http://eriekids.com/myblog A journal of our journey... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:29:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I realized today that it has been nearly 9 months since I last posted to the ErieKIDS blog. What happened and how did I let it get away from me? Well, here is a condensed timeline of events since June 2009.  I am, however, very sorry.  And, for those who ... http://eriekids.com/myblog/2010/02/08/too-too-long/% [caption id="attachment_107" align="alignleft" width="582" caption="...toasting our friend, Susan Esper"][/caption] Susan Esper passed away on Saturday, May 30th. Susan was a vibrant, sassy, red-headed social worker that was quick to laugh and first to a battle of wills.  She had just begun her career as a social worker and true to form ... http://eriekids.com/myblog/2009/06/03/a-sad-goodbye-and-warm-memory/% On Friday, May 8th, my colleague Kimberly Morrow and I attended the OCFWPA conference at Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA.  Kimberly and I were invited to speak on "Families in the treatment of OCD".  For those of you who saw my mini-documentary from our talk in Albuquerque NM, you saw ... http://eriekids.com/myblog/2009/05/09/alec-pollard-kathleen-dunn-and-the-obsessive-compulsive-foundation/% To all of the students of the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Social Work Graduating class of 2009 (and those of you who have a class or two to pick up) CONGRATULATIONS!!! You make a young professor proud... http://eriekids.com/myblog/2009/04/29/congrats-eup-graduate-school-of-social-work-class-of-09/% It's 7:30am.... We're about to leave for Tracy Elementary, the first of three locations for the new ReadingNOW local spot produced through ErieKIDS Production. Stay tuned... this should prove to be our most moving ad. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="510" caption="ReadingNow - our newest client"][/caption] http://eriekids.com/myblog/2009/04/25/readingnow-and-eriekidsa-new-commercial-spot/% I wanted to share some great news, but the blog went down and the fine people at bizland have me going again. First, I was humbled and honored by my colleagues last Friday at the National Association of Social Workers - NWPA division award luncheon. I was award the "Social Worker ... http://eriekids.com/myblog/2009/04/04/blog-was-downnow-back-upsheesh/% Today, my daughter and I went out to eat for breakfast. She was up early and my wife and son wanted to sleep in, so we had a date for breakfast, just she and I. We were left with instructions to bring my son a muffin home. No problem. Off to ... http://eriekids.com/myblog/2009/03/22/family-structure-assumptions/% It's hard to believe that a week has already passed since I left for the ADAA National Conference. Kimberly Morrow and I, along with Becky Pomeroy and Susan Moore-Motily of the Independent Psychology Practices of Erie (our private practice) and other friends (Amy Coon Miller of Safe Harbor, and Cheryl ... http://eriekids.com/myblog/2009/03/19/adaa-conference-recap/% FaceBook...you know the world's largest social networking site? FaceBook has an amazing "plug-in" called "FaceBook Causes". This is a way for nonprofits to enter the FaceBook world and as such enter the world stage. Something otherwise impossible for most nonprofit organizations. Today, ErieKIDS celebrates its' 1,000th member to our cause. This ... http://eriekids.com/myblog/2009/03/01/eriekids-facebook-cause-reaches-1000-members/% After a terrific meeting with two men that I greatly respect, I am left to question my "world view" on the idea of inspiration.  Our conversation covered a good many topics; one of which was what will it take to drive our community towards a greater collaboration?  I can say ... http://eriekids.com/myblog/2009/02/27/on-being-inspired/%