Molina’s skid row crusade Los Angeles Times – CA Los Angeles county social workers said 3-month-old Mikeal Wah-hab looked well-fed, healthy and safe when they examined him at a skid row mission. … Interaction groups to reach more families Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette – Champaign, IL “We feel like families don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from a group like this,” said... 

Guarding Health, And Independence Washington Post, Washington DC Jennifer Edge, a social worker from ElderLink, lifted each rug… Social work, diversity given greater importance at UAB The Kaleidoscope, AL Jason Streater, a UAB sophomore majoring in social work, is just one of the many. After sitting down for an interview with Streater, I have come to realize … To get fit in ’08 set smaller goals,... 

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Register today Socialworkchat.org Meet and Greet Chat on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 NASW and the New Social Worker Online are delighted to announce that we will be opening the chat room for a meet and greet, Tuesday, January 29th at 9 PM EST. Old and new chatters are welcome and registration is free! The chat will be about an hour, catching up, getting to know new folks, and exploring the possibilities at the new, improved site!Â... 

Top Five Signs Technological Gadgets Are Ruining Your Relationships Newswise (press release) … have personal connections and use coping skills in face-to-face interactions,” says John O’Neill, LCSW, LCDC, CSAT, director of addictions services for … After body found in lake, who was she? Chicago Tribune Robyn was from Milwaukee, had attended Boston University and, with a 2006 master’s... 

An Elegant Solution….In Three Acts Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA In three parts, the solution takes form starting first with the role of the social worker, then foster parents (paying the piper), and finally education … Sports, sex – it’s all academic Sacramento Bee – CA, USA “I traffic in these very contradictory sites,” said Nylund, a professor of social work... 

NASW Past Board Member Joan K. Parry died January 9th, 2008 in La Jolla, CA Click here for the Obituary Dr. Joan K. Parry Dies at 79 in her La Jolla Home. Joan K. Parry, DSW, ACSW, LCSW, passed away the morning of January 9th in her own La Jolla home where she had expressly wished to die. She died of lung and liver cancer. A Native New Yorker, she had been a resident of the San Diego area for the past twenty-five years.... 

NASW Social Work Pioneer Betty Broadhurst died Monday, December 31st , 2007 in Fort Collins, Colorado Click here for the Obituary Click here for her Social Work Pioneer Biography Dr. Betty P. Broadhurst, 88, a Denver, Colorado native passed away peacefully December 31, 2007. Dr. Broadhurst practiced social work and was an educator for over 50 years. Her higher education began at Colorado College, graduating in1940.... 

‘Rooting for the underdog’ — InnerView: Greg Lavin brings social … Enterprise-Record, CA Greg Lavin’s career as a social worker has shown him people care passionately when children are in need. Now that he is executive director at Butte Humane … An opportunity to erase AIDS stigma Hindu, India On the campus of the Madras School of Social Work at Egmore, there were plantain festoons, freshly... 

Know the warning signs of teens with the blues Asbury Park Press – Asbury Park, NJ, USA During the teen years, adolescents have to cope with a tremendous amount of change, pointed out David Roden, a licensed clinical social worker and certified … Cracking Down on Truant Students WSAV-TV, GA Today, 3 On Your Side Education Reporter, Randi Hempel rode along as a school resource officer and social worker...