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 Phobias
Center 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 Therapy
American 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/Records
National 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 Therapy
Applied 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 Practice
Agency 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 Centers
Feed 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) Homelessness
Real 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 Work
Latino 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
MedicaidMedical
American Medical Association
Centers for Disease Control
Food and Drug Administration
HospitalWeb
MedlinePlus
MedWeb
National Institutes of Health
World Health OrganizationMedicare
Centers 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 ResourcesMiscellaneous
Back 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 Therapy
American 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 FundNewspapers
abc-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 PrimerPsychiatry
American 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 PsychologistPsychotherapy
About 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

Social work with Groups
Mutual Aid Based Group Work.com

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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