Join NAPSW's Stepping For Preemies! — Raise Funds to Support Hospital Family Support Programs and NAPSW Scholarships

NAPSW is launching it's annual "Stepping for Preemies" Campaign! This fundraising campaign is meant to be a wellness activity that raises funds for both for NAPSW conference scholarships and Hospital Family Support Programs!  How do we do this? Use your tracking device (Fitbit, Smart Phone app, Up Band, etc) to monitor and keep track of your steps. 

When:  Register anytime.  The campaign starts July 1st, 2019 and ends August 31, 2019.

What's Inside:

• Screening and Comprehensive Support Services for Perinatal Mood Disorders
• Listening to the Heart: Music Therapy's Role in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Chicago 2020 Conference
• Book Review — Birth of a New Brain
• NAPSW From the Beginning
• Stepping for Preemies
• Call for Papers

Members can click here to access.  Not a member? Click here to learn more about NAPSW membership benefits and to join today!

Call For Papers For the 2020 NAPSW Conference —
Securing the Good in the Second City: 
Perinatal Social Work for All
April 29 - May 2, 2020

NAPSW is seeking workshop presentations for the 2020 annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, to be held April 29th through May 2nd. Specific areas of interest are: perinatal and social work ethics, enhancing social work clinical skills, difficult conversations with perinatal families, surrogacy, adoption, antenatal support, fetal diagnosis and support, NAS, end-of-life and bereavement, staff support, professional boundaries, cultural competency, perinatal social work research and NICU.

Please submit a one page, double-spaced description/abstract of the material to be presented, with three learning objectives. Include a cover sheet that contains the title, author’s name(s), professional credentials, phone number and email address.  Click here for a downloadable flier and please share!

NAPSW Annual Conference 2020 — Securing the Good in the Second City: Perinatal Social Work for All

The 44th Annual National Association of Perinatal Social Workers (NAPSW) Conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois, April 29th - May 2nd, 2020 at the St. Jane Hotel, Chicago.  Conference registration and hotel reservation information will be announced soon.  Click here to learn more about membership benefits and to join NAPSW to be notified when registration opens and receive the membership discount rate!   

The Winter 2019 Forum is Here!

What's Inside:

From the President
Surrogacy
Cultural Diversity and Perinatal Loss
Savannah Conference
Book Review — Juniper The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon
Looking Back: Joni Hardcastle

Only One Week Left for the New Member Special — Join Today and Save!  

NAPSW is launching a recruitment campaign to celebrate social work month. Starting today through the end of March, new members will be able to join for half price and members who recruit new members will get $50 off their conference fees! We love our social workers and we love NAPSW!  

Registration Now Open for the 43rd Annual NAPSW Conference: Walking Your Way Through Perinatal Social Work

The 43rd Annual National Association of Perinatal Social Workers (NAPSW) Conference will be held in Savannah, GA, May 1-4, 2019.  Registration is now open. Click here to download the conference brochure. Click here to learn more about the conference and register. Click here to learn more about the benefits of NAPSW membership and to get a discounted conference rate. We look forward to seeing you this year in Savannah!   

Conference Scholarships

NAPSW is pleased to offer several scholarships for it's 43rd Annual Conference, Walking Your Way Through Perinatal Social Work, which will be held in Savannah, Georgia from May 1 - 4, 2019. The scholarships will cover the registration fee and the funding is from the Stepping for Preemies Campaign.

 NAPSW Forum, Autumn, 2018.  What's Inside:

From the President
Imprisoning Pregnant and Parenting Women
Acculturation and Family Bonding
New Board Members
Martha Ransohoff Adler Shares Fond Memories
Book Review — Babies with Down Syndrome: A New Parents' Guide
New Members
Innovative Program / Research Grant
Invitation to Savannah
Regional Reports    

Members can click here to access.  Not a member? Click here to learn more about NAPSW membership benefits and to join today!

Consider making a donation to NAPSW as part of your end of the year giving.

NAPSW is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization whose mission is to promote, expand, and enhance the role of social work in perinatal health care and to strive for excellence in practice for the benefit of families around the time of birth. NAPSW relies on membership dues and donations to provide affordable yet up-to-date and relevant information about best practices. NAPSW welcomes your donation, which is tax-deductible as allowed by law, to support its mission. Donations go towards supporting social work education and can be made online by clicking here. 

