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How to Practice Disability Inclusion in the Workplace

Relias

Despite this fact, just 4% of organizations include disabilities in their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. What it means to practice inclusion A key point in understanding the value of inclusion is that diversity, by itself, is not enough when it comes to benefiting an organization.

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The Six Domains of Health Care Quality — New Considerations

Relias

Focusing on individual errors or specific cases to eliminate the causes, the authors reasoned, would not be as effective as adopting a systemic approach. They suggested that the domain of safety include accessibility as well as transparency, privacy, and psychological safety as missing from the original model.

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6 Principles of Trauma-Informed Care

Relias

Trauma-informed care acknowledges the resilience and strength of people who have survived trauma and honors their diverse coping strategies and preferences to provide more effective care. In this article, we’ll cover six principles of trauma-informed care that form the foundation of this approach.

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How and Why Trauma-Informed Leadership Works

Relias

It affects everyone differently, so that two people who live through the same traumatic event will have different psychological reactions to it. Trauma-informed leadership is, thus, a critical piece of creating an organizational culture of inclusion and psychological safety. While this might sound straightforward, trauma is tricky.

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Understanding Value-Based Contracts in Behavioral Health

Relias

Caring for an individual’s holistic health has only begun to gain widespread acceptance and adoption within the last several decades. One of the other major challenges facing the adoption of value-based contracts in behavioral health is more clinical. Know what is “in it for them.” How do you stack up to peer organizations?

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Colorado CASA seeking volunteers to support kids in foster care

CO4Kids

CASA volunteers also complete 30 to 40 hours of training with a curriculum that includes psychology, the foster care system, juvenile law, court structure, dynamics of abuse, how to build trust and rapport, volunteer safety as well as other training that may be tailored to the needs of local jurisdictions. “It’s

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Alumni Honored with SSW Distinguished Alumni Awards

Michigan Social Work

His efforts led to the adoption of protection of farm workers from excessive heat and overtime pay. Sagi-Schwartz earned his BA in social work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and at U-M received his MSW, an MA in psychology and a PhD in the Joint Program in Social Work and Social Science (developmental psychology).