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Yoga and Bodywork: Healing Interventions for the Mind and Body

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And yet, the mind-body connection can easily be overlooked in the assessment and intervention process. Gray will describe how she introduces alternative interventions to her clients and discusses what she actually does with them to promote mind-body healing. Katiuscia Gray, LCSW is a certified yoga teacher (500hr) and psychotherapist.

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Long COVID and the Implications for Social Work

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These disparities demand the attention of social work change agents, along with the inability or unwillingness of our government leaders to pass long COVID legislation, the lack of long COVID clinics, and the need for advocacy and education related to workplace accommodations, paid sick and family leave and expanded disability benefits.

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“Caring Justice:” Empowering Communities with a Love Supreme

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How do we use those definitions as a focal point for interventions that aim to build community? Rios, DSW, LCSW is a practitioner scholar and assistant professor at Seton Hall University. How does a community define safety, caring, and justice? Show Notes. RiosJ_Transcript Download.

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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. Owens, LCSW , lecturer of social work, Jane Adams College of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago. Study authors: Chastity L.

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Making Time to Talk About Alcohol Use

Social Work Blog

By Diana Ling, MA and Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW. April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an opportunity for social workers to make alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) part of routine care. Looking closer at the data, just 14 percent of women who binge drink said they received advice to reduce drinking, compared to 25 percent of men.

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Mobile Crisis Intervention - Brenton Gicker and Chelsea Swift

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Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. . In this episode, I talk with Brenton Gicker and Chelsea Swift of CAHOOTS – Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets, a 24/7 mobile crisis intervention program of the White Bird Clinic in Eugene, Oregon. Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. . Episode 26. Guests: Brenton Gicker & Chelsea Swift.

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A Worrying Rise in Women’s Drinking: How Social Workers Can Help

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By Diana Ling, MA, Program Manager and Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW, Senior Research Project and Training Coordinator; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. . Getty Images. For professional development resources, visit NASW’s Behavioral Health webpage.