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Members in the News – June 22, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Fortune What’s more, there’s a role for technology in providing access to treatment—particularly the use of telehealth services via Zoom or other video platforms, Mirean Coleman, clinical director at the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) , tells Fortune. She worked for 16 years in child welfare in Washington, DC.

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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. Social workers are the largest group of mental health providers in the United States and treatment of PTSD is one of their specialty areas.

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News Items – November 10, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Martha Avery Cook is a member: Telehealth program helps UNC-Chapel Hill meet demand for mental health services. At 76 years old, he’s known as “Cowboy” by his friends and caretakers at the Recovery Ranch, a haven for recovering addicts in western Horry County. Logan is a professor at Eastern and a licensed clinical social worker.

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News Items – January 13, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Nneka Njideka, a licensed clinical social worker in Brooklyn, N.Y. , Some say harsher sentences over DCFS worker assaults won’t prevent them. “If we’re serious about protecting social workers, then we have to start spending the resources and the money to actually do that,” said Kyle Hillman with NASW-IL.