This September my Mom, and best friend, had brain surgery for normal pressure hydrocephalus. She had a shunt put in, and was so excited to be feeling better, walking instead of shuffling, and a number of other symptoms seemed to move by the wayside. This, sadly, did not last long. I found Fran having…
Virtual reality (VR) has garnered attention over the past several years within the social work field as a way of connecting students with experiences that they may not be able to have in the classroom; and to orient them with the communities that they are likely to serve both in field placement and eventual…
When I was emigrating from the United States to Israel I remember the feeling of jumping from a waterfall. I could provide the inertia and forward movement, but the laws of the universe (physics, God, your preferred higher power) would guide me down safely. I had to have faith, courage, and trust. It led…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339411/9543791-bridging-the-divide-practitioners-as-researchers-and-researchers-as-practitioners.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-9543791&player=small Slides from the Workshop can be found here. Hi Everyone, Welcome back to Dispatches from the Social Work Desk! This podcast episode diverges from previous episodes, in that it is a direct recording of the talk I gave this past Friday. This past Friday I was the invited speaker at the Solution Focused…
Yesterday on the treadmill for my stress test I initially had some very negative thoughts. It was Veterans Day. While I’m not a veteran of the US, I was an NCO in the IDF. I, in my younger years, have hiked the highest mountains in the Negev Desert, mountains in Northern Israel. I completed…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339411/9346247-s3e2-join-me-at-the-sfbta-conference.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-9346247&player=small Hi Everyone, Welcome back to Dispatches from the Social Work Desk! I am getting super excited for the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association’s annual conference coming up next month. While my practice is now almost entirely Financial Social Work, what’s nice about Solution Focused Brief Therapy is that it can be applied to…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339411/9304901-s3e1-welcome-to-season-3.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-9304901&player=small Hi Everyone, Welcome back to Dispatches from the Social Work Desk! Updated equipment, a (new and improved) home office setup…and about 100 different kinds of personal fires put out (you know, family members who needed brain surgery, loss of a beloved family pet, and all the other things that can throw us off…
When I was in the Israel Defense Forces I was a Chayal Boded (a “Lonely Soldier”) – someone who is serving in the army with no family in the country. I developed my chosen family and my brothers and sisters in arms during my service. As a Chayal Boded, I was often invited to…
Hello SW150 students! This is a sample of a full credit blog post for Blog #1. Please let me know if you have any questions. – Matt Beacon The art piece I’ve decided to talk about is one that’s incredibly important to me for a number of reasons, in fact I’ve carried a copy…
In looking at #SocialWorkFutures, of one thing I am sure: the future of our profession is agency based and collaborative. In what I am sure will rankle some private practice feathers, below are my thoughts on this as we move into the unknown return to the new-normal. First, as the world gets more complicated,…