Social Work Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

By Dr. Kris Nugent, Ph.D. LCSW Missouri Baptist University Associate Professor Introduction Adoption is often portrayed as a journey of connection, healing, and new beginnings. However, the complexities inherent in adoptive families are profound, affecting both children and parents. While extensive research has addressed the challenges faced by adopted children , there remains a significant gap in resources aimed at supporting adoptive parents in strengthening their own internal bonds to facilit

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University of Connecticut

JUNE 11, 2025

Ruth Pearlman, LCSW, LICSW, M.ED Wed, August 6, 2025 10 am – 12 pm (ET) 2 CECs Registration fee: $50 10% Discount for UConn SSW Alumni and Current UConn SSW Field Instructors Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. As social workers, we tend to have limited training in the grief of children. How they cognitively and psychologically understand loss is often omitted from our core learning objectives.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

Dr. Kris Nugent Associate Professor Missouri Baptist University Introduction Many Christians grappling with addiction may express hesitancy in attending 12-Step programs due to concerns about the perceived lack of alignment with their biblical worldview. However, it is essential to recognize that programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its 12-Step model have historical foundations in Christian principles.

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Relias

JUNE 11, 2025

When it comes to ensuring your organization provides better care to persons served, there are few options better than creating a culture of learning. To truly embrace this cultural shift, your organization needs to provide staff with the tools necessary to learn and embrace their curiosity. This is where a learning management platform comes in. A learning management platform makes it more convenient for your staff to learn, while streamlining reporting, course enrollment, and other administratio

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement

There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how

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