression, anxiety, exhaustion, frustration and confusion. Yet, we still have to deliver! This class will explore methods to adjust and restore our vital and mental-emotional energy so we may live our best lives. We will focus on the use of acupuncture, herbs and essential oils. Earn two CE hours by completing this course. 

Clinicians Appreciation Day

About 400 school social workers and psychologists gathered at UFT headquarters, and another 900 joined remotely, for a day of professional development to mark Clinicians Appreciation Day on Jan. 12.

A place to heal

There is a room at IS 391 in the Bronx with color-changing lights, soft bean-bag chairs, a gurgling fountain, books and fidget toys.
“We needed a calming place where students could come for counseling, and students and staff could just sit and self...

Psychologists Appreciation Day PD

More than four hundred UFT members attended the annual Psychologists Appreciation Day professional development on Nov. 10 at union headquarters. “The sense of unity and community that the union brings is really valuable," said one school psychologist...

Social Workers and Psychologists chapter meeting

Join your colleagues for the UFT Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter's monthly meeting. Chapter Leader Raul Garcia will give an update from the union and chapter, and we'll discuss your issues, questions and concerns. Registration will be available shortly. 

Nadhilis Rojas, bilingual school psychologist

As the psychologist at Gotham Collaborative HS in the Bronx, Nadhilis Rojas assesses students’ needs, refers them for services and tracks their progress. As a fluent English and Spanish speaker, she can more effectively serve her diverse school...

‘Building their brains’

A social worker and an instructional coordinator from the city DOE's Division of Early Childhood Education provide crucial support to 3K and pre-K teachers at PS 7 in East Harlem.

Social Workers Appreciation Day

Helping students learn to cope with anxiety experienced during and after the COVID-19 pandemic was the key takeaway from the UFT's seventh annual Social Workers Appreciation Day event on March 10, which attracted about 900 UFT members both in person...