2021-10-28 11:31
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2021-10-28 10:40
SWHELPER
It’s striking and familiar. A new report finds women physicians across all races and ethnicities earn less than their male counterparts. In fact, women physicians earn be… Read More
2021-10-27 11:17
Peter Miller
The drawing and redrawing of electoral districts – which happens every ten years after the Census – is a hotly contested ritual in American politics. At the center o… Read More
2021-10-27 10:29
Daniela Mansbach
By Daniela Mansbach & Alisa Von Hagel Anti-abortion organizations aim to make abortion illegal for all women – or, barring that, to make abortion as difficult as p… Read More
2021-10-26 11:29
SWHELPER
Gun violence increased by more than 30% in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers.&nbs&hell…Read More
2021-10-26 10:30
Brian Adams
Ideally, local governments as the smallest jurisdictions in the American political system allow citizens to engage in a direct and substantive way. Local elections are one way th… Read More
2021-10-25 11:49
Garrett Rutledge
On October 11th, the National Football League (NFL) community was shocked when news surfaced that Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden announced his resignation just five… Read More
2021-10-25 10:21
Tamika C. Odum
Chanel, now a middle-class mother of one, is just one of many women who have used abortion to end a pregnancy. “In college,” she explained, “I had two aborti… Read More
2021-10-22 11:48
Clare Daniel
In the 1980s and 1990s, concerns about teen pregnancy voiced by policymakers and pundits helped garner support for welfare reform – as the public reached a consensus that… Read More
2021-10-22 10:30
SWHELPER
Each year, an estimated 800,000 people are trafficked globally, though the true number may be higher. In a quest to arm officials and stakeholders around the globe with more accurat… Read More
2021-10-21 11:34
Diane M. Tober
Egg and sperm donations in the United States have long proceeded under the cloak of secrecy. Twenty-five years ago, when I first started interviewing patients who used donors… Read More
2021-10-21 10:13
SWHELPER
Domestic violence remains a serious and widespread problem in the U.S., particularly for women from racial or ethnic minorities, who experience higher rates of abuse than the nation… Read More
2021-10-20 10:29
Henna Budhwani
By Henna Budhwani and Kristine Ria Hearld Contraception is complicated. Reproductive health scholars can comfortably weigh the protective benefits of condom use compared to th… Read More
2021-10-19 11:36
SWHELPER
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — States with Democratic leaders tended to have responded more strongly to COVID-19 and have seen a lower rate of the spread of the virus, according to new re… Read More
2021-10-19 10:23
Rachel G. Logan
Dina took to Google after feeling some discomfort in her pubic area. Although she was in graduate school several hundred miles away, she waited to see a healthcare provider u… Read More
2021-10-18 11:23
SWHELPER
As COVID-19 took its toll on the U.S. in 2020, the numbers began to show that not everyone was equally affected by the virus. Data from the CDC and National Center for Health S… Read More
2021-10-18 10:31
Grace E. Howard
The intensifying avalanche of restrictive U.S. abortion laws since 2012 has made it more difficult for many people to terminate their pregnancies. These restrictions have als… Read More
2021-10-15 11:41
Wendy Taylor
As discussed in parts one and two, social emotional learning (SEL) skills have become an even greater focus now that students are limited in their opportunities to socialize, co… Read More
2021-10-15 10:32
Elspeth Slayter
A key part of anti-racist social work practice is engaging in the art of reflection as we consider the person in the environment. This also involves being aware of the larger… Read More
2021-10-14 11:44
Wendy Taylor
As discussed in part one, social emotional learning (SEL) skills have become an even greater focus now that students are limited in their opportunities to sociali… Read More
2021-10-14 10:35
Christeen Badie
Written by Christeen Badie & Karina Velasco There are approximately 10.5 million undocumented individuals in the United States according to Pew Research. Immigrants often… Read More
2021-10-13 11:37
Wendy Taylor
Social and emotional (SEL) skills involve more than just the concepts surrounding educational buzzwords like growth mindset, grit, and self-advocacy. SEL skills are being emphas… Read More
2021-10-13 10:32
Wendy Taylor
Distance learning has been hard on everyone, but even more so for families dealing with the challenges associated with executive dysfunction. In part one, we discussed the basic… Read More
2021-10-08 10:33
Max Goldberg
What do you get when you mix the taboo nature of discussing sexual intimacy with the social stigma surrounding intellectual and developmental disabilities? The answer: a heck of… Read More
2021-10-07 11:19
SWHELPER
Digital.com, a leading independent review website for small business online tools, products, and services, has published a new study to assess consumer behavior towards companies th… Read More
2021-10-07 10:39
Wendy Taylor
