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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 …
Much of the noise coming out of the nation’s capital over the course of Donald J. Trump’s nascent presidency has to do with protecting the country from external enemies who want to lethally harm our citizens. One of the first …
Thursday, Mar 9 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! Our children live in a financial landscape that has been transformed …
Yesterday I published my assessment of how the 12 Grand Challenges for Social Work is evolving into something very special and I encouraged readers to view the January 30th webinar featuring one of the 12 networks, Building Financial Capability and …
Too many veteran social workers, caregivers, and mental health professionals lower their expectations of the young people within their influence. Of course, it’s important to start where the young person is, but too often the brokenness of the young person …
The clown show has already stopped being funny. With less than two weeks in the White House, the Trump Administration has displayed a level of dysfunction rarely seen among people charged with governing the most powerful nation on the planet. …
Social work researchers gathered in New Orleans last week for the 21st annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) bracing for the impending presidency of Donald J. Trump and mindful that his administration will bring challenges …
Pam Keller, FCNI MentorVoice of a Community Partner I have always loved working with children and I hope that I have some positive impact in their lives. I knew that I had a great volunteer opportunity when I read the …
Let’s take a quick break from looking at beauty products and the latest hairstyles to try to talk about something I find close to my heart: the teens in our communities.