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[Episode 98] Today�s episode of the Social Work Podcast is about Cognitive Enhancement Therapy ( Eack, 2012 ) - a relatively new approach to addressing some of the most persistent and intractable problems faced by people with schizophrenia. In order to learn more CET, I spoke with Shaun Eack, Ph.D. Dr. Eack has been involved in most of the clinical research on CET. He is the David E. Epperson Associate Professor of Social Work and Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, and the director of the ASCEND Program , which stands for "Advanced Support and Cognitive Enhancement for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Download MP3 [36:08] I spoke with Shaun at the 2015 Society for Social Work and Research conference. In our interview, Shaun talks about the development of CET, the computer exercises and group therapy - the two components of the treatment, some amazing research findings, and how social workers can get trained in CET. Bio  Shaun M. Eack , Ph.D. is David E. Epperson Associa...

There�s an old saying, �What�s the fastest way to cure mental illness in an entire group of people? Get rid of the diagnosis.� The proposed changes to DSM-5 get rid of some diagnoses and add others. But that's not all. If you're like me, you have lots of questions about changes to DSM-5 . When I posted the question �what would you like to know about the DSM-5� to the Social Work Podcast Facebook page  11 people responded in less than an hour and 20 people responded by the end of the day. So, what did they want to know? Jessica, Shelly, Sandy, Spring, Paul, and Suzannah wanted to know about autism, depression, and personality disorders. Shylah and Jen wanted to know about addictions. Lisa wanted to know what was up with ADHD. Ciarrai and Lyndon posed some great questions about the merits of DSM diagnosis in social work practice. In today's Social Work Podcast, I speak with Micki Washburn, MA, LPC-S, NCC and Danielle Parrish, Ph.D. about proposed changes in DSM-5. We talked ...

[Episode 60]Today�s Social Work Podcast is on social skills training with children and adolescents. My guest, Craig Winston LeCroy defines social skills as �a complex set of skills that facilitate the successful interactions between peers, parents, teachers, and other adults� (LeCroy, 2009, 653). Social skills include everything from dress and behavior codes, to rules about what, when, and how to say or not to say something. Social skills training is a form of behavior therapy, and as such focuses on behaviors, rather than thoughts or feelings, as the targets for change. Traditional behavior modification is often thought of in terms of task completion, for example, using star charts to get kids to clean their rooms or do homework. But in social skills training, behavior modification principles are used to teach people skills that help them to be successful in social situations. Download MP3  [28:42] I encountered an example of social skills training last week with my 2 1/2-year...