A Matter of Speaking: For Social Workers, How To Give a Presentation With...
Regardless of your social work practice area, professional presentation skills are a must. Yet, 75% of people are afraid of public speaking.
View ArticleDialogues on Gun Violence: The Role of Social Work Values and Principles
As we approach conversations on gun violence, we need to keep in mind social work values of integrity, respect, human relationships, and competence.
View ArticleSocial Work, Inc.: How Benefit Corporations Grow Your Business With Social...
There are a number of reasons for social workers to consider incorporating as a benefit corporation. Benefit corporations must be committed to creating a public benefit in addition to generating a profit.
View ArticleClinical Intersections: Grief, Trauma, and Complex Trauma - 5 Questions &...
The more we use the word trauma to describe the sequelae from psychological stressors, the more we lose the nuance around ways trauma can show up and make itself known. These questions and answers...
View ArticleWhen Parents Cannot Let Go: Insights Highlighted by the College Admissions...
The college admissions scandal brings attention to a pervasive issue - that of parents' inability to understand the importance of letting go. This article looks at six detrimental parenting patterns...
View ArticleSelf-Care A-Z: Black Women and Self-Care
Perpetuating the “strong black woman” message is unrealistic and problematic. By internalizing it, I was unknowingly stripping myself of the opportunity to be vulnerable, acknowledge my needs, and take...
View ArticleBig Problems, Big Solutions, Big Data: A Defense of the Use of Predictive...
Although artificial intelligence is not yet a perfect answer, it offers us a tool to solve systemic problems within child welfare. CCWIS and big data offer us a tool to create a modern, impactful, and...
View ArticleDays In the Lives of Social Workers
Days in the Lives of Social Workers, 5th edition, allows you to take a close-up look at real-life days of 62 professional social workers as they share their stories. Join them on their journeys, and...
View ArticleClinical Intersections: Becoming Visible
I had gender affirming surgery while working in an environment that respects and celebrates this step for me. In disclosing this part of my journey to my clients, I made a decision to enter the...
View ArticleThe HBO Film “Foster”: Vulnerable Children, Social Work Grit, Impossible Odds
A 2-hour documentary that premiered May 7, 2019, during National Foster Care Awareness Month, the film "Foster" centers on the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the largest...
View ArticleTo New Social Work Grads: Welcome to the Fold, We Need You Now More Than Ever
Let me tell you what I know at this exact moment, as a social worker who loves this work and loves this world and is really worried about everything. I know this might hurt a little, but I think it...
View ArticleSelf-Care A-Z: Home-Making as Self-Care
What does "home" mean to you? Is your home a space that is consistent with your self-care needs? What are you grateful for, and what would you like to change about your home?
View ArticleBook Review: Teaching Social Work With Digital Technology
Book review of Teaching Social Work With Digital Technology.
View ArticleIs Practicing Civility Enough During Times of Strife: A Reminder of Social...
The NASW Code of Ethics encourages social workers to combat isms, discrimination, oppression, and violence. Social workers need to see practicing civility as only a minimum in a range of social justice...
View ArticleSelf-Care A-Z: Revising “The Giving Tree” and Other Stories, Self-Care Style
“Re-storying” is an aspect of the narrative approach that I’ve appreciated for many years. Here, I share an example - a re-storying of Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree - and invite you to share in...
View ArticleWhat About Us? The Mental Health of Social Workers
The more we talk about being in the same sea as our clients, the more we can demystify the stigma around mental illness that keeps all of us from building the robust teams we need to continue our work...
View ArticleBeyond Colorblindness: Addressing Racial Trauma and Racial Bias in Social Work
Addressing racial trauma directly with clients, validating the trauma response, and continual self-reflection on our own biases best serves our clients and our profession as a whole.
View ArticleSay “L, Yeah” to the World Health Organization’s Growing Recognition of Burnout
The World Health Organization recently declared burnout as an “occupational phenomenon.” This recognition gives legitimacy to the move toward self-care as a means to address this phenomenon Social...
View ArticleSelf-Care A-Z: What’s Love Got To Do With It? Listening to Lizzo About Self-Care
What's love got to do with self-care? Lizzo is a rapper/musician who combines flute and feminism. She’s getting increasing accolades, with the release of her album, “Cuz I Love You.” Her story has many...
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