Social Work Archive
This is a live event – you are invited – on July 14, 2016 – Bastille Day – from 6:00 to 7;30 PM at the Gleacher Center of the Graham School (UChicago) at 450 Cityfront Plaza Drive (Chicago, IL 60611) …
Young people aged 12 to 20 account for 11 percent of all alcohol consumed in the United States, and more than 90 percent of this consumption is binge drinking.
The recent study, “Foster Parent Strategies to Support the Functional Adaptation of Foster Youth” aims to shed light on practices that foster families have implemented to help a foster child successfully transition into a new home. Authors Annette Semanchin Jones, …
Consider two approaches to working with troubled children and families. Approach #1 is embodied in a paragraph from a column in The Chronicle in which the author cites what she sees as barriers to working with children in foster care: …
Thursday, June 30 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! Many of the skills and talents of mental health and human …
The U.S. family foster care program dates back over 150 years. Known as the father of foster care, a young minister – Charles Loring Brace – was horrified by the thousands of orphaned and destitute European immigrant children he found roaming …
Substance Use Among Teens Is Never Benign By Kathleen Meyers | May 31, 2016 Each year at prom and graduation time, many families allow alcohol use at celebratory parties for their underage children with the view that they will be …
Using a financial success process to help you reach your financial goals and create a better financial future for yourself and your family is a smart, proactive approach to financial behavioral change. Many people want to be successful – financial …
It’s hard enough growing up in the world even with a supportive family and plenty of access to resources. Can you imagine how difficult the journey must be for homeless and high-risk youth? Each individual youth has their own complex …
In breaking financial social work news, the Center for Financial Social Work’s founder, Reeta Wolfsohn, will deliver a presentation at the 2016 NASW National Conference Leading Change / Transforming Lives. You are invited to join Reeta Wolfsohn in Washington, …
