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National Research Capacity Building Initiative Roundtable: Grand Challenges for Social Work: Creating and Determining a National Initiative
National Research Capacity Building Initiative Roundtable: Grand Challenges for Social Work: Creating and Determining a National Initiative
Saturday, January 18, 2014: 1:15 PM-2:15 PM
Marriott Riverwalk, Alamo Ballroom Salon C, 2nd Floor Elevator Level BR (San Antonio, TX)
Speakers/Presenters:
John S. Brekke, PhD, University of Southern California,
Rowena Fong, EdD, University of Texas at Austin,
Edwina Uehara, PhD, University of Washington and
Richard P. Barth, PhD, University of Maryland at Baltimore
Grand Challenges are ambitious yet achievable goals that mobilize the profession, capture the public's imagination, and require innovation and breakthroughs in science and practice to achieve. The “Grand Challenges for Social Work” initiative (GCSWI), coordinated by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, has launched.
The AASWSW Grand Challenges Executive Committee convened for the first time in May, 2013 to grapple with three key components of the initiative: • How to encourage participation and input in defining “grand challenges for social work” from wide and diverse groups; • How to foster strong collaboration with social work's organizations, groups, and campuses; and • How to define bold but achievable goals, products, and timelines for the Grand Challenges Initiative.
In this session, we will review the history and evolution of (GCSWI) but a significant purpose of the session is to get feedback from the attendees on critical aspects of the GC initiative for social work.
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