Are you looking for some ways to help you connect with your teen over the holiday break and beyond? Here are seven test-driven ideas to get you started: 1. Cooking Cooking a meal or a favorite dish or dessert together is one fun shared activity that encourages conversation. Some families may choose to include an […]
Social Media and Social Work Education: Like Oil & Water?
Is it truly impossible to find ways to apply and use social media within the paradigm of social work education? No, it’s not! As per the proverb, “where’s there’s a will, there’s a way.” However, according to Bruff, Harapnuik and Julius (2011) in Revolution or Evolution? Social Technologies and Change in Higher Education, there are […]
Exploring Career Paths in Social Work
Days in the Lives of Social Workers – Book Review Are you thinking about entering the world of social work? Or are considering a different role within the field? Or are just curious about what social workers in other fields of practice or settings do? If your answer is yes to any of the above […]
Unlearning with Jack Uldrich
Have you heard about the concept of unlearning? According to Jack Uldrich, unlearning is a crucial skill to develop as part of the process of acquiring knowledge because some types of learning cannot occur until some unlearning has first taken place. In Jack’s latest book, Higher Unlearning: 39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future […]
4 Nuggets from Yalom’s “The Gift of Therapy”
Have you read the book The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients (P.S.) (link affiliate) by Irvin Yalom? I loved this book because it has so many wonderful gems of therapeutic wisdom. Four nuggets of advice you may appreciate: Be Authentic and Admit to Mistakes When you […]
