Among the almost 100 executive orders enacted during President Trump’s first day in office, the administration included an order that has rolled back all federal programs promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). That inclusion was a significant regression from the Biden administration’s approach to advancing racial equity and for remedying systemic racism. Not surprisingly, shortly  after signing the order, Trump disparagingly attacked this longstanding program as being radical DEI preferencing.
Briefly, the executive order mandates:

• The termination of all DEI initiatives across federal agencies.
• That all federal employees working in DEI roles be placed on paid leave, with plans for eventual layoffs.
• To emphasize so-called Merit-Based Hiring:
• That all federal agencies are directed to review and dismantle DEI-related policies and programs, including those in federal contracting and grant recipients. And
• That federal agencies must only recognize two genders: male and female.

It is NASW’s point of view that Trump’s DE&I executive order will worsen America’s racial disparities related to access to higher paying employment opportunities that have growth potential — while increasing the nation’s economic divide. Of similar importance, ending  successful  DE&I programs greatly slows down the advancement to a “level playing field” for people of color and women  as envisioned by  Civil Rights leaders of the 1960s.

In 2025, the United States is rapidly being transformed into a nation where “minorities” are becoming the majority, the notion of workplace equity and inclusion should be seen as ideal rather than something to be despised.

For example, Trump’s executive order targeting DEI eliminated many previous executive orders that sought to end racial and gender discrimination in the workplace. Chief among them was Trump decision to shutter the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) — created by Lyndon Johnson’s Equal Employment Opportunity Act in 1965.

From our standpoint, it is significant — and ominous— that Trump’s DE&I ban is also being forced on the private sector. It is notable that on the day following  the public DE&I executive order announcement, Trump signed  an addendum presidential action that directed government agencies to “combat illegal private sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.”  This directive goes on to instruct the Attorney General —in collaboration with the heads of government agencies— to submit a report with recommendations  to “deter [private sector] DEI programs or principles (whether specifically designated ‘DEI’ or otherwise) that constitute illegal discrimination or preferences.”

All of which demonstrate how aggressive and far-reaching attacks on DE&I the Trump administration intends to be.  This fact should serve as an alert to NASW — and our like-minded social justice allies— that we all must be fully committed to an informational counter-offensive aimed at protecting critical diversity and inclusion policies and programs.

Donald Trump issued more than 100 Executive Orders (EOs) on January 20, the first day of his presidency.

Chief among them was a series of EOs dealing with immigration/migration which – in the opinion of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) – represent an unparalleled departure from the values, principles and policies that have long affirmed the United States as a nation that welcomes immigrants.

In particular, NASW is deeply concerned about aspects of the EOs that include mass deportation and/or family separation; ending birthright citizenship; deploying military personnel to the border; and creating vastly expanded immigrant/migrant detention centers – especially family and child detention facilities.

By targeting mostly vulnerable individuals and families, the new administration promotes a climate of fear in immigrant communities – many of whom have lived and worked in the U.S. for decades.

Trump’s EOs focusing on undocumented migrants on the nation’s southwest border are mostly aimed at stopping the flow of unauthorized border crossing from Mexico, as well as asylum seekers presenting themselves on the U.S. side of the border reand questing legal entry based on conditions – such as violence – in their home countries.

Nations have the right to protect their borders, but NASW is against policies that disregard human and civil rights

We should be reminded that such border crossings are not new, and seeking asylum from violence and persecution is covered by American immigration laws. However, while we recognize that all sovereign nations have a right to secure its borders, NASW opposes the tactics and disregard for protecting human and civil rights that the Trump EOs present.

