Resources from Past Open Classroom Programs
Some Open Classroom instructors make copies of their presentations available or share supplemental resources with the audience. We use this page to post that information.
August 2022
- The Power of 3 Campaign: A Webinar Event - slides and resources from the panel can be found here.
- PTSD and the COVID-19 Pandemic - slides, references, and resources from Dr. Megan Keyes' presentation can be found here.
May 2022
- Advocacy & Allyship With Asian American Pacific Islander Communities - find additional resources here.
March 2022
- Leveraging the Collective - find additional resources here.
- Loss & Grief in COVID-19:Navigating the Grief Process - slides, references, and resources from Dr. Megan Keyes' presentation can be found here.
February 2022
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Solving Social Work's Critical Leadership Problem - slides from Barry Rosenberg's lecture are available
here.
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Is Professionalism a Racist Construct? - resources from this presentation for further consideration of the topic are available here.
January 2022
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Race & Human Trafficking - Dr. Shima Rostami from Gateway Human Trafficking's presentation slides are
here.
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Engaging Parents in Child Behavioral Health - slides from Dr. Trish Kohl's presentation can be found
here.
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Disability & Inclusion - slides from Dr. Srilatha Juvva's talk are available
here.
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Spatial Epidemiology - slides from Dr. Deborah Salvo's talk can be found
here.
DECEMBER 2021
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Understanding St. Louis' Nonprofit Sector- access slides regarding the regional indicators report
here.
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On Sport for Development - slides from Dr. Lombe Mwambwa's presentation can be found here.
NOVEMBER 2021
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Establishing a Racial Equity Framework - resources from the presentation are available here.
OCTOBER 2021
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Driving Equity 2030 - slides from the first panel regarding the Brown School's strategic plan can be found
here.
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Engaging Families in Preventing Youth Suicide - slides from Ryan Lindsay's presentation can be accessed
here.
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From Isolation to Full Community Inclusion - slides from Mark Keeley's Inclusive Perspectives talk are available
here.
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Improving Child and Adolescent Mental Health - slides from Leyla Ismayilova's presentation can be accessed
here.
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Teenage Brain - select slides from Lorien Carter's presentation are
here. Recommended resources are
here.
September 2021
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Disability-Inclusive Workplaces - slides from Susanne Bruyere's presentation are available
here.
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School-Based Suicide Prevention Strategies - slides from Ryan Lindsay's talk are availablehere.
AUGUST 2021
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Science and Strategies to Support Tweens and Teens in Pandemic Recovery and a Rapidly Changing World - slides from Stephanie Krauss' talk are available here.
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Fear of Needles and the Unknown: Compassionately Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy- Slides from Beth Brawley's presentation can be found
here.
July 2021
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Mindfulness for the School Year - Slides from Meg Krejci's presentation can be found
here.
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Digital Dating Abuse - Slides from Kaleigh Cornelison's presentation can be found
here.
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Authentic Advocacy - Slides from Ian Forber-Pratt's presentation can be found
here.
February 2021
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Understanding the Pandemic as a Shared Traumatic Experience- Dr. Hasmik Chakaryan developed this
Open Classroom lecture, with slides available
here.
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Pro-Trump Era Resistance: Hope & Mobilizing Among Black Families- Brown School Associate Professor Sheretta Butler Barnes delivered
this presentation that reviewed findings from her study of factors that influenced self-esteem and resiliency among African American teens. Her slide deck is available
here.
January 2021
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Managing in the Multi-Generational Workplace - Brown School Senior Lecturer Janelle Barker Gibson offered this
Open Classroom about generational difference in the workplace. Her slides are available
here.
December 2020
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Adaptive Coping & Stress Management - In partnership with Open Classroom, Dr. Megan Keyes has assembled a three-part series for health and public health workers. The first webinar is available
here. Dr. Keyes'
slides and
resources are also available.
Slides and
resources from the second webinar are also available.
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Supporting LGBT Older Adults - Brown School Alumna Sherrill Wayland delivered
this Open Classroom presentation on supporting older LGBT adults during the pandemic. Her slides are available
here.
November 2020
October 2020
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Virtual Facilitation - Steven Harowitz provided
this Open Classroom with 5 Tips for Virtual Facilitation. His slides are available
here.
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Immigration Policy - Washington University alumnus Javad Khazaeli of
Khazaeli Wyrsch LLC delivered
this Open Classroom talk on the racism inherent in current US immigration policy. His slide deck is available
here.
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Inclusive Democracy - Dr. Gena McClendon delivered
an Open Classroom about inclusive democracy and voter suppression. Her slide deck is available
here.
