Today's guest blogger is Robin Johnson. The following is a summarization from a chapter titled “Family Reunification and Kinship Care,” retrieved from The Child Welfare Challenge: Policy, Practice, and Research; written by Peter J. Pecora, James K. Whittaker, Anthony N. Maluccio, Richard P. Barth, and Diane DePanfilis, with Robert D. Plotnick (2009). As the title [...]
Today's guest blogger is Carlotta Crawford-Ojo. The Extended Family of My Two Open Adoptions by Suz Redfearn, February 21, 2014 This article walks the readers through the journey of a married couple who after so many years of fiercely trying to have a baby with their own coils of DNA, finally throws in the towel [...]
Rachel blogs about taking what she's learned in her MSW coursework and field training to her work with families in the child protection system. My name is Rachel, and I am an MSW IV-E student interning within a child protection unit in the metro area. This past year has been my first experience working in [...]
Source: Linda Grobman/Flickr Every year, The National Association of Social Workers–Minnesota (NASW-MN) sponsors Social Work Day at the Capital in Minnesota. This year Social Work Day will be on Monday, April 7, 2014, with the theme of "All Minnesotans Matter," keeping in line with last month's Social Work Month theme of "All People Matter." Although [...]
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month Since 1983, April has been designated as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The theme for this year is "Making Meaningful Connections," not only with children and youth but also with families and communities. When we make meaningful connections with children and youth, we provide them with a sense [...]
Glancing at the several piles of clutter on my desk, variously labeled as "Exposing the Achievement Gap and Its Consequences," I am tempted to rename this series, "Notes from a Cluttered Mind." "Putting socks on the octopus" may be the most accurate summary of where we are in our persistent search for closing the achievement [...]
The SPPS Student Placement Center. Source: SPPS In this Field Notes post, Margaret writes about her field placement working with youth in St. Paul Public Schools who are currently in foster care. My field experience at the Fostering Connections office in St. Paul Public Schools has given me an excellent introduction to child welfare policy, [...]
Today's guest post is Jinyou Kim. Beyond HallYu published an article titled ‘The Drop Box’ and the realities of motherhood in South Korea by an unknown writer on June 14, 2013. In this article, the author brought an issue of the “baby box” in South Korea. The baby box was set up by Pastor Lee [...]