Many of us don’t actually remember learning how to read. We may remember sitting on our kindergarten carpet squares, picking out new picture books at the school book fair… Read More
2021-10-06 10:45
Sarah Rose Goldfinch
I taught special education in a sub-separate classroom for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I’ve also worked as a paraprofessional in inc… Read More
2021-10-06 10:41
Alyssa Mareiro
2020 was filled with unprecedented events in all facets of life, and, as many have noted across the globe, the year became a landmark for the call to action against racism. Fr… Read More
2021-10-05 11:34
Alyssa Mareiro
The social work field is often full of situations that are not straight forward. On a Reddit social media post, a social worker reached out to the social work community for ad… Read More
2021-10-05 10:30
Heather Kough
Audre Lorde famously wrote that “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house,” and in 2020, few passages ring truer. According to the Nat… Read More
2021-10-04 11:38
Mia Hayden
Becoming a social worker is never how I expected my career path to go. I always admired what they did but never believed myself capable of doing it. Now that I am in my graduate p… Read More
2021-10-04 10:30
Garrett Rutledge
On Monday, September 13th, the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) held a webinar entitled Deleting the Broadband Affordability Divide: A Virtual Chat with FCC Acting Ch… Read More
2021-10-01 11:38
Wendy Taylor
Across school districts, students’ grades, scores, and standardized test results indicate a widespread drop in foundational skills, some of the more critical skills affili… Read More
2021-10-01 10:18
Ivana Boyd
“I understand these people. I know they are tired of living here. They have had difficulties. They have no one to help them.” – Chen Si Since the Nanjing Yangtze… Read More
2021-09-30 11:26
Wendy Taylor
As educators and mental health professionals, helping students manage their executive functioning is a critical aspect of building the foundation for academic, social, and emoti… Read More
2021-09-30 10:31
Elspeth Slayter
These days, many social workers are pretty clear that anti-racism is something they need to consistently work on in their practice, but when it comes to ableism, well, that&r&hell…Read More
2021-09-29 11:44
Alyssa Mareiro
It is common for social workers and case managers to have some amount of firsthand experience with the problems their clients face, but what happens when that level of underst… Read More
2021-09-29 10:22
Ivana Boyd
“I don’t know if I did the right thing. Maybe I shouldn’t have.” Power differentials are present within the helping profession and may cause the helpee to… Read More
2021-09-28 11:28
Wendy Taylor
Creating engaging lessons and activities for learning is no easy task. With today’s technology, the Gen Z group has access to the most realistic and stimulating gaming gra… Read More
2021-09-28 10:19
Sarah Daren
Generally, when we think of healthcare, we think of an ever-progressing field that is often one of the first sectors to utilize new technologies and other means of improving pati… Read More
2021-09-27 11:39
Corbin Standley
At the age of 17, I lost my older brother, David, to suicide. As a gay man in his early 20s, David struggled with mental health conditions and social isolation. His loss affe… Read More
2021-09-27 10:36
Kate Chaikovsky
Social work can be an incredibly personal profession- exposing social workers not only to others’ traumas but often forcing them to face triggering experiences from the… Read More
2021-09-24 11:21
Wendy Taylor
As students progress through their education, reading assignments and materials naturally become more intense and time consuming. The literature itself becomes more complex and… Read More
2021-09-24 10:33
SWHELPER
Funding will help increase the number of social workers in areas short on health professionals Sacred Heart University’s School of Social Work recently received a $1… Read More
2021-09-23 11:32
Mary King
Now that unemployment numbers have revealed that women are bearing the brunt of job losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic, discussion of America’s childcare crisis h… Read More
2021-09-23 10:26
Kate Chaikovsky
Back in October of 2020, single father Robert Carter adopted a set of five siblings so that they would never again be separated by the foster care system. Robert became inspi… Read More
2021-09-22 11:25
Maurice Gattis
In 2020, the population of homeless people grew for the fourth year in a row, and a single night count in January of that year revealed 580,000 people were experiencing homele… Read More
2021-09-22 10:46
Mary King
The COVID-19 pandemic powerfully clarified what most families have known for decades: Reliable, quality child care is essential to the round-the-clock functioning of the U.S. econo… Read More
2021-09-21 11:33
Natalie Hengstebeck
American families need help. Years of disinvestment and the pandemic have compounded stressors for families and those responsible for their education and care… Read More
2021-09-21 10:24
Michael Swartz
What will vaccine coverage look like when the world begins to return to normalcy? Expect rising costs, additional fees, and shifting coverage responsibilities.
