Social Work in the News - January 24, 2008

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 in social work from Loyola, had gotten a job as a psychiatric social …Note: Robyn Bercovici was an NASW member. View obituary.

‘Small’ woman wants to gain weight
Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville, FL
… about trying to hold to a Western standard of “curves,” said Kathy Kater, a licensed independent clinical social worker who runs BodyImageHealth.org. …

The blues are in session
Rocktown Weekly, VA
After receiving his Master of Social Work degree at Tennessee State University, Versen served four years in the US Army as a social work officer. …

Lawmakers look at quality of state’s human services
Rutland Herald, VT
Right now that is done on the ground by social workers, but creating a 1-800 number for a centralized intake center in Waterbury will assure consistency, …

A tradition of serving Newton’s ‘hidden poor’
Boston Globe, United States - 7 hours ago
Agency social workers and educators also travel to homes in Watertown and Waltham when needed, helping new immigrant parents practice English literacy with …

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