Chadron State College Social Work Program

11/02/2022

If you are unable to attend today’s conference, here is the link for the entire day!! Thank you for following along with us, and helping this conference happen!! 🎉🤩

Chadron State College on the RMAC Network | Live and On-Demand Video Streaming from Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

10/24/2022

Introducing another one of our speakers for the afternoon session: Dr. Kraatz

Dr. Elizabeth Kraatz is an assistant professor of psychology at CSC. She earned her Ph.D. in educational psychology at The Ohio State University, where she focused on classroom dialogue and teacher scaffolding. She started studying trauma because of her experiences as a foster and adoptive parent. This merged with her studies of s*x education when researching how to best support students in becoming effective s*x educators. She is a mom to four kids, three dogs, two cats, and six chickens. If she had any spare time, she'd like reading, baking, and hiking.

10/24/2022

Introducing our first speaker of the day for our conference: Branden Martens

I’m Branden Martens, husband to Trish Martens, we have two lovely dogs Duke and Bear. I was born in Kansas. I went to a junior college and played football at Fort Scott, Kansas. I then transferred to Chadron and graduated in 2011. I joined the fire department in the spring of 2012. I became an assistant chief in the fall of 2016 and in the spring of 2020, I became the fire chief. I have my EMT license, ff1 structure, and wildland engine boss. I work at Chadron Ace Annex as a small engine mechanic and manager. For fun I like to do small projects for my side business, hauling rock, snow plowing, and timber cutting.

10/19/2022

Hello everyone, we are 2 weeks away from our conference!! We introduce to you, our KEYNOTE speaker, Barbara Rubel. We are so excited to have her!!

Barbara Rubel, BS, MA, BCETS, DAAETS is a keynote speaker and trainer on traumatic loss, burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma-informed care and has presented to over 1,000 groups since 1991. Barbara’s story was featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary, Fatal Mistakes, Families Shattered by Su***de narrated by Mariette Hartley. Barbara is a Board-Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress and a Diplomat with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. She received a BS in psychology and a MA degree in community health, with a concentration in thanatology, both from Brooklyn College. She is an award-winning author of, But I Didn’t Say Goodbye: Helping Families After a Su***de (3ed). (2020). She wrote the 30-hour CE Nursing course, Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: Helping Individuals Cope (4ed), and the CE course for healthcare professionals, COVID-19 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement (2020). Barbara co-authored Dept. of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Training Curriculum, Compassion Fatigue, and is a contributing writer to Thin Threads: Grief and Renewal; Fresh Grief; Coaching for Results; and Keys to a Good Life. You have seen her work in Newsweek, Family Circle, Health, Shape magazines, FOX Business, and TODAY. Her website is www.barbararubel.com

10/12/2022

Chadron community, we are 3 weeks out from our conference!!! Here is the schedule for OUR big day! If you are not able to join us for the whole day, come in and join us at any point. We cannot wait to see you all there !! 😊

10/05/2022

GOOD NEWS!! Our conference is a little under a month away! We have Barabara Rubel as our main speaker, with two more excellent speakers.

The Truth in Trauma & Trauma Informed Practices is our topic for our annual conference!! Come and join us on November 2nd, 2022 from 8 a.m. to 3p.m. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome.

09/07/2022

Chadron Community, come SPARE your time with us this weekend 🎳! Bring your kiddos, friends, and family out bowling this Saturday!!! 🤩 Our Social Work Program is hosting another fundraiser for our upcoming conference in November!! Come have an unfortgettaBOWL time 🎳😉