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Children often slip through the cracks in the systems when they display disruptive behaviours in classrooms but have no mental health diagnoses. Without medical explanations for behaviours, which may or may not be warranted, students face…

People in rural settings deal with many barriers to accessing Mental Health and Substance Use services. Living and accessing services in a small community presents challenges which are impacted by an individual, family or a community’s social…

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This report summarizes my practicum experience at Aatse Davie School in Fort Ware, British Columbia, on the traditional territory of the Kwadacha Nation. This K-12 school is located in one of the most remote areas in British Columbia and has…

Equine assisted therapies are growing in popularity as a modality for treating various mental health and developmental challenges. Many of these challenges require focused work on the development of empathy, perspective taking, and attunement to…

This study is an exploration of the intersectionality of my two identities, lesbian and social worker, within the northern British Columbia (BC) mental health workspace. By taking a transformative stance and making use of queer methodology, I…

Contextualizing clinical social work practice was the goal of the 450 practicum hours I completed at Walmsley and Validity Counselling Services. The practicum report starts with an overview of clinical social work practice and provides a detailed…

Scholars have been calling for the integration of the natural environment within social work for over thirty years. However, the literature provides little insight into youth perspectives on their relationships with land and place, particularly in…