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Happy election day! We want to offer a place for our users to give feedback throughout the day. Please share you’re thoughts, and please vote! Let’s start simple, who are you voting for and why?
Let’s set this election day off to a somewhat amusing tone and talk again about the Swing state of New Hampshire. Since 1960 the town of Dixville Notch, which has 10 registered voters and a voting record of 100% participation, …
Submitted by Kristin Lee Johnson: In the winter of 1999-2000 I had been a child protection social worker for nearly six years, and I felt I was beginning to develop some wisdom about my (somewhat) chosen career. I had survived …
Post Submitted by Victoria Brewster, MSW This is a huge issue facing social workers in the U.S. and Canada; licensure/certification for professional social workers. Many posts are up on Linkedin along with others sites and blogs that focus on this issue. …
Post Submitted by Chelsey O’Hare: I was just reading about Evidenced Based Practice and I can see why it’s controversial in social work practice. From my understanding it seems too stringent and bureaucratic. It’s as if we have to conform …
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Ah club drugs, the new psychopharmacology frontier. It was only a matter of time before the mental health profession became aware that recreational drugs could unlock some doors into alternative treatments. Â To be completely honest, I think some in the …
In the article “Denver Schools’ Rebellion not the One They Wanted” The Washington Times discusses some verbiage that was recently added to the teacher-assessment criteria in the Denver, Colorado School District which has causes quite an outcry. The wording would determine …
I found this a while back. I don;t have a clue what it means, but I think it is fitting for a midnight post: “Moving through the world half blind. Only catching a glimpse of the plan. Words are …
Lately, quite by accident I think, SJS writers have been writing about apathy, empathy and compassion. One interesting thread has come about during those discussion. Is it possible to train in compassion? Lo and behind, I come a across an …
