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Social Work in the News - May 9, 2008


May 9th, 2008

News Source: Google News

Congressional candidates square off
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough, ME
Brennan, a licensed clinical social worker and a lifelong educator, said his priorities if elected include immediately ending our country’s military

UA handles complexities for patients
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson, AZ
an innovative program at the University of Arizona, where doctors, attorneys and social workers all join forces to give hope to low-income patients.

Polygamist sect work takes toll on social workers
Austin American-Statesman - Austin, TX
After 10 years in social work, Secrest usually leaves her work at the office. But this case “has touched me a lot more than I ever expected,” said Secrest,

Aging gracefully
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham, MA
Frances D. Kerchner, MSW, LICSW, of Kerchner Associates says, “long-term care has historically consisted of two options for older adults: move in with a

Weill Cornell Receives Funding to Study Creation of New Elder
Cornell Chronicle - Ithaca, NY
This grant will provide the resources to take our work to another level,” says Risa Breckman, LCSW, director of social work education and programs in the

Stressed “Sandwich Generation” Mothers Must Care for Themselves
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York, NY
In a survey of “Sandwich Generation” mothers conducted by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM),

Methamphetamine use exacerbates problems of child abuse, neglect
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno, NV
Social workers said the effects of meth are behind most of the county’s substantiated reports of physical and sexual abuse of children and child neglect.

Most Valuable Personnel
Washington Post - United States
When I read that social workers were working nights and weekends to do this, I recalled a recent letter to the editor that had bothered me, and when I dug

Social Work in the News - May 6, 2008


May 6th, 2008

News Source: Google News

Case managers, social workers shine in patients’ hospital care [4
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City, OK
Yet, the star performers for older patients often involve personnel rarely heard of but vitally important: case managers and social workers.

Lost Boy earns degree in social work from Western Michigan U
Chicago Tribune - United States
Chol, 25, is getting a master’s degree in social work from Western Michigan University. He may be the first of his peers in West Michigan to earn that honor

Toronto’s panhandling plan: $5 million for social workers
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
A plan to curb panhandling by spending almost $5 million a year to hire more social workers was unanimously endorsed by the city’s executive committee

Miracles do happen
Shelby Star - Shelby, NC
Patti Ellis McMurry, LCSW, MA, is Vice President of Access for Hospice Cleveland County. Contact her at 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby,

Loise Sullivan; Social Worker, Political Activist
Washington Post - United States
Loise Angela Mary Zanzucchi Sullivan, 76, a clinical social worker who was executive director of the Rosemount Center in Washington, died of complications

Social worker turns loss into positive plan
Lock Haven Express - Lock Haven, PA
By JIM RUNKLE — That’s when the Williamsburg, Va., woman learned she’d never see her brother again. He had been shot down in cold

Social Work in the News - May 2, 2008


May 2nd, 2008

News Source: Google News

Social worker thrives on empowering others
South Bend Tribune - South Bend, IN
Smith recently talked with Tribune correspondent Jennifer Ochstein about how she became interested in social work. I am committed to two home visits per

Social worker Truong Hong Tam plays with several of her adopted
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
A social worker works hard to provide her HIV-infected adopted children with a family she never had while growing up. “Life once taught me anger,

9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma
U.S. News & World Report - Washington, DC
FRIDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) — Social workers run the risk of suffering severe psychological stress from hearing too many stories of trauma, according to

IDB awards female social workers
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
By Mariam Al Hakeem, Correspondent Riyadh: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has awarded this year’s IDB Prize of $50000 to Runa Khan of Bangladesh and

Students stand up for an endangered social work major
CSB/SJU The Record - St. Joseph, MN
By John Buethe Sophomore social work major Kelly Broughton was one of a handful of students protesting at the opening brunch and address of Scholarship and

Video: Capitol Hill Briefing for Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act


April 25th, 2008

This is part one of the video of the Capitol Hill Briefing held on March 31, 2008 about H.R. 5447 (S. 2858)

Click here for part two.

Click here for transcripts and more information on the Social Work Reinvestment Act.