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Education, Featured, News, Policy
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The American Dream Does Not Exist for the Poor: 54 School Closing in Chicago’s Minority Communities

Deona Hooper, MSW May 22, 2013

by Deona Hooper, MSW Once again, the poor is being asked to help balance the budget. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been a strong supporter for the proposed school closures to assist with government budgetary shortfalls. However, he has been met with resistance every step of the way by the Chicago Public Schools Teachers Union. The Chicago… Continue Reading »

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Featured, Health, Human Services, Social Work
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Are Social Workers and Case Managers the New Doctors in Healthcare

Social Work Helper May 22, 2013

by Justin Usher On April 11, 2013 GE Ventures held the Insight Series: Digital Health. The discussion was led by NBC News’ Nancy Snyderman M.D., author Eric Topol M.D.,Unity Stoakes of Startup Health and Rafael Torres of GE Ventures. The topics ranged from prescribing apps versus drugs, HIPAA’s impact on innovation in healthcare, patient privacy,… Continue Reading »

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Education, Global, Human Rights, Social Work
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Social Work and Mahatma Gandhi: Part II of IV

Social Work Helper May 22, 2013

by Prof. Dr. Yogendra Yadav Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal. Social Work practice consists of the professional application of Social Work values, principles, and techniques to one or more of the following ends:… Continue Reading »

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Featured, Military, News, Politics
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Legislative Update: The Ruth Moore Act of 2013

Rachel West May 21, 2013

By: Rachel L. MSW, LMSW An update on the Ruth Moore Act of 2013 (HR 671/S.294), as I reported on a couple of weeks ago here , this bill would improve disability compensation for rape and sexual assault survivor who experienced the trauma will serving. The legislation aims to make it easier for those who experienced military sexual assault to receive medical… Continue Reading »

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Featured, Health, Human Services, Social Work
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Social Workers As Navigators To Help Consumers With Health Care Insurance Exchanges

Social Work Helper May 21, 2013

by Dr. Charles Lewis, Jr. Here come the navigators!  As the health care insurance exchanges prepare for their official rollout October 1 this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced it will award $54 million in grants to hire “navigators” who will assist people wanting to purchase health care insurance get through the maze… Continue Reading »

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Education, Human Rights, Social Work
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Ecological Systems Theory and Practice: Systems and the Sociocybernetic Map

Dr. Michael Wright May 21, 2013

Ecomap Bronfenbrenner was not the only person exploring the application of ecological systems thinking in 1979. Ann Hartman published a book demonstrating how an ecological approach could be used in family assessment. Her book introduced ecomaps to the assessment lexicon and tool chest. Ecomaps are characterized by circles representing individuals and groups and linked in… Continue Reading »

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Clinical, Featured, Health, News
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Follow Up Interview with Dr. Allen Frances: Dishing the Dirt on the DSM 5

Deona Hooper, MSW May 20, 2013

by Deona Hooper, MSW While surfing the internet, as I normally do, I randomly came across an article in Psychology Today entitled Why Social Workers Should Oppose the DSM 5 by Dr. Allen Frances. The title definitely caught my attention because I had just written a post approximately a week ago asking Will Clinical Social… Continue Reading »

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