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NASW Law Note: Legal Rights of Children

Legal Rights of Children is part of a series of General Counsel Law Notes written with the support of the NASW Legal Defense Fund. This Law Note highlights the various … Read more

Risk and Resilience in Childhood, 2nd Edition

Literature is replete with stories of children who recover against impossible odds. No less dramatic are real-life accounts in social work case files. But why are some children so resilient … Read more

The Parent Effect

Adolescence is a difficult developmental period for parents and teenagers alike, a phase that sends many parents searching for information or psychological help. The Parent Effect: How Parenting Style Affects … Read more

Building a Strong Foundation, 2nd Edition

Contemporary nonprofit organizations operate in a climate of financial insecurity. Cutbacks in government funding, with concomitant reductions in spending levels for many areas in which nonprofits are involved, such as … Read more

Forty Years in Social Work

Forty Years in Social Work is a personal memoir that blends a recounting of Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema’s experience with the search for a theory of social work that helps to … Read more

Metaphor Analysis in Public Policy and Private Practice

In this time of unparalleled partisanship and negativity, it is impossible to ignore the prevalence and impact of metaphors in the news, politics, and social media. Welfare recipients are “parasites” … Read more

NASW Standards for Integrating Genetics into Social Work Practice

NASW Standards for Integrating Genetics into Social Work Practice recognize and respond to the expanded information on the human genome and its impact on social work practice and education. They … Read more

NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families

The NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families should be a resource to social workers serving this population in any way, including clinical social … Read more

Your New Career in Social Work

The health and welfare of social workers are as important as the knowledge, skills, and abilities they bring with them to the workplace. In fact, self-care is part of good … Read more

Identifying Moral Panic

Earn 5.0 CEUs for reading this title! For more information, visit the Social Work Online CE Institute. Social welfare policy reveals a lot about who we are: our values and … Read more