Tag: trauma-informed care
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From “What’s Wrong With You?” to “What Happened to You?”
Read more: From “What’s Wrong With You?” to “What Happened to You?”Stephanie had been working at the domestic violence shelter for three years when the organization decided to become “trauma-informed.” At first, she wondered what would change — weren’t they already helping trauma survivors? But as she learned more, she began to see her work differently. She noticed how clients positioned themselves in the common room,…
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Top Continuing Education Topics for Social Workers in 2026
Read more: Top Continuing Education Topics for Social Workers in 2026Your renewal deadline doesn’t care about your caseload. Neither does the licensing board. But somewhere between the compliance pressure and the genuine desire to be better at your job, most social workers want CE courses that actually means something — content that changes how you think about a client, not just boxes you check. With…
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Social Work with HIV-Positive Clients
Read more: Social Work with HIV-Positive ClientsMost continuing education reduces complex practice to simple protocols. But if you’re working with HIV-positive clients, you already know it’s never just about HIV. It’s about substance use that predates diagnosis, depression that affects adherence, housing instability that makes appointment attendance nearly impossible, and shame that fragments trust across every system.The excerpt below comes from…