APSS International Scholar Talk Series: SSLD: An Intervention System for the Professional Era
Conference / Lecture
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Date
17 Mar 2023
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Organiser
Department of Applied Social Sciences
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Time
10:00 - 11:30
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Venue
Speaker
Prof. Ka Tat TSANG
Enquiry
Ms Emily Siu 2766 5742 emily.siu@polyu.edu.hk
Remarks
Open to public
Summary
SSLD (Strategies and Skills Learning and Development) is an intervention system designed for human service in hte post-professional era, which is characterized by blurring inter-professional boundaries and emergence of new forms of service delivery and practice. The post-professional condition is marked by the combined challenges of technological innovation, late capitalism, and a rapidly changing pracitce environment.
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Ka Tat TSANG
Professor of Social Work at the University of Toronto
Ka Tat TSANG, Ph.D., is Professor of Social Work at the University of Toronto since 1993. His transdisciplinary research combines conventional and creative forms of knowledge production in human service, and diversity and global community, with active integration of theory and research. His major activities include (1) development and testing of direct practice model and programs (e.g., SSLD), (2) building a knowledge base for human service in the postprofessional era, and (3) research and development of service programs for the diverse communities in Canada and internationally. He is currently PI (principal investigator) and Co-PI on several studies, including a study on mental health through interdisciplinary collaboration between China and Canada.
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