My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As someone who celebrates Christmas, this past week was a busy one. The holiday season can take its toll on us in many ways, and while I tend to shine a spotlight on mental wellness during the holidays, there are other areas of wellness that are important to remember. Sometimes I forget about the connection between my physical health and my mental health, but when I forget to take care of my wellness, my body reminds me in a major way.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

DECEMBER 30, 2021

One of my academic favorites is Dr. Katie Linder who produces a podcast called You’ve Got This , where she offers advice and examples for other academics as they navigate the world of higher education. Frequently, Katie talks about goal setting and how she works to accomplish her own goals. As I listened to her end-of-the-year podcast about her 2021 goals, all I could think about was my blog.

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Nnatasha Tracy

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Mental illness can prevent daily hygiene. I've been a victim of this and so have so many other people. Some people have come to me in confidence and said that they can't brush their teeth and it's causing major dental problems. Other people have said, in hushed tones, that they can't do their laundry so they don't leave their houses. These kinds of hygiene tasks are just too hard for some people disabled with serious mental illnesses.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

DECEMBER 28, 2021

IASSW Announces The Release Of Social Dialogue Magazine # 25. Dear Friends, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) is ready with an excellent volume of Social Dialogue. on the theme “The Pandemic that Shook Social Work Education It is a collaborative effort from academics, students, practice teachers and service users from across the globe exploring social work’s educational response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, focusing specifically on how they have responded to the ma

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Michigan Social Work

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Lorraine Gutiérrez has been appointed the Edith A. Lewis Collegiate Professor of Social Work. Gutiérrez is an internationally renowned scholar in empowerment theory and anti-oppressive practice. Her teaching and scholarship focus on multicultural praxis in communities, organizations and higher education. Her current projects include identifying strategies for multicultural community-based research and practice, multicultural education for social work practice, and identifying effective methods

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Consider a recent case involving the family policing system in a county in Pennsylvania. Everything I am about to recount is true except for one detail: Two young children are taken from their mother. Their father is eager to take them in, but at the time of the removal he’s in the hospital. That’s because after he was hit by a drunk driver and confined to a wheelchair it led to medical complications that sometimes require hospitalization.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Application to Clinical Social Work Services. Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estimate of expected charges. December 2021. Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers (CSW) and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estimate (GFE)

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Nnatasha Tracy

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Trigger warnings don't work. I know that's a controversial statement as trigger warnings have crept into seemingly all aspects of media. But trigger warnings did this without anyone studying the effects of including a trigger warning. People started including them with good intentions, but that doesn't mean including them actually produces positive responses.

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The New Social Worker

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Whether it’s religious and/or cultural traditions, the legacy of a loved one, or progress in our work, celebration is an important aspect of wholistic self-care. (With some caveats—know your boundaries and follow them.

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Bipolar Bandit

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Setting Boundaries. Boundaries are a way of taking care of ourselves. When you understand how to set and maintain healthy boundaries, you can avoid the feelings of resentment, disappointment, and anger that build up when limits have been pushed. If you’re not sure how to go about creating boundaries or effectively uphold existing ones, then here are 10 ways in which you can create and maintain healthy boundaries.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 9, 2021

RHEINFELDEN, Switzerland (December 10, 2021) — The International Federation of Social Workers announces the establishment of the IFSW Social Work at the United Nations Initiative at Monmouth University in the School of Social Work. The establishment of the IFSW SW at the UN Initiative fulfills a need to combine international social work experience, networks, and […].

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As I’ve written before, I tend to get sad during the wintertime. At this point, it’s become something to expect and prepare for more than anything else, but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating when it happens. But it’s not just the wintertime – it’s the holidays, too. Last year, I wrote that it’s okay not to be okay during this festive period , and while the sentiment remains true for this year, I also wanted to issue a gentle reminder that many pe

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National Casa Gal

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Resilience is key to helping young people bounce back from difficult experiences and overcome the long odds that can face children who have spent time in foster care. Read More. The post Give a child the gift of hope for the holidays appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Nnatasha Tracy

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Anxiety is such a common thing during this time of year, but you can beat anxiety during the holidays. I know things like parties, family, entertaining, and all the other things associated with the holidays can be anxiety-inducing for people -- me too. Just thinking about my family sitting in my apartment while I stress about making Christmas dinner is freaking me out.

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The New Social Worker

DECEMBER 13, 2021

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I began last week’s weekly review of family preservation news and commentary with this video: It’s from a panel on narrowing the front door to the family policing system. The focus was New York City, but it’s just as applicable anywhere else in America – indeed, in most places the harm done by family policing is even greater and even more widespread.

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International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Why is this survey so important for social work in all parts of the world? ‘Working conditions affect everybody´, said Silvana Martinez, IFSW President, ´and we know that social workers have some of the most difficult working conditions of any profession around the world. That is why today IFSW is launching the biggest global survey […].

