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How to define your Teaching Values

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Editor’s Note : This blog post is one of a three-part series about how to write a values-based teaching philosophy. In this blog post, we ( April Love and Laurel Hitchcock) offer a process for identifying your teaching values. The second post covers tips for writing and presenting a values-based teaching philosophy, and in the third post, we share our own values-based teaching philosophies that resulted from this process.

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Homes not hospitals

Social Work With Adults

"Where the person is already subject to this type of care and treatment regime, support is needed to help them move to a place they want to live, with the right support in place.". Some lessons learned but more progress needed. It’s been ten years since BBC Panorama exposed the Winterbourne View scandal. Here at the British Association of Social Workers (BASW England), we are taking action to make sure human rights abuses suffered by people with learning disabilities and autistic people are neve

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Terminating in Social Work: 2 Pathways for Ending Therapy

Social Work Bubble

Terminating in social work happens for many reasons, including the client not engaging in services, being referred out to another agency, or the client reaching all treatment goals and no longer requiring services. Ideally, termination is a gradual process, but in the field of social work, ideals may not always occur. Before we discuss the different pathways for termination, a good rule of thumb is to discuss termination with clients during the intake session.

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A Framework to Test Emotion Regulation in the Lab and the Clinic

Society of Clinical Psychology

Emotion regulation is the process of influencing one’s emotional experiences, including how intense an emotion is, how long the emotion lasts, and even what emotion one is feeling (Gross & Thompson, 2007). Understanding how people regulate their emotions well is a key question of interest for both basic and applied psychology researchers. However, basic and applied researchers have developed relatively independent lines of research about emotion regulation, using distinct operationalizations

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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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Supporting children and youth in the new school year

National Casa Gal

As we prepare for this new school year, it’s important to acknowledge the teachers, school administrators, parents and community members who are working hard to ensure that students can learn safely and make academic progress. Read More. The post Supporting children and youth in the new school year appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Ubuntu and its Potential Impact on the International Social Work Profession

International Federation of Social Workers

In acknowledgement of this year’s global social work theme Ubuntu, the Journal of International Social Work is providing free access to an article on ‘ubuntu and its potential impact on the international social work profession’. The article presents an in-depth description of Ubuntu and how it can strengthen social work theory and practice. It describes […].

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Back to School This Fall: Addressing Trauma’s Impact

inSocialWork

Karen Gross. What concrete steps can be taken in schools to address trauma and improve the quality of education offered in light of a global pandemic that has turned our lives upside down? We are living in some of the most unique and challenging periods in history. That said, it’s looking like K through 12 schools are going back to their buildings in person this fall.

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Research Roundup June 2021

Stop Abuse Campaign

← Why Family Courts Usually Fail Abuse Victims. 5 Ways Surviving Child Abuse Is Like Training for the Olympics → Research Roundup June 2021: ACEs Score Strengths, Limitations, and Misapplications. Our monthly column highlights recent studies of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): causes, consequences, and the interventions that work. If you are reading this column, chances are you are already aware that ACEs are strongly associated with a range of poor outcomes across the life cour

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Deadline Extension: Submit your Abstract for IFSW Africa Region conference 2021?

International Federation of Social Workers

Deadline Extension: Submit your Abstract for IFSW Africa Region SWSD Conference before 15th August 2021? You are all welcomed for this great Hybrid international Regional Ubuntu social work conference hosted by the Rwanda National organisation of social workers and the IFSW Africa to be held in Kigali – Rwanda from 23rd to 26th Nov. 2021. […].

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Terminating in Social Work: 2 Pathways for Ending Therapy

Social Work Bubble

Terminating in social work happens for many reasons, including the client not engaging in services, being referred out to another agency, or the client reaching all treatment goals and no longer requiring services. Ideally, termination is a gradual process, but in the field of social work, ideals may not always occur. Before we discuss the different pathways for termination, a good rule of thumb is to discuss termination with clients during the intake session.

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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.

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Seminar #101: Passing the Sacrifice

What a Shrink Thinks

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Boxing film raises awareness about hate crimes against Asians

Social Workers Speak

Zeus movie poster. San Diego-native Chris Soriano decided to make the boxing film “Zeus” to help raise awareness about of hate crime against people who are Asian. “The original plan was to incorporate some of the hate crimes that were happening,” said Soriano, 32, who is Filipino “I saw older (Asian) people getting hit and killed.

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Long-term care report – trends, challenges and opportunities in an ageing society

International Federation of Social Workers

Download the Report The 2021 Joint Report of the European Commission and the Social Protection Committee on Long-Term Care is the most comprehensive overview to date of a policy area whose growing importance for our societies can no longer be overlooked. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the long-standing challenges of ensuring accessible, affordable and quality […].

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From Simone Biles to you and me: Why mental health research is the answer

MQ Mental Health

It takes strength and courage for any of us to ask for help with our mental health — let alone someone like gymnast Simone Biles. . The front-runner at the Tokyo Olympics withdrew from the team and individual all-around competitions this week to focus on her mental health, just days after posting on Instagram,? “I truly do feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times.”.

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Terminating in Social Work: 2 Pathways for Ending Therapy

Social Work Bubble

Terminating in social work happens for many reasons, including the client not engaging in services, being referred out to another agency, or the client reaching all treatment goals and no longer requiring services. Ideally, termination is a gradual process, but in the field of social work, ideals may not always occur. Before we discuss the different pathways for termination, a good rule of thumb is to discuss termination with clients during the intake session.

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News Items – July 29, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Crisis behind closed doors. NJ.com. Calls to domestic violence hotlines initially dropped last spring before spiking. The number of temporary restraining orders fell as the courts closed, and the number of domestic violence complaints filed decreased in 2020. Social workers and advocates knew that tens of thousands of people in the state were potentially victims of domestic violence , but social distancing measures had built new obstacles that forced them to find new ways to reach those in need.

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Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work Joins Partnership Organising New Format Global Social Summit

International Federation of Social Workers

IFSW AND UNRISD (UN Research Institute for Social Development) have invited The Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW) to be a formal partner in a new format world summit on ‘Co-building a new eco-social world: leaving no one behind‘ on 29 June to 2 July 2022. COSW responded enthusiastically and nominated David Jones to be […].

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Taming Monkey Mind_ Quickstart Guide

Counselor Toolbox podcast

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Sage Advice_ Tips for Happy Living

Counselor Toolbox podcast

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Characteristics of Effective Leaders_ Organizational Psychology

Counselor Toolbox podcast