What is Noontime Knowledge?
Noontime Knowledge is offered as a monthly series, where current and emerging social work-related topics are addressed and facilitated by social work practitioners and subject matter experts. Noontime Knowledge is offered throughout the academic year (September – April), with additional series during Social Work Month (March). Its virtual format allows anyone with an internet connection to register and attend these series for continuing education units at no cost.
To learn more about how Noontime Knowledge began, and a study conducted by Dr. Sherron Wilkes, visit the University of Alabama Institutional Repository: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Use of a Virtual Platform during a Crisis to Boost Social Work Competencies (p.16 – 28 and Appendix).
Sessions and Topics
Previous Recordings
2024-2025
Understanding Autism: Perspectives and Practices in Social Work (April 23, 2025)Register
Celebrating Social Work Month! (Mar. 19, 2025)Register
Balancing Compassion and Boundaries: Exploring the Ethics of Self-Care in Social Work (Jan. 22, 2025)recording will be posted in Spring 2025
Across State Lines: Navigating the Social Work Licensure Compact(Sep.25, 2024)
2023-2024
World AIDS Day 35: Remember and Commit(Dec. 1, 2023)
Social Workers’ Response to Intimate Partner Violence(Nov. 15, 2023)
Let’s Talk MEDS: Mental Health, Ethics, and Diagnosis in Social Work(Oct. 11, 2023)
The Power of Collaboration: When Social Workers Bridge the Gaps (Sep. 13, 2023)
2022-2023
Social Workers as First Responders in Mental Health (Apr. 12, 2023)
Social Work Breaks Barriers to Harness Technology for Social Good: Amplifying your Voice in a Digital Space (Mar. 29, 2023)
Social Work Breaks Barriers to Close the Health Gap: Assuring Better Maternal Health Outcomes for Women (Mar. 22, 2023)
Social Work Breaks Barriers to Promote Smart Decarceration (Mar. 8, 2023)
Kicking off Social Work Month: Social Work Breaks Barriers to GO GRANDER (Mar. 2, 2023)
The Importance of Self Care: Honoring Ourselves and the NASW Code of Ethics (Jan. 18, 2023)
World AIDS Day: Putting Ourselves to the Test: Achieving Equity to End HIV (Dec. 1, 2022)
Social Work is Social Justice: Disparities with the ASWB Licensing Exam (Oct. 12, 2022)
Ethics and Leadership (Sep. 14, 2022)
2021-2022
Social Work in LGBTQIA+ Communities (Apr. 20, 2022)
Social Work is Political (Mar. 30, 2022)
March Madness: Sports in Social Work (Mar. 23, 2022)
The Conversation about Juvenile Justice with Alabama Department of Youth Services Institute (Mar. 9, 2022)
Self-care, Resilience, and Healing in Social Work (Jan. 26, 2022)
World AIDS Day (Dec. 1, 2021)
Juvenile Justice (Nov. 10, 2021)
Domestic Violence Awareness (Oct. 13, 2021)
Introduction to the UA School of Social Work Dean’s Office (Sep. 8, 2021)
2020-2021
Men in Social Work are Essential (Mar. 31, 2021)
Macro Social Workers are Essential (Mar. 24, 2021)
Social Work in HIV is Essential (Mar. 10, 2021)
All previously recorded sessions can be found at University of Alabama School of Social Work – YouTube and University of Alabama School of Social Work – Vimeo.