Social Work Advocates is accepting submissions for the magazine’s Viewpoints section, which helps readers understand developments in the social work profession, why they are important, and how to get involved. If you are a current NASW member and have a topic you’re...
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Social Work Advocates Magazine: Call for ‘Viewpoints’ Article Submissions
Social Work Advocates magazine is accepting submissions for the Viewpoints column from current NASW members.
Where Are the Men? Addressing the Gender Imbalance in the Social Work Profession
Learn Why it is Important that More Men Become Social Workers
There’s No Place Like Home at the End of Life
“There is a growing recognition that a hospital death may be over-medicalized, impersonal, noisy, and isolating,” Myra Glajchen of the MJHS Institute
Targeting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: What It Means for Social Work Education
By Sue Coyle, MSW When NM*, a lecturer at a school of social work in the Midwest, was a graduate student, she says there was not a place for her and other students to go with their concerns, to feel seen and heard. “With the issues that I experienced belonging to a...
Integrating Mind and Body: Somatic Therapy offers Holistic Approach for Patients and Practitioners
For those looking for something additional or different from talk therapy, there are other modalities
Shaping Positive Outcomes for Children of Divorce
By Maren Dale Divorce is far more than a legal event—it’s an upheaval that reshapes the lives of everyone involved. For children of divorcing parents, it can bring feelings of confusion, loss and even self-blame as their family dynamic shifts in ways they cannot...
A Climate of Fear: Undocumented Immigrants and the Trump Administration
By Jaimie Seaton In his Jan. 20 inaugural address for his second term, President Donald J. Trump said, "I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.” Within hours of taking the oath of office, Trump declared that migrant...