Social Work Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

A recent article in the journal Social Work , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press, highlights this issue. The article offers recommendations to ameliorate distress and promote advocacy efforts for readjustment. managing self-care. Monit Cheung, PhD, LCSW , is the Mary R.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 7, 2022

In a recent issue of the journal Children & Social Work , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press, an article addresses these concerns. Through CSL, students cultivate advocacy skills by identifying, investigating, and taking action to address concerns. Study authors: Chastity L. Chicago, IL.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

After graduating from Boston College, Sobelson attended Columbia University School of Social Work. in 1984 and taught at Connecticut University School of Social Work on the Concord campus while also maintaining a private practice. Her retirement has allowed more time to devote to social work advocacy with the New Hampshire legislature.

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Center for Child Protection

APRIL 3, 2025

Cyndi holds a bachelors degree from the University of Texas at Austin and previously worked as a Child Protection Investigator. Edwards University in Austin. She ensures that the multidisciplinary team follows investigative protocols for child abuse cases and oversees the forensic interview and coordination programs.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

The article concludes with an in-depth discussion on implications for future practice and a call to action for school social workers to bring innovative solutions to their campuses that pull from their educational background in advocacy and social justice to enhance teacher training through an interdisciplinary approach.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Moral disengagement can be addressed by meaningful efforts on social workers’ part to engage in self-care, burnout and impairment prevention, organizational reform, and policy advocacy.” Author: Frederic G. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. It is available online or, at a member’s request, in print.

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University of Connecticut

APRIL 23, 2024

On April 17, the University of Connecticut (UConn) Office of the Provost announced awards of promotion and/or tenure to faculty, including the School of Social Work’s Kathryn Libal, Ph.D. Libal’s scholarship has focused on the Middle East and United States. Libal’s scholarship has focused on the Middle East and United States.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Over the next five years, the consortium will launch pilot sites that “give youth an active role when decisions are made about their care, including reuniting them with their birth families or placing them in other legally recognized and permanent arrangements,” according to a press release from the University of Washington School of Social Work.

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Relias

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The State of Medicaid Programs and the Need for Grassroots Advocacy. These issues bring the importance of grassroot advocacy to the forefront for DSPs and IDD organizations. Though the term ‘grassroots advocacy’ is used frequently, it can be hard for DSPs to know how to advocate for themselves. However, it is possible.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

According to an alert by the Center for Medicare Advocacy (hereafter, the Center)—a national nonprofit organization with which NASW collaborates closely on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries—CMS stated in its December 23 FAQs: “‘The bottom line is visitation must be permitted at all times’” (para. Center for Medicare Advocacy.

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Beyond Advocacy

DECEMBER 22, 2024

If you are planning to arrive in Seattle early for the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, we invite you to join CRISP, Wellbeing and Equity Innovations (WEI), and the University of Washington School of Social Work for an Innovation Day workshop on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. in the 3rd […]

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Most importantly, I learned more about advocacy and today most of my work revolves around it, whether I am speaking up for a student’s needs, joining a cause, speaking at events, creating awareness, building equity and hope all comes from knowing the importance of advocacy.

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 25, 2025

Through case studies and interactive discussions, attendees will learn to balance advocacy with ethical boundaries while protecting the therapeutic alliance. This training explores how different ethical principles clash under the unique pressures we face today, and offers the tools we need to address them effectively. Learning Objectives: 1.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Fong will be interviewed at the second of these two events sponsored by the City University of New York School of Law. Among those most ardent about pushing the false, racist myth that COVID would lead to a “pandemic of child abuse” were the nation’s so-called “Child Advocacy Centers” and their trade association.

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Beyond Advocacy

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Policy and Politics Forum at New York University DC’s Abramson Family Auditorium, 1307 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005, featuring a presentation by Dr. Stephanie Boddie, Associate Professor of Church and Community Ministries at the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work at Baylor University. The day concludes with a 4:00 p.m.

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University of Connecticut

AUGUST 18, 2024

Qur-an Webb, MSW Thursday, August 22, 2024 Live Webinar 2 pm – 4 pm 2 CECs Registration Fee: $50 10% discount for UConn SSW Alumni and Current SSW Field Instructors This training addresses a critical concern in today’s society by focusing on the protection of the elderly from abuse and neglect.

