Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It’s no secret I have an affinity for educational assistants. It’s because my first job was working in a group home with preteen and teen boys all of whom had significant developmental disorders and were unpredictability violent. These were kids who due to their behavior could not be served in the community. Even the school they attended was on the grounds of the treatment centre.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The federal government has released state-by-state data for the number of children taken from their parents in FFY 2021 (yes, they always run about a year late). And NCCPR has updated our rate-of-removal index. The big national takeaway is that these data – once again – refute the racist myth about COVID-19 and “child welfare.” You remember, right? All those dire predictions that when overwhelmingly middle-class, disproportionately white “mandated reporters” no longer had their “eyes” constantly

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

He was emotionally inept. It cleaved the relationship with his daughter. He wanted to repair it. It was the alcohol in his early years and later his anger. She wanted nothing to do with him. He wondered how he could ever reestablish a relationship. He was dry now. Stable. With a partner. He would have to apologize. He would have to be transparent, honest, authentic.

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Famcare

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Trauma? I’ve had my share. In fact, I continue to have dreams of being involved in violent altercations. The first three years of my career were as a front line worker in a group home for severely compromised youths who also had a propensity to violence. Serious violence. We were trained regularly and intensely in non-violent physical intervention.

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The New Social Worker

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In this episode of Conversations on Social Work Careers, Your Social Work Career Coach Jennifer Luna shares practical expert tips for keeping your social work career fresh and building your social work legacy.

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

MSW student Tian Y??eung’s op-ed in the Michigan Daily explains how critical voting is in supporting democracy. “It took the fall of a city for me to learn the significance of voting. That city was the one I was born in, the one I spent my childhood in and the one I loved: Hong Kong,” wrote Yeung. “If I could go back in time, I would ensure I voted at every opportunity.

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