Social Work

Addiction

A
"aa"
"abstain" OR "abstains" OR "abstained" OR "abstaining"
"abstinence"
"abstinent"
"addict*"
"addiction*"
"al-anon"
"alanon"
"alcohol abuse*"
"alcohol use disorder" OR "AUD"
"alcoholic*"
"Alcohol or Other Drug"
"alcoholics anonymous"
"alcoholism*"
"amphetamine*"
"AOD"

B
"barbiturates"
"bath crystals"
"bath salts"
"betting"
"binge drinking"

C
"cannabis"
"chemical abuse*"
"chemical abuse counseling"
"chemical abuse recovery"
"chemical abuse rehab*"
"chemical abuse treatment"
"chemical dependenc*"
"chemical use"
"chewing tobacco"
"cigarette*"
"cocaine"
"crack"

D
"designer drugs"
"detox*"
"downers"
"drink and drive"
"drink-free"
"drinking and driving"
"drinking-free"
"drinking problems"
"driving under the influence"
"driving while drunk"
"driving while intoxicated"
"drug abuse*"
"drug abuse counseling"
"drug abuse recovery"
"drug abuse rehab*"
"drug abuse treatment"
"drug counseling"
"drug crimes"
"drug deal*"
"drug dependenc*"
"drug defendant"
"drug habit*"
"drug misuse"
"drug offender*"
"drug offense*"
"drug overdose*"
"drug possession"
"drug problem"
"drug recovery"
"drug rehab*"
"drug traffic*"
"drug use"
"drug user*"
"drugs"
"drunk driver*"
"drunk driving"
"drunkenness"
"drunkard*"
"dui"
"dwi"

E
"ecstasy"
"electronic cigarette*"
"electronic nicotine delivery system"

G
"gambling"
"game addiction"
"gaming"
"gaming addiction"
"gaming disorder"
"gaming problem"
"gateway drug" (pathway switch* transition*)
"glue sniffing"

H
"hallucinogenic*"
"heroin"
"high"
"hooka*"

I
"illegal drug use"
"illegal drugs"
"illicit drugs"
"inebriat*"
"intoxicated"
"lsd"

M
"marihuana"
"marijuana"
"meth"
"methamphetamine*"
"morphine"
"mushrooms"

N
"narcotics"
"narcotics anonymous"
"nicotine"
"nicotine gum"
"nicotine lozenges"
"nicotine patch"
"nondrinker" OR "nondrinkers" OR "non-drinker" OR "non-drinkers"
"nondrinking" OR "non-drinking"

O
"opioids"
"overdose"
"oxycodone"
"oxycontin"

P
"pain killers"
"pain pills"
"pipe smoking"
"problem drinking"
"problematic gaming"
"psychedelics"

R/S
"recovery group*"
"ritalin"
"sedatives"
"smokeless tobacco"
"smoker"
"smokers"
"smoking"
"snuff"
"snus"  [smokeless tobacco]
"sober"
"soberistas"
"sobriety"
"speed"
"street drugs"
"strung out"
"substance abuse*"
"substance abuse counseling"
"substance abuse recovery"
"substance abuse rehab*"
"substance abuse treatment center*"
"substance dependenc*"
"substance disorder*"
"substance misuse"
"substance problems"
"substance related disorder*"
"substance use"
"substance withdrawal"
"support group*"

T
"tobacco"
"tranquilizers"
"twelve step program*"
"twelve-step program*"

U/V/W
"uppers"
"vaping"
"withdrawal"

Ages

A
"adolescence"
"adolescent*"
"adult*"

B
"babies"
"baby"
"baby boom generation*"
"baby boomer*"
"boy"
"boy scout*"
"boys"

C
"child"
"child's"
"childhood"
"children"
"college age"
"college aged"
"college student*"

D
"daughter*"
"delinquent*"
"dependent"
"dependents"

E
"early adolescence"
"early adulthood"
"early childhood"
elderly see the Elderly box
"elementary school student*"
"elementary schooler*"
"emerging adult*"

