Social Work Practice

NASW Supports Gun Violence Prevention in Schools

NASW Supports Gun Violence Prevention in Schools

April Ferguson LCSW-C, Senior Practice Associate: Children and Adolescents In October 2024, NASW Senior Practice Associate, April Ferguson,  participated in the Center for American Progress 10th National Gun Violence Prevention Summit as a panelist in a morning...

What’s it Like Being on the Front Lines of a Pandemic?

What’s it Like Being on the Front Lines of a Pandemic?

Social workers tell us how they’re helping others By Aliah D. Wright Across the nation and around the world, social workers are continuing to help clients—despite great risk the pandemic poses to themselves and their families. The National Association of Social...

How to Make Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Routine

How to Make Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Routine

By Takia Richardson, LICSW, LCSW, NASW Senior Practice Associate, Behavioral Health, and Diana Ling, Outreach Program Coordinator, Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin Alcohol screening and...

Balancing “Essential” With Safe and Ethical During COVID-19

April 3, 2020 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 affecting the social work profession and the...