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NAPSW Forum Articles By Category (1990 - 2020)All articles from back issues of the Forum are listed here by category through 2020. This list is updated on a yearly basis. Back issues of the Forum through 2009 are available to members on this website and can be accessed here. To access an issue of the Forum prior to 2009, please contact [email protected].Click here for a downloadable PDF version
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Access to CarePrenatal and OB Access Project: A Case Study Adolescent Pregnancy and ParentingAcculturation and Family Bonding: Recent Immigrant Teen Moms Social Workers’ Challenges in Reaching Out to Teens Developing ‘Anticipatory Guidance’ in Working with Adolescent Moms The Prevention of Premature Births to Teen Mothers: What is a Social Worker’s Role? Adolescent Parenting in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Country Living: A Multidimensional Approach to Rural Health Care Delivery for Pregnant Teens and Their Families Initiating a Teen Clinic in an HMO I’m Only 16, But… Adolescent Parents in the Hospital AdoptionComplications from an Adoption in Triplicate Mothers Planning Adoption: Advocacy at the Hospital and Beyond Road to Adoption: Allies and Adversaries Open Adoption: Weighing The Pros and Cons Long Term Issues for Birth Mothers: A Retrospective Study Adoption: The Perinatal Social Worker’s Role in the Process Adoption: A Perinatal Social Workers Guide to Supporting New Mothers Considering Adoption Reducing Hospital Chaos for Birth Mothers Planning Adoption Airway ManagementSocial Work Practice in Family Centered Airway Management Ambiguous GenitaliaSex, Lies and Ambiguous Genitalia AntepartumThe Antepartum Social Work Visit: Opportunities for Engagement, Assessment, Case Management and Clinical Support Helping Antepartum Women on Long Term Bedrest: Practical Solutions to an Impractical Problem “Come as You Are” A Support Group for Pregnant Women Hospitalized for Bedrest AttachmentAttachment and Perinatal Loss Teaching Parents about the Importance of Attachment for Babies’ Brains Issues in Attachment – Part Two Issues in Attachment - Part One Maternal Attachment in Pregnancy and Fetal Loss: A Bio-Psycho-Social-Assessment Maternal Attachment in Fetal Loss: A Bio-Psycho-Social-Assessment Part 2 The Mary Bridge Parenting Partnership: Using Attachment Theory in an Abuse Prevention Program Award for Excellence2019 Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Joan Hèbert, LCSW 2018 Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Fredda Zuckerman, LICSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Rasa Ragas, LSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Shari Munch, PhD, LCSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Mary Denato, LCSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Linda DeBaer, LCSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Lisa R. Baker, LCSW, PhD NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Dawn M. Raadt, LSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Barbara J. Menard, LCSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Judie McCoyd, Ph.D, QCSW, LCSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Anne-Marie Hallman, MSW, LCSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Sharon Williams, MSW, LISW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Deborah Calvert, MSW, LSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Margery Pentland, MSW, LICSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Debra Segi-Kovach, MSSA, LCSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Elissa Truitt Kopf NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Kay Ammon NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Denise Knoebel NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Laura Grant (Dillard) NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Edward Walwork NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Leora Hughes NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Joni Hardcastle NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Sally Mack NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Cathy Cook, LCSW NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Audrey Hauser NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Brenda Crumpton Sumrall NAPSW Award for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work: Lori Sheckter NAPSW Award for Excellence: Nancy B. Harold, ACSW NAPSW Award for Excellence: Regina Furlong Lind, ACSW NAPSW Award for Excellence: Carol K. Mahan, ACSW Bedrest — see AntepartumBereavement – see GriefBirth CenterA Safe Start: High Risk Mothers in an Out-of-Hospital Birth Center Book Reviews (beginning with 2001 Volume 21)Trauma Stewardship: Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky with Connie Burk Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2009)
