Martha Saucedo, MSW ’10, LCSW is a Behavioral Health Consultant at Access Community Health Centers. This post originally appeared on the NAMI Dane County Blog. By Martha Saucedo The COVID-19 pandemic has been part of …
Month: July 2020
Timeline of Spring/Summer 2020 Advocacy Efforts Involving Social Work Organizations and Groups
Following the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day, social workers, educators, and researchers have been in spirited dialog about the role social work should play in addressing police brutality. Several national organizations, including the Society …
Walsh: 9 in 10 Men Want Doctors to Ask About Domestic Violence
A nationally representative survey of young men finds that 90 percent believe their doctors should ask whether they have perpetrated or experienced domestic violence — but only 13 percent have ever been asked. The large …
Marah Curtis Named Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships Seven professors were named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships, an award recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service. The professorship provides five years of flexible funding …
Director and Professor Stephanie Robert’s Statement on New ICE Rule
UW-Madison is a world-class university – and it takes students and scholars from around the world to make it so. As the Director of the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work at UW-Madison, I want to …
School Social Workers and Alumni Meet Family Needs in Madison Schools
Early on in the pandemic, school social workers in 14 Madison, WI schools banned together and formed the Madison West High Area Collaborative. The group provides and coordinates a variety of services, including food distribution …
Maintaining Family Connections in the COVID ICU
Work Setting: Hospital-Inpatient Maintaining Family Connections in the COVID ICU Emily Fagre 07/01/2020 For 10 weeks, from March 30th through the closing of the unit on June 13th, I worked on a hospital unit devoted …
Providing Care and Stability in the Face of Ever-present Changes
Ana Stier, MSW ’01, works at the Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers in Milwaukee. The centers provide health care for all ages, health education, and social services free from linguistic, cultural, and economic barriers for …