Wed.Dec 11, 2024

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Hooked on Video Games?

Gary Direnfeld

They kept trying to negotiate and talk their son out of his video game addiction. It didn’t work. They were loathe to disconnect him, to just cut off his supply. They feared violence. Rightly so. It wouldn’t be the first time he would have destroyed stuff in the house or threaten to kill himself. They didn’t want a repeat. Thing was, he certainly wasn’t going to change voluntarily.

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‘Families first for children’ model to be rolled out to all councils, says chief social worker

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The families first for children (FFC) model currently being tested in 10 areas is set to be rolled out to all local authorities, the chief social worker for children and families has said. The planned nationwide expansion of the approach – which involves enhancing early help for families, involving family networks more in decision making and establishing specialist child protection te

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Sometimes You Just Have to Accept It

Gary Direnfeld

Sometimes the answer is “radical acceptance.” It’s built into the serenity prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.” Its about truly accepting those things over which we have no control, coming to terms with that. With that we no longer fight.

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NCCPR in the New York Daily News: Can ACS stand up to foster care panic?

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In 2011, Joette Katz stepped off the Connecticut Supreme Court to take a far more difficult job: running the state Department of Children and Families, Connecticuts equivalent of the New York City Administration for Childrens Services. Within months, the death of a child known-to-the-system made headlines. As happened at least twice previously, there were calls to tear apart more families, and enormous pressure on Katz to tell her workers to do just that.

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Interactive Webinar: Recurring Giving Events That Keep on Giving

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement

There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how

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Social Workers Bring Hope to the Holidays

Swhelper

The time has come for the holiday spirit to infuse almost every part of our lives. Festivity surrounds us, whether at the town square or the local grocery store.

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Changing Your Traditions This Holiday?

Gary Direnfeld

There comes a time for most when they seek to set their own holiday tradition. It comes after years of towing the line, being part of what their family of origin has done virtually all their life. Now, however, you have your own family and whether or not things go well at your parents’ gathering, you just want something for yourselves. You express your decision, it doesn’t land well.