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NASW Social Work Talks
NASW Social Work Talks informs, educates and inspires through conversations with experts and exploring issues that social work professionals care about. Brought to you by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
Episodes
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EP30: Providing Psychosocial Care at Doctors Without Borders
Athena Viscusi, LCSW, is a Psychosocial Care Specialist at Doctors Without Borders. She's directed mental health programs in Haiti, South Sudan, Liberia…
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EP 29: The Stories Behind the Salaries
Allison Peeler, LMSW, believes social workers need to drop the outdated story of "underworked and unpaid" and to redefine the way they view themselves and…
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EP28: Negotiating Your Salary
Valerie Arendt, MSW, MPP, discusses why it's so important for social workers to negotiate their salaries. Arendt is the Executive Director of NASW's North…
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EP27: Suze Orman
Suze Orman is a New York Times best-selling author and smart money expert. She hosted the award-winning "Suze Orman Show" on CNBC for 13 years. Her books…
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EP26: Increasing Social Work Salaries in NYC
Social work has the highest debt-to-salary ratio of any profession. Robert Schachter, DSW, LMSW, describes how social workers in New York City advocated for…
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EP25: Social Work Salaries
Michael Sinclair, MSW, PhD, assistant professor at Morgan State University School of Social Work, often gets questions about pay from his students. Dr…
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EP24: Human Trafficking
Susan Munsey, LCSW, founded GenerateHope, which provides innovative programs for young women and teens who have survived the trauma of sex trafficking. Munsey…
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EP23: Teens and Social Media
Sean Erreger, LCSW, MSW, is a clinical case manager for children and youth at the New York State Office of Mental Health. He believes that for social workers…
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EP22: Teens and Video Games
Mike Langlois, MSW, LICSW, is author of "Reset: Video Games & Psychotherapy." He is a gamer-affirmative therapist whose work focuses on gaming, social media…
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EP21: Transgender Issues
Zander Keig, MSW, LCSW, is a clinical social work case manager on the U.S. Navy Medicine West Regional Transgender Care Team. He's a U.S. Coast Guard veteran…
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EP20: Support for Caregivers
Our guest Santo D. Marabella, MBA, DSW (a.k.a., The Practical Prof®) is an author, playwright, filmmaker, speaker and educator. He's the author of "The Lessons…
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EP19: Bullying Prevention
Guest Catherine P. Bradshaw, MEd, PhD, is a developmental psychologist and youth violence prevention researcher. She is editor of "Handbook on Bullying…
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EP18: Disability Awareness
Children with disabilities are highly diverse in terms of their health conditions, disability severity, and social environments, yet they share many of the…
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EP17: Self-Care and Avoiding Burnout
Kristen Lee, Ed.D., LICSW, is a professor of Behavioral Science at Northeastern University, and is the author of "Mentalligence" and "Reset." With more than 20…
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EP16: Juvenile Justice and Youth Transfer
A new NASW social justice brief reports that Black youth make up about 14% of the total youth population, but comprise 47.3% of the youth who are transferred…
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EP15: Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence
Carla Gonzalez is a clinical social worker and domestic violence survivor who leverages her professional skills and uses her platform as Miss U.S. World Elite…
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EP14: School Social Work with author Brenda Wade
For Brenda Wade, MSW, LCSW-C, CSSW, writing is both a means of self-care both and as a way to explore the challenges that she sees in her work as a school…
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EP13: Facing the Opioid Crisis
Opioid addiction has become a public health crisis in the United States. Our guest, David Stoecker, LCSW, is founder and director of Better Life in Recovery…
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EP12: NASW President Kathryn Conley Wehrmann
NASW President Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, PhD, MSW, LCSW, talks about her career path and her efforts to support social workers, especially those new to the…
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EP11: Social Work Speaks & NASW Policy Statements
NASW Senior Practice Associate Roxana Torrico Meruvia, MSW, talks about Social Work Speaks, NASW policy statements and how members can get involved in the…
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EP10: Immigration in Crisis
In this special episode, our guests weigh in on the crisis currently brewing around immigration in the United States, specifically related to children…
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EP9: Social Workers and Advocacy
Our guests in this episode are Heidi McIntosh, Deputy Director of Programs at NASW; and Julie E. Shroyer, MSW, Senior Policy Advisor at Polsinelli, a top…
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EP8: 2018 NASW National Conference, Part 2
With the conference just days away, we speak again with the conference organizers to give you idea of what you can expect, whether you attend in person or…
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EP7: Foster Care
May is Foster Care Month, so we speak with Matt Anderson and Malissa Flores, two social workers from the Children's Home Society of North Carolina, who partner…
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EP6: Social Work & Public Policy with Joan Levy Zlotnik
Joan Levy Zlotnik, PhD, ACSW, discusses how public policy is an important part of social work. See Episode 6 show notes for resources
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EP5: NASW Foundation with Bob Arnold
We speak with Bob Arnold, Director of NASW Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that supports NASW's educational, research, training and charitable initiatives…
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EP4: Ethics with Dawn Hobdy
Dawn Hobdy, NASW Director of Ethics & Professional Review, discusses how the Code of Ethics changed, examples of challenges that social workers face, and how…
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EP3: 2018 NASW National Conference
Thinking about attending the 2018 NASW National Conference? Raffaele Vitelli, NASW's Director of Professional & Workforce Development, and Richard Loomis…
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EP2: Social Justice Initiatives with Mel Wilson
What are NASW's social justice initiatives right now, and how were they chosen? Mel Wilson, our Social Justice & Human Rights Manager, speaks about the issues…
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EP1: Social Work Month with Angelo McClain
March is Social Work Month, and we're talking to NASW CEO Angelo McClain about the importance of Social Work Month, NASW initiatives for 2018, and experiences…
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Introducing NASW Social Work Talks
NASW Director of Membership Jennifer Watt welcomes you to NASW Social Work Talks, where we seek to inform, educate and inspire on topics that social workers…