“We believe community leadership can be learned and we're trying to increase the numbers of leaders.”
Carol Bonner '74
Associate Dean & Associate Professor
Professional Development Institute
The Simmons College School of Social Work welcomes you to our Professional Development Institute.
The Simmons College School of Social Work Professional Development Institute offers training to social workers in areas of clinical practice, leadership, and undoing racism. Our courses are designed to enhance service delivery to individuals, families, groups, and communities. We offer social work practitioners an opportunity to acquire new knowledge, refine skills, reinforce strong, ethical professional attitudes, and commit to a culture of lifelong professional learning.
The Professional Development Institute reflects the basic mission of the Simmons College School of Social Work – providing exceptional professional preparation with an emphasis on intellectual exploration, skill-building, and community building, We employ contemporary adult learning theory in our courses and encourage participants to actively participate in their own learning.
The Simmons College School of Social Work is a pioneer in clinical social work education having trained clinical social workers for over a century. Simmons was the first college in the U.S. to offer training for clinical social workers and the School of Social Work was instrumental in developing educational programs in clinical social work and managed care practice.
Today, The Simmons College School of Social Work continues to offer exceptional training in clinical social work for women and men. We offer high quality professional development programs that focus on the learning and practice needs of professional social workers.