SWSD 2024

#0197 | Integrated Aquaculture for Food Production, Education, Empowerment, and Development (iFEED)

Felicia Tuggle ¹ ; Sylvestine Gbessage ² ; Olubusola Afolayan ¹ ; Edwin Snorton, Jr. ³ ; Mollie Smith ¹

1 - Auburn University. 2 - African Methodist Episcopal Univeristy. 3 - African Methodist Episcopal University.

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This interactive workshop introduces participants to a transdisciplinary social development initiative (iFEED) that leverages the disciplines of agriculture and social work to build organizational and community capacity to advance food sovereignty and sustainable development using participatory, empowering, equitable, and rights-based practices. The world's population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 (United Nations, World Population Prospect 2019) and global demand for animal proteins may rise by as much as 88% (Cottrell et al., 2018; Searchinger et al., 2018), much of which will be consumed at levels exceeding guidelines for healthy eating. How to feed a growing population a healthy (nutritious) and sustainable diet is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today (Willet et al., 2019). Aquaculture has multiple connections to the SDGs and plays a central role in food security and nutrition for billions of people constituting a cornerstone of many people's livelihoods, economies, and cultural practices. This workshop will use a practice examples from the iFEED project to elucidate knowledge on the important role of social work in advancing sustainable development, specifically as it relates to reducing poverty and hunger, promoting good health and well-being, and quality education in ways that provide decent work and economic growth and reduce inequalities. Special attention will be given to the socio-economic investments, methods, and approaches used to build organizational and community capacity and the emerging sustainable development outcomes and impacts that have resulted from the iFEED project. Finally, social and human rights issues related to social work and aquaculture will be discussed to co-build a new eco-social world based on values that shape policies and practices to ensure sustainability and good quality life-cycles – not only for each human being but for each part of our eco-systems on which we all depend, leaving no one behind!

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sustainable development, food security, aquaculture

#0805 | “Do the Right Thing”: Immigrant Perspectives of Social Work Support

Abha Rai ¹ ; Mary Held ² ; Melody Huslage ³ ; Eliza Galvez ² ; Yigermal Ayalew ¹

1 - Loyola University Chicago. 2 - University of Tennessee. 3 - University of Nevada, Reno.

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Social workers serve an essential role in supporting first- and second-generation immigrant communities, which respectively constitute 14.1% and 12.3% of the US population. Yet, social workers often lack sufficient trainings specific to the needs of immigrant communities. This lack of training may be particularly detrimental, considering the heightened stress faced by immigrants in recent years of heightened exclusionary policies throughout much of the world and COVID-19. Toward strengthening social work training, the current study draws from an open-ended question in a larger survey to better understand what first- and second-generation immigrants perceive as needing from social workers. Community-based and Qualtrics panel samples were collected between April-June 2021. Data for this current study were drawn from the question, “How can social workers support immigrant communities?”\ Content analysis strategies were employed due to the brevity of responses to this question. Data from participants who provided coherent responses to the question (n=265) were analyzed by four coders, who met to incrementally merge codes. Codes were finalized into five themes: 1) Resources for Immigrants; 2) Doing Right by Immigrants; 3) Advocacy; 4) Understanding Immigrants; and 5) Negative Attitude Toward Immigration. The first four themes highlighted conceptual and tangible approaches social workers can employ to better support immigrant communities. These approaches included supporting basic, health, and legal needs (Resources for Immigrants), reducing discrimination (Doing Right by Immigrants), promoting inclusive policies and speaking against anti-immigrant sentiment (Advocacy), and learning the cultures of those being served (Understanding Immigrants). The fifth theme, Negative Attitude Toward Immigration, was reflected in 15 participant responses and focused on exclusive policies toward undocumented immigrants. These 15 responses were outliers to the rest of the data. Findings are meaningful to helping social workers understand the ways that immigrants perceive needing their support and have implications for training the future workforce.

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Social work, Immigration, Service provision, Resources for immigrants, Immigration policies, Advocacy

#1299 | Sistematización, metodología de generación de conocimientos en las ciencias sociales: un análisis bibliométrico.