July 2020
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Caring for Yourself & Your Team in the Era of Uncertainty - Brown School Alumna Kaleigh Cornelison provided
this Open Classroom talk on self-care and care of others while we telecommute and manage new stressors. Her slides are available
here. Additional resources referenced can be found
here.
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Increasing Engagement with Clients with PTSD - Drs. Megan Keyes and Julie Mastnak provided an
Open Classroom lecture regarding evidence-based therapies, PTSD, and the pandemic. Their slides are available
here.
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Introversion, Extroversion, and the Pandemic- Brown School Professional Development presenter Chris Frey offered
this Open Classroom talk on strategies to manage the impact of social distancing on introverts and extroverts. His slide deck - including resources at the end - is available
here.
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Pandemic Stress - Megan Keyes developed
this Open Classroom program for us. Her slides are available
here. She assembled these
resources and shares these
references.
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Messaging Your Issue - Open Classroom teamed up with the Grand Challenges for Social Work to produce
this webinar on Messaging Your Issue for Policy Audiences. The slide deck is available
here.
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Health Policy & Economics - The Brown School's Dr. Timothy McBride provides
this Open Classroom lecture on the health policy and economic challenges of the pandemic. His slide deck is available
here.
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How Small Businesses Support a Community and How to Protect Them - Brown School Professor of the Practice Heather Cameron provided
this Open Classroom talk. Her slides are available
here.
June 2020
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Implementation Science - Drs. Ana Bauman and Rebecca Lengnick-Hall of the Brown School provided
this Open Classroom discussion entitled "Your Intervention is Ready...Now What?" Their slides, including additional recommended readings, are available
here.
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Tracking the Social & Economic Impact of COVID-19 - The Brown School's Professor Matthew Kreuter delivered
this Open Classroom lecture discussing the work of the Health Communication and Research Laboratory to track impacts of the pandemic on people's needs for services like food and housing. Slides from the presentation are available for your reference
here. The HCRL also has
this website where you can learn more about their work.
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Virtual Service Delivery - Brown School alumnus Carl Josehart provided
this Open Classroom talk about Jewish Family Service of Houston's response to the pandemic - how they shifted their service delivery, while staying connected to key stakeholder's. The presentation slides are available
here.
May 2020
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Nutrition Security During the Pandemic- Brown School Associate Dean for Public Health Lora Iannotti provided
this presentation for Open Classroom. Her slides are available
here.
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Food & Chemical Safety During the Pandemic - Dr. Angela Hobson provided
this Open Classroom lecture. Her slides are available
here.
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Finding & Using Big Data - Professor Brett Drake provided
this Open Classroom presentation. His slide deck is available
here.
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Housing Advocacy - The Brown School's Molly Metzger teamed up with Jacki Langum from ArchCity Defenders to provide this Open Classroom presentation on
Local Housing Advocacy and the Pandemic. The slides are available
here and the recommended readings are
here. The talk referenced
this FEMA toolkit.
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Modeling and the Pandemic - Brown School Professor Doug Luke offered
this Open Classroom talk sharing how some of the same modeling technology behind video games and animation is useful to understanding a pandemic. Find his slide deck
here.
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2020 Census - Open Classroom teamed up with the
Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies to sponsor
this talk by Brown School alum Lindsey Manshack on the implications of the 2020 Census for Native American communities. Lindsey's slides are available
here.
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Public Mental Health - The Brown School's Dr. Alexis Duncan provided
this Open Classroom presentation to give an overview of the field of public mental health and its relevance to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her slides are available
here.
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Race & Equity - The Brown School's Dr. Darrell Hudson offered
this Open Classroom presentation on privileging equity after the pandemic. His slides are available
here.
Additional resources were suggested by Theresa Kuou of the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement.
April 2020
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Engaging Families - From the Brown School's Open Classroom series, Dean Mary McKay delivered
this webinar entitled "I Went for an Intake and Never Went Back." Her slide deck is available
here. She recommends
these additional webinars to people interested in learning more about this topic.
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Epidemiology 101 - From the Brown School's Open Classroom series, Dr. Kim Johnson shares
an overview of basic epidemiology concepts and relates them to the current pandemic. Her slide deck is available
here.
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Major Gift Solicitation - Professor of Practice Barry Rosenberg gave
this talk. His slides are available
here.
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Reintegration of Children in Families - Ian A. Forber-Pratt created
this Open Classroom presentation to share a practice model around reunification and reintegration of children to families. His slides are available
here.
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Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Standards (CLAS) in Health Care - Dr. Vetta Sanders Thompson hosted an Open Classroom session regarding CLAS in health care, along with a conversation regarding health equity. Her talk can be found
here. Her slides are available
here. Additional resources she recommends are found
here and
here.
March 2020