Social workers with a knowledge in management pain can assist you and your family members with pain management.
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The Role of Social Work in Hospice and Palliative Care
By Mary Raymer, MSW, ACSW Introduction How Do Social Workers Evaluate with Individuals and Families? Social Workers Are Part of a Hospice Team Introduction The social work profession helps individuals, families, groups and/or communities enhance or...
How Social Workers Help in Adoption and Foster Care
By Frederic Reamer, PhD and Deborah Siegel, PhD, LISCSW Introduction Legal Risk Adoptions Types of Adoption Deciding Whether to Pursue Adoption Foster Parenting Option Post-Adoption Challenges Public Agency Adoptions How Social Workers Help Introduction...
How Social Workers Can Help College Students
By Mary Anne Knapp, MSW, LCSW Social workers in college counseling centers see increasing numbers of students each year for problems ranging from homesickness and test anxiety to eating disorders and suicidal thoughts. While many people think of college as an ideal...
How Social Workers Help with Advance Care Planning
By Kathy Black, PhD, MSW Introduction Social workers can help you with advance care plans through a variety of activities. They may begin by asking you if you have advance care plans or suggest that you consider making such plans. Conversations will typically...
How Social Workers Help People Living With Illness
By Margaret Gibelman, DSW Quite possibly the hardest thing about adjusting to a chronic illness is this – accepting that your life isn't going to be to what it was before the diagnosis. This is not to say that you can't have a fulfilling existence. Hardly. Just...
How Social Workers Help
<By Margaret Gibelman, DSW School Social Workers School social workers serve students, school administrators, teachers, and families in fostering a safe school environment and addressing issues that interfere with students' academic achievement. These professionals...
How Social Workers Help with ADHD
From her inability to pay attention for more than a few minutes at a time to her constant restlessness, you strongly suspect your daughter has Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). But how can you be certain? An assessment by her school’s social worker is an excellent starting point.
Depression: How Social Workers Help
Consulting with a social worker is a good way to begin seeking treatment for depression.
How Social Workers Help in Residential Long-Term Care
By Margaret Gibelman, DSW Geriatric social workers in private practice and in social service organizations help older adults navigate the continuum of care from independent living to skilled nursing care. They conduct assessments of physical, financial, social,...
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Preparing Your Family for a Pandemic
By Lynn Hagan, PsyD, LCSW Disasters, including pandemics, can be frightening. When a pandemic occurs, anticipate that families’ routines may not only be interrupted but the family will experience isolation to prevent spread of the disease. Preparing, both mentally,...
Staying mentally healthy during a pandemic
By Darryl Webster, MSW, LICSW As a clinical social worker and former doomsday thinker in my youth, I grew up thinking all sorts of negative and catastrophic thoughts that stressed me out. I thought I was going to die from all kinds of maladies. These thoughts and my...
How to deal with stress during (and after) a pandemic
By Lynn Hagan, PsyD, LCSW In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans, especially those affected first-hand, coped with the consequences; others want to respond in some way to help survivors and others affected. This tip sheet offers practical advice for...