A new issue of Groupwork journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/GP... with editorial: Focus on Practice by Nick Pollard. Articles include: Internship Supervisors' Perspectives of Group Work Within Social Work Practice by
Shirley Simon, Kristina Lind, Teresa Kilbane and more important
new work

Delighted with the launch of this report today with @drmuireann.bsky.social @oluromadeolusa.bsky.social . Read the full report here . www.epiconline.ie/library/be-s... @whitingbirch.bsky.social @ucdspswsj.bsky.social

Dr Philip Archard of the Tavistock and Portman NHS trust, a member of the Editorial Board of the Whiting and Birch Journal Social Work and Social Sciences review has published the following article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Social Work in Schools: new issue online now journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... including An Interprofessional Skills Development Program for Pre-Service School-Based Professionals (Erika Gergerich and Stacey Gherardi) and other important articles

European Groupwork Camp 2025 - VDU Socialinių mokslų fakultetas Group work for Solidarity, Hope and Change For years the Groupwork Camp became a tradition within International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG), which was held in USA, Canada, UK and c...

Groupwork Journal Board member Jorūnė Vyšniauskytė-Rimkienė has shared details of the European Groupwork Camp 2025 in September in Lithuania smf.vdu.lt/en/european-... (note for those who have not been on one: the Camp is not tents but a hotel in a nice location)!

BOOK LAUNCH 2025 | drmikesyot.com Our webpage provides you with all information and media related to the "OT in the Philippines" book. Here you can play the event video and grab some photos from the book launch. Enjoy surfing!

Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning Board Member Michael Sy (right of of photo): Occupational Therapy in the
Philippines: Theory, Practice, and Stories. edited by
Michael Sy, Roi Charles Pineda, and Caroline Fischl.
www.drmikesyot.com/book-launch-....

Editors of Whiting & Birch journals at the European Conference on Social Work Education in Salzburg, Austria. Prospera Tedam and Mark Doel presented their study on anti-racism in Social Work. Prince Agwu showcased his research on children's health rights and school health in Nigeria.

The third part of the Luso-Hispanic Groupwork series now online. Articles in Spanish and Portuguese with English translations. Important perspectives on social work with groups in contexts including young entrepreneurs and community care and support
journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/GP...

Using the generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots of Perplexity and ChatGPT as a teaching and learning tool for practice teachers and students within social work placement: article by Margarita McGovern in Vol 22 1-2 now online journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...

The value of using a storybook to protect the psychological health of children during COVID-19 in resource-limited communities by Maude Mthembu Tanisha Raniga
Michael Boecker journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/SW...
An African perspective on the effects of Covid on child mental health

Transformative online groupwork in a large not-for-profit organisation in Australia:
by Neil Richard Hall and Andrew King in Groupwork and Technology Vol 32 now online journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/GP...
'the same level of client feedback and outcomes were achieved using online groupwork'

Article in vol 22 1-2: Using the generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots of Perplexity and ChatGPT as a teaching and learning tool for practice teachers and students within social work placement, by Marguerita McGovern journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...

The second of our special issues on child welfare in Africa. Includes: The roles of social workers and community volunteers in providing services to foster care children living with HIV in South Africa: A scoping review. By Priscilla Gutura, Jeff Zwelithini Khosa. And other important articles

Student prize winning articles: Addressing unmet needs in adolescent eating disorder treatment with an ongoing remote-access peer support group by Emily Baronfeld and Supporting the researchers of traumatic experiences
by Casey Wynne
whitingbirch.net Groupwork latest and previous issues online

Groupwork vol 30 no 3 includes work by previous prizewinners including: Addressing unmet needs in adolescent eating disorder treatment with an ongoing remote-access peer support group by Emily Baronfeld and Supporting the researchers of traumatic experiences
by Casey Wynne

Groupwork Student Essay Prize 2025: opportunity for students to publish and to win a prize of $100. We value work with groups in the diverse contexts in which student practitioners operate. Support and mentoring in the writing process may be offered. Details www.whitingbirch.net/data/ip/ip00...

Strategies to use online forums to teach social work students critical reflection: article now online at journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... by Sharif Haider, Open University.

A research study involving tutors, with a discussion of the practical implications of teaching at a distance.

On advance publication at whiting.birch.net: journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...
Developing an effective IPE learning activity for midwifery and medical students: Use of a quality improvement model and researcher-teacher partnership methodology’
Authors

A brilliant seminar today from @drtamcane.bsky.social - lots to think about in terms of how we ensure social workers can have meaningful discussions about race, culture and identity with current and prospective foster carers and adoptive parents. Looking forward to Thursday’s webinar also.

Delighted to be listening to @drtamcane.bsky.social at @ucdspswsj.bsky.social , Dublin talking about transracial fostering and adoption.
Attending with colleagues @drmuireann.bsky.social @oluromadeolusa.bsky.social @sarahdonnelly.bsky.social

We are committed to publishing in languages other than English because so much good research and practice is excluded from the English-language world. This is the second issue about groupwork in Spanish and Portuguese with English translations.

The first of two issues with important articles on child welfare in Africa. Edited by Marcus Chiu, Prince Agwu and Ebenezer Cudjoe journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/SW...

We are profoundly grateful to Professor Marcus Chiu and Professor Jerome Carson for their outstanding work as Co-Editors. They will publish a valedictory issue. We are delighted to announce that the new Co-Editors are Xue Yang and Ebenezer Cudjoe more details www.whitingbirch.net

New Co-Editor Xue Yang is Assistant Professor in the JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She obtained her PhD in Psychology and MPhil in Social Work. www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scri...

New Co-Editor Ebenezer Cudjoe has contributed to the Review as an Editorial Board member and Guest Editor. He is Lecturer in Childhood Studies in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex. www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scri...

We are committed to publishing in languages other than English because so much good research and practice is excluded from the English-language world. This is the first of two issues about groupwork in Spanish and Portuguese with English translations.

Papers from across Ireland from social work, nursing, speech and language therapy, social care, community work, youth work and medicine. Practitioners, educators and researchers share theoretical papers, innovative practice and empirical research in practice teaching and learning part 2 to follow

The session today is based on Prof Doel’s book - available on Amazon … practice educators/teachers ,grab a copy and thank me later !

Whiting and Birch is an independent publisher of academic and professional journals in health, social work and social policy. David Whiting was at the IASWG Symposium in Madrid June 2024. For our books and journals see our website www.whitingbirch.net