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Social Worker Appreciation Day 2019

More than 400 social workers from around the city gathered at UFT headquarters in Manhattan on March 14 for a day of presentations, workshops and lunch.

Janice Isaac, a pre-K social worker in districts 8 and 11 in the Bronx, participates in a workshop on identifying common disorders.

Jonathan Fickies

Social workers gather to talk to Katherine Peinvoich (right) of the Child Mind Institute after her presentation on trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Jonathan Fickies
Raul Figueroa, a social worker at PS 71 in Queens, listens during a presentation of the impact of federal education policy and legislation on school social work.
Jonathan Fickies
Raul Garcia, the chapter leader for the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, is joined by Julie Beatrice (left), the vice chapter leader, and Joan Smith, the Staten Island chapter representative.
Jonathan Fickies
Social worker Euphemia Taylor of PS 21 in Brooklyn takes notes during a workshop.
Jonathan Fickies
Social worker Ariel Alvarez (left) of PS 140 in the Bronx participates in a listening exercise during a mindfulness workshop.
Jonathan Fickies
Getting together during a break in the proceedings are (standing, from left) Eveline Pierre and Marylynn Lawrence from District 75, and (seated, from left) Latoya McLeod from District 29, and Nakesha Clarke and Lisa Miller Bethea from District 79.
Jonathan Fickies
More than 400 social workers from across the city heard from experts on a variety of topics, including federal policy and legislation affecting social work, the school-to-prison pipeline and understanding attention deficit disorder.
Jonathan Fickies
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Janice Isaac, a pre-K social worker in districts 8 and 11 in the Bronx, participates in a workshop on identifying common disorders.

Jonathan Fickies

Social workers gather to talk to Katherine Peinvoich (right) of the Child Mind Institute after her presentation on trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Jonathan Fickies
Raul Figueroa, a social worker at PS 71 in Queens, listens during a presentation of the impact of federal education policy and legislation on school social work.
Jonathan Fickies
Raul Garcia, the chapter leader for the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, is joined by Julie Beatrice (left), the vice chapter leader, and Joan Smith, the Staten Island chapter representative.
Jonathan Fickies
Social worker Euphemia Taylor of PS 21 in Brooklyn takes notes during a workshop.
Jonathan Fickies
Social worker Ariel Alvarez (left) of PS 140 in the Bronx participates in a listening exercise during a mindfulness workshop.
Jonathan Fickies
Getting together during a break in the proceedings are (standing, from left) Eveline Pierre and Marylynn Lawrence from District 75, and (seated, from left) Latoya McLeod from District 29, and Nakesha Clarke and Lisa Miller Bethea from District 79.
Jonathan Fickies
More than 400 social workers from across the city heard from experts on a variety of topics, including federal policy and legislation affecting social work, the school-to-prison pipeline and understanding attention deficit disorder.
Jonathan Fickies
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