Exploring Social Work
Five workshops grounded in real research, real people, and the frontier of clinical practice. Each one presents a scenario the field is actually navigating — and asks you to think, reflect, and design.
5 Workshops
Complete in sequence
AI-Scored Reflections
Instant feedback on submission
Innovation Challenge
Every workshop ends with one
The Gap Nobody Named
When the system works correctly and the person still falls through
Marcus is 67, alone, and has fallen through three separate referral systems — not because the workers failed, but because the systems had no way to hear what he was actually saying. This workshop asks you to name the gap.
The Dashboard That Didn't Know What It Didn't Know
When AI sees patterns and the practitioner sees people
A predictive risk algorithm flags a client as low priority. The data is technically accurate. The outcome is devastating. This workshop examines what AI can and cannot know — and what only you can see.
The Automation That Helped — And the One That Didn't
Designing care that works when the practitioner isn't in the room
Two automated systems. Same clinical setting. One catches a crisis in time; one misses it entirely. The difference isn't the technology — it's the design decisions made long before anything went wrong.
The Most Dangerous Window
The 72 hours after discharge — what the research shows
The research is clear: the first 72 hours after psychiatric discharge are the most dangerous window. This workshop follows Leila's story — and asks what a better-designed system would have changed.
The Thing That Has Not Been Created Before
You are at the frontier — what do you build, and why are you the person to build it?
This is the capstone. Every previous workshop has asked you to analyze, critique, and imagine. Now you are asked to create. What original solution does the field need — and what does only your specific life and training make you capable of building?