Social Work and Social Services Web Sites

Social Work and Social Services Web Sites


This site is a service of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, which offers the Master of Social Work and PhD in Social Work degrees.
The Internet offers a wide variety of online resources of interest to social workers and those in the social services fields. The list below is not exhaustive; many of these sites will be jumping-off points which will lead you to other interesting, pertinent sites.
One category often crosses over into another category, so you may want to check several subject headings. You can use the Edit, Find feature of your browser to look for a particular word in this page. You can also conduct your own keyword search by using search engines.
This page is always growing and changing, so stop by often. To recommend a site for inclusion, send e-mail to the Web administrator.
DISCLAIMER: The web sites listed below are provided purely as a convenience and do not in any way imply an endorsement of any of the web sites or the contents therein.

Topical Index


*Note: Once you go to a particular list, click on the organization name to open a site in the current browser window; click on the diamond to open the link in a new browser window. You may also click the right mouse button (in Windows) and select "Open Link in New Window".
Abuse and Violence
ADD/ADHD
Addiction
Adoption and Foster Parenting
Affirmative Action
AIDS/HIV
Alternative Medicine
Americans with Disabilities
Animal Therapy
Anxiety, Panic, Phobias
Art Therapy
Autism
Behavior & Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Bipolar Disorders
Borderline Disorders
Census Data/Records
Children and Youth
Counseling
Crisis Intervention
Death and Dying
Depression/Bipolar Disorders
DisAbilities
Disaster Relief
Dissociation
Down Syndrome
Drama Therapy
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
EMDR
Emotional Support
Ethics
Evidence based social work
Family Issues
Family Therapy
Gambling
Gender Issues
Gerontology and Aging
Grief
Health Administration
Health Care and Reform
Help Centers
Higher Education
Homelessness
Housing
Human Rights
International Social Work
Internet Directories
Journals
Latino Issues in Social Work
Learning Difficulties/Disabilities
Magazines
Marriage, Family and Couples
Measurement and Assessment Scales
Medicaid
Medically Related
Medicare
Men's Issues
Mental Health
Military/Veteran Issues
Miscellaneous
Music Therapy
Native American
Newspapers
News Services and Radio
Not-for-Profit Resources
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Organizations
Parenting
Pharmacology
Play Therapy
Policy Issues
Political
Poverty-related
Prevention
Psychiatry
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Recreational Therapy
Refugees
Research
Schizophrenia
Search Engines
Sleep Disorders
Smoking and Tobacco
Social & Economic Development
Social Work
Social Work Associations
Social Work Licensing, Exam, and Test Preparation
Social Work with Groups
Sociology
Stress
Substance Abuse/Addictions
Suicidology
Theories and Models of Social Work
Tourette Syndrome
Training/Educational Resources
Trauma/PTSD
Voting
Welfare
Women's Issues
Writing Scholarly Papers
*Note: Click on the organization name to open a site in the current browser window; to open in a new window, click the right mouse button (in Windows) and select "Open Link in New Window".
Abuse and Violence Battered Mothers Resource Fund, Inc. Batterer Intervention Services Coalition Britannia Agency for Nurses and Carers Ltd. (BANC) Crisis Prevention Institute Home Page (violence prevention resource center) The Family Violence Prevention Fund Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault KIDS COUNT Report on Children and Violence Men Can Stop Rape National Sexual Violence Resource Center - a clearinghouse of information, resources and referrals about sexual violence. SafetyNet Domestic Violence Resources (via Cybergrrl Webstation) Sexual Assault Resources

