The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council today (Tuesday, Oct. 27) has voted unanimously to restore protections for LGBTQ and disabled clients to Texas social workers’ code of conduct. The move ...

Texas social workers can now turn away LGBTQ clients and those with a disability. The state Board of Social Work Examiners voted unanimously to change a section of its code of conduct last week ...

In October 2020, Snopes readers asked for verification of news stories circulating online that reported a new rule in Texas would allow social workers in that state to refuse services to disabled ...

The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council voted unanimously to restore protections for LGBTQ and disabled clients to Texas social workers’ code of conduct just two weeks after removing them.

This course addresses the practice gap of learning to do ethical decision-making when confronted with dilemmas regarding confidentiality, dual relationships and social justice. Human service ...

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The Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners recently changed its code of conduct to no longer prohibit social workers from turning away clients based on disability, sexual orientation or gender ...

A former dean of the University of Houston Graduate College was let go after coming out as an advocate for reforming the police and foster care systems.

The Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners recently changed its Code of Conduct to no longer prohibit social workers from turning away clients on the basis of disability, sexual orientation or ...

In honor of Pride Month, the City of Dallas' Pride flag (right) flies alongside the Texas and U.S. flags outside of City Hall in downtown Dallas, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer ...