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How does an Occupational Therapist work with autism?

Prosper Health Collective

The role of an occupational therapist (OT) is to support people, families and communities to reach their health and well-being goals by working on the areas of their life that are most important to them. Occupational therapists advocate for people to embrace who they are without the need to change what makes them uniquely themselves.

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11 New Year Resolutions for the Social Worker & Therapist

Social Work Bubble

I will be actively engage in daily anti-racist practice through trainings, direct practice feedback, advocacy work, education, collaboration, and supervision in order to hold myself and other practitioners accountable, and to create a wholly healing environment. I will start each day with a positive affirmation on my practice and abilities.

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NASW Combats Troubling Business Practice Harming Social Workers and their Clients

Social Work Blog

In July, many NASW members alerted their state chapters to a disturbing and potentially deceptive marketing practice impacting social workers nationwide — involving CareDash, a healthcare review and referral website for a wide variety of healthcare providers, including clinical social workers.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

This can include roles that support larger systemic change through advocacy and policy in order to better support communities. Macro Social Work. Finally, Macro Social Work is a broad field of social work.

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

Social Work Blog

Through CSL, students cultivate advocacy skills by identifying, investigating, and taking action to address concerns. Johnson, ACSW, LCSW , clinical associate professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago. Aubrey Thornton, LCSW , is therapist, Search, Inc., Chicago, IL.

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Members in the News – July 7, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Ohio city rewrites abortion ban, advocacy groups end lawsuit The Hamilton Spectator The lawsuit by the National Association of Social Workers and the Abortion Fund of Ohio argued that the law, passed in May 2021 , represented an “extraordinarily broad” infringement on the constitutional rights of due process and free speech.

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

inSocialWork

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. Diaz, DSW, is an associate professor in the Human Services Department at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY.