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After Retirement from Clinical Practice, Chapter President Still Eager to Serve

Social Work Blog

That led me down a clinical path for training so I could be even a better listener in understating and helping people,” says Sobelson, president of the NASW New Hampshire Chapter. After graduating from Boston College, Sobelson attended Columbia University School of Social Work. She moved to Concord, N.H.,

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Addressing Equity in Schools: Youth Participatory Action Research and Transformative Social and Emotional Learning during COVID-19

Social Work Blog

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and rise in racial injustices signaled the need to engage students in macro-level interventions to maximize their contributions to their schools, communities, and society. Through CSL, students cultivate advocacy skills by identifying, investigating, and taking action to address concerns. Chicago, IL.

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Reflections on a shattering year for Black people in Buffalo, New York

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Born and raised on Buffalo’s East Side, Brown has worked at the intersection of education and social justice as a general and special education teacher, an advocate for students with disabilities, and a school administrator. Kathryn Franco, LMSW, MPH, is an adjunct professor at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.

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How does an Occupational Therapist work with autism?

Prosper Health Collective

They also work in a variety of settings, such as clinics, home, schools and the community, depending on the goals of the person they are working with. These differences can present a number of challenges which affect their ability to work towards and reach their goals at home, school, work and in social settings.

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Ed Town Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Beyond Advocacy

Special guest Dr. Stephanie Boddie, the Associate Professor of Church and Community Ministries at the University of Baylor School of Social Work and the producer of Unfinished Business , an oral history documentary of the Great Migration, will perform a musical selection. Dr. Halaevalu Vakalahi will emcee the program.

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Reproductive Justice: A call-to-action for Social Work in the Post-Roe World

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She holds a doctorate in clinical social work from the School of Policy and Practices at the University of Pennsylvania and is a licensed clinical social worker. Her scholarship examines young people’s minoritized, racialized, and gendered school experiences, school mental health, and social justice issues.

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Sexism Makes it Harder for Girls to Benefit from Therapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

Incorporating advocacy : Recognizing and taking action against sexism in behaviors, beliefs, and policies (e.g., advocating for policies in clients’ schools to reduce sexist harassment and bullying). Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. consciousness raising, gender role analysis ). Target Reference . McKetta, S.,