F/G
"first grader*"
"generation x"
"generation y"
"generation z"
"girl*"
"girl scout*"
"girls"
"grade school student*"
"grade schooler*"
"grammar schooler*"
"grandbab*"
"grandchild*"
"granddaughter*"
"grandson*"
"high school student*"
"high schooler*"

I
"infancy"
"infant"
"infants"
"Intergenerational"
"junior high student*"
"junior high schooler*"
"juvenile*"

K
"kid"
"kids"
"kindergartener*"
"kindergartner*"

L
"late adolescence"
"late adulthood"
"life course"
"lifecourse"
"life span"
"lifespan"

M
"middle adolescence"
"middle adulthood"
"middle aged"
"middle childhood"
"middle school student*"
"middle schooler*"
"millennial*"
"minor"
"minors"

N
"neonat*"
"newborn*"
"next generational"
"nextgen*"
"nursery schooler*"

O
"offspring*"
"orphan"
"orphans"

P
"paediatric*"
"pediatric*"
"preadolescen*"
"pre-adolescen*"
"preschooler*"
"pre-schooler*"
"preteen*"
"pre-teen*"
"primary grade schooler*"
"primary grade student*"

S
"school aged"
"school student"
"schooler"
"secondary school student*"
"senior high schooler*"
"senior high student*"
"son"
"sons"
"stepchild*"
"step-child*"
"stepdaughter*"
"step-daughter*"
"stepson*"
"step-son"
"step-sons"

T
"teen*"
"teenage*"
"teenager*"
"toddler*"
"tweener*"

U/Y
"under five"
"underage*"
"underfive"
"young adult*"
"young child*"
"young men"
"young women"
"youngster*"
"youth"
"youths"

Number

"1st grader*"

Bullying

A/B
"anti-bully*"
"antibully*"
"bullied"
"bullies"
"bully*"
"bus bullies"
"bus bully*"

C/D
"computer bullies"
"computer bully*"
"cyber bullie*"
"cyber-bullie*"
"cyber bully*"
"cyber-bully*"
"cyberbullied"
"cyberbullies"
"cyberbully*"
"digital bullies"
"digital bully*"

E/F
"electronic bullies"
"electronic bully*"
"facebook bullies"
"facebook bully*"

H/I
"harassment"
"internet bullies"
"internet bully*"

L/M
"lunchroom bullies"
"lunchroom bully*"
"myspace bullies"
"myspace bully*"

O/P
"online bullies"
"online bully*"
"playground bullies"
"playground bully*"

S/V
"school bullies"
"school bully*"
"social network* bullies"
"social network* bully*"
"virtual bully*"

W
"work place bully*"
"workplace bully*"
"worksite bully*"

Crime

A
"adjudicate"
"aftercare"
"anticarceral*"
"alternate punishment*"
"alternative punishment*"
"alternative* to imprisonment"
"alternative* to incarceration"
"alternative to institutionalization"
"alternatives to institutionalizing"
"arrest*"
"arrest policies"
"arrestee*"

B
"bail"
"bond"

C
"carceral*"
"casa"
"cell"
"cell mate*"
"cellmate*"
"cells"
"civil court*"
"coming home"
"community-based correctional"
"community-based corrections"
"community-based sanctions"
"community control program*"
"community integration"
"community prosecution"
"community reentry"
"community reintegration"
"community re-integration"
"community service"
"community supervision"
"conjugal rights"
"convict" (noun)
"convict" (verb)
"convicted"
"convicts"
"correctional"
"correctional facility"
"correctional institution*"
"correctional options"
"correctional population"
"correctional rehabilitation"
"correctional system*"
"corrections"
"corrections system"
"court acceptance"
"court appointed"
"court appointed special advocates"
"court involved"
"court ordered"
"court review"
"court reviews"
"crime"
"criminal*"
"criminal court*"
"criminal justice"
"criminal justice system*"

