In their own words, Life Story Work: Centering Children in care and beyond

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Join CASCW in kicking off the new year with this half-day webinar hosted by our Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) program. This training is geared toward PACC alumni, as well as professionals working across child welfare and mental health interested in learning how to better support kids impacted by foster care and adoption through the [...]

2023 CASCW Spring Conference

Delta Hotel by Marriott 1330 Industrial Blvd NE, Minneapolis, MN

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare is pleased to announce our 23rd Annual Spring Child Welfare Conference. This year we will host a one-day conference to discuss  interdisciplinary collaboration in child welfare. The conference will be in-person, with an opportunity for groups to stream live. Along with our keynote speaker, this applied approach [...]

Webinar: WorkIng with Parents around School Discipline and Online Learning

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CASCW and Channel Lowery (in partnership with Dr. Ceema Samini) will host a one hour virtual training.  Engaging with Parents about School Discipline and Online Learning Many families, as well as school and human service professionals, continue to reflect on the impact of the pandemic. This webinar will present an overview of a research study [...]

New Virtual Training on Clinical Supervision

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What Works in Clinical Supervision? A Review Of 21 Supervision Strategies Are you a child welfare worker interested in learning more about supervision practices? Or a supervisor looking to improve strategy with supervisees? A virtual training on the review of clinical supervision strategies and their potential for use in child welfare settings may be the [...]

Journaling to Support Well-being

PART 1: The Research and Development of Positive Recovery Journaling: A New Journaling Practice to Support Wellbeing In this webinar, Dr. Krentzman will describe different forms of journaling and discuss the research on journaling, gratitude, and values-based activity planning that contributed to the development of Positive Recovery Journaling. She will explain each aspect of Positive [...]

Practicing Journaling to Support Well-being

Part 2: Practicing Positive Recovery Journaling to Support Well-being In this second session, join Dr. Krentzman for an experiential journaling session. Dr. Krentzman will provide tips for success for each element of Positive Recovery Journaling followed by the opportunity to journal together. All you need is a notebook and a pen! What would I gain [...]

2023 Be@School Conference – Nothing About Us Without Us: Youth Experiences With Education

Delta Hotel by Marriott 1330 Industrial Blvd NE, Minneapolis, MN

Join CASCW for this year’s Be@School Conference! Conference participants will hear current and former student's reflections on their experience with the education system and what they need from adults, particularly related to school attendance. We'll also dig into the results from the 2022 Minnesota Student Survey. A current teacher will reflect on how he uses [...]

CASCW Permanency & Child Welfare Fall Conference!

Permanency in Child Welfare: Challenging Our Thinking, Growing Our Knowledge  Together with other professionals and advocates, revisit and unpack our perspectives of existing permanency knowledge and practices with children and older youth in child welfare. Attendees can strengthen their understanding of what’s involved to meet the expanding and sometimes contrasting needs of children, youth and [...]