My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 17, 2023

When it comes to my mental health, one thing I can always count on is that it won’t be too long before I learn something new. Sometimes it’s a mental health or psychological term. Other times it’s a phrase, or a more accurate description than one I’d been using. After ten years of living with depression and anxiety, there’s still a lot to learn.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Anxiety Depression Psychology 130

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

New data from Pennsylvania confirm: When America’s child welfare establishment fearmongers predicted that COVID would bring on a “pandemic of child abuse” it was just the usual health terrorism. The American family policing system, a more accurate term than “child welfare” system, is built on “health terrorism” – misrepresenting the true nature and scope of a problem in the name of “raising awareness.

Child Welfare 95

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Administration 95

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

AUGUST 17, 2023

Introduction: How quickly do you recover when a car cuts you off while driving? How long does it take you to let go of the feelings you have after a contentious encounter? When was the last time you really let go and let God? Each time we are faced with a situation that is uncomfortable, frightening, or difficult, we go into fight or flight mode. The stress response, as it is called, starts no matter how small or large the incident.

Self-harm 52

Self-harm Consultation Anxiety Depression 52

Michigan Social Work

AUGUST 17, 2023

Professor Luke Shaefer’s latest book, “The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America,” is now available. Together with his co-authors, Shaefer looked at poverty, combined with health outcomes and social mobility rates to examine America’s most disadvantaged communities — almost all of which are rural, and are concentrated in three regions: Appalachia, South Texas, and the southern Cotton Belt.

Government 52

Government Schools 52

Advertiser: Caseworthy

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

Case Management

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

AUGUST 17, 2023

Introduction: How quickly do you recover when a car cuts you off while driving? How long does it take you to let go of the feelings you have after a contentious encounter? When was the last time you really let go and let God? Each time we are faced with a situation that is uncomfortable, frightening, or difficult, we go into fight or flight mode. The stress response, as it is called, starts no matter how small or large the incident.

Self-harm 52

Self-harm Consultation Anxiety Depression 52

CAPC

AUGUST 17, 2023

Journal of Palliative Medicine article describes the development of the Palliative Care Law and Policy GPS.

52

52

Social Care

AUGUST 17, 2023

"I believe anything is achievable if you want it enough and use your passion, determination and true grit to fight for it." Anything is possible When I learned I had been awarded the MBE for my contribution to social care, I was truly humbled by it. To have national recognition for my years of hard work was something I had never contemplated. My family and friends were so excited and the support from my colleagues at Risedale Nursing Homes has been overwhelming.

Nursing Home 96

Nursing Home 96

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 17, 2023

Mona B. Livholts: The Body Politics of Glocal Social Work. Essays on the Post-Anthropocentric Condition This book shapes a situated body politics to re-think, re-write and de-colonise social work as a post-anthropocentric discipline headed towards glocalization, where human and non-human embodiments and agencies are entangled in glocal environmental worlds.

University 40

University 40

Social Work Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW Sixty years ago, on the day before the March of Washington for Jobs and Freedom, NASW Social Work Pioneer W.E.B DuBois died. The famed sociologist and civil rights activist was 95 years old and had moved to Ghana several years earlier to create an African diaspora encyclopedia.

Military 98

Military Social Worker Advocacy 98

Social Work Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW Sixty years ago, on the day before the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, NASW Social Work Pioneer W.E.B. DuBois died. The famed sociologist and civil rights activist was 95 years old and had moved to Ghana several years earlier to create an African diaspora encyclopedia.

Military 52

Military Social Worker 52

Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

Private Practice