Addiction Addiction, Recovery, Prevention: The High-Low Trap Addiction Research Foundation Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons with Significant Others Lakeview Health Systems Orchid Passages Malibu Projectknow RehabInfo Treatment for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction at Lakeview Health SystemsAdoption and Foster Parenting The American Association for Open Adoption Agencies Children's Hope International Domestic Infant Adoption Family Village, Special Needs Adoption Resources The Foster Care and Family Services FosterParentNet Foster Swap International Adoption Information Journeys of the Heart Adoption Services Rainbow Kids (information on International adoption)ADHD/ADD Attention Deficit Disorder Resources Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders Pendulum Resources Affirmative Action Affirmative Action and Diversity Project Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Homepage (via Northern Arizona University) American Association for Affirmative ActionAIDS/HIV AEGIS The Body (multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource) HIV InSite Stop AIDS Project Alternative Medicine Alternative Medicine Connection alternativemedicinereview (listing of alternative medicine sites) The Alternative Medicine Homepage (via Falk Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh) Blessings Enterprises holistic online Midwifery Today Natural Health Care (alternative approaches to dealing with pregnancy and birth) Online Birth Center Weil: Your trusted health advisorDisabilities Disabilities (topics page from the Librarians' Index to the Internet) DisabilityInfo.gov Internet Special Education Resources Links to Disability-Related Organizations Special Needs Network Special Needs Support Network Yahoo links to listings on Disabilities Animal Therapy Animal Assisted Therapy and Animal-Assisted Activities The Delta Society Therapy Dogs, Inc. Therapy Dogs InternationalAnxiety Disorders, Panic Disorders, and PhobiasCenter for Anxiety & Stress Treatment K12 academics National Anxiety Foundation Social Anxiety Disorder/ Social Phobia and Shyness The Anxiety Panic Internet Resource (tAPir) Treatment of Panic Disorders
Art TherapyAmerican Art Therapy Association, Inc. Canadian Art Therapy Association South Texas Art Therapy AssociationAutism ABA Educational Resources Ltd. Autism Society of America Center for the Study of Autism (http://www.autism.org) Center for the Study of Autism (http://www.autism.com) Dual Diagnosis - Downs Syndrome and Autism Judevine Center for Autism The National Autistic SocietyBehavior & Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Behavior (gathering place for mental health and applied behavioral science professionals) National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral TherapistsBipolar Disorders Bipolar Support Group
Borderline Disorder BPD Central Borderline Personality Disorder Sanctuary Souls Self Help Center (click on Borderline Personality in the menu on the left of the screen) Census Data/RecordsNational Archives National Center for Health Statistics National Health Information Center National Longitudinal Surveys Home Page The Panel Study of Income Dynamics Population Studies Center (via University of Michigan) State Census Data Centers U.S. Census Bureau Home PageChildren and Youth Administration for Children and Families CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects Child Care & Early Education Research Connections Child Support Law Firms Child Welfare Home Page Child Welfare Information Gateway Children's Defense Fund Children Now Children's Rights Alliance The Council for Exceptional Children ECHO Treatment Center The Future of Children Girls with dreams Internet Resource for Special Children KidsHealth.org National Center for Children in Poverty National Youth Advocacy Coalition The Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism Washington Kids Count Youth Change: The Problem-Kid Problem-SolverCounseling American Counseling Association findCounseling
Crisis Intervention Convening (resources for crisis intervention workers) Crisis Intervention of Houston
Death and Dying The Internet Cremation Society Violent Death Bereavement Society Depression/Bipolar Disorders Bipolar Disorder Pendulum Pages Disaster Relief The American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Epicenter Federal Emergency Management AgencyDissociation The International Society for the Study of DissociationDown Syndrome Disability Solutions Down Syndrome: Health Issues Down Syndrome Research Foundation Dual Diagnosis - Downs Syndrome and Autism Family VillageDrama TherapyApplied and Interactive Theatre GuideDual Diagnosis Dual Diagnosis Website Dual Diagnosis - Downs Syndrome and AutismEating Disorders Anorexia HQ Something Fishy Eating Disorders Selfhelp magazine: Eating disordersEmotional Support Inner Peace
Ethics Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics

Evidence Based PracticeAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Medline
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Eye Movement Desensitization and ReprocessingFamily Issues Families USA Family Village Communty Center Family Violence Prevention Fund Family Therapy Family Institute of Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA)
Gambling Gamblers and Risk Takers: What's Luck Got To Do With It? Gambling Problems Resource Center Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commerical GamingGender Issues The Backlash! (against negative male stereotypes) Gender-Related Electronic Forums
Gerontology and Aging A Year to Remember. . .With my Mother and Alzheimer's Disease The Aging Research Translator Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Disease Research Center The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Association for Oncology Social Work Center for Healthy Aging Division 20 Adult Development and Aging web site Institute of Gerontology GeroWeb St. Louis Alzheimer's Association Washington University's Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Grief Center for Loss & Life Transition Hospice Foundation of America Hospice Patients Alliance Online Grief Resources

