By Jennifer Amlen, MSW, LCSW Introduction Addicts and Stress Benefits of Stress Management How to Use Stress Reduction as a Means of Stress Management How Social Workers Can Help Individual Counseling Stress Management Groups Self-help Groups Conclusion...
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Alzheimer’s and Dementia: How Social Workers Help
Relationship and Emotional Changes for Family Members of Alzheimer's Patients Serving Clients in a Geriatric Case Manager or Private Fiduciary Role
Working with therapeutic animals
Therapeutic animals have been successful in nursing homes, hospice, physical rehabilitation facilities, group homes, and hospitals, enabling people to lead more independent lives.
School Social Workers at the Secondary Level
By Andrea Centerrino, LICSW, QCSW Introduction The First Line in a Crisis Introduction School social workers are extremely valuable resources to parents, students, and teachers at the middle and high school levels. Areas that school social workers can be most...
How Social Workers Help Struggling Teens
By Frederic Reamer, PhDand Deborah Siegel, PhD, LISCSW Introduction Special Schools and Programs Warning Signs Substance Abuse and Truancy Courts How to Find Help How Social Workers Help Cost of Programs and Services Resources Crisis Intervention Introduction...
How Do Social Workers Help the Families of Children With Disabilities?
By Kristen Humphrey, PhD, MSW Introduction Does Your Child Have a Disability? Common Disabilities of Childhood Mental Health Disabilities Where to Get Help? Social Workers in Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities Social Workers in Schools How School Social Workers...
HIV/AIDS: How Social Workers Help
Introduction Here are two articles illustrating how social workers help individuals with HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS How Social Workers Help Working With Immigrants Who Have HIV/AIDS
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"Love, Honor & Obey: Working With Military Men and Their Families" The Former POW Living History Project How Social Workers Help Veterans and Their Families
Substituting One Addiction for Another
By Katie Jay, MSW Here's a typical scenario. At her sister's wedding, Fiona, who had never been a big drinker, decided to try her first taste of alcohol after her recent weight loss surgery. She had waited 11 months after surgery. Fiona had lost 115 pounds and wasn't...
Adoption and Foster Care: How Social Workers Help
Introduction Here are two articles on how social workers help in the adoption and foster care arenas. The first is a general description of how social workers assist adoptive and foster care parents. The second is a first-person narrative of a social worker based...
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Men and Fatherhood: How to be a Better Dad
"Fatherhood is a journey," said Dr. Charles Daniels in a recent interview. "It's not something that you just learn overnight. It's something that you have to work at every day." Daniels is co-founder and CEO of Fathers' Uplift, a Boston-based organization that...
Are you experiencing a mental health crisis?
It's common to struggle with your mental health at some point in your life. This can happen due to factors such as stress, trauma, or genetics. Here are some signs that you might be experiencing a mental health crisis: You're having thoughts of suicide or self-harm....
Couples’ Lament: Stop Arguing, Start Laughing
By Lorrie R. Appleton, LCSW “You have got to be kidding me! I leave the children with you for five minutes and now they have colored all over the wall? What were you thinking?? Was your brain in your head when I put you in charge?” Verbal Reply: “It’s just a...