Breathe: A Memoire of Motherhood, Grief, and Family Connection by Kelly Kittle Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities by Claudia Kalb Disasters and Vulnerable Populations: Evidence-Based Practice for the Helping Professions by Lisa R. Baker and Loretta A. Cormier Three Little Words, & Three More Words Memoirs by Ashley Rhodes-Courter Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain Trauma Stewardship: Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky Reviewed by Petra Vybiralova, Johns Hopkins Medicine MSW Graduate student at St. Leo’s University Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic by Martha Beck The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Ghost Belly by E. Heineman Katie’s Premature Brother by Elizabeth Hawkings-Walsh My Sister (Brother) Is Like A Baby Bird by Amy Tiller Loving and Letting Go by Deborah L. Davis, PhD Coming to Term: A Father’s Story of Birth, Loss, and Survival by William H.Woodwell, Jr. Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Soloman For The Love of Babies: One Doctor’s Stories About Life in the Neonatal ICU by Sue Hall, MD Collaborative Consultation with Parents and Infants in the Perinatal Period by Zack Boukydis, PhD Everything is Normal Until Proven Otherwise by K. W. Dennis, I.S. Lourie Fragile Beginnings: Discoveries and Triumphs in the Newborn ICU by Dr. Adam Wolfberg Our Heartbreaking Choices, Ed. by Christine Brooks Preemie Parents: 26 Ways to Grow with Your Premature Baby by Tami C. Gaines I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy by Angie Smith A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby’s Life is Expected to Be Brief by Amy Kuebelbeck & Deborah L. Davis, PhD The Mystery of Risk: Drugs, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and the Vulnerable Child by Perinatal and Postpartum Mood Disorders: Perspectives and Treatment Guide for the Health Care Practitioner Almost Home: Stories of Hope and the Human Spirit in the Neonatal ICU by Christine Gleason, MD, Kaplan Publishing, 2009 The Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression by Karen Klieman, MSW The NICU Rollercoaster by Nicole E. Zimmerman & Edward J. Sprague – Xlibris Corporations, publishers, July 2008 The Child Who Never Grew by Pearl S. Buck – Woodbine House, 1992 Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression by Shoshana S. Bennett, Ph.D. & Pec Indman, Ed.D., MFT—Moodswings Press, 2006 2nd ed. Unspeakable Losses: Healings from Miscarriages, Abortions, and Other Pregnancy Loss by Kim Kluger-Bell – Harper Paperbacks, 2000 Supporting Siblings & Their Families During Intensive Baby Care by Linda Rector – Paul H. Brookes Publishing, Inc., 2007 Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss by Jane Heustis, RN and Marcia Jenkins, RN When Survivors Give Birth – Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women by Penny Simkin, PT and Phyllis Klaus, CSW, MFT – Classic Day Publishing, Seattle, Washington 2004 Down Came The Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Brooke Shields The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman We Are Not Alone – Twenty stories of hope, heroism, heartache, and healing as told by the parents of children treated in the NICU Coming To Term: A Father’s Story of Birth, Loss, and Survival by William H. Woodwell, Jr., University of Mississippi Press, 2001 Stop Walking On Eggshells by Paul T. Mason, MS & Randi Kreger, New Harbringer Publications, Inc. 1998 Breast FeedingBreastfeeding: A Protective Factor Against Child Maltreatment Supporting Mothers Who Breastfeed CaringCaringBridge: A Lifeline for Parents and Families Compassion Fatigue: A Normal Consequence of Working in an Abnormal Situation Love That’s Tough Enough for Social Work Why Do We Keep Caring? And