For instance, NASW takes issue with the following policies and procedures found in the immigration EOs:

– The EO dealing with the Militarization of border enforcement  states that the military must treat border security not as a law enforcement matter, but as  full-scale military campaign. The EO’s position represents a departure from an over 150-year-old policy that essentially forbade the use of the military for domestic operations. For that reason, the Trump administration intends to apply the 1798 Alien Enemies Act as the legal authority for employing the military for sealing the border. The act permits the president to target immigrants without a hearing and based only on their country of birth or citizenship. For this and other reasons, use of the military for border security presents significant challenges, such as:

• • Remain in Mexico policy – The Remain in Mexico Policy EO will require many asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico for their hearings in U.S. immigration court. This policy began and was implemented during the first Trump administration in 2019. The result was tens of thousands of migrants being held for extended amounts of time in Mexico. The main opposition to the Remain in Mexico policy are human rights violations that resulted from migrants being forced into squalid camps – often exposing them to violence from drug cartels, and sexual violence.
  • Family Separation owes its existence as a policy to the first Trump administration via the current “Border Czar, Tom Homan, and the White House Senior Policy Advisor, Steven Miller. This policy –  which was abandoned by the Biden administration – has been resurrected as a part of the Trump’s current mass deportation EO. Family separation is particularly insidious in its purposeful disregard for the life altering emotional and economic impact it has on migrant families and children.

NASW’s concerns about the overall mass deportation EO are directed not only to the administration’s approach to securing the southwest border.  We are equally concerned about the fact that once operationalized the mass deportation program could and will affect millions of people residing nearly every state in the union.

Immigration executive orders put vulnerable children at great risk

It is this wide breadth of individuals and families that will be caught up in this program that elevates NASW’s apprehension about its potentially destructive outcomes. NASW is particularly disturbed about the degree to which children with be directly or indirectly affected.

For example, there will be will severe threats and consequences to the safety and long-term well-being of millions of children who are members of mixed-status immigrant families, including children who are U.S. citizens. The data are clear, for example:

• About 360,000 U.S.-born children of parents with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and 300,000 U.S.-born children with at least one parent with DACA are at risk of losing a parent, given the incoming administration’s intentions to strip these statuses and make TPS and DACA recipients vulnerable to deportation.
• Even children whose parents are not at risk of being deported experience fear and anxiety because they do not always understand what form of status their parents may have.
• Two million children had at least one unauthorized immigrant parent in 2018. Eighty-five percent of these children, or 4.4 million, are U.S. citizens.

 Assocation is against stripping birthright citizenship

This leads to NASW’s strong objection to Trump’s EO that declares an end to birthright citizenship. First of all, there is no dispute among experts and scholars that birthright citizenship is a Constitutionally guaranteed right covered by the 14th Amendment.  Secondly, it is not coincidental that the birthright citizenship provision is included in one of the most important Constitutional amendments — that gave full citizenship to formerly enslaved African Americans The recognized birthright citizenship as an unassailable principle that affirmed the country’s commitment to equality.

That the Trump administration is attacking this principle as way to achieve its anti-immigrant goals is an afront to the Constitutional concept of equality, and the American value of inclusion. The idea of ending birthright citizenship is also in stark contrast to social work ethics and values.

In addition, NASW and the immigration community are deeply disappointed that Trump’s EO no longer requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to adhere to the protected area policy  . To end this policy is unconscionable.  The decision will invariably result in emotionally and social anguish for families, children in mixed status families and to the communities in which they reside.

 Rescinding Protected Area Policies

With respect to the expected widespread undocumented immigrant raids, we only need to look back on the mass deportation raids that took place during the Eisenhower Administration in 1955  to realize how inhumane and unjust such actions are. This was the largest mass deportation in U.S., affecting about 1.3 million people. It is likely that the Trump mass deportation raids will be exponentially more disruptive for individuals and families .

In addressing such concerns for inhumane treatment and other abuses during Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) raids, the Biden administration created a protected areas policy. This policy prohibited (ICE) from conducting raids at such locations as churches, schools and hospitals.

However, to the deep disappointment of NASW and the immigration community, one of Trump’s immigrations EOs states that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is no longer required to adhere to the protected area policy. To end this policy is unconscionable.  The decision will invariably result in emotionally and social anguish for families, children in mixed status families, and to the communities in which they reside.

Resources

Brennan Center for Justice

The Alien Enemies Act

 Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN)

Toolkit: Protecting Immigrant Families Facing Deportation

 Immigration Hub (Amigos

 MEMO: Trump’s Day One Immigration Overhaul

 Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights

Trump Administration Civil and Human Rights Rollbacks

 National Immigration Law Center (NILC)

Trump’s Day 1 Executive Orders: Unconstitutional, Illegal, and Cruel

Now, that progress is at risk. Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry and 15 other House Republicans have introduced a bill to repeal IRA. HR 191 would be demonstrative to many families and individuals across the country. For social workers and the communities we serve, this is deeply concerning. The repeal of the IRA would have devastating consequences, we must act to protect its provisions.

