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Neuro-affirming care, a product of the disability justice movement, recognizes the operating differences of brain types as natural and usual. Instead of treating neurodivergences as illnesses, neuro-affirming care works with diverse brains to capitalize on innate strengths, reduce shame, and engage in social justice through psychotherapy.

This book analyses the translation policies and practices of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), engaging in critical questions around the ways in which translation can redress power dynamics between INGOs and the people they work with, and the role of activist researchers in contributing to these debates. The volume examines the duality of translation and interpreting in INGOs, traditionally undervalued and under-resourced while simultaneously acknowledged as a powerful tool in ensuring these organisations work according to their own values of equal access to information, dialogue, and political representation. Drawing on over ten years of ethnographic fieldwork and interview data with a wide variety of INGOs, Tesseur offers unique insights into if and how INGOs plan for translation and interpreting needs while also critically reflecting on her own experience and the ways in which activist researchers like her can ensure social justice efforts are fully reflected in their own working practices. Encouraging a new interdisciplinary research agenda, the volume seeks to raise the profile of language and translation in humanitarian and development contexts and cross-disciplinary dialogue in scholarship on these issues. The book will be of interest to scholars in translation and interpreting studies, sociolinguistics, development studies, and international relations.

Every time an ambitious PhD gets hold of a grant, it seems like a new approach to psychotherapy is born. Which is great, but can be overwhel...

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Feminist therapy holds to the values of collaboration, authenticity, inclusion, personal power, anti-racism, and social justice. The approach emphasizes the link between a client’s wellness and their social, cultural, and political identities and experiences. Feminist therapy is used to support all genders, as well as families and couples for a broad range of concerns depending

Too many student conflicts and not enough time to help them solve each one? Look no further than The Bridge! The Bridge is an easy way for students to solve problems without needing an adult to mediate the conflict. Each person starts at one edge of the bridge and follows the steps in one at a time until they reach a conflict resolution in the middle. It is easy to print out The Bridge and hang it your classroom or in the hallway. The next time two students have a conflict, they can grab The Bridge and go to a quiet spot to solve their problem. This is a great tool and lesson plan for school counselors and classroom teachers! The steps include: 1. Each person respectfully stating how you are feeling and why using I-messages. 2. Reflective Listening (What I heard you say is...) 3. Solution generation (Maybe we should try..) 4. Agreeing upon a solution. This resource includes: Multiple versions of "The Bridge" including: -Colored -Black & White -Grey Scaled -Colored and B&W with optional "Ground Rules" Detailed Lesson Plan (to teach beginners with ample practice time, the lesson will take 30-40 minutes) ***Check out more of my best sellers!*** * Reinforcement & Reward Motivation Survey - Find out what actually motivates your toughest students! * 4th/5th Grade Classroom Lesson: Bullying - What it is, What it isn't, & How to stop it!

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Every time an ambitious PhD gets hold of a grant, it seems like a new approach to psychotherapy is born. Which is great, but can be overwhelming. Just look at Wikipedia's list of psychotherapies for a sense of how vast the literature on psychotherapy is. If you're preparing for the social work exam, not to worry. What you might reasonably expect to see appear on the exam doesn't include that whole list. Far from it. The Code of Ethics directs social workers to utilize empirically validated forms of psychotherapy. Social work schools like students to be grounded in the history of psychotherapy. In those two categories, you should be able to locate everything that might possibly show up on the exam, theory-wise. If it's not empirically validated or historically relevant, it might be interesting to learn about, but that's learning that won't necessarily help you on exam day. Here's a quick list of therapy's greatest hits--with links to Wikipedia, pruned from the longer list. A cheat sheet for your exam prep: Behavior modification Behavior therapy Brief psychotherapy Client-centered psychotherapy Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) Existential therapy Family therapy Freudian psychotherapy Gestalt therapy Group therapy Motivational interviewing Object relations psychotherapy Play therapy Psychoanalysis Psychodynamic psychotherapy Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) Reality therapy Rogerian psychotherapy Play Therapy Solution focused brief therapy Systemic therapy Transtheoretical model Twelve-step programs Remember not to overstudy. You don't need to know all of these inside and out for the social work exam. You just need a general idea of what's what with each (if that!)--some key concepts and no more. Anything missing? Comments are open.

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Would you like to be able to provide culturally appropriate mental health services to your Latino clients? A few days ago, I had the pleasure of attending Dr. Parra-Cardona’s workshop at the Ackerman Institute for the Family on providing an ecological and culturally relevant framework for working with the Latino population in clinical practice. According to Dr. Parra […]

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In the last post, I provided an overview of the licensing options for social workers in New York and shared NY’s LMSW licensing requirements. As a reminder, all states have their own social work licensing laws, requirements and titles. Therefore, if you reside in another state, please check out the Association of Social Work Boards […]

Drs. Joel Schwartz and Tamara Soles explore neurodiversity as a social justice issue and how to be a neurodiversity-affirming therapist.

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This is a great tool to take a snapshot of a person’s life at a point in time. It keeps challenges in perspective and assists a person to identify their strengths.

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