Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Recent communication research shows that many healthcare professionals are surprised to learn how few drinks per week are considered excessive. Is there a level of drinking that’s “ok” for someone who is pregnant or thinking of having a baby? If you’re not sure how to answer these questions, you’re not alone.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

and are the leading preventable cause of developmental disabilities. Preventive Services Task Force recommends the use of alcohol SBI for all adults in primary healthcare settings. These issues can include speech and language delays, hyperactivity, and vision problems. FASDs may affect up to 1 in 20 schoolchildren in the U.S.

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. In 2003, to bring our name in line with the scope of our work, Kaw Valley Center became simply KVC Behavioral Healthcare.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 6, 2022

People with learning disabilities and autistic people were “not always protected from abuse or poor care” by insufficiently skilled staff, amid a blame culture in a mental health trust’s inpatient services.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

In a 2021 study, 83 percent of healthcare providers reported positive behavior change in patients after conducting alcohol screening and brief intervention with them.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

Commonly referred to as Obamacare, this is a moment to reflect on the deep impact this revolutionary legislation has had on the healthcare landscape in the United States. Those who lacked access to healthcare services in the past, are now able to get the care they need to improve their health.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

It added that with mental health services under massive additional strain since the pandemic, the use of inappropriate out-of-area placements would persist unless “concrete and additional action” was taken. ‘Inhumane and costly’ scandal.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

The 13th edition includes updated policy statements on a wide range of topics, including affirmative action, electoral politics, end-of-life decision making, healthcare, LGBTQIA2S+ issues, social justice, and youth suicide.

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Community Care

MAY 10, 2022

It will produce a draft bill designed to reduce the number of detentions, tackle longstanding racial disparities in the use of compulsory powers and end the detention of people on the sole grounds of them being autistic or having learning disabilities. They would have to have a co-occurring mental health condition.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

In a 2021 study, 83 percent of healthcare providers reported positive behavior change in patients after conducting alcohol screening and brief intervention with them.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The “Fatal Five” is a group of preventable conditions that are often fatal for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) living in congregant residential settings. Identifying healthcare needs can be hard for anyone. Recognizing healthcare needs can be even harder for someone with IDD.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The landscape of obstetric care is evolving rapidly, but not always in ways that benefit healthcare providers. The doctor attempted a vaginal delivery using forceps and a vacuum extractor, leading to the child suffering severe brain damage and other lifelong disabilities.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Drop in eligibility for continuing healthcare But the finding comes amid a drop in the rate of people found to be eligible for NHS continuing healthcare (CHC), under which the health service fully funds social care for people whose need for it arises primarily from a health condition. .”

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KVC

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Once they age out of the foster care system, these youth are also at a higher risk for homelessness, lack of education, unemployment, lack of access to healthcare, problems with law enforcement, and a myriad of behavioral and social issues. Simply log in with your Amazon credentials and select KVC Behavioral HealthCare Inc.

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

The government and NHS England should produce an implementation plan for the NHS’s non-legislative programmes to address inequalities in mental healthcare. Learning disabilities and autism The draft bill aims to strengthen safeguards for those with learning disabilities and autistic people.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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. This also includes freedom from abuse, access to healthcare, and inclusion in the community. But knowing where to start can be tricky.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The reforms were designed to reduce the use of detention and CTOs, tackle their disproportionate impact on black people and end the inappropriate, and often lengthy, detention of autistic people and those with learning disabilities. Their voices are being ignored.

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Relias

JUNE 28, 2023

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of 1973’s Rehabilitation Act requires that physicians and all other healthcare providers effectively communicate with people with disabilities. IDD healthcare providers, therefore, need to provide persons served with individualized treatment and support.

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Relias

JULY 3, 2023

Most sectors of the healthcare industry have been using assessments for years. In the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) space, however, these tools are somewhat new. As a result, some IDD providers have had trouble picturing how to use assessments for hiring, training, and professional development.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This includes linking clients with essential services such as food banks, healthcare, unemployment support, and benefit programs like food stamps. This includes defending individuals’ rights and addressing issues such as poverty, mental health, domestic violence, disability rights and substance abuse.