For nearly 19 million Americans, the IRA has been a game-changer, capping out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients at $2,000 annually, according to news reports. Starting in 2026, Medicare will begin negotiating lower prices for commonly used medications, potentially saving recipients $1.5 billion annually. These changes are not just numbers—they represent older adults filling their prescriptions without fear of financial ruin.

If the IRA is repealed, these hard-won benefits vanish. Millions of older adults and families on fixed incomes will again face impossible choices: pay for life-saving medication or keep the lights or heat on. Social workers witness these heartbreaking decisions daily, and the thought of returning to those dire circumstances is unacceptable.

The IRA isn’t just a health care law – it is also the largest clean energy investment in U.S. history. It has funded renewable energy projects in underserved communities, created green jobs, and taken meaningful steps toward combating climate change. For communities of color and low-income neighborhoods – often the hardest hit by environmental degradation – these investments are a critical step toward equity.

Repealing the IRA would halt this progress, leaving communities vulnerable to worsening climate impacts and lost economic opportunities.

One of the IRA’s less-discussed but equally important components is its funding to modernize the Internal Revenue Service. By cracking down on wealthy tax evaders, the law helps ensure that the nation’s wealthiest individuals and corporations pay their fair share. These funds, in turn, support vital social programs that benefit everyone.

Without this funding, economic inequity will grow, leaving those at the bottom of the economic ladder struggling even more.

Social workers are uniquely positioned to understand the ripple effects of policy decisions like this one. The repeal of the IRA would not only unravel progress made in health care affordability and environmental justice, but also increase the burden on social service systems that are already stretched thin.

NASW stands firmly against the repeal of the IRA. As advocates for social justice, it is our ethical obligation to protect policies that enhance well-being and promote equity.

What Can You Do?

1. Stay Informed: Understand how the IRA benefits your community. Share this knowledge with others.
2. Speak Out: Contact your representatives. Let them know that repealing the IRA would harm millions of Americans.

The fight to protect the Inflation Reduction Act is not just about policy; it’s about people. It is crucial to ensure that everyone – regardless of age, income, or zip code – has access to affordable health care, clean energy, and a fair chance at a better future. As social workers, we are called to be on the front lines of this struggle, advocating for justice on behalf of the communities we serve.

Together, we can make our voices heard. Let’s safeguard the progress we have made and continue working toward a more equitable and just society.

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) urges Members of Congress to vote no on the Laken Riley Act. This bill would make accusations – and not just convictions – of minor and non-violent crimes to be deportable offenses.

Therefore, people who are arrested on the pretext of criminal behavior would be subject to prolonged, indefinite detention without bond. The act is named for 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley. According to news reports Riley was murdered last February by Josie Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela. Ibarra had previously been caught by border patrol agents and released. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole in Riley’s death in November.

The Laken Riley Act (HR 29) will give individual states the standing to override the executive branch’s federal immigration policy. The bottom line is that if the bill is passed by the Senate it would be a blank check for jurisdictions that have a record  of discriminatory and anti-immigrant policies to execute their real goal of mass deportations of migrants.

NASW is deeply disappointed the House passed this bill with the support of 48 Democrats. NASW urges the Senate to reject the Laken Riley Act when it is scheduled for a vote in that body.

