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NATIONAL CONVENTION 2020
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Nov 26, 2020
Keynote Speech
Rose Henderson
Regional President, Asia Pacific, International Federation of Social Workers
OPENING CEREMONIES
Welcome Remarks
Rosauro R. Luntayao, RSW
President, PASWI
Keynote Speech
Silvana Martinez
President, International Federation
of Social Workers
Keynote Speech
Hon. Rolando Joselito Bautista
Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development
Keynote Speech
Hon. Lorna C. Gabad, MSW
Chairperson, Professional Regulatory
Board for Social Workers - PRC
Keynote Speech
Dr. Antonina Dashkina
President, Russian Federation of
Social Workers and Pedagogues
Keynote Speech
Mr. Oh Seung Hwan
President, Korean Association of Social Workers
SESSION 1
MILDRED JOYNER
Regional President - IFSW North America
Joan Davis-Whelan
Regional Vice-President - IFSW North America
Noel Muridzo
Regional President - IFSW Africa
SESSION 2: live zoom
Dr. Guia Apostle
Associate Professor of Social Work, Stockton University USA
Ms. Rio Grace Otara
Youth Programme Officer, United National Population Fund
SESSION 3
Voices of Social Work Leaders at the Frontlines: Rising Up to the Challenge of the COVID19 Pandemic
MR. RESTITUTO MACUTO
VISAYAS
MS. ADELINA APOSTOL
CENTRAL LUZON
MS. WILMA S. COQUIA
NORTHERN LUZON
MS. LINA V. CAÑEDO
MINDANAO
PROF. PACITA D. FORTIN
NCR
live zoom
Self-Care Session for Social Workers in Time of the Pandemic
DR. LILLIAN NG GUI
LIFE COACH AND REGISTERED PSYCHOLOGIST
Welcome Remarks
Rosauro R. Luntayao, RSW
President, PASWI
Keynote Speech
Silvana Martinez
President, International Federation
of Social Workers
Keynote Speech
Hon. Rolando Joselito Bautista
Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development
Keynote Speech
Hon. Lorna C. Gabad, MSW
Chairperson, Professional Regulatory
Board for Social Workers - PRC
Keynote Speech
Rose Henderson
Regional President, Asia Pacific, International Federation of Social Workers
Keynote Speech
Dr. Antonina Dashkina
President, Russian Federation of
Social Workers and Pedagogues
Keynote Speech
Mr. Oh Seung Hwan
President, Korean Association of Social Workers
Nov 27, 2020
Plenary Session
LIVE ZOOM
AGNES HAJEK
Social Work Soft Skills in Providing Effective Person-Centered Virtual/Telemental Health and Psychosocial Support Services: My Personal Insights
SESSION 4
Edwin Morata
Making Crisis Intervention Online: A Response to Client’s
Abdul Rahman Alonga and
Farouk S. Romancap
Resiliency and Survival: Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) Home at Last
Izriel Zeriah G. Kaliman
The Lived Experiences of Bangsamoro Women in Armed Conflict Situation towards Security
Rodrigo Roble, Jr.