Ronald Zurita-Castillo ¹ ;

Victor Yañez Pereira ¹ ; Valentina Contreras Vera ¹

1 - Universidad Autónoma de Chile.

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#1420 | Family Involvement and Academic Self-efficacy Among Disadvantaged Children in sub-Saharan Africa

Sherinah Saasa ¹ ; Abena Tawiah-Yirenya ² ;

Tenesha Littleton ³

1 - Brigham Young University. 2 - University of Texas -Arlington. 3 - The University of Alabama.

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Background and Purpose: Research on educational outcomes such as school enrollment and learning achievements among youth have been a major focus in sub-Saharan Africa, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals aimed at reduced inequalities and promoting quality education. Zambia, with 53.4% of its population under the age of 18 and a median age of 16.7 years, ranks as the 8th youngest nation globally. Consequently, the country's economic growth will be largely shaped by the educational and socio-emotional development of its children. However, few studies explore factors that influence children's confidence in their ability to meet academic tasks and goals. This study addresses this gap by investigating factors associated with academic self-efficacy among low-income children in Zambia, with particular attention to the role of family.\ Methods: Cross-sectional data was collected in 2020, post Covid-19 school closures, among 5-7th graders from low-income neighborhoods in Lusaka, Zambia (N = 274). The dependent variables were continuous measures of academic self-efficacy (α= .72) and social self-efficacy towards teachers (α= .71). Predictor variables included family involvement in child’s education, academic performance, English proficiency, age, gender, and primary caregiver’s education level. Analyses were conducted using structural equation modeling (SEM).\ Results: The sample consisted of 56% females, and 46% males, with an average age of 13 years (SD=2.73). Results revealed significant positive effects of family involvement on child academic self-efficacy (β = 0.25, p\<0.05) and social self- efficacy with teachers (β = 0.25, p\<0.01). The child’s academic performance, ability to understand English and caregiver’s education level were also significant determinants of self-efficacy.\ \ Conclusions/Implications: Findings confirm the importance of family involvement towards enhancing children's self-efficacy. Implications for research and practice include efforts to facilitate and promote family involvement in children’s education, as well as needs assessment and supports to promote the development of self-efficacy among children.

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Self-efficacy, Academic, Family involvement, \ Children, sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia

#0103 | MSW Students' Resilience during COVID-19 Pandemic

Jose Carbajal ¹

1 - Stephen F. Austin State University.

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#0156 | Post Pandemic Recovery: Social Work Efforts to Address Loneliness and Community Wellbeing

Tonya Hansel ¹ ; Leia Saltzman ¹

1 - Tulane University.

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#1197 | How readable and accessible are the websites of the UK’s social work regulators by the public?

Sharif Haider ¹ ; Louise Wallace ¹ ; Gemma Ryan-Blackwell ¹ ; Francesca Ribenfors ¹

1 - The Open University.

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The readability and accessibility of online materials play an important role in not only encouraging readers to engage with the contents\ but also in enabling them to readily absorb and digest complicated information. As a result, a\ number of systematic reviews determined that online information should be written at a level that users of all educational levels can understand and access. In the United Kingdom, more and more service users, carers, and families are turning to the Internet for critical information, including how to refer a social worker to their regulator. This study investigated the readability and accessibility of fitness to practice-related\ information available online in four social work regulating organisations in the UK to establish how simply they are written and presented to service users, carers, and their relatives. In terms of examining readability total 33 documents from websites of four social work regulatory bodies were evaluated by using six readability formulas Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease, Flesch Kincaid Grade Level, Gunning Fog Score,\ Simple Measure of Gobbledygook Index, Coleman Liau Index, Automated Readability Index. Also, thematic content analysis was utilised to examine the content of documents. Furthermore, interviews (N=12) and focus group discussions (N=02) were conducted with the public including to explore their needs and expectations. The study's findings revealed that the means scores of four regulatory organisations range from 50 to 57%, indicating that these resources require an adult reading age of at least 16 to 17-year-old children, which is higher than the average adult reading age in the UK. Similar conclusions were made in terms of accessibility, as none of the regulatory organisations' websites met the compliance criterion for accessibility. Two regulatory bodies do not have enough information regarding fitness-to-practice matters. We present recommendations for improvement based on discussion of the results with the regulators.

