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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Transitions to 988

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The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has further exacerbated the need to improve access to crisis intervention services. While these statistics are a significant cause for concern, social workers have been instrumental in providing support to people in crisis. Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social Work. Prepared by.

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How Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) Can Use Crisis Prevention and Intervention

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In fact, the work of direct support professionals (DSPs) is often tied directly to crisis prevention and intervention. The outbreak of COVID-19 underscored how the need for DSPs to understand and practice crisis prevention and intervention techniques has grown. Crisis and Trauma Informed Care.

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News Items – December 22, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Bryan Mares is government relations director of NASW-TX: Texas Fights Anti-Discrimination Policy For Adoption. Isabel Logan is a member of NASW-CT: Winning Over Skeptics: More Police Departments Enlist Social Workers For Crisis Intervention. The lack of light,” Gail Flack , a licensed clinical social worker at Parkside Hospital.