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As 2019 comes to a close, NASW would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of MemberLink a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 9.
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From Aug. 1: NASW is engaged in several capacities to address and end the humanitarian crisis at the border, including meeting with key congressional leaders, actively participating in numerous immigration-related coalitions, and advocating for legislative and administrative action. Social workers must continue to take a leadership role in fighting to protect these children's welfare and human rights. NASW’s new Child Migrant Protection Toolkit provides ways social workers can start today to end the crisis, from advancing legislation to engaging governors and state lawmakers in investigating reports of suspected child abuse, neglect, and/or maltreatment at Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facilities in their states.
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From Aug. 15: NASW Has Increased Calls-to-Action and Position Statements Since Trump Took Office
Clients are struggling with “Trump trauma,” as are their therapists who are helping them cope. A July 2019 Washingtonian Magazine article looks at how therapists are experiencing stress and angst in the Trump years. In the article, NASW CEO Angelo McClain mentions how NASW has ramped up its response to egregious policies coming from the Trump administration, doubling the association’s calls-to-action and position statements since 2016.
Related NASW Advocacy, Statements & Resources
NASW Descends on Capitol Hill to Challenge Immigration Policies
Child Migrant Protection Toolkit
Social Work Talks Podcast
Position Statements
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From Feb. 21: Find out how teens are using technology, specifically gaming and social media, in this two-part NASW Social Works Talks podcast series.
 - Teens and Video Games
Mike Langlois, MSW, LICSW, author of "Reset: Video Games & Psychotherapy,” is a gamer-affirmative therapist whose work focuses on gaming, social media, and the impact of social networks on relationships. Langlois encourages us to change our perspective of gaming and to understand that it can be very social in nature.
 - Teens and Social Media
Sean Erreger, LCSW, MSW, a clinical case manager for children and adolescents at risk of inpatient psychiatric hospitalization and/or out of home placement, suggests that social workers who work with teens should consider understanding the social media their clients use could be part of cultural competency.
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From July 18: The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, which began this past weekend and target undocumented asylum-seeking immigrants with removal orders, will cause devastating, long-lasting harm to children, families, and communities. There also is nothing in the Trump administration’s removal orders that prevents ICE from conducting enforcement actions in other areas by targeting unaccompanied youth who have aged out of federal care and protections and have removal orders against them. Social workers can help affected children, families, and individuals in many ways, such as helping families develop a family preparedness plan and providing information and resources that help immigrants know their rights before speaking with officers or letting officers inside their homes.
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From Aug. 8: NASW Responds to Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton
The shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio were the 21st and 22nd occurrence of mass gun violence in 2019. NASW calls for legislation and policies restricting access to assault-style rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines. NASW continues its collaborative efforts to raise awareness of the growth of hate speech and crimes in our society. NASW and its members will remain engaged with others in strenuously fighting for sensible gun laws and an end to racial and religious-driven hate crimes.
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From Oct. 3: A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation’s Health, recognizes social work’s valuable contributions to the achievement of better health outcomes through integrating services addressing social needs and the social determinants of health into the delivery of health care. The report outlines five goals to advance the effort to better integrate services addressing social needs into health care delivery, including to pay social workers adequately for providing these services. In stark contrast to this recommendation is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) projected cuts in reimbursement to clinical social workers (CSWs) participating in Medicare Part B in calendar year 2021. CSWs currently are reimbursed at only 75 percent of the physician fee schedule, the lowest payment rate of any mental health clinician in this major federal program. NASW has urged CMS not to implement proposed reimbursement cuts and supports passage of the Improving Access to Mental Health Act (S. 782/H.R. 1533), which would increase the CSW reimbursement rate to 85%.
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From March 14: “An Hour With Private Practice: Questions & Answers” (HOPP) is a free monthly Q&A call-in session for NASW members who want clinical social work updates affecting the delivery of mental health services in private solo or group practice. Sessions take place the third Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. ET. Effective February 2019, audio recordings will be available a week following each call-in session. Access the HOPP schedule and audio of the February 20 session now.
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- March 20, 2019: What to Do in the Event Your Records Are Hacked
- April 17, 2019: Top 4 Most Overlooked Facts About Professional Liability Insurance
- May 15, 2019: Tips for Documentation and Coding of Services
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From March 21: 
More than half of adolescent people who are LGBT are being pushed to change their sexual orientation, a practice that could leave them more prone to do poorly in school, suffer from depression, or die by suicide, according to a recent study from the Family Acceptance Project. NASW member Caitlin Ryan, a clinical social worker who is director of the Family Acceptance Project, said her organization is using the study in its culturally sensitive work to help parents and caregivers be more supportive of youth who are LGBT. So-called conversion therapy has long been condemned by the National Association of Social Workers because the practice is emotionally damaging and because NASW does not support efforts to change anyone’s orientation and does not agree that orientation can or should be changed.
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From April 4: 
NASW Social Work Talks Podcast
— Episode 24: Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence
Susan Munsey, LCSW, founded GenerateHope, a nonprofit that provides long-term housing and trauma-informed therapy, education, and vocational support for young women and teens who have survived the trauma of sex trafficking. A survivor of trafficking herself, Munsey is passionate about rescuing and rehabilitating women and educating people on this issue.
From Aug. 22: In July, oral arguments began in Texas v. United States, a case in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that could result in overturning the Affordable Care Act. The Trump administration and a coalition of Republican state attorneys general are trying to use the courts through the lawsuit to dismantle the ACA and its protections. NASW is working with partner organizations to raise awareness about the many benefits of the ACA that have improved health insurance and healthcare access for millions of Americans. Help raise awareness of what’s at stake with these Families USA and NASW fact sheets:
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