What Happens When We Stop? Care for the Caregiver: Stop in the Name of Love Care for the Caregiver – Caring for Medical Residents ChangeBeyond Client Advocacy: Mobilizing the Client as His Own Advocate Motivating Clients to Change: A Creative Partnership Survey Analysis: Changes in Social Work Delivery It Couldn’t Happen to Me: Transition: Social Worker-Parent-Activist ChartingWhat Are Your Charts Saying About You? – An Accurate Professional Record Reflects Good Habits Childbirth in PrisonChildbirth in PrisonLeah Brand, MSW Graduate Scholar – Portland State University Winter 2018, Volume 38 (1) Co-DependencyThe Recovering Co-dependent as Helping Professional Complicated FamiliesComplicated Families in the Health Care System Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management: Surviving the Tough Days Critical Incident Stress Management in Perinatal Social Work Cross-Cultural IssuesCultural, Religious and Ethnic Diversity Acculturation and Family Bonding: Recent Immigrant Teen Moms Working with Undocumented Families ¿Qué pasa?: Prenatal Care Outcomes for Spanish-Speaking Patients Smoothing the Waters for Compassionate Health Care: Transcultural Proficiency How to Survive and Thrive in a Multicultural, Multilingual Setting “Are You Black, White or What?” The Conception of Identity for the Biracial Family Pride in Parenting: A District of Columbia Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality in Minority Populations The Influence of Cultural and Religious Beliefs on Attitudes Towards Medical Care: Implications for Working with the Latina Perinatal Patient The Power of Engaging the African-American Family in Therapy Befriending Demons: Cross-Cultural Elements of Healing Decision MakingA Continuum of Decision Making in Pregnancy Delivering Difficult InformationTechniques for the Delivery of Difficult Information Depression — See Perinatal Mood DisordersDischarge Planning/Home CareMaryland's PRIDE: A State -of-the-Art Early Intervention Program for Preterm and Medically Fragile Infants Better Outcomes—at Home: the Loyola NICU Integrated Home Care Program: Thirteen Years Experience Soothing Babies Safely: Implementing A Bedside Prevention Education Program Pro-Active Discharge Planning in a Perinatal Setting Wee Beginnings: Assistance for a Safe Start From Hospital to Home Social Work in Home Health Care Program Working with Technology Dependent Children Domestic ViolenceDanger Lurking – At Home: Opportunities & Limitations in Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in the Perinatal Context Understanding Domestic Violence Domestic Violence During Pregnancy: A Protocol for Prevention and Intervention Domestic Violence and Pregnancy Bibliography Embryo RelinquishmentWhat’s in a Name? Relinquishing Embryos for Family Building Ethical IssuesImprisoning Pregnant and Parenting Mothers Ethical Issues in Human Milk Exchange Ethical Dilemmas: A Social Worker’s Role in Maternal-Fetal Medicine Complex Ethical Issues in Perinatal Social Work Ethics Rounds in the NICU Mother-Midwife Relationship: An Ethical Analysis of Enduring Partnership After Newborn Death Ethical Issues in Perinatal Social Work Legal and Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice in Perinatal Settings Evaluating PracticeEvidence Based Practice in Perinatal Social Work Evaluating Practice in Perinatal Settings: Group Designs Family ViolenceZero to Three Issues Report on Caring for Infants and Toddlers Exposed to Violence Factitious Illness by ProxyRespiratory Problems in Infancy and Factitious Illness by Proxy FathersA Dad’s Perspective on the NICU Man to Man: How Forming a Successful Fathers’ Group Can Build Trust and Calm Fears in the NICU Classic Comments (Spoken to a NICU Dad) Reflections of an NICU Dad Bootcamp for New Dads Fathers Network Web Site Gender Differences and Perinatal Loss: The Male Perspective Fetal Alcohol SyndromeWhat is the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Fetal ProgramThe Impact of Stress on the Developing Fetus and Implications for Effective InterventionSherri L. Alderman, MD, MPH, IMH-E Policy & Clinical, FAAP Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician Winter 2018, Volume 38 (1) Field InstructionThe Good, the Bad and the Awful: Supervising Social Work Students in the Field The Field Practicum: Working with the Student Intern Field