CSULB Social Workers 2020

Author of the book "Strangers in Their Own Land"    Anger and Mourning on the American Right .  It has just been nominated —for an American Book Award.  What Drives Trump Supporters?: Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild on Anger & Mourning of the Right. Interview: https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/28/what_drives_trump_supporters_sociologist_arlie She is professor at UC Berkeley: https://sociology.berkeley.edu/professor-emeritus/arlie-r-hochschild from her website: Arlie R. Hochschild PROFESSOR EMERITA CURRICULUM VITAE Curriculum Vitae RESEARCH INTERESTS Family, market culture, global patterns of care work, social psychology with a recent focus on the relationship between culture, politics and emotion. ahochsch@berkeley.edu My most recent research focuses on the rise of the American right–the topic of my latest book,  Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right   (The New Press,...

“ The First Cell ” : book by Dr. Azra Raza on Why the “Slash-Poison-Burn Approach” to Cancer Has Failed https://www.democracynow.org/2019/12/23/the_first_cell_dr_azra_raza_on From her profile page at Columbia university:   Physician's Profile: https://cancer.columbia.edu/azra-raza-md AZRA RAZA, MD Department of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology Director, Myelodysplastic Syndrome Center Watch Video Profile Introduction: Dr. Raza is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University in New York, NY.She started her research in Myelodisplastic Syndromes (MDS) in 1982 and moved to Rush University, Chicago, Illinois in 1992, where she was the Charles Arthur Weaver Professor in Oncology and Director, Division of Myeloid Diseases. The MDS Program, along with a Tissue Repository containing more than 50,000 samples from MDS and acute leukemia patients was successfully relocated to the University of Massa...

“Becoming a Dangerous Woman ” : book by media legend Pat Mitchell, on Embracing Risk to Change the World https://www.democracynow.org/2019/12/24/pat_mitchell_book_becoming_a_dangerous from her website: Follow @BecomingADangerousWoman on Instagram! BOOK READINGS & APPEARANCES SEE ALL EVENTS → Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World An intimate and inspiring memoir and call to action from Pat Mitchell — groundbreaking media icon, global advocate for women's rights, and co-founder and curator of TEDWomen  About the Book Raised in a small town in Georgia with no money or connections, Pat Mitchell went on to become a consummate media game-changer. She was the first woman president of PBS and of CNN productions, and also a visionary, award-winning TV and film producer, fully engaged on the front lines of cultural change. Pat Mitchell is a dangerous

The documentary film  "Bedlam" about how people have mental illness end up in prison. “Bedlam”: Film Shows How Decades of Healthcare Underfunding Made Jails “De Facto Mental Asylums” https://www.democracynow.org/2019/12/27/bedlam_documentary_mental_health_criminal_justice https://drkenrosenberg.com/bedlam https://www.inquirer.com/health/kenneth-paul-rosenberg-bedlam-mental-health-crisis-20191023.html 5 questions: Kenneth Paul Rosenberg on why mental illness is ‘the greatest social crisis of our time’ by Sandy Bauers, For the Inquirer ,   Updated: October 23, 2019 HANK GANS In 1946, Life magazine published an exposé on mental hospitals, focusing on the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry. The title: “ Bedlam 1946 .” That dreadful facility, like so many others, eventually closed. A good thing? Not completely, according to Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, who maintains that people simply went fro...

Self-Care and Integrated Health  Below are just some resources to sharing with you, related to the topics discussed in class, including self-care, mindfulness, meditation, stress reduction, and health, etc. a) Mindful Meditation and Emotions: Mindful Meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh. MP3 audios: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_2V8kMMKomzKS_MgVcYKeAchg8IAuaI4?usp=sharing   b) Self Worth : From Beliefs to Thoughts to Actions and Consequences: Affirmations “You Can Heal Your Life” by Louise Hay https://archive.org/details/YouCanHealYourLifeLouiseL.Hay c) Marriage: “Laugh Your Way To a Better Marriage” by Mark Gungor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=814eR5K7KD8&t=2s d) Book and video about / for Men: “Iron John” by Robert Bly. Book in MP3 audio: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XpqD7pF33thXOyoqAA_FU4_A8fceId6V?usp=sharing “A Gathering of Men” documentary on PBS with Robert Bly and Bill Moyers. https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Dyscalculia in an Eight Year Old Girl Fazeel Chauhan California State University, Long Beach Introduction           Meena is an 8 year old girl who has Dyscalculia, which is a Mathematics learning disability, frequently referred to as Dyscalculia. Symptoms include trouble doing simple Math including addition, counting and even telling time. A number of people are undiagnosed because they're not aware they have this condition. Meena is lagging behind her peers in Math skills, though her physiological markers are essentially normal. Support is lacking from schoolmates, friends and local community. The family is separated, with three children waiting for their green cards in Pakistan. Immigration policies and National politics are stressors on the family. Meena is resilient and with family support is expected to get help from various sources. Life Stage: An Eight Year Old Girl With Dyscalculia  ...