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Special Credential - Certificate - Curriculum Academies Information Here Being Held To Higher StandardsHealth, Psychology, Social Work, Early Childhood, Head Start, Educators, Family Studies, Professional Development, Credentialing Dr. James C. Rodriguez, MSWPresident and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Narviar Barker Browne, Ph.D., MSW, LCCP, LSW,Lect

When Goodness Meets Purpose Health, Psychology, Social Work, Early Childhood, Head Start, Educators, and Family StudiesA Series About Those Living In Their IkigaiDr. James C. Rodriguez, MSW27 November 2023 WHEN YOU THINK YOU LOST EVERYTHING   When you feel like you're losing the strength to keep fighting, someone can always help you turn

Health and WellnessA New Story, Never Forgetting Who You AreDr. James C. Rodriguez, MSW24  August 2023 INCLUDING MEN IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES  Finding Strength In Imperfection In 2023, I was asked as a featured speaker, keynote, and presenter about mental health's impacts on men at several national events. I want to share one of the trai

Community EngagementPurpose, Passion, Mentoring, and LegacyDr. James C. Rodriguez, MSW7 February 2023 WHY IS HONORING OTHERS IMPORTANT??JAMES C. RODRIGUEZ Why Is Honoring Others Important? When we recognize the impacts of others in the lives they have touched and give them a moment of celebration and recognition they matter, we also receive from gi

Community EngagementHelping The Nexuses of Passion and PurposeDr. James C. Rodriguez, MSW 29 January 2023 HOW DOES YOUR PURPOSE AND WHAT THE WORLD NEED MATTER?JAMES C. RODRIGUEZ "How does one know if they have been called to do something special?" I have a big smile on my face as I write this blog. Over the decades, starting as a very young, under

FatherhoodLet's ScreamKenn L. Harris28 January 2023 LET'S SCREAM FOR FATHER INCLUSIONKENN L. HARRIS   "I scream, you scream…we all scream, 'ice cream'" is a chant I remember growing up. It is also a chant similar to what we've heard about including fathers in the work with families and communities. The challenge is that historically, this coun

Healthy RelationshipsGetting The Most Out Of Healthy Relationships John Van Epp, Ph.D., 25 January 2023 MY MISSIONJOHN VAN EPP, PH.D. I believe that the greatest joys of life and some of our deepest sorrows often flow from our relationships. My counseling career extended over thirty years, most of it while running my private practice in northern Oh

We are inviting you to join us for an end-of-year celebration. If you had a tough time in 2022, maybe losses of family, friends, or challenges of adversity. Could you consider taking one-hour for you to be replenished? We are inviting you to the Men2Men Cafe and Women2Women Cafe programs'  last cafe session for 2022 with a time of joy and laughter.

August 5, 2022 starting at 7:30 AM and ending at 8:30 AM PDT Zoom Meeting  I am honored to share the OAR Leadership Institute with my co-host, Dr. Aida Diaz, former President of Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, and our organization's new Vice President, on October 4-6, 2022, at the University of Puerto Rico. I am inviting you to an overv

Advanced Practitioner Credential Program 2022 Friends & Colleagues,  I was introduced to social work, counseling, youth development services, volunteerism, and more in 1989. I was just two months shy of six years of active duty services in the armed forces when I because a counselor. I was, as they say, "raw" with no experience (academical