2010 Exhibits

Taking Care of Children - Sgt. Bill Davis Enterprises

Sgt. Bill Davis will have his nationally acclaimed true crime novel, So Innocent - Yet So Dead, available for purchase along with his DVD and pepper spray. His life saving data packet could save your life, and your family's life.

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University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work

The mission of the Graduate College of Social Work is to educate professionals for social work practice, research, and leadership. We advocate for innovative, collaborative, inclusive, and humane policies and solutions that promote social, economic, and political justice. Our College generates new knowledge through critical thinking that links rigorous scientific inquiry, ethical social work practice, and community engagement.

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Harris County Systems of Hope

Our mission is to provide effective support and care which is family driven and youth guided to families and their children who are experiencing serious emotional and behavioral problems. The Harris County Systems of Hope utilizes integrated, holistic, and individualized methods based on strengths and an appreciation of the many cultures represented in our community.

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Mississippi Children’s Home Services

Mission Statement: To improve the lives of children and families by providing a continuum of compassionate, measurable and effective behavioral health and social services. Vision Statement: Our vision is a Mississippi in which children are nurtured in healthy families and communities. Organizational Values: Integrity, Respect for the dignity, diversity, and potential of others, Optimism, Responsiveness to changing individual, family, and community needs, Continuous quality improvement.

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DeBakey VA Medical Center

The mission of the Veterans Healthcare System is to serve the needs of America's Veterans by providing primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services. To accomplish this mission, VHA needs to be a comprehensive, integrated healthcare system that provides excellence in health care value, excellence in service as defined by its customers, and excellence in education and research, and needs to be an organization characterized by exceptional accountability and by being an employer of choice. Healthcare Value begins with VA. The new Veterans Healthcare System supports innovation, empowerment, productivity, accountability and continuous improvement. Working together, we provide a continuum of high quality health care in a convenient, responsive, caring manner - and at a reasonable cost.

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Child Protective Services - DFPS Mission

The mission of The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is to protect children, the elderly, and people with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation by involving clients, families and communities. DFPS Vision The Department of Family and Protective Services: Is recognized for innovative, effective services; Builds strong, effective partnerships with clients, communities and state leaders; Provides effective leadership that is accountable for its actions and communicates openly with clients and stakeholders; and Supports staff who are highly motivated, diverse, ethical, well trained, and professional. DFPS Values We protect the unprotected. We involve clients, families and communities in decision-making. We provide quality services. We are innovative and strive for excellence. We are ethical and accountable. We promote diversity. We value our staff.

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Child Welfare Information Gateway

Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the general public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more. A service of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, we provide access to print and electronic publications, websites, databases, and online learning tools for improving child welfare practice, including resources that can be shared with families.

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Lyceum Books

Since its founding in 1988, Lyceum Books has earned a reputation for excellence in the field of social work education. We are an independent publishing house with the editorial freedom to select books for the quality of their ideas, research, writing, and their usefulness to students and practitioners. OUR BOOKS are innovative and attuned to the realities of social work as it is today. They explore the importance of theory to practice and to the understanding of human behavior, the significance of different practice interventions, the diversity of people and communities, and the links between practice, ethics, research, and policy. Our books are designed to fit both undergraduate and graduate courses. OUR AUTHORS are seasoned professionals and teachers who know how to share the wealth of their experience with and inspire those who are at the threshold of a social work career as well as working practitioners.

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Authors will be available to autograph books

Karl Dennis – “Everything is Normal Until Proven Otherwise,” co-authored with Dr. Ira Lourie. Written for parents and professionals, the book provides guidance for using creativity and compassion in the delivery of services.

Cedric McKenzie – She Never Answered, a riveting story of how a child left behind at only six days old, grows up survives in the Arkansas Foster Care System, and prevails. Cedric McKenzie's story is one of drama, comedy, and tragedy, along with redemption and triumph.

Dr. Angelo Giardino – Dr. Giardino will have several child abuse books available for purchase.

Bill Davis – So Innocent – Yet So Dead, a story that sees through the eyes of an innocent child into the mind of her killer, and, finally, into a search for justice that is nearly blinded by politics and circumstance--but delivered through a series of what Davis describes as spiritual interventions in the midst of tragedy.

Alvin Sallee - Child Welfare: Clinical Theory and Practice and The Methamphetamine Handbook: What you Need to Know

 

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