Professor Elisa Borah argues that we should broaden our understanding of military social work by including not only active duty personnel and veterans abut also their immediate and extended family members. As Borah writes in the Journal of Family Social Work, they all “frequently share in the challenges and sacrifice… read more
Fall 2017
Zeroing on homelessness
As director of the National Homelessness Social Work Initiative, professor Heather Larkin Holloway has partnered with CSWE and social work schools across the country to increase homelessness-related curricular content and internships. “Our aim is to strengthen the ability of schools of social work to prepare students to be leaders in… read more
What makes adoptions successful?
Professors Monica Faulkner, Tina Adkins, Rowena Fong and colleagues reviewed years of research to summarize the risk factors that lead to discontinuity in adoption and guardianship. The purpose of this literature review was to understand the risk factors that lead to post-permanency instability, also termed discontinuity, in adoption and guardianship to… read more
