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How Social Workers can Use Words to Heal

Social Work Blog

Whether social workers use books, poetry, and writing exercises with individual clients in individual therapy, with groups of nursing home residents, or patients in a hospital setting, the possibilities are endless. Scherlong used this approach with children in foster care who had endured what she described as “horrific losses.”

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How Social Workers Can Use Words to Heal

Social Work Blog

Whether social workers use books, poetry, and writing exercises with individual clients in individual therapy, with groups of nursing home residents, or patients in a hospital setting, the possibilities are endless. Scherlong used this approach with children in foster care who had endured what she described as “horrific losses.”

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Community Service Ideas for Kids and Families

All For Kids

At Christmas time, contact a tree farm or nursery about donating a Christmas tree to a family in need, shelter or nursing home or purchase one and donate it yourself! Make a holiday basket or Christmas care package for individuals in need. Contact local foster care agencies to learn more.

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The power of wishful thinking: The continued promotion of Healthy Families America as a child abuse prevention program

Child Welfare Monitor

Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect issued a report recommending a pilot of universal voluntary neonatal home visitation, stating that the efficacy of home visiting as a preventive measure was “already well-established.” That program, now known as Nurse Family Partnership , was very different from HFA.