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• in Politics
  Child Abuse, Lies and DCFS: A Dirty Job
  DCFS is a closed system that guards information well beyond the needs of legitimate privacy. Criticize at your own risk!
  by joshuaallen / on Sep 17, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “social work”

 

• Chairman of Duke University Psychiatry Explains Why Social Workers Should Oppose DSM 5

  
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  by Deona Hooper, MSW Dr. Allen Frances, chair of the DSM-IV task force and of the department of Psychiatry at the Duke University School of Medicine, penned an article in Psychology Today entitled Why Social Workers Should Oppose the DSM-5. In the article, Dr. Frances acknowledges that Social Workers have not been ...
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• How sequesterable are you?

  
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  Leonard Jason, Madison Sunnquist, Suzanna So, and Sarah Callahan have created an infographic regarding the sequestration and its impacts. You can also download a pdf of the infographic . Leonard A. Jason, professor of clinical and community psychology at DePaul University and director of the Center for ...
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• Social Worker Job at Habitat for Humanity - Employment Opportunity in Uganda

  
  Great Uganda Jobs — Authority: 154
  Jobs at:  Habitat for Humanity Vacancy title: Social Worker Deadline of this Job: 10/05/2013 Job details: Reports to: OVC Program Manager. Duty Station: Mayuge Location: Mayuge. Purpose of Position: S/he will play the lead role in overseeing Habitat for Humanity Uganda’s programmes for HIV and ...
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• Top 5 Ways To Utilize LinkedIn For Business

  
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  Happy Birthday LinkedIn! On May 9th, LinkedIn celebrated its 10th birthday. Reed Hoffman, LinkedIn’s creator, launched the site in 2003 from his home. After asking his friends and colleagues to join the site, word spread and LinkedIn began to blossom. It had a modest 4,500 members at the end of its first month. The ...
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• Parents’ Addictions Tied to Adult Children’s Depression

  
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  Parents who are addicted to drugs or alcohol are more than twice as likely to have children who develop depression in adulthood, according to a report published online in the journal Psychiatry Research . For the study, researchers at the University of Toronto examined the association between parental addictions and ...
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• Support the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act

  
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  Government Relations Action Alert May 09, 2013 Support the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act in the 113th Congress Support the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act in the 113th Congress ...
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• LTYM on NBC Nightly News! Our stories are everywhere.

  
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  photo courtesy of Erika Angulo Nightly News flew a crew to Chicago to film a segment about LTYM at the 2nd annual (and FABULOUS) LTYM: Chicago show. The segment will close the newscast tomorrow night, Friday May 10th. The photo above shows Janet Shamlian interviewing me. Im wearing a dress very hard to ...
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• NASW-NYS Calling On NY Social Workers To Give Feedback On SAFE Act

  
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  NY LCSWs  – NASW-NYS Wants to Know About Your Experiences with regard to the NYS SAFE Act Click here to begin the survey on NYS SAFE ACT NASW-NYS has previously reported that effective March 16, 2013 Licensed Clinical Social Workers are among the four mental health professionals specifically designated in ...
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• Warrick Dunn Charities Helps Single Parents Become Homeowners

  
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  by Brian Anderson, Staff Writer Former NFL star, Warrick Dunn, is mostly known for his athletic ability. During 12 seasons in the NFL, Dunn was selected to the Pro Bowl, 3 times, and he was also the Rookie of the Year in 1997. As a rookie in the NFL, Dunn instantly decided that his true... Continue Reading » The ...
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• Social Worker Job Vacancy at Habitat for Humanity Uganda

  
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  Job Title:  Social Worker.Reports to: OVC Program Manager.Duty Station: MayugeLocation: Mayuge.Purpose of Position:    S/he will play the lead role in overseeing Habitat for Humanity Uganda’s programmes for HIV and other vulnerable children in the respective Communities The position calls for a high level of, ...
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• When a Court Orders an Addict to Treatment Instead of Prison We All Rise: Advocates for Drug Court

  
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  by Deona Hooper, MSW “When a court orders an addict to treatment instead of prison,  we All Rise” ~ Martin Sheen I am always elated when a person conquers their demons, and then uses it to help elevate someone else. Amazingly, Matthew Perry is one of many individuals working with All Rise who are lending their ...
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• 05.07.13 dream haiku

  
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  Social work intern assure her that it’s normal to cry and be scared.
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• Resilience and World Reconstruction After Trauma

  
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  When the stresses of life are ordinary and manageable, most of us feel we have it together. We have a cohesive sense of ourself and the world. Things are in place and we understand how they connect. But under the strain of trauma, this cohesiveness may be replaced by a feeling of fragmentation and anxiety; nothing ...
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• Social Media: What is Your New Media Literacy Score

  
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  by Dr. Jimmy Young Social Media and other digital technologies are becoming so ubiquitous in our society as people everywhere seem to have smartphones, tablets, or some type of web-enabled device. This constant contact with the Internet and seemingly endless connectivity has many asking if this is good or bad. Social ...
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• I Was Put In Care And My Mum Abandoned Me

  
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  After reading the blog post I Regret Not Having An Abortion I found it difficult, it had brought back many hurtful memories for me as I was put in care and my mum abandoned me.  I wanted to share my own experience, I guess from the child’s point of view. The mother who wrote the [...] The post I Was Put In Care ...
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• Interview with Social Work Professor Barbara Zelter Arrested for Protesting with NAACP Against Bad NC Policies

  
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  by Deona Hooper, MSW Social Work Helper had the opportunity to catch up with Social Work Professor Barbara Zelter after she escaped the clutches of the Wake County Detention Center due to being arrested for protesting with NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Barbara teaches social work ...
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• Interview with Daniel Jacob: Guest Expert for Live Twitter Chat 5/6/13 at 8PM EST

  
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  by Deona Hooper, MSW ***Update*** View Archive Chat: http://storify.com/SWUnited/guest-expert-daniel-jacob-on-burnout-and-selfcare# Join us on May 6, 2013 at 8PM EST on the Social Work Helper Live Twitter Chat with Guest Expert Daniel Jacob on Burnout and Self-Care using the hashtag #SWUnited. Daniel is the founder of ...
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• Ecological Systems Theory and Practice: Expanding the Social Work Mandate

  
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  by Dr. Michael Wright If you have read my prior writings on social work, you have become aware of my insistence that social work is the only profession that has both a mandate and an evidence-based approach to individual change and social change. Others have advanced a view that psychology has these elements because ...
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• Boys are facing double the risk of depression, Hong Kong study shows

  
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  Chinese culture blamed, with families having higher expectations than for girls, expert says   Teenage boys are twice as likely to suffer from depression as girls, a survey shows. The finding is opposite to that of similar surveys conducted in Western countries. One of the researchers says traditional ...
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• Book Review: Beyond the Ego

  
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  Sometimes a self-help book tries to be too many things.  Beyond the Ego: Where Love, Joy, and Peace of Mind Await You , may be one of them. Written by David Mutchler, an author described as having earned an overwhelming number of degrees in education, philosophy, psychology, and social work, with advanced studies in ...
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