News Items – August 27, 2013
‘I thought I was the only one’
City Pulse (Lansing, MI) Aug. 23, 2013
The liberation many transgender people feel at coming out is familiar to Maxine Thome, director of the Michigan chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. “When people make the decision to finally transition, it’s such a relief,” Thome said. “Their self-esteem often escalates. People who are transitioning are finally becoming who they truly are.”
Giving kids a safe, permanent home a balancing act
Blueridgenow.com (Hendersonville, NC) Aug. 22, 2013
“When a child is placed in foster care, my job is to see that the child has a safe, stable, permanent home,” says Rachel Williams, one of 13 foster care social workers at the Department of Social Services. “It can be a tough balancing act between the rights and needs of parents and what’s in the best interest of children.”
Away From Home: Cris Beam’s ‘To the End of June’
The New York Times, Aug. 23, 2013
Early in Cris Beam’s remarkable new book, she outlines what she calls the core questions at the heart of America’s foster care system: “Who decides the correct way to raise a child? Who makes the moves on the moral chessboard where a family’s right to privacy opposes a child’s right to protection from harm? And who should get to keep a child: the parents who nurse and tend to him, or the parents who brought him into this world?”
The Underbelly of U.S. Adoption Industry: Trafficking Native Children
Indian Country Today Media Network, Aug. 27, 3013
[Don] Mason is an expert on the Indian Child Welfare Act and its application in Oklahoma, which has 39 tribes and the second largest tribal population in the United States. On his client’s behalf, he filed a suit, Simmons v. Tarbox, to halt the finalization of the adoption and bring Deseray back to Oklahoma from South Carolina, where she has been living with an adoptive couple who do not have the legal authority or a court order to retain her.
Social workers to help curb violence in schools
The Gleaner (Jamaica, WI) Aug. 24, 2013
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has said social workers will be assigned to each region in the upcoming academic year. Thwaites said he was aware that more than two social workers are needed for each region.
Community needs to help, support veterans
Guampdn.com, Aug. 25, 2013
[Ovita Rabanio Perez, the author, is an NASW Member.] I am a veteran of the U.S. Army, as well as a professional social worker. My last military duty station was serving with the 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea, which was an American camp very close to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ.
Experienced academic leader comes to Salisbury University
Maryland.newszap.com, Aug. 24, 2013
SALISBURY — Cheryl Parks, a leader from one of the nation’s top-ranked schools of social work, is now the dean of the Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies at Salisbury University. As a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the Council on Social Work Education, she assumed national leadership roles on identity issues.
Fifty years later, US marchers urge fulfillment of King’s ‘dream’
Ecumenicalnews.com, Aug. 25, 2013
Mel Wilson, manager for social justice and human rights for the National Association of Social Workers, said that is a problem that many minorities face. “We still deal with massive unemployment, disproportionate unemployment among black and Hispanic youth and that needs to change,” the 66-year-old said.
Huge shortage of caregivers looms for baby boomers, report says
The Washington Post, Aug. 26, 2013
Americans should expect an enormous shortage in caregivers for older people in the coming decades, with a dearth of friends and family members available to care for the baby-boom generation as it ages, according to a report released Monday by AARP.
Understanding Care Coordination: Emerging Opportunities for Social Workers
socialjusticesolutions.com, Aug. 26, 2013
For social workers, the question then becomes: how do we as a profession find our place within a care coordination role? The purpose of this article is to inform social workers about the many facets of care coordination, including why it is seen as key to both improving the delivery of care and treatment and preserving scarce and costly resources.
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