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University of Connecticut

APRIL 23, 2024

Qur-an Webb, MSW Thursday, August 22, 2024 Live Webinar 2 pm – 4 pm 2 CECs Registration Fee: $50 10% discount for UConn SSW Alumni and Current SSW Field Instructors This training addresses a critical concern in today’s society by focusing on the protection of the elderly from abuse and neglect.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Deadric Williams of the University of Tennessee, showing him during one of his lectures – and one of the slides he uses. In the wake of a scathing report from a county auditor, The Morning Call reports , she was just relieved of her job running the “child advocacy center" at the local hospital.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

According to an alert by the Center for Medicare Advocacy (hereafter, the Center)—a national nonprofit organization with which NASW collaborates closely on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries—CMS stated in its December 23 FAQs: “‘The bottom line is visitation must be permitted at all times’” (para. Center for Medicare Advocacy.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 3, 2024

Social work programs are beginning to offer some specialized training in library social work, and Dr. Wahler believes universities will continue to grow library social work offerings as the field expands.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In The Imprint , Kathleen Creamer, managing attorney of the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia writes: My clients are the children of ASFA. I have a column about it in CalMatters. There’s still more about the harm of the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act. ● It has decimated their lives.

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Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The power of storytelling in social work is the theme of our 2024 Social Work Day on the Hill and Student Advocacy Day events on March 13, 14, and 15. I learned to appreciate the value of storytelling while teaching a course on persuasion in the DSW program at the University of Southern California School of Social Work.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

At the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), in an area that’s 85 percent Hispanic, the BSW course “Introduction to Social Work” includes a heavy dose of “U.S.-Mexico The same goes for the School of Social Work at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), where Dr. Luis R. Mexico border realities,” says Eva M.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Yesterday, the Supreme Court began hearing two cases concerning admissions criteria using affirmative action as one means of determining who gets coveted entry into Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.

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Beyond Advocacy

MAY 30, 2023

Others may focus on policy and advocacy and find work with research institutes. The research and advocacy help to make the case for the resources needed to provide the services and treatment for direct service providers. These are critical positions for social workers, often on the front lines in making policy decisions.

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Shelter, Inc

MAY 1, 2024

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications and Public Relations from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and is proficient in various technical and data management systems. Kayla’s commitment to youth advocacy and community development, demonstrated through her work at BUILD, Inc.,

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Beyond Advocacy

JUNE 29, 2022

One such social worker is Justin Hodge, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work where he co-leads the Policy and Political Social Work Pathway and is the director of the Online Certificate in Political Social Work. All of this sounds exciting, but Justin’s first order of business is to get reelected.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Emily Henderson spent 5 years in Montgomery, Alabama where she graduated from the illustrious Historical Black College, Alabama State University in 2011. She later graduated in 2013 with a Masters in Social Work from the University Of Connecticut School Of Social work; located in West Hartford, CT.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Emily Henderson spent 5 years in Montgomery, Alabama where she graduated from the illustrious Historical Black College, Alabama State University in 2011. She later graduated in 2013 with a Masters in Social Work from the University Of Connecticut School Of Social work; located in West Hartford, CT.

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 31, 2022

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. As a student at Spelman College in Georgia, she earned a scholarship to study abroad at such notable schools as the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 31, 2022

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. As a student at Spelman College in Georgia, she earned a scholarship to study abroad at such notable schools as the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

She earned her master’s in social work at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. President Biden has announced his intent to appoint social worker Mia Ives-Rublee, MSW, to his Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

With a focus on child welfare and rights advocacy specifically, the seminar aims to share about recent measures and challenges in each participating country and to consider the future of Asian social work in the field of child and family welfare.

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 10, 2024

Stephanie Boddie, the Associate Professor of Church and Community Ministries at the University of Baylor School of Social Work and the producer of Unfinished Business , an oral history documentary of the Great Migration, will perform a musical selection. Special guest Dr. Bettina Love, the William F.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Gary Anderson, MSW ‘76 Professor, School of Social Work, Michigan State University. He has been the editor for the journal Child Welfare, director of the Michigan State University School of Social Work, and has served in Michigan on the Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect. Learn more about the Distinguished Alumni Award ».

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Ron Avi Astor, PhD, MSW, MA, Professor of Social Welfare, University of California, Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California. Tiffany Walker, MSW, LCSW, School Social Worker (Certified) and Chief Executive Officer, Journey Therapy Center, Clifton, New Jersey.

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