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Accessibility, fitness to practice, readability, regulators, social work.

#1199 | Exploring the Impact of Virtual Reality Simulations on Nurturing Professional Curiosity among Social Work Students in a UK Distance Learning Context

Sharif Haider ¹

1 - The Open University.

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It is reported that the term professional curiosity (PC) is key with regards to safeguarding children. It first entered into social work in 2013. The majority of serious case reviews done in the UK relating to child protection stressed the importance of professional curiosity in child protection and recommended children's social workers to develop this competence. Although there is no agreed definition or characteristics of professional curiosity as of yet, some local authorities in the UK perceived PC to be about not taking things at face value and asking critical and challenging questions respectfully and sensitively to understand the social realities of children and families without being intrusive or threatening. Some believe it is about delving deeper into the needs of children and families by employing communication, negotiation, interpersonal, and persuasion abilities.\ The aim of this study was to determine if a virtual reality simulation support the development of professional curiosity for social work students in a distance-learning university in the UK.\ A descriptive qualitative study was conducted on social work students in their last year of education, using semi-structured pre and post-questionnaires. This research was carried out at a distance-learning\ university in the United Kingdom. This study included the participation of 26 social work students.\ According to the findings, the VRS encouraged students to become more open-minded, detect dangers and vulnerabilities in children and families, and become more open-minded themselves. They felt more capable after utilising the VRS with children and families to analyse difficult and contradictory evidence.Although the simulation was developed for social work discipline it can be used to train health workers and students in both health and social care discipline. This simulation can also be customised to train and assess both front-line and senior managers’ knowledge and skills in risk assessment and management.\

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Child protection, risk assessment, and management, safeguarding, social work, simulation, and virtual reality simulation\

#0729 | The Unintended Consequences of a Digitized World: Different Tactics, Same Abuse

Ashley Andrew ¹

1 - Private Practice.

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Over the years, we have seen drastic developments in technology which has altered the ways we interact with each other and the community. Social media platforms have expanded, gadgets/devices are available at our fingertips, and activities have moved online. The covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of pivoting, adapting, and utilizing the many benefits that technology provides us e.g., accessibility to attend services, comfort in engaging in services, and availability of services.\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Although there have been large improvements in accessibility to services and resources with the evolution of technology, the digitized world has increased harm to individuals experiencing intimate partner violence. Today, we are going to look at how the growth in technology has changed the way people are being abused and the reality that regulations and laws have not caught up with the advances in technology.\ \ Changes in technology have led to 1) new ways to harass a partner/ex partner- cyberbullying, cyber stalking, sexual harassment, posting of personal information etc. 2) Increased ways to monitor a partner/ex partner- GPS tracking, access to people's search history, banking information, emails, passwords etc. 3) Social media triggers- automatic display of "memories" on social media profiles.\ \ Solutions to these concerns can include 1) more opt in options vs. automatically opting into specific service options e.g., tracking services, locations being "on", being reminded of specific things on social media etc. 2) More safeguards related to ads/conversations e.g., less tracking on what someone searches/vocalizes that show up when using a device. 3) Notifications when accounts are made with the same name/image. We must ensure that prevention and safety strategies evolve with technology.\

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#1025 | Respecting Diversity Through Action: Supporting Displaced Ukrainians in Canada

Oleksandr Kondrashov ¹

1 - Thompson Rivers University.

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#1186 | Reducing social workers’ stress and burnout through online mindfulness-based interventions

Florin Lazar ¹ ; Anca Mihai ¹ ; Lucian Alecu ² ; Ovidiu Pop ² ; Daniela Gaba ¹ ; Adrian Luca ² ; Georgiana Cristina Rentea ¹ ; Elen Silvana Crivoi (Bobarnat) ¹ ; Ana-Maria Mustatea ¹

1 - University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work. 2 - University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Education.

