Michelle Sicignano, LMSW Archive
A recent New York Times, Business Day Report by Annie Lowrey stated, “An August study by the Washington-based Tax Policy Center , a respected nonprofit that issues studiously detailed tax analyses…concluded that Mr. Romney’s plan, on its face, would cut taxes for rich …
The United States Justice Department took one step forward in the fight against the criminalization of marginalized youth this past Wednesday by filing a law suit “claiming that the due process rights of children are “repeatedly and routinely” violated when …
Our economy and good paying jobs is directly tied to our educational system and our labor and business policy. In a recent CNN Money article, Why Apple will never bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States,the author noted Candy …
There has been a lot of talk recently about what it means to be a social worker, and how the title needs protection and the profession needs more defined parameters. A headline in Non-Profit quarterly caught my eye: Remembering the …
The National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) ” facilitates the adoption of trauma-informed environments in the delivery of a broad range of services including mental health, substance use, housing, vocational or employment support, domestic violence and victim assistance…NCTIC seeks to …
Lately, I’ve been processing troubling thoughts on the growth of misogyny in this country and many parts of the world. What does it mean for children growing up in such a society and what is the impact on the future …
Cross in the Closet: Straight Christian Lives a Year as Gay Man, is inspiring story of a young, heterosexual, Christian man who, for a year, lived as a gay man in a social experiment. “With his friends, “the thing …
An article I read today sickened me, speaking of the “prevision files” Boy Scouts of America was recently ordered to release based on a ruling from the Oregon Supreme Court. 14,500 pages document a long standing history of sexual abuse …
Socialworkhelper.com recently hosted a chat on the financial lives of young people in the foster care system. Carol Behrer, the executive director of the Youth Policy Institute of Iowa, represented The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative and provided information on …
In a new book, Mind over Mind, Chris Berdik, sheds new insight into the power of positive thinking. It all boils down to expectations. As Gareth Cook’s Scientific American interview, How the Power of Expectations Can Allow You to Bend Reality, …
