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Case Management Practice
Training in Santa Cruz
Achieving Effective Process with Families
This intensive two-day training details the fundamental principles, practices, and issues for case management excellence. You will become proficient in the assessment of and service to families in the least restrictive, most strength-based, and most cost-effective manner. Learn best-practice case management functions and processes for the general population, and case management as it applies to the needs of various special populations, such as children, dependent adults, and elders. You will also learn how to implement best-practice case management, and how to develop the specific skills required for dynamic case management.
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New Report on Binge Drinking:
August 11, 2009
Article From: LA Times |
Binge drinking affects later cognitive performance
College students who describe themselves as regular binge drinkers performed considerably worse on a test measuring attention and memory skills compared with students who didn't binge. The test, by the way, was conducted while all the students were sober.
See the FULL article HERE!
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Alcohol Tax |
Bottoms up, taxes up:
Massachusetts. raises fee on alcohol
August 1, 2009
The Associated Press
Add 6.25 percent to the cost of that cold one.A new alcohol tax goes into effect Saturday on all beer, wine and alcohol purchases in the state, lifting a previous tax exemption on booze. LINK TO ARTICLE |
| Community Commentary: |
The case for prevention...
A recent poll(www.healthyamericans.org) was made of Americans, and here is what we said:
- 77% believe prevention will save money, -72% say investing in prevention is worth it even if it doesn't save money because it will prevent disease and save lives.
-57% say they support prevention programs for health and quality-of-life reasons while -21% say they support prevention to lower costs.
- 59% believe the nation needs to put more emphasis on prevention and
-15% think there should be more emphasis on treatment. This represents a significant shift toward prevention over the last two decades-in 1987,
-45% thought there should be greater emphasis on prevention.
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