Sun.Jul 24, 2022

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Parenting Teens – Accept and manage your role as consultant.

Gary Direnfeld

Parenting the infant, preschooler, school age child, the grown up is the boss. We set the rules, structure, expectations. While there may be some room for negotiation, ultimately it is the parent who determines what is eaten and when, bathing and bedtime and activities. All that changes come adolescence. While the parent likes to think themself in charge, the developing teen confronts those notions.

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‘Every one of us has a different story’: a historic portrait of care system success

The Guardian

Poet Lemn Sissay, with the help of London’s Foundling Museum, has gathered 59 athletes, artists, CEOs and others who, like him, spent part of their childhoods in care. The result is an inspiring photograph for young people in care today Introduction by Claire Armitstead. Interviews by Killian Fox “I once was Christopher Goldsmith,” reads a poem, neatly typed out on one side of a piece of A4 paper.

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Getting Through Recovery with Four Tips

Gary Direnfeld

Six weeks ago I had open heart bypass surgery. Although I keep referring to it as a triple bypass, while on the table, it turned into a quadruple. It doesn’t really matter to me one way or the other. There was also an event during surgery. The best guess is that an air bubble entered the heart giving rise to a minor heart attack while on the table.

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Our Inaugural Conference, Healing A Traumatized World, has finally become a Reality!

American Board of Clinical Social Work

For several years, during annual strategic plan meetings, our ABCSW Board of Directors, brought up the idea of hosting an annual conference for our members. Our goal was to establish a conference where our members, board, and other clinicians could come together to meet, learn, network, re-energize, share ideas and form new friendships, collaborations, and foster professional growth.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Third Season Episode 11: A Conversation with Cheryl Christopher on her book, “The Portrait of Grief.”

Hospice Chaplaincy

In Today’s episode, Saul Talks with author Cheryl Christopher about her book, “The Portrait of Grief.” After graduating from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, Cheryl Christopher spent most of her life being a wife, mother of four, and grandmother to eight. Cheryl’s entrepreneurial spirit flourished in photography, modeling and fashion. She launched a successful international […].

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Why am I Afraid to Be Happy?

Counselor Toolbox podcast

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