Some of the specific aspects of the bill that substantiates our call for the Senate to deny its passage include:

• The bill ignores basic due process protections by requiring mandatory immigration arrest and detention, without access to bail,  of any undocumented person either convicted of or merely arrested for low-level non-violent offenses. It is clear that detention without access to a bond or bail hearing, and with no mechanism for release prior to deportation, is a harmful practice that should be ended, not expanded.
• NASW is concerned that there is no statute of limitations associated with offenses that may have occurred many years prior to an arrest. Furthermore, the bill does not include provisions for individuals to resolve the underlying criminal charges against them before immigration detention.
• The Laken Riley Act, if implemented, will create a pipeline to indefinite detention for current undocumented people and for those in the future. Given the painful history of immigrant detention, this is an unacceptable outcome.
• It is inevitable that HR 29 will exacerbate racial profiling. In communities where profiling is already documented and is highly problematic, HR 29 would become a weapon for targeting immigrants, making entire communities afraid to report crimes or cooperate with law enforcement.
• Mixed-Status Families will almost certainly face increased risk of separation. It is equally certain that the stringent enforcement measures in the Laken Riley Act will lead to imminent risk for deportations and the life altering traumatic consequences for young children in such families.
• The bill places Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients at heightened risk of being racially and ethnically profiled and overly scrutinized for evidence past “criminal” behaviors that would justify immigration detention procedures. All of which will disrupt the lives of TPS recipients and create uncertainty about their future in the United States.
• Similarly, “Dreamers” are also at risk of being adversely affected by the Laken Riley Act. It is not unrealistic to suggest that those with an anti-immigrant agenda will use the act as a pretext for profiling dreamers with increased scrutiny. This will lead to increased fear and instability among  Dreamers and their families, who have already faced significant uncertainty regarding their legal status.

For these and other reasons, NASW urges Members of Congress not to be swayed by those who profess that the Laken Riley Act has merit due to its supposed public safety objective. This is a cynical position, considering there is  no correlation between citizenship or immigration status and crime.

Evidence shows that immigrants make our communities stronger by invigorating local economies and fortifying urban development and cultural growth.  We should all be reminded that Laken Riley’s tragic death should be mourned and that the perpetrator – not the entire immigrant community – should be punished for that crime.

Turn Professional Aspirations into the Job of Your Dreams with   

       NASW’s Social Work Career Guidebook

Have you wondered how to channel your passion for change into not only your professional success but also a lasting legacy? Social workers, often referred to as “agents of change,” join the profession with the intention of making the world a better place. However, most social workers do not learn a systematic approach to fostering change in their own career advancement.

By focusing on your personal and professional growth, you can build a legacy that extends beyond immediate impacts, ensuring that your contributions endure and inspire future generations of social workers, clients, and communities. This interactive guidebook will provide you with useful tools and inspiration for every stage of your social work career journey.

The authors of The Social Work Career Guidebook, Jennifer Luna, Cindy Snell, and Michelle Woods, have decades of experience leading career services offices in top-tier social work schools. They break down the stages of career development and provide tips, easy-to-access exercises, and resume and correspondence samples.

The chapters will guide you through applying for jobs, interviewing, evaluating offers, negotiating salary and benefits, and successfully onboarding at your new job. Case studies and appendices provide strategies for building and documenting your network, interview questions and tactical responses, personal budgeting templates, and tools for evaluating single and multiple job offers.

Throughout, the authors encourage the readers to take a long view of their career and their legacy. Whether you are a recent social work graduate or a seasoned expert, this book will set you on a path toward your ideal job and professional fulfillment. Follow this link to learn more about the authors and read a sample chapter and reviews.

____________________________________________

Learn more about all NASW Press titles, including books, eBooks, CEU books, reference works, journals, brochures, and standards by visiting the Press website. If you have questions, please email NASWPress@BrightKey.net or call 1-800-227-3590.

____________________________________________

More NASW Career Tools . . .

Start the new year with purpose and intention! Earn continuing education credits by reading select NASW Press books via the NASW Social Work Online CE Institute. Titles range from early childhood education and care, ecosocial work, economic well-being, mentoring women for leadership, and social work ethics to burnout, self-care, and meditation, digital practice, and social entrepreneurship to name a few. Visit the NASW Press website to learn more about the full list of books offered and how to participate.

Substance use during pregnancy can lead to poor outcomes. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) can occur when a developing baby is exposed to alcohol before birth. People with FASDs can live with lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities. Tobacco use during pregnancy increases the risks for birth defects of the mouth and lip, as well as preterm birth, low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome. In addition, prenatal cannabis use has been linked to fetal anomalies as well as developmental problems such as low birth weight and attention and learning issues, as well as higher stillbirth rates, lower Apgar scores (which measure a newborn’s health after birth), and increased risk of neonatal intensive care unit admission.