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Social workers’ level of stress and burnout are among the highest within the helping professions. The aim of the current study was to test the effectiveness of an 8 weeks online Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on social workers’ perceived stress, burnout, coping, resilience, mental wellbeing, mindfulness and professional quality of life.An online 8 weeks MBI among 28 registered social workers from Romania was carried out between March-May 2023., as part of a randomized controlled trial. Paired Samples t-Tests compared pre-post intervention for variables of interest.\ The highest impact of MBI was on burnout (work-related burnout\ (M=42.19\ vs.\ M=33.33, p=0.003, 0.53 effect size,\ Cohen’s d 0.62,\ personal burnout (M=47,53\ vs.\ M=37,80, p=0.008, 0.49 effect size; Cohen’s d 0.552, client-related burnout (M=27.77 vs. M=20.06, p=0,016, 0,45 effect size; Cohen’s d 0,495.), perceived stress\ (M=0,4024\ –\ vs. M=0,3028 p=0,006, 0.50 effect size; Cohen’s d 0.570),\ resilience\ (perception-of-self dimension (M = 24.85\ vs.\ M = 26.37), p=0.006, 0.50 effect size,\ Cohen’s d -0.573,\ perception of the future (M = 16.59 vs. M\ = 17.70, p=0.010, 0.48 effect size; Cohen’s d -0,539 and\ social competence, (M=24.11 vs. M=25.85, p=0.029, 0.41 effect size; Cohen’s d -0.444.),\ wellbeing (M=27,75\ vs.\ M=29,10, t(27)= -2.718, p=.011, with 0,46 effect size; Cohen’s d -0,514), Professional Quality of Life (Compassion fatigue (M=22,25, vs. M=19,33, p = 0.036, 0.39 effect size; Cohen’s d 0,425) and Compassion satisfaction (M=40.85 vs. M=43.03, p = 0.031, 0.40 effect size; Cohen’s d -0,440). No statistically significant changes were recorded for coping, mindfulness and some dimensions of resilience.\ Online MBI are effective in reducing burnout, stress, compassion fatigue and increasing mental wellbeing, resilience and compassion satisfaction, but not on coping. MBI could be expanded to alleviate the negative impact of work-related stress and burnout on social workers’ mental health, but also to improve their resilience and wellbeing.

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mindfulness-based intervention, online, stress, burnout, randomised controlled trial, social workers, mental wellbeing

#0458 | Is Artificial Intelligence Good for Social Work?

Raj Yadav ¹

1 - University of the Sunshine Coast.

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#0565 | Interdisciplinary Partnerships in Developing App-Based Self-Help: A Case Study of ResilientMoment App for Anxiety

Melanie Sage ¹ ;

Todd Sage ¹

1 - University at Buffalo SUNY.

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In recent years, the integration of technology in mental health interventions has shown great promise in reaching broader populations and providing innovative treatment approaches (Denecke, Schmid, & Nüssl, 2022). As technology-based interventions increase in popularity, it is vital that they are based on evidence. Research finds that most mental health apps do not clearly define the evidence behind their apps, and partnership with mental health professionals is often not evident in app development (Wang, Fagan, & Yu, 2020). In the absence of a clinical expert, app developers may not appropriately translate evidence to practice, consider important user safety issues, or understand data governance related to personally identifiable information or government regulations, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in the US context (Huckvale, Nicholas, Torous, & Larsen, 2020). On the other hand, mental health experts often lack knowledge of the technical aspects of app development. This workshop focuses on collaboration between social workers and technologists in developing effective mental health apps, using a case study of ResilientMoment, an AI-powered app designed to treat anxiety.Using a case study approach, the workshop explores interdisciplinary collaboration, including strategies to identify and establish partnerships with technologists to bridge the gap between the domains of social work and technology. We will explore the disparities in language styles between social workers and technologists (author, 2023), and practical skills to foster effective communication and overcome potential barriers when working in interdisciplinary teams. Through interactive exercises, attendees will learn how to cultivate shared goals.We will discuss the translation of evidence-based practice and integration of user feedback in the development of technology-based social work interventions. By considering both scientific rigor and human-centered design principles, the workshop aims to equip social workers with the tools necessary to collaborate on tools that are effective, accessible, and user-friendly.

