Doin' The Work

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In this episode, I talk with Jewel Patterson, Edgar Ibarria, and Nicole Bates about their work organizing to end the school-to-prison pipeline in California. They define the school-to-prison pipeline and explain how criminalization functions in schools, disproportionately affecting Black and Brown students and families.

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Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This is reflective of the comments: “394 violent incident reports filed in 27 days of school, that is how our year is going in our board. In one class alone over 11 evacuations in 27 school days. School boards have given fancy names to evacuations now, they call them learning walks or extra library time, gym time or outside time.”

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 15, 2024

If the issue reaches a threshold where the parent seeks counseling for the child, very often the counseling of choice is CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy). As a means of managing boo-boos, or generalized or even specific anxieties, or even food preferences, over-accommodating can increase the very issue sought to address.

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Community Care

MARCH 13, 2024

However, it also underlined the importance of wellbeing services, including counselling and reflective supervision, for practitioners, said the report, produced by social work academics from the University of Central Lancashire and King’s College London.

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Save the Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

What they forgot to teach you at school (School of Life) Quite simply, a beautiful book School of Life has written a beautiful, touching book. The School of Life It’s a perfect book to give to those young adults who are struggling in the transition between school and work. You can get it here.

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Kylie the Creative Social Worker

JULY 15, 2021

With that comes many different documentation tools: your… The post Using a Daily Planner For Social Work or Counseling appeared first on Kylie The Creative Social Worker | All rights reserved. I often find new things I could be documenting and wondering where to draw the line.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Among them are students whose parents carried them through high school. The enabling through high school catches up. There may be a few skinned knees along the way, some lost school time and some stiff opposition and belly-aching. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

As awful as school was and as much as he got into trouble there, no amount of punishment would make things better. As for the trouble at school, he just couldn’t concentrate. Unable to attend to his school work contributed to most of the behavior he exhibited. His problems seemed endless. Leave it as his sacred place.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 15, 2024

In my elementary school there was only one non-Jewish student in all my classes from Kindergarten to sixth grade. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The call was about the one child who was continually acting out, skipping school, getting into trouble. That child had great grades and only concentrated on school work. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. The other child was described as perfect, a perfectionist actually.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For MSU students in need of assistance, the University Counseling Center is available to provide support by calling 443-885-3130 or online via UWill Counseling Services. Everyone has the right to safely attend events, go to school, and do their job without fear of, or anxiety over becoming a victim of gun violence.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

All you have to do is step into a few schools to see the state of disrepair, crowded classrooms and students whose supplies are often provided by the teachers themselves from their very own salary. Doug Ford’s government through Stephen Lecce, the Minister of Education will be spinning tales hoping to pit parents against educators.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 15, 2022

It happened to be when the kids were arriving home from school. She had been bullied at school that day. It happened to be when the kids were arriving home from school. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. She only had one drink a day. There were three kids, all girls.

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Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Schools 147

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 13, 2023

They coordinated their actions with the school, where similar behavior was an issue. They were fortunate the school came on board as well as they did. He was getting away with things he shouldn’t. The parent and stepparent rallied with that and followed through with consequences.

Private Practice 113

Private Practice Counseling Schools Mental Health 113

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 6, 2022

The issue was school truancy. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. I was working for the Catholic Children’s Aid Society in downtown Toronto. The case involved a young boy. If I recall correctly, maybe about twelve-years-of-age. The thinking of the supervisor was to possibly apprehend.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Ironically, they don’t have this problem at school. You see, at school, they are typically expected to be on a task… and there is no fooling around. ” “Take some time after school to read in your room. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 2, 2022

I smoked a lot of dope in high school. A girl I was dating at the time convinced me to return to school. I wanted to go on to graduate school and hopefully obtain a PhD. I applied to five graduate schools and was rejected at all five. From high school days stoned, to dropping out to further education on a non-linear path.

