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...
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...
April’s Mom: Blogger Baby Hoax Writer Beccah Beushausen is NOT a professional social worker
Blogger Baby Hoax Writer Beccah Beushausen is NOT a professional social worker. Social workers say she is a young woman in pain who needs professional help with her grief. In response to a June 12 article in the Chicago Tribune and a related Associated Press story...
Social Work in the News – June 4, 2009
Dear Babs: College major for a wannabe therapist? - Kansas City Star - 6/4/09 "Another way to be a therapist is to get your Masters in Social Work, or MSW. A person with a MSW can set up private practice as a therapist, but cannot prescribe medication. These...
NASW’s Legal Counsel, Carolyn Polowy was quoted in today’s USA Today article on school strip searches
From "Strip search review tests limits of school drug policy” USA Today, April 16, 2009 “The National Association of Social Workers — joined by the National Education Association, the National Association of School Psychologists, the American Society for Adolescent...
Hallmark debuts movie about a brave social worker during the Holocaust
“The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler” is based on the true story of a social worker who saved 2,500 Jewish children during the German occupation of Poland.
Social Work in the News – April 7, 2009
Source: Google News Anna Leski of Sparta seeks job in social work The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark, NJ It allows me to focus on growth and life without the emotional ties associated with social work. What Im reading: "Our Life in Gardens," by Joe Eck and ... Social...