TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama School of Social Work will hold its third annual Fall Social Work Conference Aug. 26 and 27 at the Paul W. Bryant Conference Center on the UA campus.

The two-day conference, “Putting Families First: Best Practice with All Families,” will have speakers and presentations on programs and practices for all aspects of family life.

“This conference is part of our school’s initiative to provide continuing education as a service to the social work practice community,” said Dr. Ike Adams, dean of the UA School of Social Work.

Karl Dennis, one of the country’s top experts on community-based care and former executive director of Kaleidoscope, Inc. of Chicago, will present the keynote address Thursday at 9:15 a.m. Under his direction, Kaleidoscope was one of the United States’ first agencies to implement a pediatric AIDS treatment foster care program. He is currently president of Karl Dennis and Associates of Chicago.

Thursday’s luncheon speaker will be Page B. Walley, Ph.D., commissioner for the Alabama Department of Human Resources, former Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Children’s Affairs and the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.

The cost for the two-day conference is $75 and $50 for one day. Social Work CEU contact hours will be awarded at the end of each workshop.

For further information, please contact Professor Barbara Chandler at 205/348-3934, or via email at bachandl@sw.ua.edu; or you may contact Ms. Veretta Barnes at 205/348-3342 or via email at vbarnes@sw.ua.edu.