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Giving Non-Advice: Fostering Independence and Resilience in Social Work Clients
Excessive advice-giving doesn’t belong in the therapy room. As a new social worker, you will need to resist the temptation a dozen times a day to pack clients full of your fresh therapy knowledge.
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Ethics Alive! “Snitching” Ethically: A Social Worker’s Guide to Reporting Duties
We can’t always protect ourselves from being perceived as “snitches” in reporting situations. Through informed consent, transparency, collaboration, and proportionality, we can strive to maintain trust and carry out our obligations professionally.
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Creating Safe Spaces: A Practical Guide to Trauma-Informed Teaching in Higher Education
Implementing trauma-informed teaching isn't about walking on eggshells or lowering academic standards. It's about creating conditions where all students can access their capacity for learning and growth.
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Waves of Connection: Creative Engagement Through Ocean-Themed Therapy in Dementia Care
I didn’t begin this placement with a polished toolkit. I started with curiosity, nerves, and a willingness to learn, to grow, and to risk. Reflections on a placement using ocean-themed therapy in dementia care.
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Self-Care A-Z: People Explain Self-Care to Me
I welcome any conversation about self-care! I’m thrilled it’s a more common topic and expertise is growing! I am alternately appreciative, amused, and concerned about some conversations that ensue when people new to the topic explain it to me.
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Rethinking Permanency for Teenagers and Young Adults
Reunification with biological families is ideal, but in cases in which that is not possible, adoption and guardianship both provide teenagers and young adults with options for stability, provision, and mentorship.
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Reimagining Self-Care
Self-preservation serves as a bolder approach in my efforts at honoring my human self in a profession that calls for compassionate giving of ourselves. Finding this balance is crucial and not always easy.
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Self-Care A-Z: Resisting and Reframing Toxic Messages
When we hear toxic messages about social work, speak up (including self-talk!), take action, and actively counter them. Let’s commit ourselves—individually and collectively—to resist and reframe.
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