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Parental Military Deployment and Children: What Have We Learned from More than a Decade of War?

Society of Clinical Psychology

A common saying in the military is that when one person joins the whole family serves. For many military families, geographic relocations, disrupted family routines, financial hardships, and fear of losing a loved one became a way of life. Alfano & Simon Lau, Department of Psychology, University of Houston. 2008; Chandra et al.,

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How to Create a Veterans Suicide Prevention Program

Relias

The need for veterans suicide prevention programs Transitioning from military to civilian life brings about various stressors for veterans. Solid Start This program provides outreach support to veterans who have recently separated from military service. Shockingly, suicide rates among U.S. veterans are 1.5

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“A Liminal Moment in Social Work”: Access NASW’s Social Work Journal Online

Social Work Blog

Burned Out, Engaged, Both, or Neither? Exploring Engagement and Burnout Profiles among Social Workers in Spain Few studies have analyzed the existence of homogeneous groups in burnout and engagement among professionals, and none in social workers. The research has implications for the practice of child social workers.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

1 Although PTSD has commonly been associated with the military and veteran populations, it affects people of all ages, communities, gender, and social economic background. Learn a combination of diagnosis and interventionist tools of dissociation to consider when engaged in treatment of populations of color. Military One Source.

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Palestine, the IASSW and the academic boycott of Israel: A call to action.

Reimagining Social Work

In reality, hasbara consists of well-funded campaigns of misinformation that work to delegitimise and demonise any criticism of the seemingly endless military occupation of Palestinian land. It prefers not to refer to the military occupation, or to Israel’s ongoing settler-colonial project, or to its apartheid walls and infrastructure.

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News Items – April 29, 2022

Social Workers Speak

She adds that the inverse may also be true — people with ASD may become more rigid, anxious, and less willing to engage with the world if they don’t get the support and accommodations they need to thrive. Joshua Davis is a member: Fort Campbell Soldier shares experience as military child, Family values.

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IASSW Statement on Ukraine

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

In keeping with this tradition, IASSW condemns the current attack on Ukraine and the needless loss of life, destruction to housing and other built infrastructures, and cost to the environment, caused through the contribution that discharging military ordnance.