5 Best Resources to Help Victims of Domestic Violence Do you work with victims of intimate partner or domestic violence? And/or are you interested in finding some helpful resources to assist your clients? SocialWork.Career was most fortunate in being able to interview Casey Keene, Director of Capacity Building and Education at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence […]
Gang Membership Prevention: It Takes a Village!
Gang Membership Prevention Have you wondered what factors draw youth to gangs, or what steps you may take to help prevent gang membership? Today, we have the good fortune of having Dr. Shadeiyah Edwards, a psychologist who specializes in working with individuals associated with gangs, share some of her expertise with us. Some of you may know Dr. Edwards from […]
Got Anger? Try HEArt Anger Management!
The #1 Reason for Anger (and What You Can Do About It) Could you, or some of your clients benefit from a method of anger management? If yes, you may be interested in the powerful HEArt Program developed by Howard Lipke, Ph.D. It is a unique anger prevention system that he developed based upon his work with Veterans. This post […]
Prison Social Work: Does Sex Offender Treatment Work?
Does Sex Offender Treatment Work? In a nutshell, sex offender treatment does help, but studies show varying results due to underreporting of actual reoffending, difficulties in measurement of recidivism and the variation in the ways recidivism rates are calculated. Recidivism is defined as the reversion to criminal behavior by an individual who was previously convicted of a criminal offense. Observed […]
Play Therapy: Healing Through Play
What Is Play Therapy? Have you wondered what play therapy is and/or how you may incorporate it into your practice? This post will provide an introduction to play therapy, as well as give you an Inside Out Feelings Activity that you may conduct with your child/client to help him/her better understand and manage emotions. Today’s guest expert is Jennifer Taylor, a […]
