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Celebrate Your Graduate—Save 30% Off Select Books!

Social Work Blog

It is the foundational communications tool in undergraduate and graduate courses as well as continuing education programs. The Social Work Dictionary is used by those who write licensing examination questions and those who conduct license preparation courses.

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Finding Help on Self-Injury Awareness Day in Chicago

Gateway Foundation

Communicating feelings of depression, stress, or anxiety to others. Schools, treatment facilities, community centers, and other organizations worldwide recognize this day to bring light to the condition and its impact. Some other reasons for self-injury can include the following: Conveying internal emotions in an external way.

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Maternal Mental Health Matters: A Neglected but Vital Issue

Relias

If a mom isn’t doing well, her kids will fail to thrive — they may do poorly in school and in life. Addressing maternal mental health through screening and treatment not only helps the patient but avoids perpetuating a downward spiral for the family and community. Where a mom goes, a family goes.

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19 Essential Social Work Practice Skills You Should Work on Refining Now

Social Work Haven

Communication Skills 6.Empathy Advocacy and Community Organising 10.Research Communication Skills, 6. Advocacy and Community Organising, 10. Problem-solving requires creative thinking, adaptive reasoning, communication skills and strong interpersonal skills. Critical thinking skills 2.Conflict Assessment Skills 14.Program

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Frozen Grief and Emotional Eating

American Board of Clinical Social Work

My daughter, who saw me through all this, is leaving next month for school in California. Eating problems become a vehicle to communicate matters of the heart that have no other channel. Brenda was a beautiful woman with long black hair who came for therapy and recounted her story: “Two months ago I had a double mastectomy.

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Molly vs. Ecstasy: What’s the Difference?

Gateway Foundation

Ecstasy first became popular in the late ‘70s and early ’80s among psychiatrists who thought the drug enhanced patient communication and insights about their struggles. Psychotherapy. When Did Ecstasy and Molly Become Popular? The drug did not undergo clinical trials or have approval from the FDA.

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Concerns over future of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund with resourcing unconfirmed

Community Care

The delay in confirming funding for the ASGSF for the next financial year is very tough on families,” said charity Adoption UK’s director of public affairs and communications, Alison Woodhead. It can fund a range of services , including therapeutic parenting training, arts therapies, psychotherapy and extensive life story work.