Introduction / Holly Matto, Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, and Michelle Ballan -- Your brain on empathy : implications for social work practice / Karen Gerdes and Elizabeth Segal -- Mirror neurons / Rosemary L. Farmer -- The use of meditative dialogue to cultivate compassion and empathy with survivors of complex childhood trauma / Susan A. Lord -- Traumatic stress response transactions on development / Jose Carbajal and Regina Aguirre -- F.I.T. camp : a biopschosocial model of positive youth development for at-risk adolescents / Raquel Warley, De'Shay Thomas, and Monica Harris -- The effects of child maltreatment on brain development / Kya Fawley-King and Emily C. Merz -- The role of neurobiology in social work practice with youth transitioning from foster care / Wendy Smith -- How neuroscience can inform educational practices for youth involved in the child welfare system / Haley Woodside-Jiron, Jessica Strolin Goltzman, & Jesse Suter -- Using neuroscience to inform social work practices in schools for children with disabilities / Cristina Mogro-Wilson -- Management of violence and aggression in schools / Alexa Smith-Osborne -- Substance abuse / Holly C. Matto, Suzanne Brown, Michelle Ballan -- Targeting transdiagnostic processes in clinical practice through mindfulness : cognitive, affective, and neurobiological perspectives / Eric L. Garland, Jaclyn Williams, Hillary Gale, Amber Kelly, and Matthew O. Howard -- Toxic stress and brain development in young homeless children / Nathan Hutto and Julianne Viola -- Traumatic brain injury and military families / Alexa Smith-Osborne -- Major depression is systemic inflammation / Jill Littrell -- Neuroscience of risk taking in adolescence / Michelle Evans-Chase -- Neurodevelopmental approaches to understanding and working with adolescents in the juvenile justice system / George Leibowitz -- Adult criminal justice system / Elizabeth D. Hutchison.