D
"decarcerat*"
"defender"
"deincarcerat*"
"deinstitutionaliz*"
"delinquency"
"delinquent*"
"desistance"
"detention"
"detention facilit*"
"discharg*"
"discretion"
"discretionary"
"diversion"
"diversion at sentencing"
"diversionary"
"divert*"
"divert at sentencing"
"dna"
"drug court*"

E
"early releas*"
"electronic monitoring"
"evidence"
"ex-con"
"ex-cons"
"ex-convict*"
"ex-felon*"
"ex-offender*"
"ex-prisoner*"
"eye witness*"
"eye witness testimony"

F
"family court*"
"federal prison*"
"felon"
"felonies"
"felons"
"felony"
"fines"
"finger prints"
"frontend" OR "front end" OR "front-end"
"fugitive*"

G
"guard"
"guards"
"guilty"

H
"halfway hous*"
"hearing"
"holding cell*"
"home confinement"
"house arrest"
"hyperincarcerat*"

I
"imprison*"
"incarcerat*"
"informal handling"
"inmate*"
"innocent"
"intake*"
"intaking"
"intensive probation"
"intensive supervision"

J
"jail"
"jail mate*"
"jailer*"
"jails"
"judge"
"judgment*"
"judicial*"
"judicial discretion"
"judicial system*"
"jurisprudence"
"juries"
"jury"
"justice involved"
"justice system*"
"juvenile*"
"juvenile detention"

L
"lawyer*"
"lawyer* up"
"local jail*"
"lock up"
"lock-up"
"lockup"

M/O
"minor"
"miranda rights"
"off for good behavior"
"offender*"

P
"parole*"
"parole board*"
"parole officer*"
"parolee*"
"penal"
"penalty"
"penitentiar*"
"perpetrator*"
"plea bargain*"
"plead"
"pleaded"
"police"
"post-arrest"
"postarrest*"
"post incarceration"
"post-incarceration"
"postincarcerat*"
"post parole"
"post-parole"
"postparole*"
"post release"
"post-release"
"postrelease*"
"pre release"
"pre-release"
"prerelease"
"pretrial"
"prison*"
"prison release"
"prisoner*"
"probation*"
"probationary"
"problem-solving court"
"problem-solving courts"
"prosecution"
"prosecutor*"
"prosecutorial discretion"
"public defender*"
"punish*"

R
"re-abus*"
"reabus*"
"re-arrest*"
"rearrest*"
"re-assault*"
"reassault*"
"recidivism"
"re-convict*"
"reconvict*"
"re-entering"
"re-entry"
"reentry"
"rehabilitate"
"re-incarcerat*"
"reincarcerat*"
"reintegrat*"
"re-integrat*"
"released"
"re-offend*"
"reoffend*"
"re-offend*"
"repeat offender*"
"residential integration"
"residential reentry"
"residential reintegration"
"restitution*"
"restorative justice"
"return* home"
"return* to prison*"
"return* to the community"
"re-victimiz*"
"revictimiz*"

S
"sentenced"
"sentencing"
"served time"
"small claims court"
"special* court"
"special* courts"
"state prison*"

T
"three strikes and you're out"
"three strikes you're out"
"time served"
"transcarceral*"
"transition*"
"truth in sentencing"

U/V
"underaged"
"verdict*"
"victimize"
"visitation"

W
"warden*"
"warrant"
"witness"

For a comprehensive list of terms, please consult the
National Criminal Justice Reference Service database's thesaurus.
https://ncjrs.gov/App/search/thesaurussearch.aspx

ADA/Disabilities

A
"ability"
"ableism"
"accepting"
"accessibility"
"accessible"
"accommodate*"
"accommodation*"
"ADA"
"adapt*"
"adaptive"
"americans with disabilities act"
"assistive device*"
"assistive technolog*"

B
"barrier free design*"
"barrier-free design*"
"behavior* disab*"
"behavior* disorder*"
"blind"

C
"cane"
"canes"
"challenged"
"cochlear implant*"
"conversion*"
"convert*"

D
"deaf"
"developmental* disab*"
"developmentally delayed"
"differently-abled"
"disabilit*"
"disabled"
"disablism"

