By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW This fall, I have returned to the classroom as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University and, as I have done so, I’m faced with students eager to become social workers. In part, I believe, it is because social...
This fall, I have returned to the classroom as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University and, as I have done so, I’m faced with students eager to become social workers.
Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH As part of our delegation trip to Cairo, we visited the Children's Cancer Center which opened in 2007. It is a state-of-the-art center that is a flagship facility for the Middle East. It has 182 inpatient beds, 10 ICU beds, 22...
Hello from Egypt, Each year, as part of our Social Workers Across Nations (SWAN) program, NASW leads a delegation of social workers to a different country. Our goal is to further understand the role of social work in various countries and to look at similarities,...
The Montana Supreme Court issued an opinion earlier this week in a case where NASW earlier filed an amicus brief. The case concerned the parenting rights of individuals in same-sex relationships. NASW had filed an amicus brief supporting recognition of the parent-...
A major responsibility for the council is to review and make recommendations regarding grant applications. By Paul R. Pace, NASW News Staff - Vol. 54, No. 9, October 2009 NASW member W. June Simmons, CEO of the Partners in Care Foundation, has been appointed to the...
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC), through scholarship and loan repayment programs, helps Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in the U.S. obtain a sufficient number of fully qualified medical, dental, and mental health providers essential to meet their...
Mirean Coleman, MSW, LICSW, CT September 2009 NASW would like to hear from clinical social workers and others who have encountered problems in providing mental health services to Medicare beneficiaries who are actively receiving home health care services under...