Archive for July, 2007

July 6, 2007 - Social Work in the News


July 23rd, 2007

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Increasing
Jamestown Post Journal - Jamestown, NY, USA
By PAM GROSS, LCSW 7/6/2007 - Our image of a typical family today is slowly changing. However, are you aware that many children go home after school to

July 2, 2007 - Social Work in the News


July 23rd, 2007

Philadelphia citypaper.net - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Arroyo goes into a small windowless room with his licensed clinical social worker, and takes one of three seats. Around him are bookshelves and an oil

July 4, 2007 - Social Work in the News


July 23rd, 2007

HEALTHY HABITS: When a friend is dying
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham, MA, USA
In their work at the Natick Visiting Nurse Association, Elizabeth Bonomi, LICSW, and Patricia Burke, RN, have both cared for patients facing the end of life

June 29, 2007 - Social Workers in News


July 23rd, 2007

Helping victims deal with the grief
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
Elizabeth English, a licensed clinical social worker from Sacramento, arrived at Cayuga Circle to offer comfort to the Allegrini family as they sifted

Autism and early intervention: Michael’s success story
VillageSoup Belfast - ME, USA
Meetings are facilitated by Annie Kiermaier, LCSW. Free child care is available. Interested parents may register with MCCS at 594-8474.

June 27, 2007 - Social Work in the News


July 23rd, 2007

Free to be themselves
Chicago Tribune - United States
King, a clinical social worker from Plainfield and the father of three young sons, two of them diagnosed as having autism, said he started his group for

June 24, 2007 - Social Work in the News


July 23rd, 2007

War hero is Pride honoree
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Accompanying Alva on Sunday will be his partner, Darrell Parsons, 42, a licensed clinical social worker. Parsons encouraged Alva to come out last year.

June 20, 2007 - Social Work in the News


July 23rd, 2007

Short statured adults deal with a society that emphasizes tall
Journal and Courier - Lafayette, IN, USA
Ellen Frankel, a licensed clinical social worker and advocate for short-statured adults, argues society puts too great an emphasis on height.

Foster parents tell one little girl’s story
Picayune Item - Picayune, MS, USA
A letter from the child’s counselor, Marilyn Gouguet, LCSW, BCD was sent to Joey Fillingane, an attorney hired by the Kites to protect the child’s rights

The Playboy Defense
Philadelphia citypaper.net - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Amy Jersild, LCSW, is assistant coordinator at Temple University’s Sexual Assault Counseling and Education program.

June 19, 2007 - Social Work in the News


July 23rd, 2007

Fighting Back, Without Aggression
Washington Post - Washington, DC United States
Teaching social skills For six years, licensed clinical social worker and McLean School counselor Julie Baron has helped fifth- and sixth-graders devise

Facing the unknown - psychiatric hospitalization
The Southern - Carbondale , IL,USA
PEG FALCONE is a member of the Jackson County Health Communities Coalition’s Mental Health Action Team, a licensed clinical social worker and development