Baba Amte no more
Central Chronicle - Bhopal,India
Warora (Maharashtra), Feb 9: Eminent social worker Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Baba Amte, died Saturday at his Anandvan ashram here. …

Elizabeth S. Pingree
Concord Monitor - Concord, NH
Elizabeth was a dedicated social worker for more than 40 years in a number of settings, including chief social worker at the Child Guidance Center in …

Social workers at risk in flawed system
Boston Globe
Notwithstanding the comments from Carol Trust, executive director of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, home visits …

Forgiving a killer
Boston Globe
One of her first jobs here was at McLean Hospital in Belmont, where a mentor encouraged her to pursue a degree in social work at Simmons College. …

Starting over
News & Observer - Raleigh, NC
Ida Watson, center, waits for her Introduction to Social Work class to begin at Shaw University. Watson, who has been plagued by health problems, …

How exercise can make the dream of Valentine’s Day come true
SheKnows.com - Scottsdale, AZ
About the author: Bob Livingstone, LCSW, has been a psychotherapist in private practice for almost twenty years. He works with adults, teenagers and …

Kids of divorce focus of program
Beloit Daily News - Beloit, WI
Nicole Gougeon, LCSW, with the Counseling Care Center at the hospital, is pleased to announce this new program is now offered here in Rock County, …

Social worker hurt in attack
News & Observer - Raleigh, NC
RALEIGH - A man was jailed on an assault charge Tuesday after being accused of punching and kicking a social worker at a Wake County Human Services building …

Gazette Opinion: Montana must reduce suicides
Billings Gazette - MT
One of those new steps was hiring Karl Rosston, a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience, as the state’s suicide prevention coordinator …

Putting the brakes on bullying
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis, MD
Regardless, Matt Yeazel, a licensed clinical social worker in Arnold, applauded the efforts of the Scouts. “A lot of times, adults are not always alert to …

Honoring Partners in Prevention
Scranton Times-Tribune - PA
Ann Marie, the commission’s executive director, and board members Larry and Paul, honored Martin McGurrin, LCSW, Bart V. Giacometti, John F. (Jack) Henzes, …

Robert Arnold, has been president and CEO of Family Centers for 26 …
Greenwich Time - Greenwich, CT
By Meredith Blake I came here to work after social work school and after about 4 years the person who was the head of the organization retired, …

One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Fort Collins Now - Fort Collins, CO
“Everyone wants that magic bullet solution,” said Mark Winokur, director of the social work research center in the School of Social Work at Colorado State …

Kyle XY: Grounded
TV Squad - Santa Monica, CA
Okay, not a real microscope but still, the social worker asked tough questions to the Tragers and Kyle and visited the house to make sure Kyle was raised in …

Social workers rallied at statehouse
WISH - Indianapolis, IN
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - On a day that another local parent is under arrest and accused of killing her son by passing out on him, social workers rallied at the …

After Grim Year, Md. Teen’s Father Has Warnings
Washington Post
With the help of Joan Goodman, a clinical social worker in Rockville who specializes in treating adolescents, he has begun to understand more. …

Unsealed records: former brothel manager Reiner was ‘loyal to a fault’
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth, NH
Meanwhile, according to an assessment by licensed social worker Anna Bulkin, Reiner was practicing law, developing real estate, running a wine and cheese …

Catholic Social Work of the Year Award
Catholic Online - Bakersfield, CA
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (FEBRUARY 6, 2008) - Nominate a Catholic Social Worker to receive the 1st annual Catholic Social Worker of the Year Award. …

AIDS Action Committee Offers and Supports Variety of Events to …
SunHerald.com - Biloxi, MS
… the forum will include a panel of elected officials, HIV/AIDS community experts including AIDS Action’s Larry Day and JRI Health’s Douglas Brooks, MSW, …

Social worker identified as North Andover slay victim
Boston Globe
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff A 53-year-old social worker was identified today as the woman killed inside a North Andover apartment Wednesday evening. …

Mourning the victims with crosses, bunting, moments of silence …
Chicago Sun-Times
And at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, players and fans held a moment of silence at a girls basketball game in honor of a school social worker and the …

Wake County Social Worker Assaulted on the Job
WRAL.com - Raleigh, NC
Raleigh — Wake County Human Services is evaluating its security practices following an attack on a social worker at its offices on Tuesday. …

Changes proposed to deal with Children’s Administration workload
The Olympian - Olympia, WA
Jim Hargrove, chairman of the Senate Human Services Committee, pointed to a recent study that says the agency would need another 1500 social workers to do …

Central State shortfall costs 16 jobs
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY
By Deborah Yetter Layoffs of 16 workers at Central State Hospital — including several psychologists and social workers — have alarmed advocates who say …

Killer’s life marked by poverty, crime
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
His life “offered him no opportunity — no opportunity for a way out,” said Linda Sanders, a Texas-based licensed clinical social worker. …

St. Elizabeth Regional Health employees receive certifications
Lafayette Online News - Lafayette, IN
… and Bronwen Everton, ACSW, LCSW, division director of Social Work/Discharge Planning; all completed coursework and received certifications as advance …

The safety of social workers across the country is brought to the attention of the public when a social worker is killed in the line of duty. This is an issue of great importance to the National Association of Social Workers and its 56 chapters every day. The recent tragedy of the murder of a social worker in Massachusetts brings to light the diminishing resources of social workers and the increasing complexity of client issues.

NASW expresses our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Diruhi Mattain. We also extend our sympathy to her colleagues at Family Continuity, Inc.

