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Desrosiers, P.L., Mallinger, G., & Bragg-Underwood, T. (2016). Promoting socially just healthcare systems. Social work’s contribution to patient navigation. Advances in Social Work, 17(2), 187-202.
This article address how social workers are well-equipped to carry out a variety of patient navigator responsibilities due to their unique skill of social justice advocacy as a macro-level intervention. Through involvement in patient navigation, social work leaders can promote the development of socially just healthcare systems that respect the dignity and worth of all patients.

TED Talks. (2014, May 21). How the worst moments in our lives make use who we are [Video file]
Writer Andrew Solomon invites viewers to forge meaning from our biggest struggles.

The Solution Focused Universe. (2021, June 3). How do you end a session in solution focused brief therapy? [Video]. YouTube.
This video will walk you through how to end a session using the Solution Focused approach.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network. (2014). Applying Evidence-Based Treatments for Child Traumatic Stress Reactions to COVID-19-Related Deaths.
This webinar describes trauma-focused evidence-based treatments (EBT) for children and teens who develop traumatic stress reactions, with specific applications to familial deaths during COVID-19 for 1) young children; 2) American Indian and Alaskan Native families; 3) Black and Latinx adolescents with adjunct peer support components; and 4) diverse youth provided via telehealth.

Litttrell, J. (2017). How addictions happen, how change happens, and what social workers need to know to be effective facilitators of change. Journal of Evidence-Based social work, 8, 469-486.
The observations and conclusions from this article can be used to advantage in treating addiction. The use of social psychological principles, in the context of motivational interviewing, offers a platform for taking advantage of these new insights.