CAPTA Reauthorization Bill Signed Into Law On December 20, President Obama signed into law the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Reauthorization Act of 2010 (CAPTA), formerly S. 3817. The law promotes the use of differential response in child protective services,...
Month: January 2011
News from the Hill – January 2011
CAPTA Reauthorization Bill Signed Into Law On December 20, President Obama signed into law the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Reauthorization Act of 2010 (CAPTA), formerly S. 3817. The law promotes the use of differential response in child protective services,...
Immigration Comments in the State of the Union Address
During the State of the Union Address, the President reiterated his deep commitment to addressing and fixing our nation’s broken immigration system. To read more, go: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/01/27/immigration-winning-future NASW is also committed to...
Military Suicides Increase: How You Can Help
Recently, it was reported that for the second consecutive year, the United States has lost more troops to suicide than combat. This news comes on the heels of a guide for military families issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs that focuses on mental health. ...
NASW to hold Health Care Reform and Beyond: Limits and Possibilities of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Teleconference
On Monday, January 31, 2011, from 1:00-2:00pm Eastern Time, NASW is hosting a teleconference on Health Care Reform with Stephen Gorin, PhD, Executive Director of the NASW New Hampshire Chapter. The moderator for the call is Dina Kastner, NASW Senior Field Organizer....
Online manuscript submission and peer-review system
The NASW Press ispleased to announce the launch of our new, entirely online manuscript submission and peer-review system. Of our peer-reviewed journal Web sites, those for Children & Schools and Health & Social Work are now live. The journals Social Work and...
Middle School Girls Speak Out about Girl Fighting
The phenomenon of girl fighting has piqued scholarly and popular interest in recent years, and yet few have studied the factors that contribute to the problem. Recently a group of social work researchers decided to investigate girl fighting by interviewing several...
Reconciling Paternalism and Empowerment in Clinical Practice: An Intersubjective Perspective
Through its history as an organized profession, social work has worked under two competing models or philosophies: paternalism and empowerment. But perhaps a third model will provide a more comprehensive view for client care and empowerment. In “Reconciling...