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Experiential Learning Day in the Native American Community
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Experiential Learning Day in the Native American Community

Experiential Learning Day in the Native American Community

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:59-06:00October 24th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: ELNA, experiential learning, historical trauma, Indian child welfare, MSW student experience|

On Monday, October 13th, as Minneapolis recognized Indigenous Peoples Day, all first year and advanced standing IV-E MSW students participated in the first of two Experiential Learning Days in the Native Community (ELNA). Experiential Learning is a pedagogical approach to education that moves learning from a classroom setting into the broader community for a direct [...]

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IV-E Students attend DHS Child Welfare Foundation Training
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IV-E Students attend DHS Child Welfare Foundation Training

IV-E Students attend DHS Child Welfare Foundation Training

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:59-06:00October 10th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: MN DHS, Training|

Last week, all U of MN Twin Cities MSW 2nd year and Advanced Standing IV-E students attended 3 days of the DHS Child Welfare Foundation Training. Prior to this training, they also completed approximately 20 hours of on-line training modules. These trainings covered a wide variety of relevant topics such as family systems, child development, [...]

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A Field Placement in Planning and Evaluation

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:33:00-06:00September 26th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|

Hannah Burton (left) and Becky Montgomery (right) In this post, Hannah aligns her field experience with the University of Minnesota's Driven to Discover campaign. MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student Hannah Burton—Planning and Evaluation Intern Field Instructor Becky Montgomery, MSW—CPS Planner Field Site Ramsey County Community Human Services Department "In my field placement this year, [...]

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Embedded Child Welfare MSW Cohort at Hennepin County

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:33:01-06:00September 5th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: Hennepin County Cohort|

On Tuesday, Sept 2nd, classes officially began at the University of Minnesota. On that day, the 2014-15 MSW Child Welfare Hennepin County Cohort began their orientation for their field placements at the Health and Human Services building in downtown Minneapolis. This year, we have 7 IV-E MSW students interning within Hennepin County in the following [...]

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Getting Ready for Field 2014-15!
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Getting Ready for Field 2014-15!

Getting Ready for Field 2014-15!

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:33:01-06:00August 29th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|

On Monday, August 25th, close to 200 MSW students and field instructors came together in the North Star Ballroom at the St. Paul Student Center for training to prepare for field experiences this year. After a large group ice-breaker activity, everyone settled in and learned about important field documents and policies. After this, we had [...]

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A Child Protection Supervisory Internship
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A Child Protection Supervisory Internship

A Child Protection Supervisory Internship

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:33:01-06:00August 8th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: field experience, IV-E student profile|

Photo with field instructor: Carol Anderson, LICSW (left) and Kristen Struss, MSW IV-E student (right) Kristen blogs about her summer internship at her place of employment, where her focus for the summer has been on learning about and gaining skill in a child protection supervisory role. In addition to her field task instructor, Kristen also [...]

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A Field Placement—Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
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A Field Placement—Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery

A Field Placement—Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:33:01-06:00August 1st, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: field experience, IV-E student profile|

Photo with field instructor: Molly Kenney, LICSW (left) and Morgan Larson, MSW IV-E student (right) Morgan blogs about interning at the Mpls Crisis Nursery. The mission of the Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery is to end child abuse and neglect and create strong, healthy families. The Nursery offers a 24 hour Crisis Helpline, Crisis Counseling, Overnight [...]

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2014 Summer Institute in American Indian Child Welfare
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2014 Summer Institute in American Indian Child Welfare

2014 Summer Institute in American Indian Child Welfare

By Melissa Mendez|2014-07-29T11:59:21-05:00July 25th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: Indian child welfare|

This past week, 4 of our U of MN MSW IV-E students had the opportunity to attend the Summer Institute in American Indian Child Welfare along with other IV-E child welfare students from UMD, St Cloud State and Mankato State. This year marked the 7th year of the Institute, which provides an opportunity for Tribal [...]

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