Scotland's Deputy First Minister, John Swinney On March 7, 2017, Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, made a statement in Parliament regarding...

ALEXANDRIA, VA, — Darla Spence Coffey, MSW, PhD, president and CEO of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), has...

UA Social Work Students on Advocacy Day 2016 There won’t be a post-spring break re-acclimation for a small group of social...

(AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) A new study by a Baylor University researcher gives voice to women who have placed a child...

A $1 increase in the minimum wage would likely reduce the U.S. adolescent birth rate by about 2 percent, according...

Cyberbullying is mostly an extension of playground bullying – and doesn’t create large numbers of new victims - according to...

Photo: AP The Trump administration in late February withdrew Obama administration federal protections for transgender students that would allow them...

African-American prisoners who were convicted of murder are about 50 percent more likely to be innocent than other convicted murderers...

Clarkson University researcher Ali Boolani recently completed a study that explores the powers of cocoa and caffeine. Credit: Ting-Li Wang,...

Minister Mark McDonald, Scottish Minister for Childcare and Early Years Today (Thursday 2 March 2017), the Scottish Minister for Childcare...

ST. LOUIS — As House Republicans labor to define a new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), public...

INDIANA — The Indiana State University social work department has received a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

Ryan King, 33, works at Safeway in Northwest Washington. King, who has intellectual disabilities, and his parents want him to...

MARYLAND — The implementation of state laws legalizing same-sex marriage was associated with a significant reduction in the rate of...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – As mindfulness practices rise in popularity and evidence of their worth continues to accumulate, those who work...

EAST LANSING, Mich. --- Black girls are disproportionately punished in American schools – an “overlooked crisis” that is populating the...

Alcohol has always been an accepted substance that has been constantly abused over time. When consumed inappropriately it leads to...

PENNSYLVANIA— Medicaid waivers that improve access to home and community-based services for children with autism also help their parents keep...

Roxanne Owens, chair and associate professor of Elementary Reading and Teacher Education in the College of Education, teaches Children’s Literature...

AUSTIN, Texas — Middle school students of color who lose trust in their teachers due to perceptions of mistreatment from...