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inSocialWork

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Our guests will speak about coming to terms with difficulties related to reproduction and the promise of reproductive counseling, hope, and experiences of success. ? Covington, LCSW-C , is an expert in fertility counseling with over 40 years of clinical experience in reproductive health. The National Infertility Association: [link].

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

This leaves the student, come “graduation”, which is actually more like aging out of the school system, less capable of managing independently as an adult. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. It is so short-sighted. I am available in person and by video conferencing.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 30, 2023

As a new crop of kids enter high school, many of those kids will be looking for their first job. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. They need more than just the cash.

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Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 4, 2022

The question is about how to manage, particularly with school aged kids at home. Consider sitting down with your kids and discussing how to manage; how to divvy up tasks; how and where to get school work done. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. We vented our anger.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. I am available in person and by video conferencing.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Diana graduated from Glendale High School in 1952 and began attending Glendale College. There, she attended Columbia University School of General Studies to earn her bachelor’s degree in Sociology while working part time in the Dean of Study’s Office.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 14, 2021

On very rare occasion, it can also lead to the child developing the skills to leave home by finding employment, however, leaving school early too. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. These are very serious matters. Moving too fast too soon can create a poor outcome for the kids.

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Counseling Mental Health Private Practice Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Hence counseling for the parent to better understand the dynamics of anxiety and their role in management can be more helpful than the child’s attendance in counseling. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. Sometimes the parent needs as much, if not more support than the child.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MARCH 5, 2018

This SCP Student Blog piece by the SCP Section 10 Campus Reps is a useful resource to individuals who are preparing to apply to graduate schools in psychology. Applying to Graduate School? Set up one master essay as a template and change out select sections that should be sculpted for each particular school.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Research out of Yale University suggests that all that help and soothing is an issue and instead of the kid going to counseling, it’s the parent who should. Seek counseling for yourself if necessary. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. It is called over-accomodating.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 31, 2023

Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. I am available in person and by video conferencing.

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inSocialWork

APRIL 18, 2023

Born and raised on Buffalo’s East Side, Brown has worked at the intersection of education and social justice as a general and special education teacher, an advocate for students with disabilities, and a school administrator. Kathryn Franco, LMSW, MPH, is an adjunct professor at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 18, 2022

The child returned to being a child more concerned with school and friends. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. It remained the parents’ decision, yet the child then felt listened to, included. The sense of the child’s responsibility for the parents’ separation faded.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 6, 2023

As kids, they are frightened and may have difficulty settling or going to school worried about what may occur at home. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

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Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 10, 2024

You face a variety of client needs, ranging from: Family needs often cut across many different types Domestic violence Financial assistance Housing, especially homelessness, or rental flat applications Elderly issues like neglect, care needs like dementia Child issues like child protection, absenteeism from school There’s often no one need.

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Gary Direnfeld

JULY 24, 2022

Parenting the infant, preschooler, school age child, the grown up is the boss. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. We set the rules, structure, expectations. All that changes come adolescence. While the parent likes to think themself in charge, the developing teen confronts those notions.

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Gary Direnfeld

MAY 27, 2022

From a school perspective, this child will be difficult in a traditional classroom, in any classroom. Lastly we did discuss the political climate and school resources. School resources have been decimated. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. Don’t dwell on the negative.

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University of Connecticut

JULY 17, 2023

She also works at Turning Leaves Counseling as a psychotherapist part-time. Her experience after graduating from the UConn School of Social Work has been working with underprivileged individuals struggling with persistent psychiatric and addiction challenges with extensive legal histories.

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Gary Direnfeld

MAY 17, 2022

Counseling is often sought for the child. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. The pattern often includes the parent seeking to hold firm on expectations, but with each rising increase of behavior, the parent lets go the expectation hoping it buys favor. Rarely do they go or last.

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Counseling Self-harm Private Practice Mental Health 147

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

A couple of weeks ago, I linked to a review of Jessamine Chan’s novel The School for Good Mothers The reviewer noted the novel’s “closeness to reality.” That’s what they’ve done with the concept of “primary prevention” – turning it into another excuse to load families down with meaningless “counseling” and “parenting education.”

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