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Shelter, Inc

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Compared with white children, kids of color are more likely to be removed from their homes, less likely to be reunited with their families, less likely to find foster families, and have less access to social, economic, educational, and healthcare opportunities for successful outcomes.

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Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Medical errors are a healthcare professional’s worst nightmare. According to research from Johns Hopkins University , nearly 800,000 Americans become permanently disabled or die due to a misdiagnosis every year. A provider or healthcare organization may also be subject to disciplinary or legal action.

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Relias

AUGUST 5, 2022

New dad Vince Baiera is no stranger to healthcare. Eventually he transitioned out of nursing and into education, where he taught at the college level, then moved into the business side of healthcare. Parissa, a dentist at a large nonprofit homeless shelter, went on disability leave. How Rocky and Leo’s Story Began.

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Relias

MAY 21, 2024

Trauma-informed care aligns with the healthcare motto, “do no harm.” An awareness of trauma and the need for informed approaches can help ensure that individuals do not experience further trauma from their interactions with healthcare providers. Where possible, integrate the six principles of trauma-informed care into each area.

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KVC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Unaware or unaccepting of their peer’s differences : The reasons for being bullied cited most often by students were physical appearance, race/ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, and sexual orientation. It becomes a learned behavior that is carried on into the classroom. What Can You Do To Prevent Bullying?

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

– Social workers and case managers are both integral parts of the healthcare industry. They work with various populations, including children, adolescents, adults, older adults, individuals with disabilities, those experiencing mental health issues, and those facing social and economic hardships. Who is a case manager?

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Social Work Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Those who are pregnant or can become pregnant also risk alcohol-exposed pregnancy and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that affect an estimated 1-5% of school children in the U.S.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While sepsis poses a clear danger to many, it has become an even bigger risk factor among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Additionally, it can prove difficult for individuals with IDD to procure adequate healthcare and preventative screenings that could help diagnose sepsis early on.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Many healthcare professionals have reported feeling undervalued and underpaid amid the high demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. How will you build resilience in your home healthcare business in the coming years? There are many specialization areas to consider, such as: Memory care.

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Relias

MARCH 3, 2024

It is very common for our profession to be reduced to working only in child protective services or misunderstood as a profession that does not rise to the level of recognition as other healthcare clinicians. More and more, we are seeing how integrated care can address these inequities in our healthcare delivery system.

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Relias

MAY 1, 2023

Studies have shown that healthcare workers are more prone to burnout than other professions, especially since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020. Caring for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is emotionally challenging work. And direct support professionals (DSPs) are no different.

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Relias

AUGUST 8, 2022

To gain insight into the current state of training for crisis prevention and intervention among behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) professionals, Relias conducted a survey of over 2,000 human services professionals.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2023

This was because, if the social worker lost his job, he would no longer be able pay for additional support Z received, including for healthcare, and, given the need to maintain confidentiality, it was in Z’s interests to keep disclosure of the judgment to a minimum.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Mike Oliver , an English disability rights campaigner and author, is widely recognised as the founder of the social model of disability. His work has had a significant influence on government policy in relation to disability rights and access to services. He was made a CBE in 2009 for his services to disabled people.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2024

As part of the efforts to move healthcare into local communities and professionalise the workforce, we will task regulators with assessing the role social care workers can play in basic health treatment and monitoring. . “Labour is committed to ensuring families have the support they need.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 24, 2024

The smaller success might be the limited potential to address the needs of all Special Populations and the difficulty to reach people such as the unhoused, justice involved individuals, rural areas, people with disabilities, people in recovery, or long-term care settings.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

But if that’s their argument, and they are saying disproportionate substantiation of allegations against Black families and removal of Black children is valid because they also are disproportionately more likely to be poor, have less access to quality healthcare and education, etc., Department of Justice for bias against the disabled.

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