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Social Workers
A social worker is a person who supports people in overcoming their challenges and provides this in a timely and professional manner. The social workers most people have come across are the ones who work within communities (e.g., organizing campaigns, community ...
- Children and Youth Services
- Abandonment
- Abduction
- Abuse and Neglect
- Adolescent/Youth Services: Overview
- Adoption Agencies and Services
- Adoption, Special Needs
- Adoption: Infants, International, and Older/Special Needs Children
- Aftercare Services for Children Aging Out of Foster Care
- Aggression Replacement Training
- AMBER Alert
- Ansell-Casey Life-Skills Assessment
- At-Risk Youth Services
- Behavior Modification and Residential Treatment Facilities Behavior Support and Management Biracial Children
- Boarder Babies
- Boot Camps
- Bullying
- Child Abuse/Neglect, Victims of
- Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths
- Child Protective Services
- Child Support Agencies and Services
- Child Welfare Services
- Children in Foster Care
- Children in Special Living Arrangements
- Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Children of Substance Abusers
- Children of Undocumented Aliens
- Children, Youth and Human Trafficking
- ChildStats
- Continuum of Care
- Daniel Memorial Institute System Independent Living Skills
- Day Care for Children
- Disposition of Juvenile Records
- Early Childhood Development
- Early Childhood Literacy
- Education and Training Vouchers
- Educational Support Services
- Families, Nontraditional
- Family Crisis Intervention Planning
- Family Permanency Planning
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Drug-Exposed Infants
- Foster Care Agencies
- Gangs in Schools
- Genogram
- Group Homes for Children
- Head Start and Prekindergarten Programs
- Immunization Campaigns
- Infant Mortality/Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Infant/Toddler Development
- Intelligence Testing
- Interethnic Adoption Provision
- Jail Diversion Programs for Children and Adolescents
- Juvenile Justice System
- KIDS COUNT
- Kinship Care
- Life Book
- Life Skills Training
- Maternity Homes
- Monitoring the Future
- Multicultural Education Journals
- Multiracial Children
- Multisystemic Therapy
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
- National Survey of Family Growth
- National Youth in Transition Database
- Parenting Skills Training
- Parenting Styles, Cultural Differences in
- Paternity, Establishing
- Peer Pressure
- Profile of Parenting Study
- Protective Services for Children
- Runaway Youth
- School Counselors
- School Mental Health Project
- School Psychologists
- School Social Workers, Racial and Ethnic Issues for
- Special Education
- State Children's Health Insurance Program Status Offense
- Substance Abuse Treatment for Children and Adolescents Targeted Case Management Truancy
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
- Zero Tolerance Approach in Schools
- Community Development
- Administration for Community Living
- After-School Services
- Business Incubator
- Community Action Agencies
- Community Corrections
- Community Development Block Grants
- Community Development Corporations
- Community Health Centers
- Community Organizing
- Community-Based Services
- Cultural Services
- Educational Services
- Eminent Domain
- Enterprise Zone
- Fair Lending Practices
- Gentrification
- Grassroots Leadership
- Habitat for Humanity
- Health Promotion Services
- Housing Services
- Microlending Programs
- Neighborhood Watch Programs
- NeighborWorks America
- Policing and Safety
- Primacy of Place
- Prisoner Reentry Programs
- Recreation Services
- Redlining
- Section 8
- Senior Services
- Transportation Services
- Volunteer Services
- Cultural Competence in Human Services
- Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers
- Diversities
- Diversity and Equality in Health Care
- Journal Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
- Journal of Human Services
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
- American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
- Changing the Client Versus Changing the Environment
- Childhood Trauma
- Colonialism, Lingering Effects of
- Communication Styles, Ethnic and Cultural Differences in
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Critical Race Theory
- Cross-Cultural Knowledge
- Cross-Cultural Service Models
- Cross-Cultural Skills
- Cultural Competence, Human Service Providers and
- Cultural Competence, Measuring and Assessing
- Cultural Competence, Model of
- Cultural Competence, Professional Standards of
- Cultural Competence, Training in
- Cultural Humility, Model of
- Cultural Paradigms
- Culturally Diverse Practice, Definitions of
- Culturally Diverse Practice, Theories of
- Culturally Specific Services
