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parental love, parental intrusion, and love's diverse strands

Clinical Philosophy

And to know oneself for unloved is after all a terrible thing - and many a patient will for a long time have chosen to continually deploy depressive defences than to risk too much contact with that notion. They're generous, perhaps, with gifts and offers to help you out; they really do want to spend time with you.

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NASW Proudly Acknowledges Women’s History Month

Social Work Blog

It helps raise awareness about issues such as gender equality, women’s rights, and the need for diversity and inclusion. However, attention to women’s rights waned during the economic depression of the 1930s.

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5 Reasons Children Bully and How Parents Can Help

KVC

Both children who bully and targets of bullying are at a greater risk for mental and behavioral health issues, including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, sleep difficulties, lower academic achievement and dropping out of school. Words can hurt. Why Do Kids Bully? . The reasons children bully can be difficult to pinpoint.

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Three NCID Anti-Racism Grants Awarded to School of Social Work

Michigan Social Work

U-M’s Anti-Racism Collaborative, an initiative of the National Center for Institutional Diversity, has announced the 2024 Anti-Racism Grants. Professor Joseph Himle and Associate Professor Addie Weaver have received an Anti-Racism Grant for their project FARWell: The Formula for Anti-Racist Wellness and Therapy.

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#CASAsoWhite: Our annual Halloween reminder to CASA: No, it’s not a good idea to raise money by holding a talent show with a blackface act. (And yes, one CASA chapter actually did that.)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

There was the CASA chapter in Marin County, California, which fell apart when the state CASA association merely asked that they strive for more diversity among the volunteers. Then they tell judges if the children should be taken from those families, sometimes forever. That, of course, raises problems of inherent bias. But it’s not.

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#CASAsoWhite: Our annual Halloween reminder to CASA: No, it’s not a good idea to raise money by holding a talent show with a blackface act. (And yes, one CASA chapter actually did that.)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

There was the CASA chapter in Marin County, California, which fell apart when the state CASA association merely asked that they strive for more diversity among the volunteers. ? Then they tell judges if the children should be taken from those families, sometimes forever. That, of course, raises problems of inherent bias. But it’s not. ?

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#CASAsoWhite: Our annual Halloween reminder to CASA: No, it’s not a good idea to raise money by holding a talent show with a blackface act. (And yes, one CASA chapter actually did that.)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

There was the CASA chapter in Marin County, California, which fell apart when the state CASA association merely asked that they strive for more diversity among the volunteers. ? Then they tell judges if the children should be taken from those families, sometimes forever. That, of course, raises problems of inherent bias. But it’s not. ?