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Dec 18, 2018
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 Our guest Santo D. Marabella, MBA, DSW, is an author, playwright, filmmaker, speaker and educator. He's the author of "The Lessons of Caring: Inspiration and Support for Caregivers."
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Read more about EP20: Support for Caregivers
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Dec 04, 2018
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Guest Catherine P. Bradshaw, MEd, PhD, is a developmental psychologist and youth violence prevention researcher. She is editor of "Handbook on Bullying Prevention: A Life Course Perspective," which offers recommendations for prevention and intervention in bullying across the lifespan.
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Read more about EP19: Bullying Prevention
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Nov 20, 2018
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Children with disabilities are highly diverse in terms of their health conditions, disability severity, and social environments, yet they share many of the same needs.
Our guest, Paula Allen-Meares, MSW, PhD, was part of a committee that created a recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, that identifies the characteristics of effective programs for this population, as well as opportunities for improvement.
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Read more about Episode 18: Disability Awareness with Paula Allen-Meares
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Nov 06, 2018
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Kristen Lee, Ed.D., LICSW, is a professor of Behavioral Science at Northeastern University, and is the author of "Mentalligence" and "Reset." With more than 20 years' experience as a clinician, educator, researcher and parent, she speaks about her area of expertise: preventing and treating burnout.
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Read more about EP17: Self-Care and Avoiding Burnout
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Oct 30, 2018
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An NASW social justice brief reports that Black youth make up about 14% of the total youth population, but comprise 47.3% of the youth who are transferred to adult court by juvenile court judges. Guests Mel Wilson, NASW's social justice and human rights manager, and Jeree Thomas, policy director at the Campaign for Youth Justice, discuss this unjust practice.
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Read more about EP16: Juvenile Justice / Youth Transfer
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Oct 16, 2018
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 Carla Gonzalez is a clinical social worker and domestic violence survivor who leverages her professional skills and her platform as Miss U.S. World Elite (among other titles) as a vehicle for speaking out against domestic violence, bullying and sexual assault.
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Read more about EP15: Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence
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Oct 02, 2018
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 For Brenda Wade, MSW, LCSW-C, CSSW, writing fiction is both a means of self-care and a way to explore the challenges that she sees in her work as a school social worker.
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Read more about EP14: School Social Work with author Brenda Wade
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Sep 18, 2018
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 Our guest, David Stoecker, LCSW, is founder and director of Better Life in Recovery. He recommends that we look at the opioid addiction pandemic through a harm-reduction lens, rather than a punitive one. He argues that abstinence is not the only path to recovery and that we need to create healthy communities and to provide recovery support to those who need it.
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Read more about EP13: Facing the Opioid Crisis
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Aug 28, 2018
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 We speak with NASW President Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, PhD, MSW, LCSW, about her path to social work and her efforts to support those new to the profession.
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Read more about EP12: NASW President Kathryn Conley Wehrmann
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Aug 07, 2018
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"Social Work Speaks" is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly.
Roxana Torrico Meruvia, MSW, former NASW Senior Practice Associate, talks about Social Work Speaks, the NASW policy statements, and how members can get involved.
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Read more about EP11: Social Work Speaks: NASW Policy Statements
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