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The School of Social Work Welcomes Connie Sung

Michigan Social Work

I am absolutely thrilled to join the University of Michigan School of Social Work and become part of its diverse, vibrant, and dynamic community that champions community-based participatory research and teaching values that deeply resonate with me, said Sung.

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The Pandemic and Your Kids

Gary Direnfeld

Back in my day, one needed grade 13 to go to university. There I took an elective in psychology and with that applied as a mature student to York University. There I took an elective in psychology and with that applied as a mature student to York University. I am a late bloomer. I wasn’t a good student.

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Improving Employment for Workers With Autism

Relias

Organizations can provide basic training on universal skills and partner with other agencies to help clients learn job specific skills. Help connect your clients with local organizations providing vocational training or refer them to your local vocational rehabilitation office.

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Social Work Registration: Is it Necessary and How to Get it Done

Social Work Haven

Some social work degree programs may only be offered through a university, college or higher education institute. Finally, social workers assist those undergoing rehabilitation or taking part in halfway houses or substance abuse programs. Top 9 Social Work Books You Must Have in Your Library.

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Apprenticeship power

Social Care

He started working at Cygnet St Augustine’s, a specialist high dependency inpatient rehabilitation for men in Staffordshire, several years ago as a Support Worker. “I Being inspired by the fantastic nurses and the team at St Augustine’s, I decided to be a nurse and started a Mental Health Nursing course at Staffordshire University”.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

I have always been passionate about criminal justice reform and lowering our country’s recidivism rate through rehabilitative practices. I truly enjoy their commitment to inclusion and justice and the hands-on experience provided through my studies at this prestigious university.

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Criminal Justice Reform is Not Dead

Beyond Advocacy

Hailed as a bipartisan effort to ease harsh sentences, promote rehabilitation, and reduce recidivism in the federal prison system, The First Step Act lowered sentences by making the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive. I first connected with Dr. Pettus while she was at the Brown School at Washington University in St.