Social Work Archive
The ‘Things I’ve learned’ chronicles have become a social work month tradition. It began as amusing anecdotes to things I saw that seemed ironic given the nature of our profession. From that, it has grown to what seems to be …
In a previous post to the NCCPR Child Welfare blog, I discussed how actual experts on substance abuse keep pleading with reporters not to make the same mistakes in covering the opioid epidemic that they made covering the crack epidemic – …
Photo by Andrey Popov | Dreamstime.com “Social Work is the art of listening and the science of hope”- unknown March is social work month. While the month celebrates the contributions and hard work of social workers across the nation, …
The Trump administration has brought in Jerry Milner, who helped develop the federal child welfare review process, to serve as the acting commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). The agency is a branch of the broader …
Euthanasia is not a topic of everyday conversation. Understandably. There are many barriers. But, Nikki Gemmell’s account of her mother’s suicide left me feeling urgent about the need to break taboos. Secrecy appears a poor choice, but how do you …
PHOTO BY © Tamas Panczel - Eross | Dreamstime.comCatherine came to see me when her son was four-months old. She was suffering from postpartum anxiety. She tearfully told me how everything was going wrong. She described feelings of guilt …
In early February, the National Foster Care Youth and Alumni Policy Council hosted a webinar on its most recent policy focus on preventing unnecessary removal of children from their families.... By Kim Phagan-Hansel This post Former Foster Youth Share Findings …
Photo by © Ababaka | Dreamstime.com As a new mother, you are prepared for tons of dirty diapers, multiple loads of laundry, middle of the night feedings, and many new responsibilities that come with parenting. But are you prepared …
Something you have no control over is one of the most significant factors that could kill you. More than 250,000 people die every year in the United States due to medical errors, reports the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal). …
If you think that you won’t be playing a major role in helping avoid some very serious diseases by working as a dental assistant, you are so very wrong. Check out the best-dentalassistantschools.com in Arizona, for example, to get you …
