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The School of Social Work Welcomes Katie Edwards

Michigan Social Work

What excites me most is that the School really walks in their DEI values. Edwards joins the School from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she has served as Professor of Educational Psychology. I, along with my team of over 50 amazing staff and co-leaders, couldnt be more excited, proud, and joyful to be here.

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Conversations on Social Work Careers: Jennifer Luna Interviews Lauren Gutierrez

The New Social Worker

Jennifer Luna, MSSW, Your Social Work Career Coach, interviews Lauren Gutierrez, LCSW, school social worker, clinical supervisor, and creator of Social Work Scrapbook. Conversations on Social Work Careers - New video series launch!

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Navigating AI in Social Work Education

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Alexander Rubin , LCSW, is a clinical assistant professor based in field education at the University at Buffalo School of School of Social Work. Michael Lynch , LMSW, is a clinical associate professor at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. She also works with agencies to train staff in Motivational Interviewing.

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Guest Post: Interview with William L Hartwick, Author of The Invisible Backpack

Bipolar Bandit

He’s retired from a 30-year career as an educator, teaching first grade and serving as an elementary school principal. What inspired you to become an elementary school principal? Tell us more about your experience and thoughts about being a school principal. Now he’s an author, a blogger and motivational speaker.

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Child Protective Services in the District of Columbia: An alarming increase in incomplete investigations in FY2024

Child Welfare Monitor

Source: CFSA Data Dashboard, [link] Childcare and school personnel continued to make more than half of the referrals to CFSA, with another 13 percent coming from law enforcement and 11 percent from friends and neighbors. More concerning still, in its FY2024 Performance Oversight Responses , CFSA documented the caseloads of 90 social workers.

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Guest Post: Interview with Merryl Hammond, PD; Author of Mad Like Me and Navigating Bipolar Country

Bipolar Bandit

Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? I invited contributors to share a small snippet or one aspect of their story, or to do an interview with me if they felt overwhelmed by a blank screen.

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Two Ways to Decolonize a Social Work Research Course

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Editor’s Note: Dr. Amy Werman, DSW, LCSW , is a lecturer at the Columbia School of Social Work , with over 20 years of teaching experience in social work education. I introduce this topic by posing the following questions: What are other ways of capturing data outside of measurement instruments and interviews?

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