The 13th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies, including those adopted and revised by the
NASW Delegate Assembly in 2024. The Delegate Assembly, NASW’s key policymaking body, meets every three years. The policy statements set the parameters for NASW’s positions and actions on a broad range of public policy and professional issues.
Social Work Speaks is a reference tool that represents the collective thinking of thousands of social workers across all fields of practice. This user-friendly resource can assist in developing organizational responses to policy issues, conducting policy analysis, and working in advocacy coalitions. The 13th edition includes updated policy statements on a wide range of topics, including affirmative action, electoral politics, end-of-life decision making, healthcare, LGBTQIA2S+ issues, social justice, and youth suicide.
Have you wondered how to channel your passion for change into not only your professional success but also a lasting legacy? Social workers,
often referred to as “agents of change,” join the profession with the intention of making the world a better place. However, most social workers do not learn a systematic approach to fostering change in their own career advancement.
By focusing on your personal and professional growth, you can build a legacy that extends beyond immediate impacts, ensuring that your contributions endure and inspire future generations of social workers, clients, and communities. The Social Work Career Guidebook: How to Land Your Ideal Job and Build a Legacy, by Jennifer Luna, Cindy Snell, and Michelle Woods, will provide you with useful tools and inspiration for every stage of your social work career journey. Earn CEUs with this book.
Social work field instruction is evolving rapidly, particularly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Work Field Instruction in 
Modern Practice: A Handbook, edited by Samuel B. Little, Laura L. Loessner, and Mirian E. Ofonedu, serves as an innovative resource for directors of field education, faculty liaisons, field instructors, task supervisors, and other professionals whose responsibilities are to prepare students for their roles after graduation.
Drawing from experiences across the spectrum of field education placements, the authors endeavor to modernize and unify best practices in the field by elevating the conversation around inclusivity, adapting the latest technological advances, and harnessing the workforce development potential of social work field education to move the profession toward meeting the Grand Challenges for Social Work.
Since the earliest days of social work practice, social workers have dealt with environmental issues, advocating alongside diverse populations to address disproportionate environmental impacts on systemically marginalized populations including those
living in poverty, populations of color, persons with disabilities, and women. In the face of the accelerating climate crisis, social workers must proactively engage with clients and communities and respond to the growing impacts of environmental injustices.
Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy, edited by Rachel Forbes and Kelly Smith, answers that call with chapters that include theoretical frameworks and innovative tools. In this comprehensive text, the authors take a justice-centered approach as they draw on case examples to elevate multicultural and intergenerational perspectives spanning from local to global contexts. The book encourages readers to consider how simultaneously protecting the planet while meeting the historical aims of the profession advances the values and ethical mandates social workers abide by. Earn CEUs with this book.
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Did You Know . . .
You can earn continuing education credits by reading select NASW Press books via the NASW Social Work Online CE Institute—including titles noted above. Topics range from early childhood education and care, ecosocial work, economic well-being, mentoring women for leadership, and social work ethics to burnout, self-care, and meditation, social work career guidance and field work, digital practice, and social entrepreneurship to name a few. Visit the NASW Press website to learn more about the full list of books offered and how to participate.
