SWCHRS Live Learning Lab

Date & Time: October 28, 2026 from 1 - 4 PM CT

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Session Details: Human Sexuality Across the Lifespan: Ethical Practice Considerations for Social Workers at Every Life Stage is a three-hour continuing education training that situates human sexuality within the biopsychosocial and person-in-environment framework already central to social work practice. Delivered live via Zoom, the training moves across adolescence, adulthood, and older adulthood, covering the foundations of affirming, sex-positive practice, the PLISSIT model, and the distinction between sexual orientation and gender identity. It is grounded in the 2022 CSWE Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards, Meyer's minority stress theory, SAMHSA's trauma-informed care principles, and the NASW Code of Ethics, and it pairs each content block with a case-based breakout activity so participants leave with applied strategies rather than abstract principles alone.

Participants will be able to explain the role of human sexuality within social work assessment, analyze the barriers that keep practitioners from raising the topic, apply affirming practice principles across the lifespan, and develop ethically grounded, trauma-informed responses grounded in real case material. The training closes with a block on ethics, boundaries, and countertransference, addressing the informed consent and documentation questions that arise once sexuality enters the clinical conversation.

This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886970186-2302) for 1.5 continuing education contact hours.

Speaker

Anthony Natale, Ph.D., MSW — Professor, Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma.

Speaker Bio: Anthony P. Natale, Ph.D., MSW, is the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies Director and an Associate Professor at the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work. He teaches a range of social work courses and has received accolades including induction into the Social Work Hall of Fame for Teaching Excellence (2015) and the University of Oklahoma Regents Award for Superior Teaching (2019).

Dr. Natale’s research centers on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Belonging (IDEA-B) in higher education; HIV/AIDS health disparities among minoritized populations; trauma-informed interventions in social work practice; and social work with LGBTQQIPA2+ individuals. Previously, he held administrative roles such as Social Work Graduate Coordinator, Assistant Director of the School of Social Work, and Faculty Fellow for Inclusive Excellence in the OU Graduate College.

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Date & Time: November 7, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Session Details: Immigration policy is complex and its ripple effects reach across communities, workplaces, and service systems. In this session, Gabriela Ramirez-Perez guides participants through the evolution of national immigration policy, then focuses on Oklahoma’s recent legislative and enforcement landscape. You’ll get up-to-date data on immigrant populations, understand how state policy is changing, and consider concrete practice implications for social work in settings such as schools, non-profits, and community programs.

This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886970186-9210) for 1.5 continuing education contact hours.

Speaker

Gabriella Ramirez Perez — Immigration Policy Analyst, the Oklahoma Policy Institute 

Speaker Bio: Gabriela joined OK Policy as an Immigration Policy Analyst in August 2021. Raised in Oklahoma City, she graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with minors in German, Arabic, and International Security Studies. During college Gabriela had internships at the Council on American-Islamic Relations Oklahoma, the Office of former Congresswoman Kendra Horn, and she took part in events to help educate first-generation Latinx students on how to attend college. Gabriela looks forward to using her skills at OK Policy to work towards a more equitable future for all Oklahomans.

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Date & Time: Friday, December 4th, 2026 from 1 - 4 PM CT

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Session Details: Artificial intelligence has entered clinical social work practice, often before practitioners, agencies, or clients have had the opportunity to consider what its presence means. AI documentation tools now draft progress notes, predictive risk models inform decisions in child welfare and behavioral health, and clients increasingly turn to chatbots and companion apps for support between sessions. These developments hold promise to reduce administrative burden and expand access to care; they also raise salient questions about competence, informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, and professional accountability. The ethical question facing the profession, then, concerns how social workers respond to this presence with integrity.

This three-hour interactive training prepares clinical social workers to reason through these questions using the NASW Code of Ethics, the NASW, ASWB, CSWE, and CSWA Standards for Technology in Social Work Practice, and a structured ethical decision-making model. Content moves across three levels of practice: the individual clinical encounter, agency policy and supervision, and the structural concern of algorithmic bias and its effects on marginalized and LGBTQ+ clients. Three case-based breakout sessions are embedded throughout. In these sessions, participants sort common AI uses along a continuum of ethical risk, work through a case in which an algorithm and clinical judgment disagree, and practice an informed consent conversation about AI-assisted documentation. Participants leave with practical strategies for assessment, documentation, and supervision that keep human judgment and the therapeutic relationship at the center of care.

Speaker

Anthony Natale, Ph.D., MSW — Professor, Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma.

Speaker Bio: Anthony P. Natale, Ph.D., MSW, is the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies Director and an Associate Professor at the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work. He teaches a range of social work courses and has received accolades including induction into the Social Work Hall of Fame for Teaching Excellence (2015) and the University of Oklahoma Regents Award for Superior Teaching (2019).

Dr. Natale’s research centers on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Belonging (IDEA-B) in higher education; HIV/AIDS health disparities among minoritized populations; trauma-informed interventions in social work practice; and social work with LGBTQQIPA2+ individuals. Previously, he held administrative roles such as Social Work Graduate Coordinator, Assistant Director of the School of Social Work, and Faculty Fellow for Inclusive Excellence in the OU Graduate College.

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