Social Work Practice

Celebrate National Women’s Health Week May 12-18

Celebrate National Women’s Health Week May 12-18

National Women's Health Week—May 12-18—is a reminder for all women to take care of themselves and to make their personal health a priority. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health created National Women's Health Week, now in its 20th...

Meet NASW’s CE Tracker

You’ve spoken, and we’ve listened. We’ve heard time and time again how hard it is to keep track of all the state mandated requirements for your license renewal, so we’ve created something that will make the process easier. Meet  CE Tracker. CE Tracker is an online...

Engage at Every Age: Older Americans Month 2018

Engage at Every Age: Older Americans Month 2018

By Chris Herman, MSW, LICSW Senior Practice Associate–Aging, NASW May 11, 2018 NASW is celebrating Older Americans Month (OAM) in May. Established in 1963 and coordinated by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), OAM celebrates the role of older adults within...

Biblio/poetry therapy used in numerous settings

Biblio/poetry therapy used in numerous settings

By Alison Laurio, News contributor Humans understood the power of words to heal long before they could write them. The holy men of primitive peoples chanted poetry for the good of their tribes and its members. Later in human history, in the fourth millennium B.C. in...

Study shows large number of children exposed to alcohol before birth

Study shows large number of children exposed to alcohol before birth

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is a partner with the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) on a campaign to raise awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and reduce incidences of children being exposed to alcohol while in the...