- Death and Dying, Cultural Attitudes Toward
- Diversity in the Workplace
- Education for Diversity in Human Services
- Emic and Etic
- Empowerment Research
- Ethnocentrism and Ethnorelativism
- Executive Orders
- Factline: Tracking Health in Underserved Communities
- Implicit Bias
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- Institutional Oppression
- Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Practice
- Levels of Intervention
- Life Course Approach
- Locus of Control, Cultural Differences in
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Medicine, Workforce Diversity in
- Multicultural Education
- Personal Practice, Model of
- Power, Race/Ethnicity and
- Prejudice, Theories of
- Providers, Institutional Racism and
- Racial Microaggression
- Racism, Long-Term Effects of
- Racism, Self-Assessment of
- Service Providers and Diversity
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Epidemiology
- Social Innovation
- Social Work Practice and People of Color
- Social Work, Diversity Practice in
- Social Workers
- Sociology of Disability
- Spirituality/Religion and Diversity
- Culture-Specific Services
- Ableism
- ADHD, Services for Individuals With
- Age and Clients
- Aging and Adult Services
- Assistive Technology
- Autism and Asperger's Syndrome, Services for
- Blindness and Low Vision
- Children With Special Needs
- Children, Youth, and Human Trafficking
- Cisgender
- Cultural Broker
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Developmental Disabled Individuals
- Disability Services
- Disability Studies
- Disabled Clients
- Elder Care/Geriatric Services
- Families of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners
- Fundamentalist Christian Americans
- Gangs, Social Issues of and Intervention
- Gender and Clients
- Heterosexual Privilege
- Immigrant Populations, Human Service Needs of
- Immigration: Human Service Issues
- Interfaith Couples
- Juvenile Delinquents
- Juvenile Detention Centers
- Learning Disabilities, Services for Individuals With
- LGBTQ Clients
- Longitudinal Studies of Aging
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Meaningful Access
- Mobility-Impaired Individuals
- Mormons
- National Institute on Aging
- Neurodiversity
- Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners
- Probation and Parole Officers
- Protective Services for Adults
- Reasonable Accommodations
- Religion and Clients
- Same-Sex Marriage/Couples
- Sexual Abuse Survivors
- Sexual Reassignment Surgery
- Size Discrimination
- Social Services, Disabled Children and
- Student Visas
- Subcultures
- Torture, Survivors of
- Transgender Individuals
- Two-Spirits
- Universal Access/Universal Design
- Victim Services
- War and Terrorism, Survivors of
- Women, Battered
- Family Services
- Alloparenting, Cultural Aspects of
- Co-Parenting, Cultural Aspects of
- Counseling and Psychotherapy Services
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence, Victims of
- Economic Support and Services
- Emergency Fuel Services
- Employment/Career Assistance Services
- Family Planning Services
- Family Preservation Services
- Family Services
- Family Violence Prevention and Services
- Food Support
- Housing Support and Homeless Services
- Kinship Care, Cultural Aspects of
- Legal Services
- Respite Services
- Wraparound Services/Systems of Care
- Hospitals, Health Care, and Cultural Competence
- Adult Day Care
- AIDS/HIV Programs
- Case Management Services
- College and University Health Services
- Communication Disorders, Services for
- Community Health, Racial and Ethnic Approaches to
- Dental Services
- Directly Observed Therapy
- Do Not Resuscitate Order
- Emergency Medical Care
- Harm Reduction Programs
- Health as a Human Right
- Health Care Delivery, Models of
- Health Care, Disparities in
- Health Insurance
- Home and Community Services
- Home Care Services
- Hospice Services
- Hospitals
- Immunization
- Maternal/Infant Health Services
- Medicaid
- Medical Necessity
- Medical Social Workers, Racial and Ethnic Issues for
- Medical Supplies, Access to
- Medical Transportation
- Medicare
- Meditation/Yoga
- Midwifery
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- National Healthcare Disparities Reports
- Neonatal Care
- Nursing Home Care
- Nursing, Public Health
- Nutritional Services and Assessment
- Occupational Therapy
- Outpatient Medical Care
- Overweight and Obese Adults and Children
- Pain Management
- Palliative Care
- Partner Notification Programs in HIV/AIDS
- Pharmaceuticals, Access to
- Pregnancy and Parenting Services
- Prenatal Care
- Public Health
- Quality of Life, Measuring of
- Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
- Rehabilitative Services
- Respite Care
- School Health Services
- Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf
- Workplace Health Services
- International Cultural Competence
