Gateway Foundation

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The holiday season can be a time of joy, togetherness, and celebration, but for those struggling with substance use or mental health disorders, it can also be a difficult and isolating time. If you have a loved one who is facing these struggles, its important to offer support with empathy, understanding, and care. Here are a few ways you can support them during the holidays: Be Present Often, the best thing you can do is simply be there for your loved one.

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Children’s Defense Fund

DECEMBER 20, 2024

By Marian Wright Edelman In many homes, this is the height of a long-anticipated season of celebrations, surprises, light, and joy. It is also a moment when many people across faiths are taking extra time to consider how they can share joy with others, especially children. Even as millions of people are preparing to celebrate the birth of a poor, homeless child threated by Herods violence whom Christians call Savior, there are fears about new threats to children and young people in our own land.

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University of Connecticut

DECEMBER 20, 2024

9 am – 12 pm Instructor: Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II This workshop seeks to help social work supervisors to support staff working with children and families in crisis using various supervision models. Supervisors will learn to guide their staff in assessing the diverse needs, strengths, and limitations of their clients. The workshop will also explore techniques to support staff in ethical practice and effective communication with children, family members and family groups.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 20, 2024

When she was six, Sara complained that her mother hit her, but that her father and stepmother, who were convicted of her murder, didnt Sara Sharif told a social worker she felt safe living with her father and stepmother because they dont hit me, four years before she died from their brutal campaign of torture. The schoolgirls haunting words are buried in hundreds of pages of private family court papers that were disclosed after an application by media organisations, including the Guardian.

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Social Worker 15

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

Behavior Analysis

The Child and Family Corp

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Key takeaways for caregivers Parental separation, including the separation of co-habiting couples or the legal divorce of married couples with children, often has negative effects on childrens emotional experiences and behavior. This is the case for children as well as for adolescents. However, parental separation is not universally disruptive for children.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Cross-party buy-in is essential. This cannot be a government-only solution, writes Paul Burstow The deep reform that social care needs ( Editorial, 3 December ) must break the cycle of short-term fixes and insufficient funding, which leaves the sector in a perpetual state of uncertainty forever playing the role of Oliver Twist asking for more, yet lacking long-term security.

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Government 9