By Allison D. Murdach, LCSW (retired)
This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for social workers to ponder and explore. Our words for today are: social work image.
Over the past few decades social workers have become increasingly concerned about the profession’s reputation in the world at large. In ..Read More…
By Al Murdach, LCSW (retired)
This column explores some of the meanings behind words that today can have a significant impact upon the social work profession. Our words today are “practice wisdom”.
For the past 20 or so years, there has been a running debate in the profession over the respective merits ..Read More…
By Al Murdach, LCSW, (retired)
These columns explore some of the meanings of words that today have a significant impact on the social work profession. Our word for this column is prediction.
Social Workers are often called upon to make predictions about the outcomes of their work with clients and patients. ..Read More…
By Allison D. Murdach, LCSW (retired)
This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for social workers to ponder and explore. Our word for today is: gender.
“Gender” is a term that focuses on the differences between, among, and within sexes. Since the sexes today are multiple ..Read More…
By Al Murdach, LCSW, ACSW (retired)
This column examines and explores some key words social workers may encounter in their work or training, especially in the area of social justice. Today we will look at “Socialism.”
Socialism is a word that has bounced around in the social work profession for many years. ..Read More…
