Part of a permanency series featuring intersections of child welfare and mental health practice, voiced by PACC alumni Compiled by Keely Vandre, MSW, LGSW, PACC Coordinator While indeed trying to address and curb destructive behaviors displayed by their child, I often witness some rock-star foster parents who do not appear desperate to change or fix [...]
Part of a permanency series featuring intersections of child welfare and mental health practice, voiced by PACC alumni Compiled by Keely Vandre, MSW, LGSW, PACC Coordinator Guest bloggers: Linda Anderson, MA, MHP, LADCSarah Deacy, MSW, LICSW, LADCKara Haugen, MSW, LICS CASCW’s 20th Annual Spring Conference co-sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Chemical and Mental Health [...]
Part of a permanency series featuring the voices of child welfare and mental health practice, voiced by PACC alumni Guest Blogger: Ed Morales, MPP, MSW, LICSW Kids do well if they can, not because they want to. It’s a simple idea: if he could do well, he would do well; if she could do well; [...]
The first of a permanency series featuring intersections of child welfare and mental health practice, voiced by PACC alumni Compiled by Keely Vandre, MSW, LGSW, PACC Coordinator While November is recognized as “National Adoption Month,” those impacted personally and/or professionally know the scope of permanency is not limited by calendar or lifespan. Specialized skills to [...]
The Minnesota Legislative Task Force on Child Protection met at the State Senate building on Monday, October 22, 2018. After introducing new task force members and reviewing the role of the task force, the first item on the agenda was testimony from Jamie Sorenson, Child Safety and Permanency Director at the Department of Human Services [...]
Authors: Minhae Cho, Young Ji Yoon, Ndilimeke Nashandi, Dr. Priscilla Gibson, and Dr. Wendy Haight Out-of-school suspension (OSS) is a temporary, complete exclusion from school for responding to students’ misbehaviors up to ten school days. Many public schools persist in using suspensions as a standard practice even though they are largely ineffective in deterring these [...]
by Andrea Brubaker, MSW, LGSW HELP Program Specialist, MN ADOPT According to the Donaldson Adoption Institute 60% of Americans have a connection to adoption which may be underrepresented due to societal secrecy about this topic. As an adoption professional, I speak on a daily basis to myriad community members such as child welfare workers, teachers, [...]
On Feb 26, 27and 28th, our advanced MSW IV-E students attended their last Child Welfare Foundation training at DHS offices in St Paul. They now have successfully completed the full Child Welfare Foundation Training. This training is mandated through MN Statute for social workers being hired into public child protection/child welfare work in our state. [...]