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apps, technology, ai, social work, anxiety, mental health, interdisciplinary

#0647 | Institutional materiality of migrant-led and migrant-serving organizations: The digital space for integration practices

odessa gonzalez benson ¹

1 - University of Michigan.

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Abstract: In critical discussions of integration practices, recent scholarship interrogates grassroots migrant/refugee-led organizations vis-a-vis professionalized immigrant-serving organizations as institutions in multilevel governance. Whereas the latter, as street-level bureaucracies, are constrained by policies, funding and the political sphere, migrant/refugee-led organizations enact resistances and affordances at the most local levels of governance. This paper contributes to this line of scholarship by way of a materialist lens, honing in on the relevance of space, infrastructure and relationality in analyses of integration practices. Analysis draws upon multiple sources of data from the United States and Canada as well as supportive data from Tunisia: participant observation, focus groups and interviews with organization leaders; interviews and surveys with immigrants and their families; and an environmental scan of immigrant-serving institutions. This paper argues that organizations’ occupying of physical space, use of digital tools and deployment of privatized resources are bound to their visibility as an institution and to the actuality of their integration practices. Borrowed office space, WhatsApp group chats, a migrant’s garage and a refugee’s grocery store, for instance, emerge as salient in examining integration practices. The material is examined not merely with tangible qualities, but also with symbolic capacities. That is, the physical spaces, digital tools and resources of RLOs yield meaning—affordances and limitations—that are crucial for their work. Thus, in their grassroots endeavors of disrupting dominant integration practices, not only the symbolic legitimacy but also the institutional materiality of migrant/refugee-led organizations go hand-in-hand and are mutually accountable.

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digital; migration; immigration; digital; infrastructure; materiality

#0668 | Understanding the Impact of Digital Technology on the Wellbeing of Older Immigrants and Refugees: A Scoping Review

Prince Ekoh ¹ ; Tochukwu okolie ² ; Fidel Nnadi ³ ;

Christine Walsh ¹

1 - University of Calgary. 2 - Miami University. 3 - University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

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The fast-paced development of digital technologies in the areas of social media, pet robots, smart homes, and artificial intelligence (AI), among others, has a profound influence on the daily lives of older adults. It also has the potential to improve the well-being and life satisfaction of one of the most vulnerable populations of older adults, older immigrants and refugees who suffer migration-associated stress, loneliness, health and psychosocial challenges. Using Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) five-stage framework, we conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed empirical studies published in English with no time restrictions to understand the impact of digital technologies on the well-being of older immigrants and refugees. We searched nine databases for the reviews, and abstracts were reviewed using Rayyan QCRi(c) before the full-text review. The comprehensive database search yielded 4134 articles, of which 15 s met the inclusion criteria. The results of the review suggest that digital technology is essential to the well-being, quality of life and life satisfaction of older immigrants and refugees, especially for maintaining and building new social support networks, navigating opportunities, coping with migration-induced stress through e-leisure and physical activities, and staying connected to their culture. The literature also revealed poor utilisation of digital technologies amongst older immigrants and refugees, suggesting barriers to access. Hence, more research and intervention should focus on multiple strategies, including education for increased digital technology access and utilisation, so that more older migrants can benefit from the advantages of digital technology in a safe way.\

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Digital technology, Internet, older immigrants, older refugees, well-being\

#0075 | Role of Social Media by various working professionals

Rashmi Pandey ¹

1 - International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW).

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#0305 | DESHAME CROATIA AND SERBIA: MENTAL HEALTH AND INTERNET USAGE OF GENERATION Z

Lucija Vejmelka ¹ ; Roberta Matković ² ; Jovana Škorić ³ ; Miroslav Rajter ⁴ ; Tomislav Ramljak ⁵

1 - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law. 2 - Institute for Public Health of Split-Dalmatia County. 3 - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Social. 4 - University of Zagreb, Research office. 5 - Center for missing and exploited children Croatia.