Instruction: Integrating Theory into Practice Film ReviewCapturing a Short Life – a documentary about families dealing with infant loss ForumInformation for Authors – Call for PapersShelly Bunker, LCSW Spring 2018, Volume 38 (2) Forum Founder Passes the Torch Dave Warren Retires as Editor of NAPSW Forum For First-time Writers, Forum is an Easy Place to Start It’s Not Magic: Writing for NAPSW Forum Genetic CounselingDeterminism or Influence - New Information on Genetics and Behavioral Health Birth Defects, Genetics and Genetic Counseling GrandparentsGrandparents Parenting: The Second Time Around GriefBest Practice for Emotional Care of Perinatal Loss Bridging Theories of Grief since Kubler-Ross – Part II: Postmodern Grief Concepts and Perinatal Loss Bridging Theories of Grief since Kubler-Ross – Part I: Traditional Grief Theories & Perinatal Loss FOR THOSE IN GRIEF - The Role and Benefits of Expressive Writing HOPE is the thing with feathers… An Annual Day-Long Bereavement Workshop For Parents and Siblings When A Baby Dies – A Panel’s Perspective Helping Children Cope with Grief and Loss Forget Me Not: Finding Hope and Healing in the Midst of Heartbreak Perinatal Grief Volunteers Healing Themselves through Outreach Hope in Hard Times Identifying and Working with Grieving Parents Beyond the Bereaved – hidden Witnesses to Loss in the NICU Involving Siblings ‘in the Moment’ of Acute Grief Pat Schweibert, RN Spring 2009, Volume 29 (2) How Perinatal Death Affects Life (Part II) When There Isn’t A Victory Lane: Companioning and the Hard Work of Perinatal Loss Beginning to Heal: Rituals and Interventions for Families Experiencing Pregnancy Loss An Important Component of Perinatal Social Work: Counseling after Perinatal Loss Bringing Care, Hope and Love: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Neonatal Loss L.A.S.T. – A Paradigm that Makes a Difference: Compassionate Care after Perinatal Death Pregnancy Interrupted: Navigating Non-normative Loss of a Desired Pregnancy After Diagnosis of Fetal Anomaly Maternal Attachment in Pregnancy and Fetal Loss: A Bio-Psycho-Social-Assessment Pregnancy After Loss Developing Perinatal Bereavement Standards: Finding Our Place Within the Changing Health Care Setting Mother-Midwife Relationship: An Ethical Analysis of Enduring Partnership After Newborn Death What Happened to the Other? Losing a Twin or a Multiple: A Unique Grief Situation Requiring Special Interventions by Health Care Professionals Perinatal Bereavement: It’s Not All the Same Multiple Birth Loss and the NICU/Hospital Relating Trauma Theory to Perinatal Loss Gender Differences and Perinatal Loss: The Male Perspective Perinatal Bereavement and Advocacy: When Mother Has Used Cocaine Parallel Process: Handling Our Grief While Working with Grief HIV/AIDSWomen and HIV/AIDS Advances in the Prevention of Perinatal HIV Infection HIV Disease and Pregnancy: Chasing the Changing Recommendations Motivation for Pregnancy in HIV Infected Women Pediatric HIV Infection: A Family Disease HIV Infection: An Overview HumorThe Case for Humor The Use and Abuse of Humor in Perinatal Social Work Settings HyperemesisHyperemesis Gravidarum: A Case for Sex-Biased Diagnosing ImmigrationThe Impact of Immigration on the NICU Infant AbductionInfant Abduction: One Hospital’s Experience Infant Memorial“Why?” A NICU Memorial Infant MortalitySudden Unexpected Infant Death and Its Impact on Families: A Primer for ProfessionalsAlexander Friedman, MPH, Shari King, MA, MPH and Maxine Weinreb, EdD Spring 2020, Volume 40 (2) Infant Mortality – Baltimore takes on the Elephant in the City Pride in Parenting: A District of Columbia Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality in Minority Populations Infant Mortality: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy InfertilityA Study Sheds Light on How Women Experience Infertility Infertility: How it can lead to Posttraumatic Growth Coping With Infertility: Patient Advocacy Groups & Health Care Professionals Infertility Counseling for the Perinatal Social Worker: An Overview of Therapeutic Issues and Interventions Previously Infertile Couples and the Newborn Intensive Care Unit Innovative Program/Research Grant2017 – Karen Tabb Dina “Higher prevalence of immediate postpartum suicide ideation among women with diabetes among racially and ethnically diverse pregnant women.”
