By Lynette Ballard, MSW, LCSW, Sara Klaas, MSW, C-ASWCM, and Bernie Quell, MS, CRC, LPC Introduction SCI and Sexuality Dealing With the Diagnosis What Social Workers Do to Help Family Implications Resources for Persons with SCI Phases of Adjustment Journals Support...
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3 Questions: Living Resiliently With Tourette Syndrome
By Lisa E. Cox, PhD, LCSW Introduction Dr. Lisa Cox is Associate Professor of Social Work and Gerontology at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Dr. Cox has over 20 years of health social work practice experience and enjoys teaching courses in social work...
Women as Health Experts: What You Need to Know
By Joycelyn Curtis, PhD, LCSW Joycelyn Curtis, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker/ Patient Advocate for a nationwide community–based organization. Why is it important for women to know their own bodies? Women are the experts when it comes to their own bodies....
Acuerdo de Responsabilidad Paternal
Muchas parejas con hijos que deciden separarse piensan que con el divorcio termina para siempre la relación entre ambos, pero están equivocados, porque les quedara una tarea que durara mientras sus hijos llegan a la mayoría de edad. Es lo que se conoce como “Acuerdo de Responsabilidad Paternal” (ARP) o “parenting agreement”, en ingles.
Cómo Los Trabajadores Sociales Ayudan a Adolescencias de la Lucha
Por Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D. Los años adolescentes pueden ser muy desafiadores para algunos adolescentes y sus familias. Mientras que la adolescencia puede ser una fase emocionalmente intensa, tempestuosa para virtualmente todos los adolescentes, las luchas...
What’s a Case Manager? What do they do?
Case managers don’t manage people; they help people to manage complicated situations.
What AIDS Does to a Family
By Barbara Hermie Draimin, DSW Shame, Guilt,and Stigma What Is Stigma? Pulling Together and Showing Love Karen wondered if her life would ever return to normal. Since her father got AIDS, it seemed that everything had changed. Even her grandmother, who had been...
Hospice Care: Dignity, Comfort and Peace
By Carole Marmell, LMSW, C-SWHC For many people, the word "hospice" means hopelessness, helplessness, giving up. In reality, hospice can also mean dignity, comfort, and peace. When your loved one has been given a terminal diagnosis, with no available treatment and a...
Risk Factors and Intervention Strategies for LGBT Youth
By Michael Langlois, LICSW Introduction Risky Behaviors GLB Youth and Suicide How Social Workers Can Help GLB Youth Selected Readings This article identifies and examines risk factors for suicide, self-harm and substance abuse in gay, lesbian, bisexual and...
How Do I Know If My Child Is Transgender?
By Caitlin Ryan, PhD, ACSW, and Stephanie Brill What Is Transgender? Everyone has a gender identity. Gender identity is our internal sense of being male or female. For most people, our basic awareness that we are male or female matches our physical body. When we're...
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"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...
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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...