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Category Archives: Children
…on being a school social worker
This post is written for my Mesa Community College and Arizona State University social work students so that they can truly understand and appreciate the journey they have started. It is dedicated to the students of Bostrom Alternative Center (19 yrs) … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Education, Social Work
Tagged Bostrom Alternative Center, Maryvale High School
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Return to Maryvale High School
Today was Maryvale High School’s annual Holiday party. I was the school social worker there from 1997-2006 before retiring at the end of the school year. It was great seeing so many old friends and colleagues. Change is good and … Continue reading
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Tagged Maryvale High School, School Social Work
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Use Of Psychotherapeutic Medications In Pregnancy
There is no doubt that the minimization of any and all chemicals is probably the safest for the child in-utero (both OTC drugs and prescribed drugs). I think the caution here is that we are talking about psychotherapeutic drugs that … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Health, Health Care
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Loughner and How the Mental-Health System Doesn’t Work – Newsweek
…across America there are thousands of parents of older adolescents and young adults who are terrified that their child’s strange behavior, paranoid rants, drinking, drug abuse, conspiracy fantasies, and other red flags of mental illness will lead to violence… Read … Continue reading
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ADHD and Medication
The following is a discussion post for my online chemical dependency class this week. It will be interesting to see if there are any students who start to moralize the issue. There are always one or two. Let me share … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Education, Social Work, Special Education
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School Tech: 6 Important Lessons From Maine’s Student Laptop Program
I believe this will become common place in our schools and the sooner the better. In 2002, the state of Maine signed a $37 million contract with Apple that provided laptops to 33,000 middle school students and 3,000 teachers. The contract … Continue reading
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Ben’s 8th Christmas
Ben’s first film since his newfound love of John Lennon and the Beatles. John even had some very nice words for Ben’s film.
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Christmas by Rachael
Rachael usually isn’t interested in recording but she asked for my iPhone so here is her first film. A budding filmmaker like her brother? She is such a doll!
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Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks’ Dangers Are Cited
Another clever marketing ploy. This is a similar situation to when wine coolers were first introduced. In that case it was to mine a new market for alcohol but this is especially dangerous because the liver will always process the … Continue reading
Posted in Addictions, Children, SWU 130 Chemical Dependency
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Meningitis Booster Is Recommended
Federal vaccine advisers recommended on Wednesday that 15-year-olds be given a booster dose of a vaccine against meningococcal meningitis and that people from age 11 to 64 get a booster to protect against whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. Read the story here on the … Continue reading
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The Intersection of Social Work, Education & Technology 