For more than two decades varied models of school-linked services and school–family–community partnerships have been advanced with the goal of improving the educational, developmental, mental health, health, and social outcomes for children and families. In a recent...
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The Impact of School-Based Volunteering on Social Capital and Self- and Collective Efficacy among Low-Income Mothers
For more than two decades varied models of school-linked services and school–family–community partnerships have been advanced with the goal of improving the educational, developmental, mental health, health, and social outcomes for children and families. In a recent...
NASW Observes October as Domestic Violence Month
Social workers, domestic violence advocates, health care providers, law enforcement, survivors, and others across the nation have come together in their communities to raise public awareness about domestic violence. In October 1981, the observance of domestic violence...
Stand Up and Take Action to End Poverty
On these days, millions of people all around the world will take part in a united action of standing up in support of the end of poverty and the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals. Social workers can play a key role on this day, as they do every day...
Court Victory in Montana: Kulstad v. Maniaci
The Montana Supreme Court issued an opinion earlier this week in a case where NASW earlier filed an amicus brief. The case concerned the parenting rights of individuals in same-sex relationships. NASW had filed an amicus brief supporting recognition of the parent-...
Honesty is Best: Who Gets the Kids in Child Custody Cases
Ken Lewis, author of Child Custody Evaluations: Understanding the Five Stages of Custody (NASW Press) is quoted in a recent article on the Michael Jackson Custody Case on www.lifescript.com. From: Michael Jackson Custody Case: Who Gets the Kids? By Fran Golden,...
Financial Planning Gets Personal: NASW Associate Counsel Quoted
Financial Planning Gets Personal at SmartMoney.com Source: www.smartmoney.com More financial planners are playing counselor with their clients. "Sherri Morgan, associate counsel for the National Association of Social Workers, says putting too many emotions on the...
Safford Unified School District v. Redding: NASW brief was cited by the Supreme Court
NASW's brief was cited by the Supreme Court in the decision on Safford Unified School District v. Redding. "Savana’s subjective expectation of privacy against such a search is inherent in her account of it as embarrassing,frightening, and humiliating. The...