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The mental health of adolescents is in the focus of numerous studies, prevention, and treatment programs. However, interventions in the field of mental health for children and young people in the countries of Southeast Europe are still not timely and insufficiently systematic, and the results of their mental health are showing negative trends. The digital world is an indispensable part of the growing up of Generation Z, and research on the relationship between mental health and Internet use shows different results, given that the research designs operationalized this construct in different ways. The presentation will present the findings of national research on randomly selected samples in Croatia (N=2016) and Serbia (N=2095) as part of the wider research project deShame Croatia and deShame Serbia coordinated by the Croatian Safer Internet Center and Croatian and Serbian Center for Missing and exploited children. The results confirmed the expected daily excessive use of the Internet and social networks, but also that more than 40% of students in both countries have 2 or more profiles on social networks that they actively use which could be a sign of the risky interactions. The questions that will be answered during the presentation are: What are the results in the field of mental health and well-being of high-school children in Croatia and Serbia? What is the connection between their mental health and certain characteristics of using the Internet and social networks? And how these findings could be useful to practitioners- social workers in the digital age, in the prevention, detection, and treatment of children in the field of problematic usage of the internet.

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sexually risky online communication, self generated sexual material, high school students, deShame Croatia, deShame Serbia

#0776 | It’s not just a video: Employing Critical Race Theory (CRT) to examine TikTok videos.

Laurens Van Sluytman ¹

1 - Morgan State University School of Social Work.

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This scholarly work examines how social media impacts the identity development of young adults, emphasizing the role of online activities in shaping their sense of self. The study highlights that social media provides a platform for adolescents to explore and strengthen their identities through connections with like-minded individuals and reinforcement of their emerging sexual orientation or political beliefs. Such processes of support and mirroring are crucial for achieving individuation and forming a cohesive sense of identity.The research underscores that young adults from marginalized communities engage in similar identity exploration processes as their white peers. To gain deeper insights, the study investigates the sources of information that youth from marginalized communities use to access, construct, and test their identities.Using Critical Race Theory (CRT) as the theoretical framework, the project involves high school students as co-researchers through participatory action research (PAR). This collaboration creates an environment for diverse students from public high schools in Baltimore City, exposing them to advanced research methodologies and post-secondary academia to increase their social capital through mentorship.The primary focus of the study is to explore CRT's central tenets through qualitative inquiry, specifically analyzing a sample of TikTok videos to understand how social media platforms represent broader social discourses concerning race, gender, sexual orientation, and other identities.In conclusion, this research provides valuable insights into how social media influences the identity development of young adults, especially those from marginalized communities. Adopting participatory research methods enriches the understanding of social media's complexities in shaping larger social discourses. The findings underscore the vital role of social media platforms in identity formation and emphasize the significance of empowering young adults from diverse backgrounds in the research process.

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\ Critical Race Theory (CRT), participatory action research (PAR), qualitative inquiry, ideologies, pedagogies.

#1019 | Social Media's Dual Role in Social Work: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges

Theresa Holewa ¹ ; Nadja Khan ²

1 - DBSH e.V. 2 - DBSH e.V..

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Actually, this format was planned as a workshop. Unfortunately, we could no longer select this.\ In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the role of social media has become increasingly influential, shaping various aspects of our lives, including the field of social work. This workshop aims to delve into the intricate relationship between social media and social work, exploring its potential benefits and challenges, and collaboratively devising effective strategies for its optimal utilization.The workshop serves as a platform for participants to collectively examine social media's evolving significance as a space for social work practice and advocacy. By critically evaluating the role of social media, participants will uncover key insights into harnessing its power for professional growth and community engagement. The workshop encapsulates pivotal inquiries that underscore its overarching theme, such as discerning the hurdles and complexities posed by social media for both practitioners and the individuals they serve. Furthermore, it endeavors to decipher methods for harnessing social media as a tool for advancing social work goals and facilitating meaningful change.Recognizing the pressing need for engagement with this contemporary topic, especially within the realm of youth work, the workshop strives to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics between social media and social work. The journey commences with a succinct theoretical foundation, enlightening attendees about the intersection of these two domains. An initial exchange of experiences will foster an environment of collaborative learning, wherein participants can share their existing interactions with social media within their professional or voluntary capacities.By collectively exploring, dissecting, and strategizing, participants will be better equipped to embrace the evolving landscape of social work in the digital age.

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social work, social media, Opportunities and Challenges, digital life, youth work, advocy, activism