Gov. Brown should sign AB921
SFGate.com
It is simply outrageous that California law does not encourage social workers to reveal policies and practices that endanger our children. Under existing law, whistle-blowers in social work are protected from retaliation only when they disclose violations of the law. That shield does not extend to their most fundamental duty of all: to speak up when they spot something that poses a risk to the well-being of children.

Financial exploitation on the rise
Park Rapids Enterprise
Toni Carlstrom is seeing more cases of financial exploitation since the economy went sour years ago. The victims – vulnerable adults – make the cases particularly wrenching to deal with because the Hubbard County licensed social worker’s client base usually has a degree of dementia.

Fighting the stigma of mental health
Canton Repository
As part of our effort to break down the public stigma surrounding mental illness and substance abuse, the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Stark County is working hard to harness the power of young people.

Brandon psychotherapists provide home visits
The Tampa Tribune
Shane Raymond, a licensed clinical social worker and founder of Brandon Mental Health LLC, and his colleague, Mindy Huelle, also a licensed clinical social worker, have responded to these issues by providing home-based therapy.

For Wheaton veterans advocate, art inspired life
Daily Herald
Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon was just 19 years old when he turned to [clinical social worker] Bob Adams for advice playing the role of a Vietnam War veteran. “It was a very intense story, a very intense life that this (character) led, and I really didn’t have anything to go on,” said Shannon, who now stars in HBO’s hit “Boardwalk Empire” series. “I didn’t feel like I could possibly fathom what this guy was going through. But Bob helped give me the confidence to pull it off.”

White House Embraces Social Workers
Social Justice Solutions
Led by Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) President Dr. Darla Spence Coffey, about 160 social workers were enthusiastically welcomed into the historic Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building today for a White House briefing for social workers titled: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health in a New Era: The Role of Social Work Education.

ICT creates new PTSD treatment
Daily Trojan
Technology and virtual reality is an emerging aspect of USC School of Social Work’s military social work subconcentration, which is using other virtual reality technologies in partnership with ICT to train future clinicians who have to interact with veterans.