Tammy Fried, the author, is a member:
How Can Parents and Providers Work Together to Advocate for Children With Disabilities?
U.S. News & World Report
At the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center in Bronx, New York, a group of social workers and speech-language pathologists have been asking this question. We, along with licensed medical social worker Diana Rodriguez and speech language pathologist Alexandra Nussbaum, came together to find a way to support families within this complicated and often inefficient system. In addition to the everyday issues and advocacy concerns voiced, we noticed a therapeutic gap – clearly demarcated roles of “parent” and “clinician” that did not allow for truly active collaboration. Sadly, we also heard echoes of the isolation felt by our families beneath the stress. So, in 2012 we created the CERC Parent Workshop to bridge these silos and foster a team culture to better support the kids and their families.

Julie de Azevedo Hanks is a member:
Is it ever OK to lie to your partner?
DailyNews724.com
“As a therapist, I don’t generally suggest lying to your partner,” said relationship expert Julie de Azevedo Hanks, Ph.D., licensed clinical social worker, director of Wasatch Family Therapy, and author of “The Assertiveness Guide for Women.” “However, I do think there are situations where it is appropriate to lie or leave out details,” she said.

John Funk is a member:
‘Only cure for grief is to grieve’
Deming Headlight (NM)
On June 12, after the massive shooting in Orlando, I planned to write about grief. At that time, my good friend John Funk, a social worker, said, “We should all take a week off and just mourn.”

When police understand mental illness, risks are lower: Editorial
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Cecile Tebo, who oversees the new NOPD program, said officers learn to perform “rapid assessments” to recognize symptoms of mental illness. They are taught how to recognize different conditions so they can use the best techniques to calm down the situation and understand how dangerous a person may be.… Ms. Tebo, a licensed clinical social worker, is the perfect choice to run this program. For seven years, she led NOPD’s volunteer-staffed mobile crisis unit, which responded to calls involving mentally ill people. When she left the force in 2011, she and her team had helped thousands of people in crisis.

Delray police combat rising drug overdoses
Sun Sentinel (Palm Beach, FL)
After officers file a report on those who overdosed, they email their update to Sean Ryan, a licensed clinical social worker, and Josh Scott, a board-certified interventionist and the owner of Guardian Recovery Network. Ryan and Scott then enter the overdose victims’ names and contact information into a spreadsheet. They phone them, identify themselves and just listen. They try to help place them in the best possible treatment center. “Some are scared to death, want help and don’t know where to turn,” Ryan said. Others have no interest in stopping. “Their first response is to continue to use drugs,” Scott said.

Using virtual reality to treat PTSD
Crain’s Chicago Business
In a small windowless office at Rush University Medical Center, Charles Small hooks up what looks like a video game console. It’s got three screens, a headset and a carpeted platform. Nearby is a trough of vials: the odors of burning rubber, diesel exhaust, cordite, which is the smell of weapons fire. Small flips a switch and the screens light up. They show the interior of a Humvee traveling through a village in Iraq. The viewer seems to be inside as the vehicle lurches down a potholed road. Suddenly, there’s a rumble, and the carpeted platform trembles. Small shuts off the machine. Small is a licensed clinical social worker at Rush’s Road Home Program, which treats veterans and their families for emotional and psychological issues. He’s demonstrating a virtual reality machine, a $40,000 setup used to treat veterans whose post-traumatic stress disorder “is shrinking their worlds,” Small says. A bump in the road, a sound or even a roadside pile of trash can trigger debilitating fear. “These guys won’t drive to the grocery store,” he says.

New data: Minn. test scores stagnant, achievement gap unchanged
Minnesota Public Radio
“Unless we also deal with the great urgency around all these other outside school factors, we won’t be able to move the achievement disparities as quickly as we’d like to,” [state Education Commissioner Brenda] Cassellius said. She said schools also need more support services like social workers to connect students to resources outside of school. Minnesota spends less of its education money on student support than any other state.

Struggle Continues to Find Child Protection Workers
WDAZ
Counties in Minnesota are struggling to hire enough case workers to handle the major increase in child protection reports. Hennepin County is on track to take in 20,000 reports of child abuse and neglect this year. It just lowered the standards in hiring a social worker in order to widen the pool of applicants. A masters degree in social work is no longer required as long as an applicant has a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis on child protection. “Hiring social workers and attracting social workers is a huge problem,” said Rep. Ron Kresha at Wednesday’s Legislative Child Protection Oversight Committee meeting.

With freedom, Hinckley faces scrutiny of girlfriends, internet use
WTOP
Jonathan Weiss, a licensed clinical social worker, will help Hinckley in finding paid employment and volunteer positions. He is required to work or volunteer at least three days a week, according to the judge.