Social workers are uniquely positioned to put prevention into practice by screening all clients, including pregnant people, for alcohol and other substance use. And they can talk with clients who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant about avoiding alcohol and other substances during pregnancy. Given that every pregnancy is different, it is not possible to predict how each baby will be affected by maternal substance use. The safest pathway is to avoid any type of substance use during pregnancy.

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the NASW Foundation are collaborating with the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work in a national effort to engage social workers in the prevention of substance-exposed pregnancy. The FASD National Partner Network is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiative that puts social work at the center of prevention practice, along with colleagues in family medicine, obstetrics-gynecology, pediatrics, nursing, and medical assisting.

Resources

• NASW Practice Perspectives: Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
• FASD Fact Sheets (FASD United)
• Glimpses of FASD – Meet Brenna! (youtube.com) (FASD United)
• Video Series: Lived Experiences with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CDC)
• Cannabis Use During Pregnancy (American Academy of Family Physicians)

________________________________________

Article by Diana Ling, MA, Senior Program Manager; and Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH, Senior Health Strategist; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin.

________________________________________

This initiative, Engaging Social Workers in Preventing Alcohol- and Other Substance-Exposed Pregnancies, is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $913,610 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Intimate partner violence remains a persistent scourge in American culture. It’s hard to determine how frequently it occurs, given survivors’ fear of reporting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates roughly 41% of women and 26% of men in the U.S. have experienced sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner.

An astonishing one in five American homicide victims dies at the hand of an intimate partner, the CDC says. For American women alone, the figures are even worse. More than half who die by homicide are killed by men who are or were their intimate partners.

Of course, people can be abused without being physically touched. More than 61 million women and 53 million men in the U.S. have survived psychological aggression from an intimate partner, according to the CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.

Intimate partner violence can strike anyone. It doesn’t discriminate by gender, sexual orientation, class, race, education, or age. While most abusers are men, women abuse, too.

Slowing such a widespread problem will take a clear understanding of the types of abusers, ways they may abuse, what we know about effective treatment, and how to prevent the behavior in younger generations.

Read the full story in the NASW Social Work Advocates magazine here.

What are mission-driven profits?

It simply means that an organization doesn’t generate profits for profits’ sake, but those profits are generated for a higher ideal. Such as being used to expand services to the needy, invest in its people (e.g., training or pay equity) or provide for a stronger balance sheet so that the company has enough cash/investments to survive the inevitable downturn in its business.

Most businesses have teams of people who generate revenues that are the catalyst for these mission-driven profits. But what about cost centers, like a finance department, that spend but don’t actually make any money?

As a chief financial officer for many organizations, such as Bread for the City (a charitable nonprofit in DC that provides food, healthcare, legal and social services), I have led finance teams that, by definition, were cost centers –  because we didn’t generate revenues. And like most cost centers, we didn’t think of ourselves as being able to help produce mission-driven profits.

But we can and have. It just takes the form of lowering costs, which has the same effect as increasing revenues, but ideally, without sacrificing jobs or quality of service.

In the past, we’ve been able to do such things as properly classify staff for workers compensation insurance, which lowered premiums, found new vendors that were more aligned with our mission and values, and improved our cash management procedures, all of which saved over $1 million. Then it hit us, “How many jobs did we just support so that the organization could fulfill its mission?!”

At the National Association of Social Workers, we continue to produce savings so that NASW can provide critical advocacy for social workers, such as the social work interstate compact, improving medical reimbursements for clinical social workers, and student debt relief.

This is work in which dues just don’t completely pay for. But it’s mission-critical work that someone has to do. I’m thankful that it’s
NASW!

Through effective cash management, reallocating costs to lower our tax liability and shifting more support services to our NASW Foundation, we were able to save over $700,000.

Here’s the powerful thing. Those profits are automatically reinvested in fulfilling the core mission. For NASW, it’s to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.

Sekou “Koe” Murphy is NASW’s Chief Financial Officer.

