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Social Work in the News - June 6, 2008


June 6th, 2008

News Source: Google News

Breast Cancer Program Receives Grant
Garden City News - NY, USA
There Adelphi’s bilingual social workers, Angela Papalia, LMSW, and Lois Goetz, LMSW, offer social work services for women diagnosed with breast cancer,

Study: Teen’s self-perception more important than popularity
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Licensed clinical social worker Andra Devaiah said, “That really inhibits their confidence, their ability to make friends, to go into new situations and to

Yes I admit it ! I love the Munchmobile!
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
by Maureen P. Tillman, LCSW I look forward to it every summer and was thrilled to escort some esteemed World War II Veterans onto the famous van during the

Taming of the potty mouth
SheKnows.com - Scottsdale,AZ,USA
Tracye A. Polson, MSW, LCSW-C, executive director of the Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children, an organization that affiliated with

Stints abroad put man on a new career path
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
“When I returned to Cape Girardeau, I changed my major to social work. I’m interested in micro-social work, working one on one with young people who are

Child care professionals tackle issues
Cay Compass - Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands
It comprised two workshops, The Practice of Social Work in the Cayman Islands: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward; and Reaching Boys and Young Men.

High gas and food prices triple food shelf demand in Superior
BusinessNorth.com - Duluth,MN,USA
Army Social Worker Dawn Hastings says they usually get 10 to 15 families coming in a day. Now it’s three times that number. She says high gas prices make

NASW endorses Give an Hour, free mental health services for military and families


May 28th, 2008

NASW is pleased to endorse Give an Hour, a nonprofit organization that gives free mental health services to U.S. military personnel and families. Give an Hour is working to develop a national network of volunteers for addressing the psychological symptoms directly related to deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Give an Hour also offers services to parents, siblings, and unmarried partners who are not entitled to receive mental health benefits through the military.

You can help by donating an hour of your services to a soldier or family member that the Department of Defense has identified as needing mental health services. After receiving professional services, participants are matched with community organizations that are in need of volunteers. Participants benefit in two ways, by having their psychological needs addressed and helping out in their own communities.

Please visit www.giveanhour.org/ for more information about donating your time to this important cause.