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Powell Boys Murder: Honoring Caseworkers Who Risk Their Lives

Kevin M. Ryan | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Josh Powell, Child Welfare, Social Workers, Josh Powell 911 Call, Social Worker, Braden Powell, Powell, Powell Murder, Charlie, Impact News
Kevin M. Ryan

It is hard to imagine something more horrific than the news out of Washington State about Josh Powell, who blew up his two young sons and himself duri...

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Astoria Characters: The Sister to the World's Women

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Good Shepherd Volunteers, Sri Lanka, Peeksill New York, Sisters of St. Joseph, Thailand, Providence House, Haiti, Paraguay, Peru, Crown Heights, New Jersey, Handcrafting Justice, Maureen McGowan, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Irish Step Dancing, Statues, Madagascar, Long Island, Un, Social Worker, Yeshiva University, Star of Bethlehem, Fair Trade, Philippines, Kenya, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Maureen McGowan is the director of Handcrafting Justice, a Sisters of Good Shepherd project that sells handmade goods made by impoverished women in the developing world. This is no mom-and-pop charity.

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Aging In Place: Helping People Stay In Their Neighborhoods Longer

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Retirement Communities, Aging in Place, Connie Pifher, Beryl O'Connor, Retirement, United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey, Social Worker, Fifty News

VERONA, N.J. — Retirement communities may have their perks, but Beryl O'Connor says it would be tough to match the birthday surprise she got in ...

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Finding 'Money & Happiness': How To Remove Credit Card Debt

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Daily Finance, Video, Financial Future, Money & Happiness, Credit Card Debt, Laura Rowley, Social Worker, Fifty News

When you get deep into credit card debt, it can feel like a financial storm. That’s the story for a social worker named Heather who has $30,000 in d...

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Astoria Characters: The Couplets Couple

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 07.31.2011

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Nancy Ruhling

Gil and Maria, husband and wife, are poets. They don't complete each other's thoughts or even their sentences, but they do look over each other's work.

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What Should We Call People with Mental Illness?

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Psychiatry, Mental Health, Fuller Torrey, Antipsychotics, Manic Depression, Bipolar, Involuntary Treatment, Pam Hyde, Social Worker, Mental Illness, Antipsychiatry, Mindfreedom-International, Psychiatrist, Schizophrenia, Involuntary Commitment, National-Empowerment-Center, Substance Abuse, Medicine, Samhsa, Psychotic, Impact News
DJ Jaffe

Like ''diabetics,'' ''alcoholics,'' and epileptics,'' ''schizophrenics'' can usefully indicate a group of people with a common condition, and some individuals with schizophrenia refer to themselves this way.

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Open Adoption Advocate Annette Baran Dead: Author Dies At 83

Los Angeles Times | Valerie J. Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Living with a secret is psychologically destructive -- that concept was nearly an anthem for Annette Baran, a clinical social worker and psychotherapi...

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Anya: From Foster Child to Potential Cover Girl

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Foster Care, Mother, Prison, Foster Parents, Father, New Jersey, Foster Child, Parents Magazine, Cover Girl, Social Worker, Anya, Healthy Living News
Tamar Abrams

Sure, every mom thinks her kid is the cutest. It's probably hard-wired into us so we will love whatever little bundle of baby we end up with. That may...

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For One Lost Boy, There's No Place Like Home

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Arlington-Virginia, Foster Care, Foster Parent, Child Welfare, Children, Social Worker, Healthy Living News
Tamar Abrams

What kind of promises could I make to a boy who just wanted to go home? He wanted to be with the people he loved, even if they hurt him.

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Retired Social Worker Connects for Barack on the Phone

Andrew Sprung | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Sprung

In July 2008, Roz Blau, was looking for the next major connection in her life. Recently retired after a 27-year career as a social worker, she had mov...

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