Social Work
In A New World, Social Work Leads the Way
The pandemic, if nothing else, exacerbated the unequal distribution of resources in society. For millions of people, access to food,...
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Life After Addiction Treatment: How to Fill the Void During Recovery
The first year of recovery is difficult to manage. Triggers lie everywhere and applying the skills you learned in rehab...
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What Americans Think about Poverty and How to Reduce It
The 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty attracted little attention in 2015, and the 20th anniversary of welfare...
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Rep. Bass Introduces Legislation To Ensure Former Foster Youth Can Keep Health Insurance In Other States
Recently, Rep, Karen Bass (D-Calif.), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, introduced the Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act, a bill that...
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Turnkey: A Co-Housing Experience in an Italian Public Service for Addiction
Turnkey is a term used in the economic field, but it also fits well in a social rehab project. The...
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Teaching Inclusion in the Classroom
General education teachers are tasked with keeping many balls in the air, which is half the fun of working in...
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Networking – The Best Way to Keep Learning on the Job
Like most comms professionals, I have a curiosity about learning. Be it about the latest craze on social media, or...
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Changing the Lens on Poverty Research
Using an innovative technique to measure poverty, a Georgia Institute of Technology economics professor has found that more older Americans...
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Assessments Often Miss Mental Health Issues for Youth on Probation
An assessment tool used by many jurisdictions within the juvenile justice system that is intended to help recognize the effects...
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Having Difficulty Creating Worksheets and Activities for Your Clients?
Tailoring worksheets and activities specifically for your client's needs can be challenging for the best of therapists and counselors. For...
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What is Trauma-Informed Care
“What’s wrong with you" is typically our response to what we consider problematic behavior. But what if we shifted our...
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Unlocking Homeless Women’s Potential – The Blossom Project
The city of San Francisco has more than 7,000 homeless people, and 35% (2,400) of these are women between...
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Non-traditional Students Require Non-traditional Policies for Field Placements
I am only six weeks away from completing my BSW degree; a degree that has taken nearly twenty years to...
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Opening Paths for Europe’s Children: Best Practices and Transitions from Introversion to Extroversion
Photo Credit: LamiaReport.gr The Social Welfare Center in the Central of Greece Region at the Ministry of Labor, Social Insurance...
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How to Support Foster Children
When you choose to become a foster carer the rewards can be great. Supporting a child through a difficult period...
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Systems Perspective and the Myth of the Self-Made Man
As a social worker, we spend a good deal of time looking at systems, and systems work means we can’t...
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A Student Perspective: Social Work and First Responders
It may be rare for a social work student to reflect on an assignment as something inspirational rather than a...
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How Wearing High Heels During my Commute Helped Me to Be a Better Social Worker
Ableism is the idea that people with disabilities are not typical and are, therefore, inferior. Upon reflection, I have engaged...
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Professor Charts Digital Plan to Fight Domestic Violence
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month — 31 days of reflection brought about by years of suffering, survivorship and study that...
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Barriers to Care – National Day to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV
Photo Credit: PWN-USA On October 23, 2017, Positive Women sponsored a National Day to End Violence Against Women Living with...
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