2016 – Dasi Schlup “The impact of adaptive behaviors of smoking in the home of preterm infants readmission to the hospital with RSV”
Effect of Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury on Maternal Mental Health
Catherine Miller, MSW; J. Abzug, MD; Nathan O’Hara, MHA; Karan Dua, MD
Summer 2016, Volume 36 (3)
Breastfeeding: A Protective Factor Against Child MaltreatmentA Poster Presentation Janeen Cross, DSW, MSW, MBS, LCSW Summer 2015, Volume 35 (3) To Understand & Document a Pregnant Woman’s Experience of Medical Treatment Decision-Making When She is Dependent on Prescription Opioids – Heather Howard, LICSW InspirationalDiscovering Our Differences: Celebrating Our Common Ground Food for Thought New Life and New Hope: Inspiring a Shared Vision Integrative ModalitiesIntegrative Modalities in the Care of Perinatal Patients and Staff Interdisciplinary TeamsGetting the Most Out of Interdisciplinary Teams: Collaboration or Turf Wars? Intimate Partner Violence — see Domestic ViolenceLegal IssuesLegal and Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice in Perinatal Settings Loss – see GriefManaged CareManaged Care: Can Less Ever Be More? Marketing Yourself as a Perinatal Social Worker — see Practice IssuesMarijuana — see Substance Use/AbuseMaternal AttachmentMaternal Attachment in Pregnancy and Fetal Loss: A Bio-Psycho-Social-Assessment Medical StudentsDeveloping a Medical Student Course: Another Role for Perinatal Social Work Mental HealthUnderstanding Mothers Living with Borderline Personality Disorder Understanding and Managing Personality Disordered Parents - REPRINT FROM NAPSW FORUM SPRING 2011 Effect of Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury on Maternal Mental Health Understanding and Managing Personality Disordered Parents
Cathie Delewski Decreasing Re-Occurrence of Spontaneous Abortion by Mental Health Intervention (TLC Program) Short- and Long-term Effects of Deprivation in Early Life: Lessons from Post-Institutionalized Eastern European Orphans An Infant Mental Health Perspective She Need to Talk and I Needed to Listen: An Infant Mental Health Intervention Crisis and Opportunity: Working with Mentally Ill Parents Mental RetardationParents with Mental Retardation: Whose Limits Are We Talking About Anyway Military FamiliesWorking With Military Families: A Perinatal Perspective Multiple BirthsMultiple Birth Loss and the NICU/Hospital What Happened to the Other? Losing a Twin or a Multiple: A Unique Grief Situation Requiring Special Interventions by Health Care Professionals NAPSW History - Looking BackMy Look Back NAPSW Remembered NAPSW email community: a place for members to receive information and share resources NAPSW History: Dawn Raadt Remembers History of the NAPSW Annual Board Meeting Forty-four Years of NAPSW Conferences NAPSW—30 Years Ago NAPSW: From the Beginning My first NAPSW conference was 1984 in Seattle … Co-chairing the 1999 Seattle Conference with Margery Pentland was an amazing highlight Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) /Newborn Intensive Care UnitHome Oxygen Parent Exchange Program Brings Hope to Former NICU Families: Creating Connection Through Music Listening to the Heart Music Therapy’s Role in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit The Journey from NICU through Follow Up: How Social Workers Support Hope and Healing Interdisciplinary Recommendations for Psychosocial Support of NICU Parents