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 9, 2021

This week on My Brain’s Not Broken, we’re talkin g about perfectionism. While it’s something that comes up in everyday life, perfectionism can be hard to spot, and even harder to deal with. When I was looking up how to manage and deal with perfectionism, I saw the same results as when I looked up how to manage self-doubt , which was that every article I found used terms like overcoming and get rid of when talking about perfectionism (which seems like an example of perfectionism

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Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Alert: Information in this blog post was updated on January 5, 2022. NASW will continue to monitor policy developments pertaining to surprise billing and update members as new information is made available. See January 5, 2022 update. Application to Clinical Social Work Services. December 21, 2021. Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estima

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Call for Book Chapter Proposals for Anthology on Arts-Based Pedagogy. The COVID-19 pandemic created the largest global disruption of education processes and systems in history, forcing diverse educators within schools, universities, communities, and non-profit organizations to shift the ways in which they deliver knowledge. Transitioning from traditional face-to-face learning to on-line learning posed many challenges for both educators and learners, while simultaneously creating the opportunity

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The New Social Worker

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Cultural humility is a process, always moving, always changing. It is more a skill we can always be developing, rather than one we ever attain. In many cases, clinicians who work from a false place of competence do harm.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

It took the intervention of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to undo some of the damage done to the children at the center of this case. This one is so bad that it’s getting national attention, thanks to some great reporting by Roxanna Asgarian, who wrote about the case for New York Magazine. Here’s the story in a nutshell, though it no way does that do justice to the case, or the journalism: The mother, Katee Churchill lived in small, rural, conservative Clare County, Michigan.

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National Casa Gal

DECEMBER 9, 2021

National CASA/GAL is excited about creating awareness for our network of state and local programs and thanks Corey Linsley, Coach Arians and their families for this incredible support. Read More. The post NFL My Cause My Cleats initiative brings awareness to the CASA/GAL mission appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It has been a surprisingly productive week for me but for some reason, I still feel like I’m behind. It doesn’t matter why, but this is about the time every single year where I feel like I’m behind on everything (it happens other times during the year, but this is when it hits the most). It’s discouraging to feel like you’re constantly catching up on things, but I’ve learned to manage these feelings in a way that helps me, not hurts me.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Implications for Clinical Social Workers. December 2021. On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. The 2400+-page rule includes updates to policies and payments that are pertinent to clinical social workers (CSWs) and other Medicare providers. NASW submitted comments on September 13, 2021 to CMS on the proposed rule.

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International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The 2021 United Nations Theme for Human Rights Day is ´EQUALITY – Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights´. The International Federation of Social Workers and World Federation of Public Health Association jointly advance the following statement: On Human Rights Day 2021, we are aware of the persistence of enormous inequities in the world, which are a […].

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The New Social Worker

DECEMBER 26, 2021

2021 is a wrap. The New Social Worker's list of Top Articles for 2021 tells us what has been on social workers' minds. We look forward to spending 2022 with you, our readers, as we move into a new era of the magazine.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2021

December is the month when editors rush to publish big projects, so they’ll be eligible for awards competitions. That helps explain why there’s so much this week – though probably not the first item: ? As we prepare for another surge in COVID cases, this seems a good time for a reminder of the massive amount of media malpractice that took place at the start of the pandemic, when almost every news organization in America accepted the myth that, in the absence of overwhelmingly middle class, dispr

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Community Care

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Children should be removed from their families if there is “any inkling” of harm to them, the education secretary has said. Nadhim Zahawi made the comment in response to a question from fellow Conservative MP Bob Blackman following his statement on the government’s response to the Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case yesterday. Blackman had said that what Arthur’s case had in common with those of Peter Connolly (2007), Victoria Climbié (2000) and Jasmine Beckford (1984) was that &

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 30, 2021

I don’t have a particularly long post today, but it’s a message I wish would be shared more this week. This year has been hard. At times, this year felt impossible. Even as we near the end of it, parts of this year still feel impossible. But I hope you take heart in the fact that, despite how you may feel about the state of your world and what you’ve done, this year, you did enough.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Posted December 17, 2021. Two adults are interacting with an older person. The older person is lying in bed. All three are wearing face masks. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on nursing home residents, families, and staff. Limitations on visits from family (as defined by each resident), other personal guests, and even certain service providers (such as hospice personnel and long-term care ombudsmen) have drastically exacerbated loneliness and social isolation among residents.

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International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The British Association of Social Workers, Social Workers Union, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Social Work Association and several partner organisations have co-signed a letter to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, opposing inhumane and unlawful draft guidance recently published in support of the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. The wording on many issues in the guidance makes it unworkable and unjust if put in place for not only […].

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