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School Social Workers do make a Difference! We hope you will enjoy this presentation on the many ways we help....
The Midwest School Social Work Council is comprised of school social work leaders from eleven Midwestern states who meet in the fall at our annual Midwest School Social Work Conference. We meet again in the spring of each year, with a goal of promoting professional excellence among school social workers in order to enhance social and human services in educational systems.
The Midwest School Social Work Council is the oldest and largest school social work organization in the nation and played a pivotal role in the formation of the School Social Work Association of America in 1994 in Edwardsville, Illinois.
The Council provides a forum for its member states to collectively address new trends and developments in the field, and to develop and share methods of promoting school social work services. The Council also considers and responds to critical issues affecting the profession.
The member states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin each send three representatives to meetings of the Council, including the president of their state association, a practitioner and their state's school social work consultant.
The state associations pay annual dues of one dollar per member to support the work of the Council. Proceeds from the annual conference and various promotions provide additional financial support.