NAPSW Advocacy Priorities

During the 2018 conference the advocacy committee received approval from the board to focus on the following areas of advocacy for 2018: prenatal substance use, perinatal mental health and parity, ACA repeal and replace efforts (focus on essential health benefits & Medicaid expansion). While the vote does not exclude the organization from supporting requests on other topics, it is the hope of the committee to promote conversations related to these topics at a state, regional, national or international level.

Is your area of practice addressing one of this year’s advocacy priorities? If so, we’d love to hear about it! Send an email to advocacy chair Mandy Wannarka at [email protected] and it could be featured in greater detail in a future forum issue!

Fredda Zuckerman is the 2018 NAPSW Award for Excellence Recipient.  Click here to read more!

NAPSW Forum, Summer, 2018.  What's Inside:

From the President
2019 Conference Call For Papers
Conference Wrap Up
Conference Memories
Officers'  and Committee Reports
Book Review — Empty Arms: Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
New Member Spotlight
Innovative Program / Research Grant
Stepping for Preemies

Members can click here to access.  Not a member? Click here to learn more about NAPSW membership benefits and to join today!

NAPSW Position Statement on United States Immigration Policy

The National Association of Perinatal Social Workers (NAPSW) joins our fellow organizations including the American Psychological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, National Association of Social Workers, National Perinatal Association and many others in their condemnation of the “zero tolerance” immigration policy being enforced by the current presidential administration.  It the duty and ethical responsibility to address this harmful policy and rally perinatal social workers to speak out against acts sanctioned by policy.

The NAPSW Code of Ethics (2017) deems it a social worker’s imperative to “seek to prevent and eliminate discrimination against any person or group on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, marital status, political belief, mental/emotional/physical disability and/or any other personal characteristic or status.” Social work’s ethical principles include: 1) service: to help people in need and address social problems, 2) social justice: to challenge social injustices, and 3) dignity and worth of the person: to respect the inherent dignity and worth of persons.  The current immigration policy of separating children from their families require social workers to acknowledge these acts as dismissing the dignity and worth of others and identifying this act as a social injustice.  NAPSW implores its members, and other social workers, to act providing service to those in need and address this current social problem.  Social workers’ ethical responsibilities require commitment to clients, promotion of their well-being and recognizing strengths in all cultures through cultural awareness and social diversity

NAPSW Spring 2018 Forum is Here!

What's Inside:

Members Can Click Here to Access the Current Issue — Not a Member? Click Here to Join!

Members Can Click Here for NAPSW Forum Back Issues

Click here for the index of articles by category through Spring 2017

NAPSW Forum, Winter, 2018 is Here!  What's Inside:

Childbirth in Prison 
Impact of Stress on the Developing Fetus
Book Review The Panic Virus
Regional Perspective: Disaster Reports
New Member Spotlight
Innovation Programs Research Grant

 It’s that time again when we really need the help of ALL of the membership to identify people who could run for Officer and Board of Director positions.  We try to offer a slate of candidates so that there is a true election (recognizing that that sometimes means that people who do not get elected may feel bad- but we urge them to try again!).

• Bridging Theories of Grief Since Kübler-Ross;
• Submitting Conference Abstracts;
• Integrating Mindfulness;
• Trauma Informed Care: Thrive Guide;
• Advocating For Perinatal Mental Health;
• Regional Perspective: Postpartum Depression;
• Thank You to Margery Pentland;
• Innovative Programs Research; and,
• Conference Information, and More

Members can click here to access the current and past Forum issues.

Current NAPSW Members can access the Summer 2017 Forum by clicking here.  

Preventing Child Maltreatment of Infants from the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Strengthening Maternal-Child Bonds

Please join NAPSW President JaNeen Cross, who will be moderating this important congressional briefing that identifies strategies to prevent child maltreatment of infants from the NICU. The briefing will enhance awareness about NICU families, identify their unique needs and review program and policy solutions that promote positive parenting outcomes. The briefing will highlight policies and legislation that can support NICU families.  This event is held in collaboration with the Congressional Social Work Caucus.  It is supported by: NASW Foundation, CSWE, NAPSW, & New York Community Trust. Click here to download the flyer and learn more. Please RSVP by June 21st. 

Date:        June 27, 2017
Time:       12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Location: Cannon House Office Building (RM 121)
                 27 Independence Avenue SE
                 Washington, DC 20003

    
Click Here to RSVP