Sharing a podcast: the experience of male sexual abuse

This podcast http://mentalpod.com/Dr-David-Lisak is disturbing and upsetting, but it provides valuable insights into the child victim's experience of sexual abuse. It particularly focuses on males who have been abused.

Preschool is an evolutionary novelty- Sharing an excellent article

For anyone who is struggling through the decision to send their child to preschool or not, here is an excellent article that reviews the relevant research.  http://www.parentingscience.com/preschool-stress.html

Sharing a resource: free podcasts on parenting young children

Zero to Three is an amazing resource for all kinds of information on children birth to 3 years.  It's my go-to website when I'm looking for good quality research and practical advice.

I was thrilled to just find their podcast series "Little kids, big questions."  Check out all of the great titles that are available for your listening pleasure.
A valuable resource for parents and professionals.
http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/funded-projects/parenting-resources/podcast

Sharing: Save the Date & Call for Presentations

Save the Date & Call for Presentations

The New Jersey Department of Children and Families and Rutgers School of Social Work will be hosting a Statewide Adolescent Networking Conference on May 8, 2014.  Entitled “Voices United for Youth: Visions of a Better Tomorrow,” the conference will focus on promoting successful and sustainable relationships and partnerships between youth involved in the child welfare system and the adults that serve them. The conference will be held at the NJ Department of Children and Families Professional Center: 30 Van Dyke Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

The conference is open to adolescents (ages 14 to 23) currently or formerly served by DCF, as well as DCF staff and contracted providers.

DCF and Rutgers School of Social Work are seeking proposals from individuals that are interested in presenting workshops at the conference. Please see the attached “Call for Presentations” for more information. The deadline for workshop presentation proposals is February 10, 2014.

Please submit all proposals and/or questions to: anconference@ssw.rutgers.edu

 

New job postings 1/10/14

Social Work prn NJ Office is placing for the following positions:

 

1.   BSW ONLY  (No exceptions)  Must have at least 1 year of residential Experience and be comfortable  working with clients with a forensic background.

This is  a per diem position requiring a day here and a day there…. Usually on weekends for coverage in Monmouth County area  

      

2.   MSW with LCADC for temporary full time opportunity in a Middlesex County Substance Abuse Program

 

 

3.   CADC  for perm full time counselor position in Bergen County outpatient addictions program  

 

 

4.   BILINGUAL LCSWs needed both for part time and full time permanent outpatient counseling positions in Newark and Hudson Counties

 

 

5.   PERM FULL TIME- Cumberland County (Delmont) Clinical Supervisor for Alcohol Drug Program in Correctional Facility- MUST MEET EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS

a. MSW with LCADC     or     b. LCSW with CCS (Supervisory Certificate)

 

If you meet the requirements & experience needed, send resume along with name and contact information to Linda@socialworkprn.com

For immediate consideration.  

 

Sharing a resource: Free webinar on sexual abuse and disabilities: Register now!

From Prevent Connect, an excellent source of information on abuse prevention,

Thursday, January 16, 2014
11am Pacific Time, 2pm Eastern Time
"Although children with disabilities are three times more likely to be sexually abused, these children have not garnered the same attention of policy makers, the media or community organization. There is also an alarming lack of primary prevention programs available to this population. In this important web conference, the speakers will provide insights into this emerging issue as well as some innovative programs and collaborations."

http://www.preventconnect.org/2014/01/child-sexual-abuse-and-disabilities/

Sharing a podcast on love

I'm so grateful to the colleague that shared this podcast. 

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/317/unconditional-love

It's from This American Life, on the topic of love.  It brings many of my professional interests together in a compelling and emotional hour.  From Harry Harlow's research on attachment, to treating and parenting a child with an attachment disorder, to making the decision to place a child who has autism in residential treatment, it powerfully conveys the primacy of love in parent/child relationships.

I hope that you can find the time to listen to it.