Health Care and Reform Families USA (consumer voice for health care) HospitalWebHelp CentersFeed My PeopleHigher Education Academe This Week (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Artemis Guide to Women's Studies Programs throughout the United States Rennison College School of Social Work (University of Waterloo) HomelessnessReal Change News Housing and Affordable Housing Affordable Housing Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Habitat for Humanity HUD User National Council of State Housing Agencies National Housing Institute
Human Rights The Equal Justice Network OneWorld.net United Nations' Scholars Workstation at Yale University (includes links to human rights, children's rights, and women's rights web sites)
International Social Work The Association of Children's Welfare Agencies CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects Institute for Global Communications InterAction International Development Exchange International Federation of Social Workers International Institute for Sustainable Development National Institute for Social Work The Overseas Development Institute Planet Social Work United Nations Development ProgrammeInternet Directories Infospace Internet Health Directory Lycos People search (find people, businesses, fax numbers, government information, etc.) People Search Superpages
Journals Directory of open access journals (DOAJ) Health and Medical Informatics Digest Links to Law Journals The National PsychologistLatino Issues in Social WorkLatino Social Workers OrganizationLearning Difficulties/Disabilities Questions Often Asked About Special Education Services Values Into Action Magazines Black Parenting In Motion Magazine Mother Jones New Age Journal Online Time UTNE Reader
Measurement and Assessment Scales CAPT National Quality Measures Clearinghouse The SASSI Institute WALMYR Publishing Company
Marriage, Family, and Couples Family & Marriage Counseling Directory Smart Marriages: The Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples EducationMedicaid Centers for Medicare & Medicade Services The Century Foundation MedicaidMedicalAmerican Medical Association Centers for Disease Control Food and Drug Administration HospitalWeb MedlinePlus MedWeb National Institutes of Health World Health OrganizationMedicareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid The Century Foundation Medicare.govMen's Issues The Backlash! Men Can Stop Rape Men's Issues PageMental Health Center for Mental Health Services Research at Washington University eMedicine Mental Health findCounseling Gift from Within Internet links to mental health resources Internet Mental Health page Mental Health Infosource National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare National Institute of Mental Health People Who... (must select MADNESS link from this page; a place where users of mental health services join in dialogues towards improving community service systems) Policy Information Exchange (PIE) Recovery, Inc. Substance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesMilitary/Veteran Issues Department of Veterans Affairs Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics (via Duke University - ethical issues related to the military) Military Family ResourcesMiscellaneousBack to a Village Habitat for Humanity Idealist: action without borders National Organizations (via Social Work Access Network) PsychWorld University The Shyness Home Page Working Assets Online Music TherapyAmerican Music Therapy Association Using Music in TherapyNative American Issues American Indian Health Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University Code Talk Home Page Family Village Community Center Indianz.com Native American Rights FundNewspapersabc-Canada The Age (Melbourne, Australia) Arizona Daily Star Arkansas online BDA Sun The Boston Globe The Boston Review Chicago Sun-Times China news Daily Record and Sunday Mail (Scotland) Detroit News Electric New Paper (Singapore) Financial Review (Australia) Ghana Latest News Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) Globes: Israel's Business Arena Green Left News Hartford Courant Iceland Review online Indianapolis Star and News IOL (South Africa) Irish Times Lexington-Herald Leader Los Angeles Times Maui News Homepage (Hawaii) Mercury Center (San Jose, CA) National Press Club News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) New York Times North Shore News (North Vancouver, British Columbia) Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia) Philadelphia Daily News Pilot Online (Norfolk, VA) Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) Press (Christchurch, New Zealand) Salt Lake Tribune St. Louis Post-Dispatch San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Examiner The Seattle Times The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce Sinn Fein Online StarTribunenet Telegraph (United Kingdom) Times/Sunday Times (London, England) US news & world report USA Today Village Voice WorldWide (New York, NY) Wall Street Journal Washington Times (Washington, D.C.)News Services and Radio web sites Associated Press CNN Interactive C-SPAN National Public Radio PBS Online NewsHour WorldNewsNot-for-Profit Resources idealist.org Internet Resources for Non-Profit Public Service Organizations W. K. Kellog Foundation
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disoder OCR Support

