Featured@CASCW features blog posts from CASCW staff on news and and other updates, as well as guest bloggers on research updates and perspectives from the field.
Interested in submitting a guest blog post to Featured@CASCW? Email the blog editor, Stacy Gehringer, at gehr0086@umn.edu for our guest blogger policy and guidelines.
In September 2013, CASCW received a grant from the National Science Foundation to increase the capacity of the Minn-LInK project to conduct data-intensive, interdisciplinary research to understand child well-being. The grant helped expand the infrastructure of the project, organize a community of researchers, and created a pilot Doctoral Fellowship program. This month, Minn-LInK welcomed the [...]
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare is hiring for an Outreach and Policy Program Coordinator position. The Outreach Coordinator develops and/or connects child welfare stakeholders in Minnesota and nationwide to dynamic, relevant, accessible, research-informed practice and policy resources and trainings. These resources and trainings bridge the worlds of research, policy, and practice for [...]
Faculty have been busy over the summer, here are two new resources: A module titled Health and Mental Health Literacy and their Link to Health Disparities in Immigrant and Refugee Families by Hee Yun Lee, Ph.D., Jenni McHugh, MSW Hee Lee, Ph.D. and Jennifer McHugh, MSW Candidate, present a concise overview of the compilation of [...]
In the wake of the tragic death of Vermont child protection worker Lara Sobel, CASCW would like to take a moment to discuss workplace safety and the implications of secondary traumatic stress for workers and their supervisors in the field. The field of social work can be challenging and can impact us emotionally and physically. [...]
AES/Sibling Project – Blog Post 2 Editor's Note: This blog series is written by Associate Professor Lynette Renner and Research Assistant Lindsay Anderson at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Dr. Renner's research focus is family violence including intimate partner violence and child maltreatment. The goal of this three-part blog series is to [...]
Race & School Suspensions SeriesWritten by Wendy Haight, PhD, Gamble-Skogmo Chair In this blog post, I will first summarize the findings of several studies my colleagues (Professor Priscilla Gibson and Dr. Misa Kayama) and I have conducted on racial disproportionality in out-of-school suspensions in the Twin Cities metro area, and then consider some implications for [...]
AES/Sibling Project – Blog Post 1 Editor's Note: This blog series is written by Lynette Renner an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Her research focus is family violence including intimate partner violence and child maltreatment. The goal of this blog series is to provide information and encourage discussion of [...]
Crossover Youth Series Written by Wendy Haight, PhD, Gamble-Skogmo Chair In this third blog post, we will focus on lessons learned by professionals implementing the Crossover Youth Practice Model (CYPM) in five Minnesota counties. We interviewed 84 professionals involved in the implementation of the CYPM. They were judges, attorneys, and child welfare and juvenile justice [...]