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11 Steps to Implementing a DSP Peer Mentoring Program

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Retaining direct support professionals (DSPs) is a seemingly never-ending challenge for organizations that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Teaching problem solving, critical thinking, and clinical skills. Lack of support from other stakeholders, such as supervisors and administrators.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

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Starting with a discussion of poverty and relevant global social policies, Empowering Clinical Social Work Practice in a Time of Global Economic Distress explores how economic distress exacerbates already stressful situations, and how those challenges surface in clinical practice.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

Starting with a discussion of poverty and relevant global social policies, Empowering Clinical Social Work Practice in a Time of Global Economic Distress explores how economic distress exacerbates already stressful situations, and how those challenges surface in clinical practice.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

Starting with a discussion of poverty and relevant global social policies, Empowering Clinical Social Work Practice in a Time of Global Economic Distress explores how economic distress exacerbates already stressful situations, and how those challenges surface in clinical practice.

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Helping Schools Motivate Parents to Participate in their Child’s Autism Education Plan

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Engel works as a clinical psychologist who specializes in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She has worked as a school psychologist in public schools in New York and as a clinical psychologist in various clinic settings. Special Educator, administrator, etc.). Some resources include: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Enhancing Patient Safety in Nursing: Strategies and Practices

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According to research from Johns Hopkins University , nearly 800,000 Americans become permanently disabled or die due to a misdiagnosis every year. According to a study from the Mayo Clinic , approximately 50% of patients experienced medication errors on or after discharge. Unfortunately, they are also quite common.

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41+ Famous Social Workers You Need to Know About

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From 1950 until his death in 1973 he was the professor of social administration at the London School of Economics. Mike Oliver , an English disability rights campaigner and author, is widely recognised as the founder of the social model of disability. He was made a CBE in 2009 for his services to disabled people.