Links

The links listed below may be useful for school social work practitioners.  They include national, regional and state organizations that are relevant to school social work practice.
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Professional Associations

About ISSWA

 School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)

 http://www.sswaa.org/

Membership

 National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

 http://www.socialworkers.org/sections/default.asp

ISSWA Board

 The Midwest School Social Work Council http://www.midwest-ssw.org/index.html

ISSWA News

Iowa Links

Training

 Iowa Department of Education http://www.iowa.gov/educate/

Licensure

 State Library of Iowa http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/

Archive

 Iowa Chapter of NASW http://www.iowanasw.org/

Employment

 Iowa School Psychologists Association http://www.iowaschoolpsych.com/

Administrator Information

 Iowa Association of School Boards http://www.ia-sb.org/default.aspx
Discussion School Administrators of Iowa http://www.sai-iowa.org/join.html

 Advocacy Organizations
The National Association for School Psychologists http://www.nasponline.org/
The Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
National Alliance on Mental Illness http://www.nami.org/
NAMI Iowa http://www.namiiowa.com/
   

State School Social Work Associations in the Midwest Region
  Illinois http://www.iassw.org/
  Indiana http://www.insswa.org/
  Kansas http://www.kassw.org/
  Kentucky http://www.kassw-ky.org/
  Michigan http://www.massw-mi.org/
  Minnesota http://www.msswa.org/
  Missouri http://www.sswam.org/
  Nebraska No web site at this time.
  Ohio http://osswa.org/
  Wisconsin http://www.wsswa.org/

Mental Health
Columbia TeenScreen TeenScreen is a national mental health and suicide risk screening program for you.     http://www.teenscreen.org/
Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health  http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/default.cfm
   

Education
National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems http://www.nccrest.org/events.html
The Education Trust  http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust
The National Center for Education Statistics--Iowa's Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/profile.asp
The United States Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center http://rems.ed.gov/
Crisis Management Institute http://www.cmionline.org/
National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/alpha/s/school-crisis/default.htm

Education Research Service

http://www.ers.org/
American Educational Research Association http://www.aera.net/

Early Childhood Education 

National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/index.html
National Institute for Early Education Research http://nieer.org/

Resources
Tips for Helping Students Recovering From Traumatic Events You can order free information by title or subject including:

Practical Information on Crisis Planning:  A Guide for Schools and Communities

Threat Assessment in Schools:  A Guide to Managing Threatening situations and to Creating Safe School Climates

The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative:  Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United State

 http://www.ed.gov
Threat Plan Get a free Bomb Threat Response CD  http://www.threatplan.org
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Last updated 8/6/2008