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Tuesday, Apr 4 at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT This webinar is completely free and registrants will receive a recorded video of the presentation! Register Now! Did you know April 4th is Equal Pay Day? Most people …
The Westcoast Children’s Clinic offers a series of podcasts called “Child Sex Trafficking: Who is for sale and at what cost?” Here you can access episode 2, “Five Vantage Points”: http://www.westcoastcc.org/episode-2-five-vantage-points/ By Christie Renick This post Podcast: Five Vantage Points appeared ...
March is social work month. While the month celebrates the contributions and hard work of social workers across the nation, it also provides the opportunity to clarify what it means to be a social worker. There is often a misconception …
It’s become a social work tradition to do a top list of things I wish I had known, or things I’ve learned in various aspects of my social work career. For a full list, please check out: 5 Things I …
How is the world real? What is its composition? Is it found or created? What are its limits? What is the connection between our behavior and our world(s)? The early Wittgenstein and the late Peter Ossorio worked it out this …
People who suffer from depression often feel as though nothing matters any more. It is as if life has become so difficult or painful that they just want to be cut off from it. And yet, ironically, it is generally …
For seniors that lack mobility, it can be rather lonely. Not being able to just get up and go when you feel that desire to get outdoors, go socialize, and run errands can be frustrating and even depressing. This is …
Too often we hear stories of the elderly falling victim to scams, abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. Like the young, the elderly are targets when it comes to those willing to abuse others for their own gain. Abuse can come …
One California state senator thinks it might. Pain patients and researchers? Not so much. When Anne Fuqua was a teenager she came down with a rare neurological disorder that caused her muscles to involuntarily twist, contort and spasm. She compared …
Despite a large number of individuals passionately protecting individuals from injustices in the society, one group of people worries that they will always be vulnerable targets. Obese people have had to accept social stigma as part of their lives.