Parenting iVillage ParentsPlace.com JFCS ParentsPlace Labour of Love Parents P.L.A.C.E. Your Social Worker Pharmacology Medical Sciences Bulletin (extinsive listing of information about medications of all kinds) Medications (extensive listing of pyschotherapeutic medications) PharmWeb Pharmaceutical Information NetworkPlay Therapy Association for Play Therapy Boland Play Therapy Canadian Play Therapy Institute Texas Association for Play TherapyPolicy Issues Administration for Children and Families Almanac of Policy Issues The Brookings Institution The Cato Institute The Century Foundation The Commonwealth Fund Kaiser Family Foundation Linkages (a multimedia resource for environment and development policy makers) Policy Action Network Policy.inc Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
Politics Contacting the Congress FedWorld Information Network Influencing State Policy Library of Congress OMB Watch Political Activism Resources US House of Representatives Home Page U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leadership home page US Senate World Wide Web Server The White HousePoverty-related Institute for Research on Poverty National Center for Children in PovertyPrevention Prevention PrimerPsychiatryAmerican Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry American Psychiatric Association New York Psychoanalytic Society & InstitutePsychoanalysis American Psychoanalytic FoundationPsychology American Psychological Association PsychNET Association for Psychological Science The National PsychologistPsychotherapyAbout Psychotherapy Psychotherapy.net Psychotherapy Networker Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration United Kingdom Council for PsychotherapyPublic Health Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (via Centers for Disease Control) Public Health ServiceRecreational Therapy American Therapeutic Recreation Association North Carolina Recreational Therapy Association Therapeutic Recreation DirectoryRefugees Forced migration online Human Rights Watch International Organization for Migration Refugees International UNHCR Research related Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research Centre for Research in Public Sector Management (University of Canberra) Department of Social Policy and Social Work at Oxford University Health Research & Educational Trust Institute for Research on Poverty Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report National Archives and Records Administration National Center for Health Statistics National Consortium on Violence Research National Institutes of Health Scientific Research Resources Oregon Social Learning Center Research Resources for the Social Sciences Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research Society for Prevention Research Sociological Research OnlineSchizophrenia Experience of Schizophrenia NARSAD Schizophrenia, a handbook for families Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia.com Schizophrenia Australia Web Site Search Engines Alta Vista Excite Healia.com Highbeam Research (search magazines, maps, books, newspapers and newswires, TV and radio transcripts, pictures and more) Hotbot Internet Indexes and Search Engines. A list compiled by the Washington University in St. Louis Olin Library bibliographers. Lycos Web crawler YahooSleep Disorders Sleep Disorders Guide The Sleep Medicine Home Page SleepNet SomnoMed.com Smoking and Tobacco Corporate Accountability International Join Together Online Stop Smoking TipsSocial and Economic Development Center for Social Development at Washington University Centre for Research in Public Sector Management (University of Canberra) Civic Practices Network Institute for the Study of Civic Values International Institute for Sustainable Development Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (via University of Missouri System) Organisation for Economic Co-operative and Development PRAXIS (resources for social and economic development) Social Sciences Reference The Urban Institute WebEc (economic development, technological changes and growth)Social Work California Social Work Hall of Distinction Community care Council on Social Work Education Global Social Work Informatiion for Practice International Federation of Social Workers Listservs for social workers The New Social Worker Pat McClendon's Clinical Social Work Page Planet social work Sober Recovery (Information about many different aspects of social work) Social Work Access Network Social Work Cafe Social Work portal Social Work Web Resources at University of Indianapolis Social Work World www.socialwork.com Virtual Social WorkSocial Work Associations Australian Association of Social Workers Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers British Association of Social Workers Canadian Association of Social Workers Clinical Social Work Federation Illinois Social Work Irish Association of Social Workers National Association of Social Workers NASW California Chapter NASW Maine Chapter (the Maine Chapter offers continuing education programs) NASW Missouri Chapter NASW Oklahoma Chapter National Institute for Social Work Home Page Society for Social Work Leadership in Health CareSocial Work Licensing, Exam and Test Preparation Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences Association of Social Work Boards Licensing Exam Preparation Services (LEAP) Social Work Exam Social Work Exam Review Social Work Examination Services

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Sociology American Sociological Association Sociological Research Online Sociolog SocioSiteSoftware for Social Work Social Work Software - ClientTouch Humanware (makes genogram software) Shareware - clearinghouse for freeware and sharewareStress Health Cares Exchange Initiative (HCEI) Substance Abuse/Addiction AddictionSearch.com Al-Anon/Alateen Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies Cocaine Anonymous The DoorWay Drug Information ECHO Treatment Center Join Together Online Mid-Atlantic ATTC National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services The Stanton Peele Addiction Web Site Web of AddictionsSuicidology American Association of Suicidology Suicide and Mental Health Association International Suicide and Suicide Prevention Suicide in the United StatesTheories and Models of Social Work Task-Centered Web PagesTourette Syndrome Tourette Syndrome Association Tourette Syndrome Online The Tourette Syndrome Phenomenon The Tourette Syndrome (UK) AssociationTraining/Educational Resources CEU hours.com eLearning Essentials My Career Guide NASW Press Procounsel - human relations consultancy and trainingTrauma/PTSD Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress European Society for Traumatic Stress Gateway to Post Traumatic Stress Information -a portal with many informative, useful links. Gift From Within International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies National Center for PTSD Post Trauma Resources (this page focuses on violence in the workplace) The Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network Rape Crisis Center Trauma Information pagesVoting League of Women Voters Vote SmartWelfare Directory of Low-Income Organizations Working on Welfare Issues Social Welfare Welfare and Families Welfare Reform: An Analysis of the Issues (via The Urban Institute) Welfare Reform (search for welfare reform) Welfare Watch (a media monitoring research project by the USC Annenberg School for Communication)Women's Issues 34 Menopause symptoms The Andrea Dworkin Web Site Female Genital Mutilation Femina The Feminist Majority Foundation Online Institute for Child Health Policy InterLIFE National Organization for Women The Pro-Life Resource List The Rape Crisis Center Washington Feminist Faxnet Women Focused Cyberculture and Internet Information Women's Health Women in Higher Education Women in Need Women Leaders Online Women of Color WebWriting Scholarly Papers APA Style Resources (Formerly "The APA Crib Sheet") Bowling Green State University Writing Lab Dakota State University Online Writing Lab International Writing Centers Association National Writing Centers Association OWL (Online Writing Lab) University of Missouri Online Writery






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