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Voter participation is a social work issue, as indicated in the NASW Code of Ethics standards 6.02: Public Participation and 6.04: Social and Political Action. NASW is working with organizations such as Rock the Vote, Young Invincibles, and the Brennan Center for Justice to increase voter registration and turnout, build young people’s political power, protect voting rights, and shield the vote from hacks and breakdowns. In September and October, NASW will replay previously recorded webinars on how to motivate millennials to vote and on how to overcome voting challenges and barriers faced by low-income people, ethnic minorities, senior citizens, and currently and formerly incarcerated people. Each presentation includes a live introduction with guest speakers and live Q&A discussion. The first webinar is scheduled for September 20:
Challenges for Voting Rights in America
Wednesday, September 20, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. ET
Fee: Free (no CE credit)
Description: Touching on the historical context of gaining access to the ballot by African Americans and women, this webinar looks at the threat to voting rights for Hispanics, college students, and African Americans for the upcoming mid-term elections in 2018 and the presidential election of 2020.
In August, Global Tech sent 10,000 clinical social workers (CSWs) who are Medicare Part B providers the results of a Comparative Billing Report (CBR) for Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Many CSWs are concerned that social workers are being inappropriately compared to psychiatrists in the report. The sentence in the introduction stating that CSWs bill more than psychiatrists has been identified as an introductory statement by Global Tech and not as a statement of wrongdoing on the part of CSWs. According to Global Tech, the data in the charts provided for each individual in the report only compares an individual CSW performance with that of other CSWs in their state and nationally. NASW has been unsuccessful in contacting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for information and will continue to seek information from them. Global Tech is a firm contracted by CMS to conduct CBRs on a variety of services and provider types.
 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is removing Social Security numbers from Medicare cards to protect the identity of beneficiaries. Read this member-only Practice Alert for the latest information about the New Medicare Card initiative and to learn how you can help your clients obtain and use their cards.
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Confidently track your social worker licensing renewal requirements with CE Tracker—a new online tool that tells you exactly what you need to renew your license and tracks your progress along the way. This online platform allows you to track your license renewal requirements and completed CE credits and suggests content to obtain the continuing education you need. Yearly subscription rates: $20 NASW members, $35 non-members through October 1, 2018; $25 NASW members, $40 non-members after October 15, 2018. Learn more at socialworkers.org/cetracker.
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Join the discussions happening now at MyNASW, the new members-only online community. MyNASW is free to join and open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Exchange ideas, post useful articles and resources, rally around topics of concern to social workers, find former colleagues and build new professional relationships, serve as mentors to new professionals, and more. Join MyNASW today.
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 Find evidence-based research and client education, assessment tools, practice guidelines, clinical trials and more at the NASW Research Library. Use your NASW username and password to log in.
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Evidence-Based Care Sheet: Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes
Author: Schub, Tanja
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Social Work Reference Guide. Ipswich, Massachusetts, Feb. 23, 2018.
Access Care Sheet: Log in to the NASW Research Library and enter the title of the document or key words in the NASW Research Library search box.
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Elder abuse is an intentional or negligent act that causes harm or increases risk of harm to an older adult (most commonly defined as an adult over age 65).
Elder abuse, which usually is perpetuated by a caregiver, can occur in the home, in the community, and in health care settings, including nursing homes.
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For a limited time, NASW members can access top articles published in NASW's scholarly journals: Social Work, Social Work Research, Health & Social Work, and Children & Schools. Explore innovations in practice, interdisciplinary efforts, research, policy, planning, and more. NASW members receive an online subscription to Social Work with NASW membership and discounted rates on subscriptions to Social Work Research, Health & Social Work, and Children & Schools.
Health & Social Work
 Individuals with subthreshold psychotic experiences are at increased risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior, similar to those with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. This may be explained by shared risk factors such as heightened stress sensitivity or low self-esteem. Understanding the nature of this relationship could inform suicide prevention in social work practice. In this study, authors examined the relationship between self-reported auditory hallucinations and suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts, in a nonclinical sample of young adults, controlling for scores on the Psychological Stress Index and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Auditory hallucinations were associated with approximately double the odds of suicidal ideation and plans and four times the odds for suicide attempts. This relationship was not explained by stress sensitivity or self-esteem, which were independently related to hallucinations and suicidality, respectively. Subthreshold auditory hallucinations may be a useful indicator of suicide risk. This association may represent a clinically significant relationship that may be addressed through social work interventions intended to alleviate stress sensitivity or improve self-esteem.
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September 19
Private Practice Q&A Call-in Session – An Overview of Ethical Dilemmas in Private Practice
Call-in session is free, available to NASW members only, and starts at 12 p.m. ET. No registration is required.
September 20
Challenges for Voting Rights in America
Understand the threat to voting rights for Hispanics, college students, and African Americans for the upcoming mid-term elections in 2018 and the presidential election of 2020. Webinar starts at 3:00 p.m. ET. Free (no CE credit)
October 1
Pre-Sale Subscription Rate on New “CE Tracker” Ends
Member subscription rate $20 through October 1
Subscription and access start October 15
CE Tracker, a new online tool, tells you exactly what you need to renew your license and tracks your progress along the way. Yearly subscription rates: $20 NASW members, $35 non-members through October 1, 2018; $25 NASW members, $40 non-members after October 15, 2018. Watch the CE Tracker video.
October 17
Private Practice Q&A Call-in Session – Do’s and Don’ts of Technology in Private Practice
Call-in session is free, available to NASW members only, and starts at 12 p.m. ET. No registration is required.
 November 14 & 15
NASW 2018 Virtual Forum
Opioid Crisis: No Community Is Immune
Get a social work perspective on the opioid crisis. Forum features both plenary and breakout sessions and offers CE credits. This is a live-streamed event; watch it conveniently on your mobile device or laptop.
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Help lead, practice, and advance in the profession based on social work values. Use these NASW resources to help reduce your risk of an ethics complaint:
- NASW Code of Ethics, with 19 new standards and revisions to address ethical considerations when using technology.
- Code of Ethics "standard of the month" reviews that help you understand and apply the Code of Ethics appropriately; the 2018 series walks you through the newly revised NASW Code of Ethics, highlighting significant revisions.
- Free ethics tip sheets that help you uncover ethical considerations in a given topic area.
- Free ethics consultations to guide you through the applicable standards in the Code of Ethics to help you make reasoned ethical decisions when you’re facing an ethical dilemma.
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PsychCentral.com
A new study finds that recent life events can influence depressive symptoms differently in adolescent girls, depending on how the brain responds to winning and losing.
The findings, published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, suggest that a strong brain response to winning boosts the beneficial impact of positive experiences on symptoms, whereas a strong response to losing intensifies the detrimental impact of negative experiences on symptoms.
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Most of us trust the doctors and hospitals to figure out what medications our aging parents need to treat their various, sometimes complex medical conditions. But there is a problem with all that trust. It is not uncommon for medication intended for a temporary problem to continue to be prescribed endlessly. Your loved one can end up taking medication he or she does not need, but no one notices.
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Deseret News
For the first time since 2005, Utah housing authorities will receive funding to provide additional "housing choice vouchers" to people with disabilities.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a total of $1.1 million to housing authorities throughout Utah to help people with disabilities to pay for housing.
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