JaNeen Cross The Shorter Stay NICU Experience Trauma’s Role on the NICU Stage: A Preliminary Study with Mothers Contributes Evidence for Trauma-Informed Practices in Perinatal Social Work When NICU Children Are Not Safe At Home My Baby is Going Home From the NICU – Now What? How Families See Cross-Cultural Care: A Canadian Team Examines Views From Both Families and Health Care Providers in the NICU Parent-Professional Communication in the NICU: What Do Parents Really Want? The Neonatal-Perinatal Social Worker’s Role: Extremely Low Birth Weight Newborns Isabel’s Gift: A Community of Caring for NICU Families Dancing The Dance: Making Life and Death Decisions In The Nursery Good Touches – Creating and Maintaining a NICU Cuddler Program When the Beginning Is the End: Preparing to Withdraw Life Support in the NICU Adolescent Parenting in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Multiple Birth Loss and the NICU/Hospital The Impact of Immigration on the NICU “I’m Special, Too”: Psychosocial Aspects of Sibling Adjustments in the NICU Parent-to-Parent Support: Enriching Traditional Prenatal and NICU Care NICE, Newborn Intensive Care Extension: A Parent for Parent Support Group Previously Infertile Couples and the Newborn Intensive Care Unit Beyond the NICU – A Case Study NICU Staff Support and Social Work Intervention Palliatiave CareA Gift of Time: Continuing A Pregnancy When A Baby’s Life is Expected to be Brief New Hope for Perinatal Palliative Care: Northern CA’s George Mark Children’s House Perinatal Palliative Care: A Pathway to Integrated Care From Birth to Death: Using Doulas with Perinatal Loss Comfort Care Principles for the High Risk Newborn Taking Palliative Care into Pregnancy and Perinatal Loss: A Model for Community Collaboration Baby Geena: A Case Study in Pediatric Palliative Care ParentingThe Oregon Family Well-Being Assessment: Moving From Supporting Healthy Birth to Supporting Healthy ParentingHelen Bellanca, MD, MPH; Vicki Baudino-Schaffer, LCSW; Rebecca Kendrick, OTR/L; Gaby Mendez, LCSW; Midge Silver, LCSW; and Laurel Duham, RN, MPH Spring 2018, Volume 38 (2) Perinatal Loss — see GriefPerinatal Mood DisordersScreening and Comprehensive Support Services for Perinatal Mood Disorders A MODEL PROGRAM FOR WOMEN IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEYSusan Ellis Murphy, MA, BSN, RNCOB, LPC Spring 2019, Volume 39 (2) Phenomenology and Treatment Treating Perinatal Mood Disorders Through a Continuum of Care Reviewing The Dark Side of the Full Moon High Risk Screening and Treatment in the Medical Setting Conversations with New Mothers of Color: Living with Postpartum Depression Women at Risk: A Regional Approach to a State Mandate Something’s Just Not Right What Do We Know? What Do We Do? Screening For Postpartum Depression Perinatal Social WorkPerinatal Advocacy: The Graceful RevolutionMelissa Bird, MSW, LCSW Autumn 2018, Volume 38 (4) Medical Futility: A Social Worker’s Role Are You a Specialist or Generalist? Keeping Perinatal Social Work Passion and Skills with Transitional Roles Perinatal Practicums: Graduate Social Work Students Research Care in a Western Montana OB/GYN Clinic Rejuvenating Your Passion in Perinatal Social Work A Perfect 10: The Ten Best Things About Being a Perinatal Social Worker Surviving Change and Reorganization: My Exile and Re-entry into Perinatal Social Work Before the Storm: Helping Families Prepare for Disasters Buffers Against Burnout What Hurts, What Helps, What Heals: Part Two Liza Gene Cooper, LMSW Autumn 2008, Volume 28 (4) Between A Rock and A Hard Place: What to Do When You Can’t Do It All Stepping Forward in Saving Babies The Ethics of Self-Disclosure: What Do We Tell Our Clients About Ourselves: The Social Worker as Advocate: A Lost Art? The Changing Role of the Perinatal Social Worker Developing a Medical Student Course: Another Role for Perinatal Social Work Moving Forward with Perinatal Glasses: The Transition from Student to Social Worker Planning for Excellence in Perinatal Social Work Political Action — see Social ActionPostpartum Depression — see Perinatal Mood DisordersPractice IssuesVirtual Conferences in the Age of the Pandemic Putting out the Fire: Family Staff Resolution Plan Hot Topics in Perinatal Social Work at Little Rock