How Social Workers Can Make a Difference Binge drinking and heavy alcohol use during pregnancy have increased over the past decade, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. In fact, from 2011 to 2020, binge drinking among pregnant women increased nearly 9...
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September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
How Social Workers Can Make a Difference Binge drinking and heavy alcohol use during pregnancy have increased over the past decade, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. In fact, from 2011 to 2020, binge drinking among pregnant women increased nearly 9...
NASW New York City Chapter on Trump election
Candida Brooks-Harrison, LCSW President Bob Schachter, DSW Executive Director NASW-NYC Statement on the Outcome of the Presidential Election 2016 Perspectives from Our Collective Past, Present & Future November 10, 2016 NASW-NYC leads...
NASW Iowa statement on shooting deaths of police officers Justin Martin and Anthony “Tony” Beminio
The National Association of Social Workers Iowa Chapter (NASW Iowa) condemns the killing of two local police officers in apparent ambush-style shootings and will continue its work with police and community organizations to improve the relationship between law...
Social workers have roles in community policing efforts
By Alison Laurio, News contributor A 15-year-old girl with autism spectrum disorder became lost in Naperville, Ill., in July. Her parents had been working with her, and she had successfully been going outside alone, walking up and down the block where she lives. She...
NASW member invited to White House hackathon
NASW member Ruby Guillen was invited to participate in the first-ever White House foster care and technology hackathon in late May. Guillen, who was in foster care, is a fatal and severe child abuse and community violence technologist, researcher and analyst in the...
NASW participates in global meetings in Seoul, Korea
By Paul R. Pace, News staff NASW again participated in the global meeting of the professional social work and social development association – the International Federation of Social Workers, or IFSW. Meetings from June 22-26 were in conjunction with the biennial World...
In aftermath of North Carolina, Oklahoma shootings NASW calls for policing reforms
National Association of Social Workers Statement on Police Shootings in North Carolina, Oklahoma: In what seems to be an unending national dilemma, the country is again grappling with the shooting deaths of black men during encounters with law enforcement officers. In...