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NASW Member Voices: What does it really mean to help?

Social Work Blog

By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW Chad Lassiter, MSW This fall, I have returned to the classroom as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University and, as I have done so, I’m faced with students eager to become social workers. This means my students will be able to find a job upon graduation. percent who are male?

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Introducing our new @SWVirtualPal student co-hosts

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

This community focuses on connection and collaboration among social work practitioners, students, and educators to offer the profession an opportunity to harness its collective knowledge for the greater good. She is a master’s student at the University at Buffalo’s School of Social Work.

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Joonyoung Cho Named a 2024 Grand Challenges Doctoral Fellow. Rita Hu Receives an Honorable Mention

Michigan Social Work

PhD student Joonyoung Cho has been named a 2024 Grand Challenges Doctoral Fellow. Her project “Contact Frequency with Children Following Relocation Later in Life: Do Contact Modes and Proximity to a Child Matter?” addresses the Grand Challenge to Eradicate Social Isolation.

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Former Faculty Member Ivor Echols Recognized as NASW Pioneer

University of Connecticut

Retired faculty member and founding director of the Center for International Social Work Studies at UConn School of Social Work, Lynne Healy, Ph.D., Throughout her life, she worked tirelessly to combat racism and injustice, especially toward the African-American community and those living in poverty. The Nomination of Ivor J.

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Why do social workers burnout?

Save the Social Worker

I was seated in front of a client, listening to her talk about how difficult life was for her. Role ambiguity may be a key reason why you feel responsible for the change you want to see in your client’s life. Your internal and external resources do not match the demand. The aircon blew gently. I didn’t care. This is dangerous.

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International Conference for Social Work Students

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

One direct way of promoting social work as a global profession is to facilitate international encounters with international students, professors, practitioners to contribute a mutual understanding of the global social problems through inclusion and social network formation. Immigrants, Refugees, Internally Displaced People.

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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

Social Work Blog

The crowd fell into laughter, noting a deeper truth that fear can be a more debilitating force than actual loss of life. I’m a mere therapist, but if I could share one piece of life advice with anyone, it would be this: Take an improv class. I also owe Rick and Louis a huge debt of gratitude for helping to make this story robust.

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