Conference “We need to talk” Easing the Difficult Conversation Maintaining Professional Boundaries With Families And Tips for Working with Staff Who Don’t When Drugs Add Risk: Collaboration with Child Protection to Serve Substance-Exposed Newborns and their Families Overcoming Roadblocks On The Path to Family Centered Care Maintaining Family Centered Care in a Violent World: Keeping Families & Staff Safe Working with the Family Evaluating Practice in Perinatal Settings: Group Designs Owning and Marketing Yourself as a Social Worker Prenatal DiagnosisCreating Normalcy In Families – Providing Support During A Life-Limiting Perinatal Diagnosis Perinatal Clients and the Internet: Quality of On-line Support and Potential for Harm Counseling Prenatal Diagnosis Patients Preterm BirthDisturbing Studies for Late Preterm Infants Taking Turns Perinatal Social Workers Preventing Preterm Birth Professional RelationshipsProfessional Relationships in the Nursery Regional PerspectivesRegional Reports from Regions 3, 4, 9, and 10 Two Heartwarming Perinatal Stories: Current Social Work Practices for Antepartum bedrest patients Disaster Reports Postpartum Depression (PPD) ResearchIt’s Not Rocket Science!: Part IV Demystifying Research Selecting A Research Design: Part III Getting Started with Research NOT Starting from Scratch: Part II Getting Started with Research Developing Research Strategies in Perinatal Social Work: Part I Getting Started RetirementRetirement Stories: Congratulations and Gratitude for Your ServiceMargery Pentland, LICSW Spring 2018, Volume 38 (2) Rural HealthCountry Living: A Multidimensional Approach to Rural Health Care Delivery for Pregnant Teens and Their Families Safe HavenWhen the Alternative is a Dumpster, Siblings“I’m Special, Too”: Psychosocial Aspects of Sibling Adjustments in the NICU Social ActionSocial Action, Social Change, and Social Work Practice Advocating for Perinatal Mental Health Advocacy Report A Wake-up Call to Advocacy
Beth Paul, LSW NASW awards HEALS program yearlong policy fellowship to JaNeen Cross, DSW, MSW, MBA New Administration—Many What-ifs So What’s the Plan? Vote! Being a NICU Social Worker Never Stops Politics, Policies, and Perinatal Social Work Unintended –but Welcome—Consequences for Adoption What can we do to make our families a little happier? Lets Take Steps to Advocacy Advocacy at the state level…one NAPSW member’s experience Human Trafficking Can You Help Me? Federal Emergency Management Agency vs. Perinatal Social Work Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act Am I a Bystander? – Current Issues from Social Action Committee Social Action Committee Supreme Test for Affordable Care Act Congress’ Budget Woes Threaten Programs Social Action: Our Role as Social Workers Is it Just Business as Usual? Can We Find the Needle in the Haystack? Did We Get Tired or Just Get Lazy? The Melanie Blocker-Stokes MOTHERS Act…Passed at Last! Health Care Reform – Social Action Committee Report 11 Million More Children to have Health Care Coverage Update on the Melanie Blocker Stokes Mother’s Act Is the SCHIP Sinking? Updates on SCHIP and The Mother’s Act Postpartum Depression Legislation Moves Forward (Somewhat…) Pending Federal Postpartum Depression Legislation Postpartum Depression…It’s not too late to cast your vote! Women’s Health Policy—Is it Alive and Well? Postpartum Depression Legislation—Is your state keeping pace? Immigration Reform: What is Happening? Medicaid: “Do You Know What is Happening in Your State?” Who Are Your State Senators and Representatives? Get Involved and Advocate Now Social Action…It’s Just A Mouse Click Away (reprint of Spring 2004 article) Experts, Families Demand More PPD Research, Money – Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research & Care Act Overview of Website Resources for Social Action Medical Malpractice – The Perfect Storm Following Nine-Eleven Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2001 – Patient’s Bill of Rights Safe Place For Babies – Abandoned Babies How to Make the Most Impact on Your Representative in the Shortest Amount of Time Social and Political Activism – A Challenge for Perinatal Social Workers Solution Focused PsychotherapyPsychotherapy: A Solution-Focused Approach Solution Focused Psychotherapy in Medical Settings Staff SupportStaff Support in a High Acuity Setting: Stress Reduction, Self-Care and Family ManagementMaria Reale, LMSW and Sarah Lossing, LMSW Brandon NICU, C.S Mott Children’s Hospital, Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan) Spring 2020, Volume 40 (2) Schwartz Center Rounds for Caregivers Care for the Caregiver – Caring for Medical Residents NICU Staff Support and Social Work Intervention Substance AbuseThe PARTNER Model: A Solution to the Stigma of the Perinatal Opioid EpidemicNoelle M. Ciara, DSW, LCSW, ACM-SW Winter 2020, Volume 40 (1) Lessons from Opioid Dependent Women “But It’s Legal” Challenges and Complexities of Keeping Babies Safe with the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Reaching Women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: A Panel of Women’s Voices Quagmire: For Women Pregnant & Dependent on Prescription Painkillers-Who Makes The Treatment Decisions? Part Three Quagmire: For Women Pregnant & Dependent on Prescription Painkillers-Who Makes The Treatment Decisions? Part Tw0 Quagmire: For Women Pregnant & Dependent on Prescription Painkillers-Who Makes The Treatment Decisions? Part One Court-Based Interventions for Pos-Tox and Drug Exposed Infants and Toddlers Mom, What’s The Matter With Meth? Substance-Exposed Infants The Mary Bridge Parenting Partnership: Using Attachment Theory in an Abuse Prevention Program Perceptions of Denial: Interviews with Pregnant and Parenting Chemically-Dependent Women Enrolled in Treatment Effective Interventions in Maternal Substance Abuse Intervening in Perinatal Alcohol or Drug Abuse Working with Substance Abusing Women and Their Children in a Residential Treatment Program Improving Access to Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant and Parenting Women Perinatal Bereavement and Advocacy: When Mother Has Used Cocaine Perinatal Substance Abuse Survey A Second Look at Services for Cocaine-Using Pregnant Women Perinatal Social Work, Crisis Intervention, and Substance Abuse SupervisionSocial Work Supervision That’s Effective and Ethical Support Groups – Staff, Parents, PatientsBuilding Blocks for a Successful Parent Led Peer Support Group Enhancing Parent Support Beyond Discharge NICU Parent Groups – Where Family Centered Care Gets its Energy Making Connections in Perinatal Bereavement Nurses Support Group: Dealing with Countertransferential Issues Arising from Diversity “Come as You Are” A Support Group for Pregnant Women Hospitalized for Bedrest Parent-to-Parent Support: Enriching Traditional Prenatal and NICU Care NICE, Newborn Intensive Care Extension: A Parent for Parent Support Group SurrogacySurrogacy: The Routine, the Unusual and the UnbelievableKaren Anderson, MSW, LCSW Winter 2019, Volume 39 (1) Managing The Experience of Gestational Carriers and Intended Parents Social Work Practice with Surrogate Families The Perinatal Social Worker’s Role in Surrogacy Surrogacy in the Gay Community SurveysSurvey Analysis: Changes in Social Work Delivery Technology Dependent ChildrenSocial Work in Home Health Care Program Working with Technology Dependent Children Terminating Life SupportTerminating Life Support Systems in a Neonatal Setting Trauma Informed PracticeTrauma Informed Care and Perinatal Services Trauma Informed Care: The Thrive Guide Trauma Informed Practice: A Fresh Lens to View Client Behavior
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