Social Work Archive
Understandably, but sometimes incorrectly, families of mentally ill patients think that because serious medical conditions are best treated at a hospital, serious mental health issues are also best treated in the same fashion, at residential facilities or in an out-patient …
Confusions and uncertainty in sexual feeling and identity: the good, the bad, and the ugly.The solution for those who do raise such questions is not to find an answer (there isn't any to be found) but to outgrow the inclination …
How can you help your clients formulate financial goals which empower them to achieve financial wellbeing? It’s simple. You share the simple, but highly-effective, S.M.A.R.T goals method with them. As professionals, we may take the importance of goal-setting for …
By Holden Slattery When New York state school psychologists were tested on their ability to detect child maltreatment and their likelihood to report it to child protection authorities, many displayed knowledge deficits and a reluctance to report. This led Farleigh …
*This article was originally published during Social Work Month 2013. The Network For Professional Social Work remains a strong organization so we thought it prudent to revisit it.* March was NASW’s Social Work month and SJS participated by promoting the …
A California-based policy shop is asking for a $30 million expansion of the state’s transitional housing program to serve homeless youth and older foster youth with extra challenges. The John Burton Foundation sent a letter to California Assembly Budget Subcommittee Chair …
by Chuck Jackson Positive youth development (PYD) is the paramount responsibility of all who work in education, after school programs, juvenile justice, treatment, and community programs in North America and abroad. The establishment of universally recognized outcome measures, applicable across …
It is important to recognize the contributions of those who strove for societal progress before us. As an MSW program dedicated to celebrating social justice and cultural diversity, SocialWork@Simmons is proud to honor five major pioneers in social work history. …
Like all great stories I felt it was time to develop this into a trilogy, who knows, maybe we’ll make it a yearly tradition…prequels perhaps? For those of you who aren’t aware, this is Social Work month! A month where …
There is a sense of hopelessness in the world; this understanding that the problems are too large and the people too small. Everyone seems to “know” that there will always be corruption, greed, and hatred. Everyone except one somewhat obscure …