Health Professional Development

NASW supports the work of The National Coordinating Center for Epilepsy at the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Center has free, ready-to-use epilepsy training modules. These trainings can serve as teaching tools for social workers all other health professionals seeking to increase their knowledge and expertise regarding epilepsy care for children and youth with epilepsy. Each training includes a pre-recorded webinar with an accompanying case study and PowerPoint presentation. The SEEK training is flexible; webinars can be viewed individually or in groups as part of a Lunch & Learn and utilize the case studies to initiate discussion.

Recordings from the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health are now available. NASW is a co-sponsor of this interprofessional conference, Seize the Moment for Climate Action: Building the Climate and Health Movement.

It’s important for social workers and other human service workers to know about the effects of substance abuse regarding the clients they work with, says Ann A. Abbott, PhD, LCSW, a retired social work educator and former associate dean and faculty member at Rutgers University School of Social Work.

NASW is a sponsor of The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health’s 2022 Annual Meeting "Accelerating Climate Solutions: From Urgency to Impact for Health & Equity."

NASW is a sponsor of The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health’s 2022 Annual Meeting, March 5th-7th. The theme for this year’s meeting is "Accelerating Climate Solutions: From Urgency to Impact for Health & Equity."

This webinar highlighted innovative practices for promoting quitlines during the pandemic, including the I COVID Quit campaign developed by the UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. NASW shared its activities and resources to engage social workers in smoking cessation efforts.