December, 2016

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Why Self-Care Is Vital For Social Service Professionals

Simmons University

Self-care isn’t just about eating right, exercising, and getting enough sleep. While important, these elements only scratch the surface of an intentional and successful wellness plan. Maintaining physical, mental, and emotional health is vital for everyone, but it can be particularly important for those working in helping professions like social work, nursing, and counseling.

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Use of Universal Screening Scores to Predict Distal Academic and Behavioral Outcomes Among School-Aged youth

Society of Clinical Psychology

Dr. Katie Eklund discusses the use of universal screening scores to predict distal academic and behavioral outcomes among school-aged youth. Research has well-documented poor school-related outcomes for students with behavioral and emotional concerns, including lower academic achievement, higher rates of suspension/expulsion, increased absenteeism, and lower graduation rates (e.g., Lane, Carter, Pierson, & Glaeser, 2006).

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A Proportional Response

Social Work Tech

The Presidential Election horrified the ever-living hell out of everyone I know. I wrote the following reflection as a personal note to my social work colleagues and I have modified it and posted it because it may do some good. For social workers that identify as progressive, LGBTQ, Muslim, Immigrant, Feminist, non-White, disabled, pro-choice, and/or have friends, colleagues, and clients that are in marginalized communities, the outcome of the Presidential election was devastating.

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Time Management and Test Preparation

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker Exam

This blog contains lots of information that might help you on social work licensing exam, but it's only the beginning. There's much, much more info to digest. The posts here can only really serve as reminders about what you've already memorized or as prompts for further review. That raises the question: further review when? memorized how? Here's a site that aims to help you get those important questions answered.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

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.

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081 -Addressing Abandonment Anxiety

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Abandonment fears are formed in early childhood, which, by the nature of a child's brain, means they are likely very all-or-nothing. When these fears or ideas about the trustworthiness of people remain unchecked as the person gets older, it can lead to extreme ways of thinking about people, relationships and behavior. Learn how to help your clients or yourself address negative messages that still may be held and develop a more compassionate, and aware approach to relationships.

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080 -Emotional Eating

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Emotional eating not only sabotages some people's diets, but it is also a relapse warning sign for mental health and substance abuse issues and can be an addiction in and of itself. We all eat to self-soothe occasionally, but when it is done consistently and sabotages our health or prevents us from actually addressing what is upsetting us, then it becomes a problem.

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078 -Conquering the Critical Inner Voice

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Everyone has a critical inner voice that keeps us from stepping outside the comfort zone or believing in our own strength and value. Learn why many people continue to hold on to unhelpful thoughts, why positive affirmations don't work and what you can do to silence the heckler in your head. Everyone has a critical inner voice that keeps us from stepping outside the comfort zone or believing in our own strength and value.

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077 -Crisis Intervention and Promoting Resilience

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Learn new way to look at crisis and develop skills to help yourself and others through all types of crisis from situational to developmental. Learn new way to look at crisis and develop skills to help yourself and others through all types of crisis from situational to developmental.

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076 -50 Mindful Steps to Improved Self-Esteem

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Learning about yourself, your strengths, your triggers and your values helps you live a more genuine life, with the energy to choose mindfully how to use your energy to help you develop into the person you want to be. Learning about yourself, your strengths, your triggers and your values helps you live a more genuine life, with the energy to choose mindfully how to use your energy to help you develop into the person you want to be.

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075 -Self Esteem Building

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Before you can form a truly healthy relationship with another person, you need to have a healthy relationship with yourself. Self-esteem helps you avoid looking to others for rescue and validation. Before you can form a truly healthy relationship with another person, you need to have a healthy relationship with yourself. Self-esteem helps you avoid looking to others for rescue and validation.

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

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.