Social Work Archive
We’re excited to announce that Reeta Wolfsohn, CMSW will be doing a one-day Financial Social Work Institute session at the 3rd annual Black Family Summit in Jackson, Mississippi. The Financial Social Work Institute will be the focus of the …
About a hundred stalwart citizens will begin their march to justice today with a planned arrival in Washington, DC on Monday, April 22nd and a full day of activities in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, April 23rd. The march is …
Take a look at the committees that California Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D) requested to be on when he took office in January, and you’ll get a sense of his priorities. They include Education, Health, Human Services, and the Select Committee …
Women, are you aware of the #1 reason why women struggle with money? Here’s a hint: Regardless of our economic circumstances, there is a cultural belief system challenging our financial wellbeing. Our financial thoughts, feelings and attitudes are heavily influenced …
As you may recall, my last blog listed 10 reasons for the current heroin epidemic. Over the next weeks, I will be addressing who and what to blame for this epidemic and the changing demographics of today’s heroin user, which …
Judge Lynn Tepper hugs Taylor, 11, at his final adoption hearing. Before finding his permanent home, he’d been returned by three families. ______________________ Three years ago, Judge Lynn Tepper of Florida’s Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Dade City, FL, …
This reports provides you a comprehensive data profile of transition-age youth (TAY) involved with child protection system in Los Angeles County. There’s also the California version that is available. When youth emancipates from foster care in the United States they …
“Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation” is a documentary series planned to run on PBS later this year. It’s being screened around the country now. The documentary explores how a strong start for our children …
by Michael Grabell ProPublica, April 7, 2015, 10:31 a.m. Alabama lawmakers have introduced a bill that would nearly triple the maximum compensation for workers who suffer amputations on the job. The bill, filed April 2, comes less than a month after …
Poorly framed descriptions of psychotherapy serve as a pretext for the requirement that the efficacy of therapy requires demonstration through randomized control trials. Such restriction involves an inadequate conceptualization of the nature of psychotherapeutic engagement but is an understandable reaction …