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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Transitions to 988

Social Work Blog

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has further exacerbated the need to improve access to crisis intervention services. It will also allow for more cost-effective early intervention strategies to reduce health care spending. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline reported receiving almost 2.4

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Using Implementation Science to Enhance Practice Changes

University of Connecticut

Wilcox, LCSW Friday, April 28, 2023 In-person 9:30 am – 12:30 pm 3 CECs $60 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors $48 – All Others Social workers are often leaders in implementing practice changes within their programs. Patricia D. It’s going beyond just awareness and knowledge to really change behavior.

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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. LCSW , and signed on in the fall of 2021. Local Profile. Connecticut Health I-Team.

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NASW Brings Awareness to the Importance of Mental Health

Social Work Blog

NASW maintains its commitment to enhancing the well-being of people living with mental illness and working toward increased access to appropriate services and interventions. Center of Deployment Psychology (CDP) Presents: Dyadic Interventions – Involving Significant Others in Suicide Prevention. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C.

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News Items – March 2, 2023

Social Workers Speak

In addition to the direct services we provide to individuals, families, couples, and groups, we also work to advocate at a systems level to ensure that laws and policies are adopted so everyone can live safely and to their fullest potential. is looking to re-engage social workers – and future social workers and their faculty.

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News Items – March 2, 2023

Social Workers Speak

In addition to the direct services we provide to individuals, families, couples, and groups, we also work to advocate at a systems level to ensure that laws and policies are adopted so everyone can live safely and to their fullest potential. is looking to re-engage social workers – and future social workers and their faculty.