Social Work Travel Grants Award Details:
-A stipend of up to $1000 will be awarded to cover reimbursement for transportation, lodging, meals, and meeting registration fees. (www.apsa.org)
-BPSI social work mentors at the meeting to help to structure a rewarding experience
-One year of mentoring with a BPSI social work psychoanalyst mentor to explore areas of clinical and/or research interests and training opportunities in therapy and/or research.
-A one year subscription to the Pep-web service
-Free Tuition waivers for courses through the BPSI Community Education program, Explorations in Mind (See www.bpsi.org)
The Application deadline for submission: November 29, 2019
-A letter of interest explaining your interest in psychoanalytic concepts and in attending the Annual Meeting.Applications should be submitted to: Karen Smolens at ksmolens@bpsi.org
Applicants should mark the subject line of the email with: Travel Grant Application—Attention: Catherine Mitkus, LICSW
Announcement of award decisions in late December 2019
APSaA Annual Meetings February 11-16, 2020 New York City
(www.apsa.org)
COMMENTS FROM 2017 TRAVEL GRANT RECIPIENT
Reflections from Joseph Berlin, MSW, LCSW (Fellow, Cambridge Health Alliance)
The BPSI Social Work Travel Grant afforded me the opportunity to attend the APsaA meetings in New York as a second-year social work intern. At that stage in my training, I would not have otherwise had access to this gathering of experienced and thoughtful members of the psychoanalytic community. There were countless times over the course of the meetings in which I faced what felt like impossible choices between equally compelling topics. In a panel entitled, “Knowing, Being, and Becoming,” I was introduced to the work of Bion, whose ideas have in the years following the conference become an ever-deepening interest of mine. This could be said of so much of what I experienced at the conference. Among many other fascinating sessions, I attended a discussion on psychoanalytic field theory and “the mind/body problem,” a session that explored how poetry and psychoanalysis may be brought into a mutually enriching dialogue, and a paper presentation that “read” issues pertaining to gender and sexuality psychoanalytically. The clinical case discussions were unlike anything I had experienced before-- I felt welcome to think and feel my way into the cases alongside the other attendees, some of whom are authors I was reading in my graduate program! These presentations and discussions felt sufficiently accessible to me as a newcomer to the field, but simultaneously led me toward topics, writers, and ways of thinking that were challenging and new, and which I continue to explore to this day. As I wove my way through the meetings, the presence of the familiar faces from BPSI and the other Social Work Travel Grant recipients contributed to my sense that I was making my way into this community. I continue to feel immensely grateful to BPSI for this opportunity; I view this experience as a formative piece of these early stages of my career and ongoing growth as an individual and a clinician.
The Behavioral Sciences team at Springer Publishing Company is conducting a brief 6-question survey on writing student research proposals. As compensation for completing the survey, we’ll be giving away a free book (one of Dawn Apgar’s Social Work Practice Tests – 170 Questions for the Exam—the selections are provided below). The survey is through Survey Monkey, and you can use the following link to access the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2FXMMKM. Please complete the survey by Monday, December 2, 2019.
Here are the selection of books you can choose from:
Social Work ASWB Bachelors Practice Test, Second Edition: 170 Questions to Identify Knowledge Gaps by Dawn Apgar
Social Work ASWB Masters Practice Test, Second Edition: 170 Questions to Identify Knowledge Gaps by Dawn Apgar
Social Work ASWB Clinical Practice Test, Second Edition: 170 Questions to Identify Knowledge Gaps by Dawn Apgar
Social Work ASWB Advanced Generalist Practice Test, Second Edition: 170 Questions to Identify Knowledge Gaps by Dawn Apgar
Once you’ve completed the survey, please contact Mehak Massand at mmassand@springerpub.com with your name, your book selection, and the address at which you would like to receive your free book.
Looking for a late night study space?
The Fine Arts Center atrium is a new alternative study space and is open until 11 p.m. even on weekends! It has recently been fitted out with study tables and chairs and is an awesome, comfortable space to study!