The allure of being a child social worker in a rural area is strong. Social workers who decide to work in smaller communities may forgo an abundance of resources to support families, but they gain slower-paced, socially ...

Attorneys and other professionals need to know that the reasons children may want to be with an abusive parent may be based on attachment issues, feelings of shame, psychobiology, and a lack of understanding that they are ...

Child welfare workers need basic training regarding the neurology of trauma and the factors that will promote brain resilience. Absent this training, children may continue to be placed in inappropriate homes that are not ...

Attorneys and therapists need each other to effectively advocate for their client, say Daniel Pollack, an attorney and professor at Yeshiva University’s School of Social Work in New York, and Sue Radcliffe, a mental health ...

Police and corrections officers suffer higher rates of depression, PTSD, burnout and other anxiety-related mental health conditions than the general population. They should not have to suffer in silence, write three experts ...

The NASW Code of Ethics states, “The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and ...

Attorneys are used to words having multiple meanings. “Trauma” is one of them; so is “trauma-informed” care. Many facilities, institutions, health care centers, schools, and even states have declared themselves to be ...

If you are feeling a bit 'guilty' regarding Covid-19, you are having a normal reaction to a very abnormal situation. If you need to place blame, put it on the disease, not yourself

Educators and policy-makers concur that promoting the active involvement of parents in their child’s education is essential. Toward that end, correctional officials should encourage parents to become involved in decision-making ...

The takeaway is simple. If you want a physical exercise that helps restore the damage from job stress that you can do in your home with a video, and you can heal the limbic system of your brain, yoga might be for ...