‘Cool Minds’ teen program in Danvers pays teens for participation
North Shore Sunday
Program investigators/instructors are Jefferson Prince, MD, director of child psychiatry at MassGeneral for Children at NSMC; James Howland, Ed.D., LICSW, social worker at NS Recovery High School; Marguerite Roberts, MS, NP, director, Family Resource Center, MassGeneral for Children at NSMC.

Saginaw phsycians, nurses collaborate closely to provide best medical care
The Saginaw News – MLive.com
Accompanying Bannon were a nurse and a social worker preparing to discuss with a patient the details of his care outside of Covenant HealthCare.

Opinion: Mental health and violence
University of Texas at Austin News
by King Davis Dr. King Davis, the Robert Lee Sutherland Endowed Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy in the School of Social Work, served as executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health from 2003-2008. His current funded research focuses on the history of mental health services and policies for African American populations.

Denver World Affairs lunch a shining success
Denver Post
Everding has worked as a clinical social worker, a second-grade teacher and adjunct professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work.

What School Turnaround Really Takes
Huffington Post (blog)
Turnaround teams include a school coach, a social worker, and a classroom coach–the focus is systems, services, and skills. They “work with school staff to develop the systems, resources, and knowledge and skills to address the broad and intense set of needs presented by students and staff, all in the service of creating a positive school culture and a vibrant learning community dedicated to high achievement and healthy development.” The three year intervention costs about $200,000 annually with philanthropic, school and district support.

Young lives on the line
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Dr. Bill Barton, a professor at the Indiana University School of Social Work in Indianapolis, also has done extensive research on juvenile justice issues.

Community Justice Program launched in Brooklyn
EmpireStateNews.net
The Community Justice Program, which pairs Medgar Evers’ strong academic programs in social work and related disciplines with District Attorney Charles J. Hynes’ nationally recognized re-entry and diversion programs, includes an array of initiatives, internships and courses that create opportunities for students and the formerly incarcerated.

Sheriff Bill Brown paints bleak picture of Santa Barbara County Jail mental …
The Daily Sound
The jail now has a full time mental health Registered Nurse, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Marriage and Family Therapist, and a part-time psychiatrist. Two practitioners are available during the weekdays, and one on the weekends.

‘Law and Order: SVU’ Star, Tamara Tunie Speaks Up for Kids, Asks …
PR Newswire
The Coalition, which includes the National District Attorneys Association, Every Child Matters Education Fund, the National Association of Social Workers, the National Center for Child Death Review, and the National Children’s Alliance, is working to make child maltreatment deaths a national political priority.

Gabe Zimmerman tributes:

Gabe Zimmerman lived to serve the public
Arizona Daily Star
Zimmerman, 30, will be celebrated at a public memorial this morning, organized by the local branch of the Arizona State University School of Social Work.

Social work community honors Zimmerman
KVOA Tucson News
Zimmerman was very well known in the social work community, not just as a co-worker, but as a leader. Craig LeCroy helped organize the event in Zimmerman’s honor.

Yuma native’s fiance among the slain
Yuma Sun
Gabe worked with disturbed children from difficult home lives and he proceeded to get his master of social work at Arizona State University.

Arizona shooting victim was a ‘social-work hero’
AZ Central.com
The service, attended by about 300 people, was held at Arizona State University School of Social Work’s Tucson office, his alma mater and where Zimmerman prepared for his work in public service.

A fond goodbye to Giffords’ ‘go-to guy’
Arizona Daily Star
Gabe Zimmerman was a passionate social worker with a combination of softness and maturity. A warm and gentle soul with a “Leave It to Beaver” smile that could resolve any argument, friends and colleagues said Monday during a memorial service.