Sadly, hate bias incidents such as verbal harassment and physical assault against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in the United States have risen during the Covid-19 pandemic due to misconceptions and misinformation about the spread of the virus. I stand with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and all Americans against racism, xenophobia, and […]
Black Lives Matter: Anti-Racism Resources for Social Workers and Therapists
Comprehensive anti-racism resources for social workers and therapists: free webinars, healing resources for racial trauma, recommended anti-racism books and toolkits, conversation guides, podcasts, movies, and self-care strategies. Includes resources for Black communities, guidance on talking to children about racism, and organizations to support. Regularly updated collection of anti-racism resources to help professionals become actively anti-racist.
Workplace Violence Prevention for Social Workers
Workplace violence prevention is a topic of great interest to social workers and mental health clinicians. This is because health care workers are more likely than workers overall to be assaulted at work, as per the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO, 2016). The most common types of assaults are hitting, kicking and beating and the […]
Gang Membership Prevention: It Takes a Village!
Gang Membership Prevention Have you wondered what factors draw youth to gangs, or what steps you may take to help prevent gang membership? Today, we have the good fortune of having Dr. Shadeiyah Edwards, a psychologist who specializes in working with individuals associated with gangs, share some of her expertise with us. Some of you may know Dr. Edwards from […]
Prison Social Work: Does Sex Offender Treatment Work?
Does Sex Offender Treatment Work? In a nutshell, sex offender treatment does help, but studies show varying results due to underreporting of actual reoffending, difficulties in measurement of recidivism and the variation in the ways recidivism rates are calculated. Recidivism is defined as the reversion to criminal behavior by an individual who was previously convicted of a criminal offense. Observed […]
