NASW’s Tracy Whitaker on AARP’s “Your Life Calling” Live Chat with Jane Pauley

Jan 13, 2011

Turning Heartache Into Hope Live Chat – On Jan 11th, Tracy Whitaker, the Director of the Center for Workforce Studies & Social Work Practice at the National Association of Social Workers, joined Sylvia Abrego-Araiza for AARP’s “Your Life Calling” Live Chat with Jane Pauley.

The live chat followed the Today Show’s segment featuring Sylvia Abrego-Araiza which discussed Sylvia’s career in counseling troubled teens was a lifetime in the making.

Click here to read a transcript of the live chat.

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