- Alcohol Consumption, International Variations in Attitudes Toward
- Alternative Medical Systems
- Child Labor, International Variations in Attitudes Toward
- Children and War
- Children, International Variations in Attitudes Toward
- Chronic Diseases Common in Developing Countries
- Coca-Colonization
- Communicable Diseases Common in Developing Countries
- Cultural Appropriation
- Diaspora
- Disabilities, International Variations in Attitudes Toward
- Domestic Violence, International Variations in Attitudes Toward
- Family Reunification
- Family, International Variations in Definitions of
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Gender Issues and Roles in Developing Countries
- Gender Issues and Roles in Non-Western Countries
- Global Burden of Disease
- Health and Sickness, Differing Attitudes Toward
- Help-Seeking Behavior, Cultural Differences in
- Honor Killings
- Human Trafficking
- ICE Detention Centers, Services in
- Infanticide, International Variations in Attitudes Toward
- International Adoptions and Families
- International Federation of Social Workers
- Mental Health, International Variations in Attitudes Toward
- Missionary Work and Workers
- Natural Disasters, Service for
- Naturalized Citizens
- Pandemics
- Poverty
- Rape as an Instrument of War
- Refugee Assistance
- Reparations
- Rites of Passage
- Role Flexibility, International Differences in
- Sweatshop Laborers
- Tobacco Use, International Variations in Attitudes Toward
- Traditional Medicine
- Legislation and Regulations
- Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
- Adoption and Safe Families Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
- Community Reinvestment Act (1977)
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations
- Cultural and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards
- DREAM Act, The
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Family Violence Prevention and Services Act
- Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1966
- Indian Child Welfare Act
- Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Interstate Compact for Juveniles
- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
- McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001
- Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994
- No Child Left Behind Act
- TRIO Programs
- United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Mental and Behavioral Health Services
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Cultural Responsiveness of
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services
- Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
- Behavioral Health Disparities for Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations
- Case Management
- Chemical Restraints
- Conflict Resolution and Diversity
- Crisis Services
- Day Treatment Centers
- Deinstitutionalization
- Developmental Disabilities, Attitudes and Myths in Services for
- Drug and Alcohol Screening
- Eating Disorders, Cultural Aspects of
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Ethnic Groups and Drug and Alcohol Use
- Face-Blindness (Prosopagnosia)
- Family Therapy
- Gambling Addictions
- Genetic Counseling, Cultural Aspects of
- Group Homes for Adults
- Group Therapy
- Information and Referral
- Interpersonal Violence
- Long-Term Residential Care
- Marriage Counseling
- Mental Health Service Delivery, Cultural Characteristics
- Mental Health Services, Adult
- Mental Health Services, Child
- Mental Health Services, Ethnic Models and Multicultural
- Military Families
- Military Personnel
- Military Veterans
- National Database for Autism Research
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Native Americans, Suicide Among
- Partial Care Services for Adults, Mental Health
- Partial Care Services for Children, Mental Health
- Peer Support and Counseling Services
- Postpartum Depression
- Psychiatric/Psychological Assessment
- Rehabilitation Centers
- Restorative Justice
- Self-Harm, Cultural Aspects of
- Smoking and Smoking Cessation, Cultural Aspects of
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association
- Suicide Prevention Services
- Suicide, Cultural Aspects of
- Supported Housing
- Trauma-Focused Services
- Twelve-Step Programs
- Veterans Services
- Organizations, Programs, Government Agencies, and Departments
- Administration for Native Americans
- Administration on Children, Youth and Families
- Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- American Correctional Association
- Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
- Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
- Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
- Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children's Defense Fund
- Court-Appointed Special Advocate, National Association
- Department of Education, U.S.
- Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.
