By Jaimie Seaton Ask a room full of people if cannabis is safe or addictive, medically helpful or harmful, and you’ll get myriad answers. Some will swear medical marijuana is the only thing that relieves their pain, some will say all cannabis is unsafe and others will...
By Jaimie Seaton Ask a room full of people if cannabis is safe or addictive, medically helpful or harmful, and you’ll get myriad answers. Some will swear medical marijuana is the only thing that relieves their pain, some will say all cannabis is unsafe and others will...
The belief that dementia is a normal part of the aging process is simply not true.
When Robin Arndt was a freshman at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he met with a social work professor. After a one-hour conversation where Arndt discussed his interests and aspirations, he said he left knowing he was going to be a social worker. “I gained a...
In case you missed it, here are some of the features in the latest issue of Social Work Advocates. Top stories include: Roe Provided Autonomy, Self-Determination: Privacy Rights May Prove Vital Since Court Overturned Abortion Law The Supreme Court's decision to...
The NASW Specialty Practice Sections webinar, Words with Friends: The Nexus Between Grant Writing and Social Work, provides an overview of grant writing strategies and techniques with emphasis on the written narrative portion of proposals for funding. It is available...
Ryan Estes, LCSW, LCAS, treasurer and compliance officer for the NASW national board of directors, is one of 15 leaders selected for the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship®. The people selected for the fellowship will spend 21 months working...
By Paul R. Pace Prior to coming to the United States, Bisrat Abebe, director of Region I of the NASW national board of directors, spent several years studying philosophy and theology in a Catholic seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “When I started an MSW program at...