Substance use during pregnancy is common: about 1 in 7 pregnant people drink alcohol, 1 in 20 binge drink, and 4 in 10 of those who drink also use other substances, most frequently tobacco and cannabis. January is Birth Defects Awareness Month, a call to action for...
Substance use during pregnancies is more common than you think
Faith-Based and Secular Meditation: Everyday and Posttraumatic Applications by Raymond Monsour Scurfield Drawing on his 40+ years of meditation practice, experience as a Vietnam veteran, and decades of psychotherapy work with his clients, Ray Scurfield demonstrates...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on April 13 made a momentous decision to indefinitely pause the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. The action was triggered by reports...
By Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSWand Rebecca Koppel, MSW, MPHNASW is proud to endorse the Core Competencies for Frontline Complex Care Providers created by the National Center for Complex Health & Social Needs. The Competencies were developed by a working group of diverse...
The NASW Press is pleased to announce CEUs are now offered for reading seven of its titles, all of which are on sale for 20% off during Social Work Month. Visit the CEUs section on our website for more information. The new Social Work Speaks also is among the many...
Special Edition in honor of Social Work Month February 26, 2021 About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on the range of issues...
NASW asked social workers to tell us about the essential work they’ve been doing throughout the pandemic. Here are just a few of their stories.