NASW Blogs

NASW blogs educate the public about the services social workers provide, keep members and the social work profession informed about association activities, and help social workers interact with the media.

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Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

Our amicus brief was created in response to the lower court ruling in this case. Their opinion centered on a distorted and misleading view of gender-affirming care.

Donors Share Reasons for Supporting NASW Foundation

“Discretionary funding to support leadership can help make an organization run more smoothly and have a greater scale of accomplishment.”

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Surviving Survival Mode

Survival mode, according to the Mental Health Association in Delaware, is a “prolonged state of stress and is marked by both mental and physical exhaustion.”

How to Help Your Child Develop Empathy

One of the first concepts to teach is that everyone’s mind is their personal territory and we cannot read someone’s mind. What you are thinking might not be what the other person is thinking.

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