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Best Practices for Promoting Self-Advocacy Among Your IDD Clients

Relias

For direct support professionals (DSPs) and others working in the intellectual and development disabilities field (IDD), acting as an ally for client self-advocacy is a huge part of the job. What is self-advocacy? What is self-advocacy? Self-advocacy is deeply personal. But knowing where to start can be tricky.

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Tips to Enhance Your Communication About Aging During Social Work Month and Beyond

Social Work Blog

The center is the trusted source for proven communication strategies and tools to effectively frame aging issues. Advocacy and Other Outreach Policies that promote health and well-being in later life benefit people of all ages. Alycia Claproth, MSW ( she , her ) , is the communications manager at the National Center to Reframe Aging.

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Controlling the narrative: How the state of Washington is trying to censor the foster parent voice in court

Child Welfare Monitor

Given this, one might expect that changes to the caregiver report form would by preceded by extensive communication and feedback from caregivers as part of the editing process. For example, “Are you maintaining open and viable communication with the child’s biological parent?” This did not happen.

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Key Components for Effective Social Work Assignments

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Here is an example from an infographic assignment I developed with colleagues : Purpose: This infographic assignment aims to help students practice advocacy & brokering skills as it relates to a human service issue and/or topic. Lastly, you will want to write a brief statement about the learning objectives for the assignment.

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Behind the Poor Pay and High Turnover Rates of Direct Support Professionals

Relias

The State of Medicaid Programs and the Need for Grassroots Advocacy. Because CMS is a federal agency, community providers cannot simply raise their prices or shift costs to create higher DSP wages. These issues bring the importance of grassroot advocacy to the forefront for DSPs and IDD organizations. However, it is possible.

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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for CY 2022

Social Work Blog

NASW also continues to undertake vigorous advocacy with CMS on behalf of CSWs and their clients, including efforts to increase the CSW reimbursement rate. Audio-Only Communication. CMS also finalized a requirement for the use of a new modifier for services performed using audio-only communications. Reimbursement.

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Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map early childhood education policies across states

Child Care Aware

National Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day celebrate s the use of GIS , a powerful software tool used to create and display maps that help geographically illustrate and communicate complex problems. GIS maps can help identify assets and resources, as well as understand underlying location-based trends in datasets.