E
"emotion* disab*"
"emotion* disorder*"
"emotion* disturbed"

H
"handicap*"
"hard of hearing"
"hearing aid*"
"hearing impair*"

I
"immobility"
"impaired"
"inaccessible"
"inclusion"
"inclusive"
"inclusive design*"
"insane asylum*"
"learning disab*"
"learning disorder*"
"legally blind"
"life span design"
"lifespan design"
"low vision"

M/N
"mental* disab*""
"mental disorder*"
"mental facilit*"
"mental hospital*"
"mental institution*"
"modification*"
"modifie*"
"modify*"
"mobility"
"mobility aids"
"mobility equipment"
"mute"
"neurodiverse"

P
"physical disabilit*"
"physically challenged"
"physically disable*"

R
"reading disab*"
"reading disorder*"
"rehab*"
"remodel*"
"renovat*"
"retrofit*"

S/T"scooter*"
"special needs"
"text reader*"
"text-reader*"
"transform*"
"trans generational design*"
"trans-generational design*"
"transgenerational design*"

U/V/W
"universal design*"
"vision disab*"
"vision disorder*"
"vision loss"
"visitability"
"visual* disab*"
"visual disorder*"
"visual* loss"
"welcoming"
"wheelchair*"

Elderly

A
"aarp"
"accessory dwelling units"  (ADUs)
"active adult community"
"adult day care"
"adult daycare"
"advanced directive*"
"age in place"
"aged"
"aged care"
"ageing in place"
"aging at home"
"aging in place"
"aic"  (assisted and independent living communities)
"alzheimer*"
"american association of retired persons"
"assisted living"

B
"backyard homes"
"became old"
"became older"
"becoming older"

C
"caregiver*" OR "care giver" OR "care givers"
"caregiving" OR "care giving"
"caretaker" OR "caretakers" OR "care taker" OR "care takers"
"caretaking" OR "care taking"
"centenarian*"
"cognitive*" N3 declin*
"cognitive*" N3 deteriorat*
"cognitive*" N3 impair*
"community dwelling"
"community living"
"continuing care retirement community" (CCRC)

D
"death"
"delivered meals"
"dementia*"
"durable power of attorney"

E
"elder"
"elder abuse*"
"elder cottage housing opportunity"
"eldercare"
"elders"
"elderly"
"encore life course stage"

F
"falling down"
"falls"
"fell down"
"frail*"

G
"geriatric*"
"gerontologic"
"gerontology"
"getting older"
"grandfather*"
"grandmother*"
"grandparent*"
"granny pods"  (housing)
"grew old"
"grew older"
"group home*"
"grow old"
"growing older"

H
"healthcare power of attorney"
"healthcare proxy"
"home care services"
"home* for the aged"
"home within a home"
"house sharing"

I
"in-home care"
"in-law units"  (housing)
"independent living"
"Intergenerational shared-site organization*"  [IGSS]

L
"late-life"
"later life"
"life long housing"
"lifelong housing"
"life-long housing"
"living alone"
"living will*"
"long term care"
"long-term care"
"longterm care"

M
"meals on wheels"
"medical power of attorney"
"medicare*"
"mental*" N3 declin*
"mental*" N3 deteriorat*
"mental*" N3 impair*
"multi-ability, generational, inclusive communities"
"multigenerational homes"
"multigenerational housing"

N
"naturally occurring retirement community"
"norc"
"nursing home*"
"nursing home resident*"

O
"octogenarian*"
"old age"
"older adult*"
"older people*"
"older person*"

R
"retired"
"retiree*"
"retirement"
"retirement community"

S/T
"senior adult*"
"senior center*"
"senior citizen*"
"senior living community"
"seniors"
"skilled nursing"
"social security"
"step-grandfather*"
"stepgrandfather*"
"step-grandmother*"
"stepgrandmother*"
"step-grandparent*"
"stepgrandparent*"
"surviving spous*"
"third age"

W
"widow*"
"widower*"
"widowhood"