
This reflection introduces and contextualizes the term Neuro Social Work, which Dr. Priscila Llamosa coined, to name a specialized practice area at the intersection of social work, neuroscience, and neurodiversity. Drawing on my experience as a social work educator and practitioner, I discuss social work’s uneasy relationship with neuroscience, marked both by the opportunity to deepen our understanding of trauma, development, and healing, and by the risks of using brain‑based evidence to individualize structural harms or justify surveillance of marginalized communities. I outline, in broad strokes, what distinguishes Neuro Social Work from general neuroscience‑informed practice. The note is intended as a concept piece to spark conversation about education, practice roles, and research partnerships, and to accompany a more detailed scholarly article on Neuro Social Work currently in preparation.
Neuroscience for social work practice, Neuroscience and social work, Neurosciences/education, FOS: Clinical medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuro Social Work, Neurosciences, social work education, neurodiversity, Social Work/education, neurosciance-informed social work
Neuroscience for social work practice, Neuroscience and social work, Neurosciences/education, FOS: Clinical medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuro Social Work, Neurosciences, social work education, neurodiversity, Social Work/education, neurosciance-informed social work
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