News Items – September 28, 2012
The Best Anti-Poverty Program? Effective Scheduling of Hourly Workers
Huffington Post
“You study what,” say her social work friends. “Scheduling?” I am happy Susan’s brilliant work is getting the attention it deserves, because reshaping schedules of low-income workers is actually the single best shot we currently have at an anti-poverty program.
Social workers support ‘Death with Dignity’ ballot question
Wicked Local
“Death with Dignity is a deeply personal choice and one that suffering patients should have the right to make for themselves,” Carol Trust, executive director of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, said in a statement.
UOG Partners with UH Manoa on Master of Social Work Program
Pacific News Center
Guam – The University of Guam Division of Social Work is pleased to announce a partnership between the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) and the University of Guam to offer an accredited Master of Social Work (MSW) degree program on Guam.
Ciaramitaro Joins Grace-St. Luke’s as School Counselor
Memphis Daily News
Education and work experience: I am a licensed clinical social worker and was in private practice for the past 12 years. I attended the University of Memphis (Bachelor of Arts in social work) and the University of Tennessee (Master of Science in social work).
A Counselor’s Advice on the Mind/Body Connection: Boomer Women: Caretake Thyself
ThinkAge.com
Four months after her mother died from breast cancer, Patty began experiencing blinding headaches – the reason she landed in my office.
Army dedicates day to suicide prevention
Salon.com
Soldiers will today put aside regular duties to devote a day to suicide prevention training. Thursday’s ‘stand down’ was called in light of a record number of military suicides this year, with a spike of 26 probable suicides in July and over 100 throughout the year. At army posts across the world, troops will learn about recognizing suicidal behavior patterns and various intervention techniques.
Lecturer clarifies gender spectrum
UConn Daily Campus
Irwin Krieger, a licensed clinical social worker, gives advice to transgender teens and their parents at the Rainbow Center’s Out to Lunch lecture series on Wednesday. The lecturer offers the idea that gender is not a discrete determiner but a spectrum.
When the State Discriminates
Advocate.com
Supporters of these placements received a considerable boost when the American Psychological Association in 1977, and the National Association of Social Workers a decade later, issued statements urging child welfare authorities not to discriminate on the basis of parents’ sexual orientation in making foster care placement decisions.
50000 people urge California Gov. Brown to sign bill banning “ex-gay” therapy
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
All major medical and mental health organizations have denounced the practice including: the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American School Counselor Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the National Association of Social Workers, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Pan American Health Organization.
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