Background

The National Association of Social workers (NASW) partnered with the American Psychological Association (APA), and Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA) to file an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the matter of United States of America v. Jonathan Skrmetti. This case will decide whether bans on gender affirming care violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Court’s decision will decide the legality of bans on gender-affirming care for minors imposed by state legislative regimes.

Amicus Brief

This case concerns Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming medical treatment for minors. Our brief argues the lower court relied on misleading and untrue information that created a distorted perception of medically necessary support transgender youth require. Furthermore, the lower court’s decision contradicts major medical and mental health organizations’ treatment standards of providing gender affirming care. Gender dysphoria is a recognized medical condition and gender-affirming is not only the accepted protocol for treating gender dysphoria but has shown substantial positive effects for transgender youth’s mental health and quality of life.

NASW, including its Tennessee Chapter, is committed to advancing policies and practices that improve the status and well-being of transgender, gender diverse, nonbinary people. NASW strongly advocates for the availability of culturally appropriate, comprehensive health and mental health services for transgender youth across their lifetime. To protect transgender youth from the irreputable physical and mental harm that banning gender affirming care would create, the Supreme Court must overturn the 6^th Circuit’s decision banning gender affirming care.

The third edition has been updated to view documentation through person-first language and includes a new chapter on bias-free language selection, with examples and exercises to ensure appropriate wording choices are used related to age, disability, immigration and socioeconomic status, and gender and sexual orientation.

Going beyond clichéd self-help advice, Self-Care in Social Work, 2nd Edition, by Kathleen Cox and Sue Steiner, applies a cognitive coping framework to social work activities to support practitioners in preventing or reducing burnout, secondary trauma, and vicarious trauma. This framework is woven into chapters devoted to self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-efficacy, applying social work skills to the practitioners themselves.

Further, the authors posit that it is the responsibility of supervisors and organizations to ensure social workers’ well-being and emotional safety. Whereas most self-care strategies encourage individuals to engage in activities that enhance their health and well-being, such as exercising, eating well, sleeping more, getting massages, meditating, or taking bubble baths, this book also recognizes the importance of the person-in-environment framework in shifting our thinking about self-care.

Have you wondered how to channel your passion for change into not only your professional success but also a lasting legacy? Social workers, often referred to as “agents of change,” join the profession with the intention of making the world a better place. However, most social workers do not learn a systematic approach to fostering change in their own career advancement. By focusing on your personal and professional growth, you can build a legacy that extends beyond immediate impacts, ensuring that your contributions endure and inspire future generations of social workers, clients, and communities. This interactive guidebook will provide you with useful tools and inspiration for every stage of your social work career journey.

The authors of The Social Work Career Guidebook, Jennifer Luna, Cindy Snell, and Michelle Woods, have decades of experience leading career services offices in top-tier social work schools. They break down the stages of career development and provide tips, easy-to-access exercises, and resume and correspondence samples. The chapters will guide you through applying for jobs, interviewing, evaluating offers, negotiating salary and benefits, and successfully onboarding at your new job. Case studies and appendices provide strategies for building and documenting your network, interview questions and tactical responses, personal budgeting templates, and tools for evaluating single and multiple job offers.

The misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) has severe emotional and financial consequences for users, their families, and society. The collective effects are often devastating, because the magnitude of the problems associated with alcohol, tobacco, and drug dependency is far-reaching.

Social workers in practice areas related to children and families, older adults and aging, and health and wellness are well aware of the need for effective ATOD interventions to address these problems. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Challenging Myths, Assessing Theories, Individualizing Interventions, 2nd Edition, edited by Ann A. Abbott, prepares new social workers as well as updates seasoned professionals for the new realities and challenges in this specialization.

Learn more about all NASW Press titles, including books, eBooks, CEU books, reference works, journals, brochures, and standards by visiting the Press website. If you have questions, please email NASWPress@BrightKey.net or call 1-800-227-3590.

_____________________________________

You Might Also Be Interested In . . .

NASW Press offers continuing education credits on a wide array of books via the NASW Social Work Online CE Institute. Titles range from ecosocial work, economic well-being, mentoring women for leadership, and social work ethics to burnout, self-care, and meditation, digital practice, and social entrepreneurship to name a few. Visit the NASW Press website to learn more about the full list of books offered and how to participate.