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This training is an evidence-based treatment for children who have experienced sexual abuse or other serious traumatic events. This is a web-based course that provides 10 hours of CEUs. This course is free of charge.

"It's the first time someone has been killed by armed police in Iceland since it became an independent republic in 1944. Police don't even carry weapons, usually. Violent crime in Iceland is almost non-existent."

At the cafe at 3 Center Plaza, the idea is to provide a place where everyone can eat with dignity, regardless of their ability to pay. This is a pay-it-forward model and will only work if the community supports it and one another.

Second-grader Christian Bucks, of York, Pa., knew that some of his classmates felt lonely during recess, and he decided to do something about it. His simple, utterly heartwarming solution was to install a playground "buddy bench."

We often think of girls and women as being the primary victims of anorexia and bulimia. Check out this segment on WBUR to see what some 10 million boys and men in this country experience at least some time in their lives. Group Work Plug: these males find camaraderie through the group work process.

While many people know that brain injury can cause physical problems such as headaches, dizziness, impaired memory and problems with balance and walking, what’s often unseen – except by family members, friends and even some survivors themselves – are personality changes that come when brains have been wounded. It’s something that an increasing number are grappling with, particularly among injured soldiers.

#TBI #traumaticbraininjury

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A web developer has created an automatic citation generator for tweets. Users just insert the tweet’s URL and the program provides the MLA and APA citation.

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Social workers are the new frontline of the Affordable Care Act:

During a test run from September 2010 to May 2012, the program reduced admissions by 43 percent and cut emergency room visits by 54 percent among more than 600 patients. It also saved an estimated $1.6 million in medical costs over a six-month period.

Based on the initial results, Mount Sinai received a five-year grant from the federal government to pay for 20 social workers focused on patients in Medicare, the U.S. government’s health plan for the elderly and disabled. In addition, insurer Healthfirst foots the bill for three social workers to help keep its members healthy. The hospital pays for four more.

The government expects the savings from accountable-care programs across the country to be as much as $1.9 billion from 2012 to 2015.

While not all hospitals are investing as heavily as Mount Sinai in keeping patients healthy, the Advisory Board’s Hilu says almost every facility she works with has a program to prevent readmissions: “This is going to keep coming; it is only just beginning, and it is going to be increasing.”

via reddit

#medical social work #obamacare #affordable care act #medicare #ADDC

I do groups for kids on the autism spectrum, several of whom have asperger’s. This comic made me think of them. Hopefully our work together will improve their chances should they find themselves in such a scenario.

via reddit

#comic #asperger's #autism #overly literal #ADDC

If you have 10 minutes, this is worth watching. We have the power to choose how we think about the world around us.

2005 Kenyon College Commencement speech by David Foster Wallace

Video created by www.theglossary.com

#thoughts #choice #positivethinking #anotherperspective #CBT

Strengths-based.

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Via http://www.mswchildfamily.com

#cheeringforyou #advocate #validate

How rejections damage our psychological and emotional well-being

Update: Fascinating that "Tylenol reduces the emotional pain rejection elicits." Just make sure not to take too much.

#rejection #tylenol

Although the words "hurry up" did little if nothing to increase my child's speed, I said them anyway. Maybe even more than the words, "I love you." The truth hurts, but the truth heals... and brings me closer to the parent I want to be.

#liveinthemoment #parenting #stressless