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7 tips to improve your child’s behavior

7 tips to improve your child’s behavior

Parents are saying discipline, consequences, time out and stickers don’t work. Parents are presenting as more and more defeated when it comes to managing the behavior of their children. They have a long list of tried that – didn’t work scenarios, including many of the...

7 tips to improve your child’s behavior

Parents are saying discipline, consequences, time out and stickers don’t work. Parents are presenting as more and more defeated when it comes to managing the behavior of their children. They have a long list of tried that – didn’t work scenarios, including many of the...

Talking to Your Kids About School Violence

Talking to Your Kids About School Violence

By Nancy Kislin, LCSW It’s no surprise that children are being traumatized by the fear of being shot to death in school. Monthly lockdown drills, active shooter drills and evacuation drills are causing anxiety and depression in children. The sad reality is that...

Cómo Los Trabajadores Sociales Ayudan a Adolescencias de la Lucha

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...

Increasing Your Mental Well Being

By Victoria Grinnell, MSW Well being is a state of mind in which our mental health predominates and we are living from the perspective of our strengths. Qualities like gratitude, joy, forgiveness, humility, optimism, curiosity and sense of humor are all signs that we...

End-of-Life Decisions and Late Adulthood

By Kathy Tedesco, BSW   Introduction Religious Beliefs and Advance Directives Changes as We Age Erickson's Theory of Psychosocial Development and Late Adulthood Decision Making How Social Workers Help   Introduction Medical evidence has shown us that that...

Making Difficult Decisions in the Intensive Care Unit

By Andrew J. McCormick, MSW, PhD Introduction How to Approach Making Decisions in the Intensive Care Unit Get Good Information Some Things That Can Make Decisions More Difficult Some Things That Help Make Decisions Easier How Can a Social Worker Help? Conclusion...