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2021-09-20 11:48
SWHELPER
The pandemic and a year of virtual schooling had an unexpected benefit for a little girl in Kenya who connected with Girls Who Code at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. “… Read More
2021-09-20 11:00
SWHELPER
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Foundation and the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT) at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School o… Read More
2021-09-20 10:34
SWHELPER
Cities are hubs of human activity, supercharging the exchange of ideas and interactions. Scaling theory has established that, as cities grow larger, they tend to produce more of pre… Read More
2021-08-05 00:38
Dr. Tonya Cross-Hansel
Over the last year and a half, there has been no shortage of media coverage about the mental health implications of the pandemic. Generally, these articles fell into o… Read More
2021-07-16 16:47
Eric Anderson
COVID-19 led to an increase in alcohol consumption. Here's how to encourage Americans to level set.
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2021-06-29 16:05
SWHELPER
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the nation looks at its long, cruel history of systemic racism, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) acknowledges that our profession and th… Read More
2021-03-15 15:01
SWHELPER
In collaboration with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), SWHELPER, a digital publication for social work and helping professionals, will host a three-day Anti-Racism Virtu… Read More
2021-01-07 17:37
Wendy Taylor
The numerous accommodations and modifications that teachers make for students often amount to a lengthy list. These adjustments can involve altering not only instruction but als… Read More
2021-01-04 17:49
Marcyline Bailey
Maybe I am a hopeless romantic, but I believe that workplace environments are akin in many ways to romantic relationships. If we spend the majority of our time in a certain… Read More
2021-01-04 17:06
Wendy Taylor
Distance learning is tedious. Between the emails, Zoom meetings, various portals teachers utilize, and the individual workload of every class, juggling at-home learning during t… Read More
2020-11-10 23:35
Alyssa Mareiro
On August 12, 2020, Gordon Wayne began a 16 day, 550-mile trek from Virginia to Boston College, all on foot. At first glance, Gordon may appear to be an average, middle-class… Read More
2020-11-03 19:03
Praise Iype
Who (or what) comes to your mind when you think about active listening? For me, I think about my girlfriend Jo. She gives her complete attention to my stories, her sole intention… Read More
2020-11-03 05:52
Kay Van Wey
The rapid spread of COVID-19 across the United States caused a serious disruption in the daily lives of most American workers. Although many people are able to work from home, or… Read More
2020-11-02 17:32
Heather Kough
With barely seven weeks left until the 2020 presidential election, talk of voter mobilization has people across the country running hot and cold. Groups like Rock the Vote and… Read More
2020-11-02 16:14
Gracen Vandermeide
On October 7th, 2020, President Donald Trump went head to head against former Vice President Joe Biden, marking the beginning of the election season and the first debate o… Read More
2020-10-30 16:18
Dustin MacDonald
Social workers play many roles. As advocates, change agents, case managers, educators, facilitators, and organizers, Social Workers play an important part in helping people… Read More
2020-10-30 15:16
Garrett Zink
The Sierra Club did something very difficult: it admitted it had a problem. The long-standing conservation organization released a statement acknowledging the prejudices of its… Read More
2020-10-30 15:09
Ivana Boyd
The first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden took place on September 29, 2020. The 90-minute debate featured a series of bitter… Read More
2020-10-26 01:18
Alyssa Mareiro
The first of three presidential debates touched on many hot topics, with President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden having an impassioned debate over the inte… Read More
2020-10-23 14:10
Ivana Boyd
The 116th Congress, the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, is the most racially and ethnically diverse in history. Black, Latinx, A… Read More
2020-10-22 19:53
SWHELPER
We the board of the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers received the stunning news about the change to the Texas Social Work Code of Conduct that “slip… Read More
2020-09-15 11:49
Stephenie Howard
The nation saw an uptick in domestic violence calls in the midst of the pandemic and the shutdown. The convergence of social isolation, economic pressure, and psychological… Read More
2020-09-14 13:56
Bedelia Nicola Richards
Predominantly white institutions of higher education in the United States routinely point to rising enrollments of students of color as evidence of their commitment t… Read More
2020-09-14 08:54
Evoke Care
If you are a social worker, you probably know better than anyone just how much pressure has been put on professionals since the Covid-19 crisis began. It appears that more than 70… Read More
2020-08-30 17:47
Lane Kenworthy