- DiversityRx
- Enterprise Community Partners
- Human Capital Development Initiative
- Institute of Education Sciences
- International Mental Health Research Organization
- John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
- Joint Commission, The
- Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
- Mental Health Gap Action Program
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- National Assessment Governing Board
- National Center for Cultural Competence
- National Center for Hate Crime Prevention
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- National Congress of American Indians
- National Mental Health Association
- National Minority AIDS Council
- National Organization for Human Services
- Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
- Office for Civil Rights
- Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, White House
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
- Social Security Administration
- TuDiabetes
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity
- Race and Ethnicity
- Regional Cultural Competence
- Accommodation
- Acculturation
- African Americans
- African Immigrants
- Alaskan Natives
- American Indian Movement
- Antilocution
- Anti-Semitism
- Appalachia and Human Services
- Arab Americans
- Asian Americans
- Asian Immigrants
- Asian Indian Immigrants
- Assimilation
- Bias in Service Delivery
- Biculturalism
- Biracial Couples
- Blue Vein Society/Paper Bag Test
- Border Communities
- Caribbean Immigrants
- Center for Native American Youth
- Central American Immigrants
- Chinese Americans
- Conflict Resolution and Diversity
- Cuban Americans
- Cultural Determinism
- Cultural Literacy
- Discrimination and Institutional Racism
- Displaced Persons
- Dominican Americans
- Environmental Racism
- Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights
- Ethnic Diversity and Values
- Ethnicity and Clients
- Ethnicity, Definitions of
- Ethnocentrism
- European Americans
- Filipino Americans
- Global South/Global North
- Haitian Americans
- Hate Groups
- Hawai'ian Native Americans
- Hispanic Americans
- Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- Hispanic Immigrants
- Hmong Immigrants
- Holocaust Survivors
- Immigration Law: History of U.S.
- Incarceration and Sentencing, Racial Disparities in
- Indian Boarding Schools
- Indian Health Service
- Internal Revenue Service's Migration Data Files
- Isolated Communities and Cultural Competence
- Jewish Americans
- Language Assistance
- Literacy Testing
- Melting Pot Theory
- Mexican Americans
- Migrant Workers
- Model Minority Stereotype
- Monoculturalism
- Multiculturalism
- Multiracial Individuals and Families
- Muslim Americans
- Native Americans
- Office of Refugee Resettlement
- Pacific Islander Immigrants
- Pacific Islanders
- People of Color: Service Delivery, Psychological Assessment, Cultural Issues
- Pluralism
- Puerto Ricans
- Race and Clients
- Race, Social Definitions of
- Racial and Ethnic Categories, U.S. Census
- Racial Identity Development, Models of
- Regional Cultural Competence
- Reverse Discrimination
- Rural Communities
- Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act
- Sikhism
- Slavery and Lasting Cultural Effects of Social Biology/Biological Determinism
- Social Darwinism
- South American Immigrants
- Southern Communities and Cultural Competence
- Stolen Generation
- Tribal Social Services
- Tribal Sovereignty
- U.S. Cultural Regions
- Undocumented Immigrants
- United Farm Workers of America
- United States, Demographics of
- Urban Communities and Human Services
- Values, Ethics, Ethnic Diversity and
- Vietnamese Americans
- Western Communities and Cultural Competence
- White Privilege
- Women Minorities
- Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Competence
- Adult Education Programs and Services
- Adult Literacy Programs
- Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Historical Role of
- Blue Collar/Pink Collar/White Collar
- Cultural Capital, Role of
- Dual Income, No Kids
- Educational Status and Service Delivery
- Environmental Justice
- Family Structure, Diversity of
- Financial Literacy Programs
- Food Desert
- Food Insecurity
- Health Disparities, Role of
- Homelessness
- Linguicism
- National Urban League
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
- Single Parents
- Social and Economic Justice
- Social Capital, Role of
- Social Security, Services Funded by
- Social Welfare Policy, Cultural Competence in
- Social Welfare Programs, Cultural Competence in
- Socioeconomic Status
- Supplemental Security Income, Services Funded by
- Temporary Aid to Needy Families
- Uninsured Clients
- War on Poverty Programs
- Welfare Reform, Role of
- Yuppies and Buppies
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