The CSWE Annual Program Meeting (APM) will be held in San Antonio from November 6 through 9, 2009. The Gero-Ed Track will cover issues related to aging and intergenerational social work research, policy, education and practice. For more information on the CSWE APM, please visit the Annual Program Meeting Directory Page on the CSWE Web site.

View the 2009 Gero-Ed Track flyer (PDF) to see highlights of our 2009 APM events!

Gero-Ed Track Kick-Off

CSWE Gero-Ed Center/AGE-SW Hot Topic Panel

Gero-Ed Film Festival

The Anita Rosen Panel Session for Best Practices in Gerontological Infusion

Finding a Job: Aging Fields in High Demand

Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Award

Gero-Ed Track Description

Gero-Ed Track Kick-Off

The 3rd annual Gero-Ed Track Kick-Off, co-sponsored by the Institute for Geriatric Social Work at Boston University and the John A. Hartford Foundation, marks the beginning of aging and gerontology events at APM. Fernando M. Torres-Gil, director of the University of California, Los Angeles’ (UCLA’s) Center for Policy Research on Aging, will lead the Gero-Ed Track Kick-Off Event on Saturday, November 7 at 10:30 am, addressing this year’s theme of social justice and aging.

The Kick-Off will also feature a trailer of the award-winning documentary The Way We Get By. This moving film, which has screened at numerous national and international film festivals and is now playing in select theatres across the country, will also be showing at the Gero-Ed Film Festival on Sunday, November 8th from 1:30 – 3:30 pm.

CSWE Gero-Ed Center/AGE-SW Hot Topic Panel

Building on the Gero-Ed Track social justice theme, the CSWE Gero-Ed Center/Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGE-SW) Hot Topic Panel will further delve into how preparing communities for our aging society is a social justice issue. The panel will be held Sunday, November 8 from 10:30–12:00 pm and will feature the following panelists:

Nancy Kropf, Director of School and Professor, Georgia State University
Laura Bronstein, Associate Professor, Department Chair, Binghamton University
Jane Bavineau, Executive Director, Care for Elders
Nancy Wilson, Investigator, Houston VA; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College

Fourth Annual Gero-Ed Film Festival

The Fourth Annual Gero-Ed Film Festival will screen a variety of educational films, including products of the MAC Project's Gero Innovations Grant and the award-winning documentary The Way We Get By. Download the Film Festival schedule (PDF) to plan your attendance!

Finding a Job: Aging Fields in High Demand

The CSWE Gero-Ed Center will host the CSWE Career Center Panel entitled Finding a Job: Aging Fields High in Demand, featuring a variety of speakers discussing different career options in direct practice with older adults, program management opportunities for working with elders, and what you can do with your doctorate. Visit the official site for information on other 2009 APM Career Center Panels.

Significant Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Work

CSWE will present the Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Award to Nancy Hooyman, co-Principal Investigator of the CSWE Gero-Ed Center, at the 2009 APM in San Antonio. Learn more about her "impressive and impactful" contributions at the 2009 CSWE Awards page.

Gero-Ed Track Description

Read the official Gero-Ed Track Description on our FAQ page.