Many Americans with young children want to prioritize both their family and their work. But childcare and preschool can be expensive. For families with incomes below $18,000 w… Read More
2020-08-30 17:35
Evan Crawford
This memo is part of a series on public policy challenges facing San Diego. Click here to read all memos in the series. There are over 10,000 local school distri… Read More
2020-08-30 17:32
Bryan Grady
Traditionally, academics and policymakers have determined whether an individual or family can afford to live somewhere by simply dividing their housing costs by their income. If… Read More
2020-08-27 13:08
National Association of Social Workers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has developed training res… Read More
2020-08-26 16:38
Elspeth Slayter
Conversations about police violence are happening all over the world from the killing of Mr. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Jacob Black and so many other Black, Indigenous, an… Read More
2020-08-26 13:30
National Association of Social Workers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) enthusiastically endorses Joe Biden for president in 2020. During his n… Read More
2020-08-13 04:07
Marian Lindberg
When it comes to Covid-19, unlike manliness, different approaches can be measured objectively by numbers of cases and deaths. By that measure, the heads of state who imposed… Read More
2020-08-13 02:03
Munjal Shah
Just as technology has transformed just about every industry imaginable, it has also sparked changes in healthcare. Among many revolutionary shifts in the field, it led to the cr… Read More
2020-07-15 16:17
Editor-in-Chief
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2020-06-08 20:27
University of Central Florida
Sponsored Article Teen substance abuse and addiction to drugs are all too dangerous epidemics occurring across the United States. The most recent national… Read More
2020-06-05 19:21
Wendy Taylor
Distance learning is now the norm, at least for the remainder of this school year and for summer school. Now that many students, teachers, and communities have somewhat adapted… Read More
2020-06-05 19:12
Melinda Gonzalez
At this time of uncertainty, it remains crucial that social workers are reminded of the importance of their roles in communities, legislation, and in their profession. After… Read More
2020-06-04 21:57
Editor-in-Chief
It is with great sadness that NASW announces the passing of former CEO Elizabeth “Betsy” Clark, PhD, MPH, ACSW. On behalf of NASW’s Board of Directors, staf… Read More
2020-05-26 19:11
Paul Perry
We’re all public health nerds now, and many of us have stepped up our games when it comes to washing our hands and sanitizing surfaces at home. With all the added stressors… Read More
2020-05-23 19:31
SWHELPER
As a profession, social workers are advocates. We’re led by values of social justice, the advancement of the vulnerable, and promotion of dignity and basic rights for all. In… Read More
2020-05-22 06:08
SWHELPER
The Tourette Association of America (TAA), the premier national nonprofit organization serving the Tourette Syndrome (TS) and Tic Disorder community, will host a series of virtual e… Read More
2020-05-22 05:07
SWHELPER
On May 15, 2020, Rep. Karen Bass, co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, and Rep. Gwen Moore will introduce the Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth A… Read More
2020-05-06 17:25
Paul Perry
At difficult times like these, Fred Rogers followed his mother’s sage advice: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, &l&hell…Read More
2020-05-06 17:25
At difficult times like these, Fred Rogers followed his mother’s sage advice: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look f… Read More
2020-05-06 16:17
Many states have policies that attempt to help formerly incarcerated people find work by limiting an employer’s ability to access or use criminal records as part of the hiring process… Read More
2020-05-06 15:44
COVID-19 has proven to be a worldwide tragedy. Four billion people are now under orders to stay at home. As of this writing, nearly two million individuals have tested positive worldwide for… Read More
2020-04-24 19:09
The Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading disability rights organization, published a new white paper which offers recommendations to help health policymakers make decisions to ensure the li… Read More
2020-04-24 18:33
SWHELPER
Participant, the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires audiences to engage in positive social change, launched the Care For The People Who Care For You camp… Read More
2020-04-24 18:33
Participant, the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires audiences to engage in positive social change, today launched the Care For The People Who Care For You&nb&hell…Read More
2020-04-24 18:05
By: Andrea Murray, MSW, LICSW The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has transformed every aspect of our lives over just a few weeks. The ethical dilemmas that have emerged would have bee… Read More
2020-04-10 23:09
Social distancing has become the new urgency for different industries, sectors and corporations around the world. The creative challenge is to figure out how each of us will shape the nature… Read More
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