Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 6, 2022

Melissa Bannerot is a member: Resources for those recovering from addiction. McDaniel described stress and anxiety symptoms like a pounding heart, muscle tension, chest pains, sweating, difficulty taking a deep breath, and headaches — all things most parents have felt at one time or another.

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KVC

APRIL 10, 2023

National Child Abuse Prevention Month brings a heightened awareness of child abuse during April, but children need our advocacy year-round. Learning the signs of a child in a potentially dangerous position can go far in the advocacy and prevention of abuse. Advocacy can take place every day through small gestures.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We can break the ten ACEs into three categories: abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual), neglect (physical and emotional), and household or familial stressors (severe parental mental illness, parental addiction, parental domestic violence, parental incarceration and having a parent disappear due to death, abandonment or divorce).

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 27, 2022

Mississippi Advocacy Network for Change: Use American Rescue Plan to Help Mississippians in Need. “I come from a long line of abuse, drug addiction and mental-health issues,” she said. Hopefully, these will help you feel more empowered in what can be a confusing and anxiety -producing realm. “The A.C.E.S

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Stop Abuse Campaign

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We can break the ten ACEs into three categories: abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual), neglect (physical and emotional), and household or familial stressors (severe parental mental illness, parental addiction, parental domestic violence, parental incarceration and having a parent disappear due to death, abandonment or divorce).

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Psychiatric Addiction Domestic Violence Criminal Justice 52

Social Workers Speak

MARCH 10, 2022

Wyoming is one of eight states without a law on the books to address the issue of pregnant women using drugs, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, but the advocacy group and others don’t see Oakley’s bill as the right vehicle to address the issue. March celebrates, thanks tireless effort of island’s social workers.

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