André Marcel Harris is a member of NASW-TX:
Sickle
Cell Cure Brings Mix of Anxiety and Hope
The New York Occasions
Sufferers ask when in the midst of the illness is gene remedy wanted.
In the event that they wait too lengthy, the illness can result in a stroke or everlasting injury to
organs and bones. But when the illness is gentle and manageable, is it higher to
wait? André Marcel Harris, 33, who lives in Houston, determined that
ready is his best choice. “I’m not as sick as many others,” he mentioned. “At
this level, gene remedy is just not a part of the dialog.”
Katherine De Vito is a member of NASW-NJ:
Rahway
High School Social Worker Publishes Book on Gang Prevention in Schools
Faucet Into Rahway
Dr. Katherine De Vito is a licensed scientific social employee employed
within the Rahway Public Faculties, presently working as a social employee in
Rahway Excessive College. Lately, Dr. De Vito revealed a e book, Gang
Prevention in Faculties: Making a Safe Base and Protected Haven (2021). Primarily based
on intensive analysis and interviews, together with discussions with quite a few
former gang members, De Vito’s e book seeks “to provide an inside look into the
world of gangs and, inside that world, discover clues to help in gang prevention
efforts on this planet [she knows] greatest, colleges.” (p. 6)
Robert Miller is a member of NASW-WA:
Phishing
Attack on Washington Therapist Exposes Patients’ PHI
HIPAA Journal
A Washington therapist, Robert S. Miller LICSW, ACSW (RSM), has
lately notified 640 present and former purchasers a couple of phishing incident that
resulted within the publicity of a few of their protected well being data. State
legal guidelines require notifications to be despatched to state attorneys basic when there has
been a breach of the non-public data of state residents. The notifications
sometimes present the minimal details about privateness breaches, however on this
case, the therapist defined precisely how the phishing assault performed out.
Melina Brann is director of coverage and advocacy for NASW-MI:
Battle
Creek native’s art reaches Meijer shelves throughout the Midwest
Battle Creek Inquirer
With newfound free time within the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Melina
Brann picked up a paintbrush and began creating. However what started as a
merely pandemic pastime has reworked into a lot extra for the Battle Creek
native. It’s turn out to be an outlet, a strategy to have fun and join together with her
ancestors and neighborhood. It’s additionally grown right into a thriving enterprise. In
recognition of Black Historical past Month, Brann is partnering with Meijer on a
culturally-inspired product assortment that’s hitting retailer cabinets all through
the Midwest.
Lupe Fernandez is a member of NASW-CA:
Sierra
View reports Bridge Services cuts readmissions
The Porterville Recorder
Lupe Fernandez, the Palliative Care Licensed Medical Social Employee
mentioned, “Getting the information that they’ve most cancers can actually problem the
affected person’s notion about life and the long run. We give encouragement and
present emotional help in addition to present a wide range of assets to the
affected person and their household. From our division’s providers like symptom
administration and dietary help, to the neighborhood assets they often
want and don’t know tips on how to entry, these can all assist scale back the stress
related to a most cancers analysis.”
Caitlin Cantor is a member of NASW-NJ:
5
Things About Dating I Wish I Knew Sooner
Psychology At this time
Dating feels unimaginable when
you’ve tried and tried and all you’ve gotten is ghosted, damage, lied to, and
upset. You could assume you’re caught in that painful and repetitive cycle
since you’re not adequate, however the actual motive is that you just haven’t been
taught tips on how to navigate the relationship world. You positively haven’t been taught how
to navigate the on-line relationship world. As well as, you’ve been
given false details about relationship apps,
relationships, sex, and extra. No surprise relationship
feels so troublesome!
Tracy Livecchi is a member of NASW-CT:
Your
Tween/Teen Expressed Suicidal Thoughts — Here’s What To Do Now
Scary Mommy
Sadly, suicidal ideation is
a really actual concern amongst tweens and teenagers, says Tracy Livecchi, LCSW,
psychotherapist and writer of Healing Hearts and Minds. Livecchi notes that
any suicide issues (even seemingly off-hand jokes or one-off feedback) ought to
be taken significantly, as these ideas and emotions “typically come from experiences
of rejection, disgrace, damage, isolation, and hopelessness.”
Supporters
turn out to champion affirmative consent in Roundhouse hearing
SourceNM
“There appears to be numerous confusion amongst many college students about what’s
acceptable and what’s not,” mentioned Karen Canaday, a lobbyist with the New
Mexico chapter of the Nationwide Affiliation of Social Staff. “I believe it’s
actually vital to have a look at this invoice and supply the schooling that’s
obligatory so they’re effectively conscious of what’s acceptable and what’s not, and
that individuals have the precise to be freed from sexual abuse and harassment.”
