December is here and Tis the Season to be Jolly! Why? Because It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! As kids we are taught to be good all year, so that Santa will bring us our favorite toys. Parents work frantically to earn the money to buy special toys and when...
Two women attending a conference engaged in a thought-provoking conversation during the lunch break about qualifications for mental health jobs. One woman was a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and the other young woman held a credential created by the...
This month we are pleased to host guest blogger Ruby Blow MA, LPC from Atlanta, Georgia. Blow has been in private practice for over 10 years. In addition to her clinical practice, she conducts numerous training workshops, and provides supervision to psychologists...
Simply defined, segregation means separate. Not inferior to or less than…just distinct. Segregation of people and groups is more broadly defined as the social division of human beings based on any number of factors including race, ethnicity, nationality, gender,...
After shopping, a woman returned to the parking lot to discover that the car next to her had parked so close that it was difficult for her to open the driver’s door to get in. As she struggled to open it enough to slide in, the driver of the other car arrived and...
Thus far, we have looked at previous generations and their cultural impact. Next, we surveyed millennials on self-views and now we turn our attention to the future that the human race will encounter. What will be the impact on millennials? Most importantly, how are...
This is the third installment of our four-part blog examining the Millennial Shift in America. We have defined this group by comparing them to their predecessors and surveying self-views. As a publishing company that teaches strategies for licensure preparation,...
In this second installment of our multi-part blog on the millennial shift, students from the University of Georgia (UGA) School of Social Work, volunteered to share self-views of their generation. Most agreed that older generations define them negatively. They listed...
In an effort to explain why the Millennial Generation seems to be strikingly different from its predecessors, we are writing a multi-part blog exploring the following areas: characteristics and culture of pre-millennial generations self-views by millennials changes in...
Whether you are preparing to take the LMSW or LCSW exam, if you are anxious about sitting for it you are in good company! Social workers preparing for the exam cope with anxiety in different ways, such as: rushing through study questions and not reading them...