NASW has been called upon by the media to provide the social work perspective on this important issue. While we are working diligently to inform journalists of the issues affecting social workers, we strongly advocate that improved safety precautions be taken for all social workers. [Click here for Social Work Safety  information]

Roger Werholtz MSW, Kansas State Secretary of Corrections is a 1978 graduate of the University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare where he continues to serve as a field instructor for “administrative track” MSW students.

Full Article - http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/475592.html

The percentage of Kansas inmates who commit new crimes while on supervised release has dropped significantly over five years.The rate, which was a little more than 5 percent in 2002, fell to 2.2 percent last year, Corrections Secretary Roger Werholtz told lawmakers Monday.

He attributed the reduction to increased legislative funding for programs that supervise inmates after they leave prison, and more dollars for alcohol and drug treatment.

Werholtz said that with fewer offenders returning to prison, the number of inmates in Kansas prisons has decreased from 9,153 in 2004 to 8,854 in mid-2007.

“There is sufficient (prison) capacity to meet our needs for the next 10 years,” Werholtz told the House Appropriations Committee.

However, he said that prediction assumed that the Legislature would not pass new sentencing laws that would put more offenders in prison.

“During the last week of January, the prison population fell below 8,700, which was the first time that had been done since July, 2002,” he said.

Werholtz praised the passage last year of SB 14, which enacted a grant program to encourage community corrections programs to reduce revocation rates at least 20 percent.

Submited by Gary Bachman.
This story is a reader submission.  If you would like to submit a story about a social worker(s) or social work issues, send an email to media@naswdc.org.

When Police Intervene
Newsweek - USA
[One of those] is the SMART team, where we have an officer paired up with a person—a doctor, nurse or licensed clinical social worker—from the Los Angeles …

For NASA, ‘The Right Stuff’ takes on a softer tone
USA Today - USA
That can backfire during a long stay in space, says Lawrence Palinkas of the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work, who studies people …

Talk to your teens about sexual assault
The Coloradoan - Fort Collins, CO
Shannon K. Yockey, MSW, LCSW, is a prevention specialist at the Larimer County Child Advocacy Center and gives community trainings for the prevention of …

Woman needs help; may be animal hoarder
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta, ME
According to Dr. Gail Steketee, a professor at Boston University’s School of Social Work, the relapse rate for animal hoarders is near 100 percent. …

Social worker killed in store shooting
ABC7Chicago.com - IL, USA
A well-known high school social worker was one of the victims in the shooting at Lane Bryant in Tinley Park. Carrie Hudek Chuisso, 33, is being remembered …

Life-and-death decisions: Part I: When to remove children
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison, WI
A county social worker had allowed the bruised infant to return home following a hospital visit about two weeks earlier. A state review of the county’s …

CHILD PROTECTION, PART II: Through the eyes of a social worker
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison, WI
Nationally, most new social workers at public agencies begin by investigating child abuse and neglect — that’s where the job openings are. …

Rejecting the Rocking Chair: Many of Today’s Older Adults Are …
RedOrbit - Dallas, TX
Mary Ann makes a good point, said Lynne A. Nessle, a licensed clinical social worker and coordinator of the senior assessment program at Reading Hospital. …

Talk to your teens about sexual assault
The Coloradoan - Fort Collins, CO
Shannon K. Yockey, MSW, LCSW, is a prevention specialist at the Larimer County Child Advocacy Center and gives community trainings for the prevention of …

What is emo?
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington, NM
Being misunderstood is part of a normal teenage life, said David Johnson, clinical social worker and president of New Horizons in Farmington. …

Students to aid New Orleans residents
Inside BU - Binghamton, NY
Nearly 20 Binghamton students seeking master’s degrees in social work will devote their spring break to providing long-term disaster relief in New Orleans. …

Youths in child welfare system behave better with early intervention
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA
He collaborated with Mary Ruffolo and Robert Ortega, both with the UM School of Social Work, and Jenell Clarke, a doctoral student in the joint program in …

Pitt Faculty Available to Comment on “Super Tuesday” Primaries
University of Pittsburgh News (press release) - Pittsburgh, PA
Davis created CRSP, the first research center on race at any school of social work in the nation, shortly after he arrived at the University of Pittsburgh …

When Grandparents become parents
North Denver News - Denver, CO
According to Anne Strozier, Ph.D, MSW, an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida and a founder and director of the Florida Kinship Center at …

Social Worker Again Honored For Hospice Program
Tampa Tribune - Tampa, FL
HOSPICE SOCIAL WORKER MARILYN PECK guides senior Jim Kanehl on a tour of his own memories using her award-winning “Life Through Pictures” program. …

For some elders, pride before food
Boston Globe - United States
… that they are not accessing, that they should be accessing, and food stamps is a big one,” said Kathy Laufer, a clinical social worker for the city. …

Grandparents Graduate From a Life Skills Class
UMB News - Baltimore,MD,USA
22 from the School of Social Work’s Grandparents Family Connections’ GrandPOWER program. More than 60 people watched the women march into the auditorium to …

Social worker advises families in process of divorce
WISH - Indianapolis,IN,USA
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - For couples who are in the midst of a violent divorce, there are people that can help. Social workers, like Vanessa Santos advise …

Late January can be a downer
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
Christine Spooner, MSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and associate director for counseling services at Catholic Family Center.

Questioning her sexuality … At odds with parents over major
Scripps News - Washington,DC,USA
Therapist Patty Hayes, MSW, who identifies as a lesbian herself, offers fascinating info. Right off the bat, your non-zesty dating history isn’t indicative …

Member of Arkansas’ Little Rock Nine to Speak at W&L
Rockbridge Weekly - Lexington,VA,USA
He received his BA degree in sociology in 1967 from California State University, his MSW from the UCLA School of Social Welfare, and his Ph.D. in psychology …