Maximizing Social Media as Coping Mechanism of Social Workers
Jeff Villafania
Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Mental Health and Coping Styles among Filipino Youth During Pandemic
Maria Carmela Pullantes
Gender-Based Violence Trends and Patterns in Eastern Visayas: A Data-Sharing and Decision Support System
Sinforiano Pelongo
Risky Sexual Practices of Filipino Gay Men having Sex with other Men in the Philippines: HIV Risk Transmission of Planned Behavior
Helen Omblero
Contribution of Social Work Banner Project on Marginalized Sectors in one of the Barangays in Davao City
John Gerard Peralta
Success Stories amidst the Pandemic
Catherine Gacutan
Senior Citizens’ Access to Government Services during the Pandemic
Sr. Natividad Mesa, RSW, MSW
Social Functioning of End-Stage Renal Disease Patients and Its Implication to Social Work Practice
Maribeth Juliet Salinas
Appreciating the experiences of people living with HIV in accessing treatment and social services during COVID 19
Yul Anjelo Bello
Understanding Life of Post-Probationers
Billy Pobre
Spiritual, Political, Economical, Cultural (SPEC) Model Responses of Erumanen Menuvu in Disaster: Social Worker Perspective
Alvin Brioso
Medical Social Workers as Frontliners of Philippine Heart Center and How they Adapated to the New Normal
LIVE ZOOM
PASCAL RUDIN
"Adapting Child Protection in Times of a Pandemic"
SESSION 5
Samir Manzanilla
Opportunity and Innovation as the Way to a Better Normal: Dismantling Bureaucracy in the Face of COVID19
Kristel May Gomez-Magdaraog
Zoomed In, Zoomed Out: Ups and Downs of Online Capacity
Lizette Therese Cinco
International Labor Migration & COVID 19: SW Roles, Responses and Reflections
Ronnel T. Golimlim
Industrial Social Work Practice: the Role of Social Workers in the Corporate setting and Corporate Foundations, Before and After the Pandemic
Ma. Christina Ablao
Transformative Role of Social Workers as Christians
Alyza Ponce
Quandaries in Quarantine: Social Workers' Coping Experiences while on Lockdown
Nikki Alburo
Workplace Resilience and Professional Quality of Life among Social Workers
Sherwin Lozano
Digital Social Services during COVID-19: Response to the New Normal
Myrna Comota
Designing an Online Grief Counseling Program: Perspectives and Experiences of Social Workers
Maria Lourdes Magdasoc
Augmenting Child and Youth Protection Systems: An Impact Assessment of iHeart of Social Services & Social Work Website
Zynen Baniel
Perspectives of Community Partners on the Implementation of Service-Learning in an Online Environment
SESSION 6
Kuwentuhan’: A Roundtable Discussion of Social Workers at the Frontlines (Round Table Discussion)
NORTHERN LUZON
Catherine Mendoza
CENTRAL LUZON
Evangeline Grace Balais
MINDANAO
Lina V. Cañedo
NCR
Samir Manzanilla
live zoom
Self-Care Session for Social Workers in Time of the Pandemic
PROF. PACITA D. FORTIN
Nov 28, 2020
LIVE ZOOM
HON. LUZVIMINDA ILAGAN
DSWD Key Advocacy on Gender in this Covid19
MR. JESUS S. FAR
Evidence-based Parenting Intervention: A key to prevention of child maltreatment in the context of Covid-19 pandemic and during normal times
DR. GUIA APOSTLE
The Cultural Nuances of Grief and Loss: Implications to Philippine Social Work Practice
MR. VICTOR VIRAY
Social Work and Student Well-Being: Addressing Mental Health in Public Schools
HON. FE SINSONA
Implications of the Pandemic to Continuing Professional Development and Career Mobility
DIR GEMMA B. GABUYA
Implications of the Pandemic to Social Welfare Delivery Systems: The DSWD Experience
Implications of the Pandemic to Social Work Practice in various Fields
SOCIAL WORKERS IN ACADEME
MS. RICHELLE H. VERDEPRADO
Program Head
BS in Social Work and Chair of MS Social Work, University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos
MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS
MS.MADELIENE GABRIELLE M. DOROMAL
President
DOH-League of the Philippines
SOCIAL WORKERS IN LGU
MS. ANNIBEL A. CAYABAT
President
Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines, Inc.
SOCIAL WORKERS IN LGU
MS. MARILOU NACILLA
Social Welfare Officer III
City Social Welfare and Development Office
SOCIAL WORKERS WORKING WITH CHILDREN
MS. GLADY S. BUNAO
Representative
Association of Child Caring Agencies of the Philippines
Synthesis of the Convention Highlights and Ways Forward
Dr. Editha V. Maslang
AWARDING OF DISTINGUISHED SOCIAL WORKERS FROM VARIOUS FIELDS
CLOSING REMARKS
MRS. LYDIA M. DEL ROSARIO
PASWI, Vice President
SOCIAL WORKERS SELF CARE
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