SSA Magazine - Fall 2007
Fall 2007
- Protective Services: We know that helping moms and dads be better parents helps prevent maltreatment of very young children. But what works best?
- Close Support: Froma Walsh has made her reputation and a career advocating that families can provide the strength to work through almost any trauma or adversity.
- The High Cost of Giving Back: Can financial aid be fixed so graduate students can still afford to work in public service?
- Conversations - In the Land of Immigrants
- The Power of Stigma: The shame of mental illness can derail clients already receiving treatment
- Neurobiology and Substance Abuse
- The Future History of Violence: When children are exposed to violence outside the home, it has significant developmental effects
- A Voice from the Field - Crime, Addiction, and Second Chances
- Behind the Numbers - On Call: How Medicaid has moved far beyond its role as a last-resort health care program for the poor
Jeff Simms, AM '12
"I chose to study social work, and especially policy, because I believe working at that level is where one can truly affect some of the wider causes of poverty and homelessness."