News Items – November 18, 2014
Unpaid family caregivers hear encouragement, advice from OHSU family support expert (video)
OregonLive
In a keynote speech that was equal parts information and inspiration, an Oregon Health & Science University expert urged about 110 unpaid family caregivers attending a Hillsboro conference on Friday to prioritize their own physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual health as well. Proper self-care makes the difference between surviving and thriving as a caregiver, said Susan Hedlund, an award-winning licensed clinical social worker who manages patient and family support services at OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute.
Laura Lewis, Toba Kerson, and Judith McCoyd are members:
Dr. Toba Kerson and Dr. Judith McCoyd podcast: In Response to Need: An Analysis of Social Work Roles Over Time
Bryn Mawr College
Dr. Toba Kerson and Dr. Judith McCoyd were recent guests on University of Buffalo School of Social Work podcast series and spoke on “In Response to Need: An Analysis of Social Work Roles Over Time”. Dr. Laura Lewis, University of Buffalo School of Social Work Director of Field Education, conducted the interview.… The podcast episode can be accessed at http://www.insocialwork.org/episode.asp?ep=154.
Ilyssa Hoffman is a member:
Lemont middle school welcomes new staff
The Herald-News
Ilyssa Hoffman, school social worker, is a University of Chicago graduate with a master’s degree in school social work and also a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Indiana University.
Victoria Jones is a member:
[Video] College Students collaborating with Greensboro IRC
WGHP (Greesboro, NC)
College students in the Piedmont Triad are teaming up with congregational nurses to help the homeless in a unique way at the Greensboro Interactive Resource Center. Social work students at UNCG and North Carolina A&T University intern at the IRC to help guests can get all the help they need in one place. They work with nurses through a program called the Congregational Social Work Education Initiative. Victoria Jones is a master’s level intern with UNCG. “I feel like we are the voice for the guests here,” said Jones.
New report: Child homelessness on the rise in US
Associated Press
The number of homeless children in the U.S. has surged in recent years to an all-time high, amounting to one child in every 30, according to a comprehensive state-by-state report that blames the nation’s high poverty rate, the lack of affordable housing and the impacts of pervasive domestic violence. Titled “America’s Youngest Outcasts,” the report being issued Monday by the National Center on Family Homelessness calculates that nearly 2.5 million American children were homeless at some point in 2013. The number is based on the Department of Education’s latest count of 1.3 million homeless children in public schools, supplemented by estimates of homeless pre-school children not counted by the DOE.
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