News Archive
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Starting a private practice is the ultimate goal for many licensed clinical social workers. These three essential steps will help successfully launch your practice.
The prospect of opening a private practice is alluring to licensed clinical social workers (LCSW) for a number of reasons — the opportunity to set your own hours, carve out your niche within the field and opt to see the patients that you feel best equipped to treat.
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Our first week of classes has concluded amid two dramatically opposite national experiences: violence and bigotry in Charlottesville, Virginia, and universally shared excitement with the eclipse.
We can expect to be at odds in coming months between confrontation and opportunities for connection like these, all within the context of national and international instability.
As a school, we can use this tension as an opportunity to probe the meanings of democracy, diversity and social reform more deeply.
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A significant portion of incarcerated individuals are parents. More than 2.7 million children in the U.S. have an incarcerated parent, and more than 10 million have experienced parental incarceration at some point in their lives. Those numbers are even higher when including children with parents under active supervision, parole or probation.
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Peer caregiving improves inmates’ lives
America’s aging population is growing rapidly—including in prisons. The number of state and federal prisoners age 55 or older rose 250 percent between 1999 and 2014, according to U.S. Department of Justice data. But prison facilities are not designed to accommodate elders’ needs.
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Frances Wu, the first Chinese American to receive a Doctor of Social Work from the University of Southern California, philanthropist, and founder of Chinese American Golden Age Association, died Aug. 11 in Monterey Park, California. She was 96.
Born in 1921 in Anhui, China, Wu was a 1948 graduate of Ginling College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and social work. Her master’s degree in social work was from McGill University.
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BioMed Op-Ed: The Role of Medicaid in Reducing Addiction Treatment Disparities for Mexican AmericansRecent expansion of Medicaid has been a first step in reducing health-care disparities in the United States. This is particularly true for publicly funded substance use disorder treatment, for which Medicaid has become the largest payer. Recently published research in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy looked to explore whether disparities in addiction treatment were associated with treatment programs’ acceptance of Medicaid payments.
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After serving in the military and working for a number of nonprofits, Alonso Fuente brought his passion for bettering communities to USC.
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Social work students had the opportunity to connect with the Lakota people through a new cultural immersion program in South Dakota.
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Moses Chadwick, MSW ’78, founder and executive/clinical director of the Tessie Cleveland Community Services Corp. (TCCSC), which provides mental health and related services to children, adolescents and families in South Los Angeles, died June 24, 2017. He was 75.
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David Kuroda, MSW ’72, shares a few tips about how couples with children can “uncouple” in healthy ways.
1. Tell your children the divorce is not their fault and remind them of it as often as you need to. Reassure them that you will always love them.
2. Even if you’re worried about money and feel uncertain, remember that as parents we have to give our children hope for the future. You might tell them that you may live in a smaller house or not take as many vacations, but that you’ll continue to love each other and be a family no matter what.