Therapist at Community Health Service, Inc. Tweets are my own.
Rochester, MN
Joined October 2017
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Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
"Teachers find the idea of choosing to be on Team Academic Language or Team Translanguaging to be impractical, unjust, and potentially absurd." - Michelle Benegas & @NatBenELTeacher
Discover Language of Identity, Language of Access: ow.ly/Lsut50T46Y9
#MultilingualLearner
ALT Language of Identity, Language of Access: Grow students’ linguistic capital AND value their home language
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
@NatBenELTeacher did a fantastic job facilitating a session in teaching ethnic studies at the LEAD Conference. She represented Rochester well!
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
I’m glad that Natalia is sharing the insights we benefit from every day in @RPS535 with the world through her upcoming book. Pre-orders available now!
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Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
Michael knows this case like the back of his hand. Excellent person to follow for news and info on the topic of sexual abuse in the LDS Church.
Breaking News: Former LDS church leader loses appeal of sex abuse conviction. The MN Court of Appeals released its opinion in the Michael Adam Davis case today. The Court denied all of Davis' arguments and upheld the District Court's rulings. @floodlitorg
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Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
The MN Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of an LDS leader convicted of sex abuse. A couple years ago we explored his abuse history and what the church knew. vimeo.com/684054313
Breaking News: Former LDS church leader loses appeal of sex abuse conviction. The MN Court of Appeals released its opinion in the Michael Adam Davis case today. The Court denied all of Davis' arguments and upheld the District Court's rulings. @floodlitorg
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Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
If you are recovering from religion, you have had an experience of betrayal.
People you trusted who had authority over you let you down.
They lied to you in a number of ways.
You will need to re-learn trusting.
What does “trust” look like to you now?
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
Updated Mormon sex abuse case report: Mike Davis
floodlit.org/a/a089/
convicted in Utah in 2003 + 2006 of sex abuse
sentenced in Minnesota in 2022 to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse
was an elders quorum president
March 2024: appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
Reclaiming our agency to take action and do things to care for ourselves and our world is healing + empowering.
What are some of the ways you’ve learned to reclaim your agency in the world after leaving fundamentalist religion?
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
As we start the new year, check out this calendar book by Keri Williams of “Raising Devon: Helping caregivers of kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder”. It contains daily words of support, comfort, encouragement, & advice for parents, caregivers, therapists, etc of kids with RAD
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
LISTEN to a Mormon Church representative offering $300,000 to a sex abuse victim to stay silent about her father's confessed abuse.
#LightTheWorld floodlit.org/a/a866/
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
Mormon leaders accused of 'silencing and THREATENING' families who tried to expose sex offenders in their communities - as victims claim church 'covered up' an 'epidemic' of abuse trib.al/7TDV9WU
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
✴️Bombshell✴️in the new Netflix Scouts Honor doc:
Not only did the Mormon Church coverup their own BSA abuse cases, they played a role in BSA not implementing child safety practices for ALL Boy Scouts.
Why is the Mormon Church paying NOTHING of the $2.5 Billion BSA settlement?
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
Today marks the first day of #SuicidePreventionMonth, and suicide prevention begins with all of us. Learn the risk factors and warning signs, and join us this month as we share suicide prevention resources, information, and more. 💙
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
Mormons posting abt Sound of Freedom & the horrors of child trafficking…
Also defend when the Mormon church doesn’t report known pedophiles & abuse to the police. 🤔
Pls don’t pretend to care abt “saving the children” while defending/enabling abuse coverups in your own church.
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
This anxiety workbook, “Worry Wars, by Paris Goodyear-Brown is an all-in-one resource for treating generalized anxiety, OCD, and separation anxiety. It has 3 different metaphorical short stories that children love and can relate to.
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
Here are my two of my go-to children’s books about trauma, grief/loss, and stressful events. “Brave Bart” and “Shadow Moves” written by Caroline H. Sheppard and illustrated by John Manikoff tell the stories of kitties who had something bad, sad, and scary happen to them.
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
“I thought I was going to work for a charity… and do good… And the funds were never used for that,” whistleblower David Nielsen told Sharyn Alfonsi. He used to help manage the Mormon church's investment fund. 60 Minutes reports, tonight.
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
A whistleblower says the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ investment firm has over $100 billion – more than any religious fund in America. Instead of doing good, the church is bending the law, said a whistleblower. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.
Michael Benjamin, MSW, LICSW retweeted
Revised headline:
"Mormon politician helps the Mormon Church continue to cover-up child sexual abuse."
Adams "wouldn't specify" which churches are opposed to mandatory clergy abuse reporting. I have a guess on which one he's protecting from accountability. 😒
Utah Senate President Stuart Adams said he doesn't want to force clergy to report child abuse because it would make clergy choose between "being excommunicated or thrown in jail."
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