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September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month

Social Work Blog

Any alcohol use during pregnancy can cause a range of physical, behavioral, and learning problems in the baby known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Additional clinical resources from Collaborative members are also available: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Training and Resources.

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Help Your Fellow Social Workers in Just Eight Minutes

Social Work Blog

Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve clients who may be at risk for substance-related problems, including substance use disorders and substance-exposed pregnancies. Your responses will be completely anonymous. We appreciate your feedback and support for the NASW community.

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Have Eight Minutes To Share Your Thoughts On Client Alcohol Use?

Social Work Blog

Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve women, families, and others who may be at risk for alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorders and alcohol-exposed pregnancies. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention Program.

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NASW Member Voices: Considering a career in addiction social work? Here is what you should know

Social Work Blog

Do my skills align with the amount of knowledge I gained in school? There are clinical, military, hospital, school social work, and other options. This simply means that an individual can marry various systems, schools of thoughts, and theories, and apply them to real-life scenarios. Will I be able to cut it?

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Making Time to Talk About Alcohol Use

Social Work Blog

Studies show women are more likely to experience problems such as alcohol use disorder, liver damage and certain cancers sooner and at lower levels of drinking than men do. And alcohol-exposed pregnancies can lead to a range of lifelong physical, behavioral, and learning problems, known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).

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A Worrying Rise in Women’s Drinking: How Social Workers Can Help

Social Work Blog

By Diana Ling, MA, Program Manager and Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW, Senior Research Project and Training Coordinator; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. . American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention Program.

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Board Member’s Career Trajectory Changed During Internship

Social Work Blog

However, his experiences as a clinical social work intern opened his eyes to the impacts of severe mental illness, as well as the intersecting issues of mental health, substance use disorders, poverty, incarceration, and racism. I was familiar with these populations and issues.”.