Youth suicide rates have consistently risen over the past decade, and stigma related to mental health may create a barrier to young people seeking help. Schools are a common intercept point for mental health and suicide prevention programming. In the latest Children...
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Reducing Suicide-Related Stigma through Peer-to-Peer School-Based Suicide Prevention Programming
Youth suicide rates have consistently risen over the past decade, and stigma related to mental health may create a barrier to young people seeking help. Schools are a common intercept point for mental health and suicide prevention programming. In the latest Children...
Webinar: The Therapeutic Role of Animals in the Lives of Children
The Therapeutic Role of Animals in the Lives of Children Thursday, April 6, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET Credit Hours: 1.5 Social Work contact hours of CEs Presenter: Philip Tedeschi, LCSW Moderator(s): Dina Kastner, MSS, MLSP What do we know about the therapeutic...
Webinar on Supervision, Self-reflection, and Self-care
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 The 3 S's: Supervision, Self-reflection, and Self-care 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET Credit Hours: 1.5 Social Work Contact Hour CEU Presenter: • Dottie Greene, PhD, LCSW, LCAS, Moderator(s): • Dina Kastner,...
Member makes a difference for flood victims
NASW member Reia Chapman, who runs her own practice in Charlotte, N.C., volunteered with the American Red Cross for its disaster mental health services team in Lafayette, La., helping victims of the region’s historic flooding. “I do a lot of community-based organizing...
World AIDS Day 2016
On December 1, 2016, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation recognizing World AIDS Day. He stated that “by shining a light on this issue and educating more communities about the importance of testing and treatment, we have saved and improved lives. Although we...
Teachers’ Reports of Outreach to School-Based Providers of Mental Health Services following the 2013 Boston Marathon Attack
On April 15, 2013, two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in downtown Boston that injured over 260 runners and spectators and killed three spectators, including an eight-year-old boy. In the days that followed, residents in the Boston...
Older Americans Month 2016: Blaze a Trail
Posted May 5, 2016 Older Americans Month: A Time to Celebrate Each May, NASW joins organizations across the United States in celebrating Older Americans Month (OAM). Begun in 1963 and currently led by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), the observance...