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CASCW Spring Conference – Criminal Justice Involvement of Families in Child Protection: Impact and Implications

By CASCW staff|2018-10-02T12:26:24-05:00October 26th, 2017|Categories: CASCW Events, Conference, Events|Tags: child welfare, child welfare conference|

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare is pleased to announce our 19th Annual Spring Child Welfare Conference. Criminal Justice Involvement of Families in Child Protection: Impact and Implications Families that become involved with the child welfare system face many challenges. Involvement with the criminal justice system, whether past or present, creates additional barriers [...]

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IPV Blog Series: Working with Intimate Partner Violence: Moving Forward (Part 3)

By CASCW staff|2017-09-01T09:38:00-05:00September 1st, 2017|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: child welfare, domestic violence, Intimate Partner Violence|

Guest Bloggers: Lynette Renner, PhD, Lindsay Anderson, MSW This information series includes three blog posts and two practice notes. The goal of this series is to provide information and encourage discussion around children’s exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV), specifically within the child welfare system. The purpose of this final blog post is to provide [...]

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IPV Blog Series: Discussing Intimate Partner Violence with Children and Families (Part 2)

By CASCW staff|2017-08-31T15:42:53-05:00August 31st, 2017|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: child welfare, domestic violence, Intimate Partner Violence|

Guest Bloggers: Lynette Renner, PhD, Lindsay Anderson, MSW This is part two of the three-part blog series on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) exposure in child welfare. In the first issue of Practice Notes, Intimate Partner Violence in Child Welfare we defined exposure to IPV to range from directly observing the violence, to hearing and/or being [...]

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IPV Blog Series: Prevalence and Effects of Children’s Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence (Part 1)

By CASCW staff|2017-08-30T16:02:15-05:00August 30th, 2017|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: child welfare, domestic violence, Intimate Partner Violence|

Guest Bloggers: Lynette Renner, PhD, Lindsay Anderson, MSW This information series includes three blog posts and two issues of Practice Notes. The goal of this series is to provide information and to encourage discussion around children’s exposure to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), specifically within the child welfare system. In this first blog post we will [...]

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Session Highlights: Bills of Interest to Child Welfare Professionals Being Considered

By CASCW staff|2017-03-10T12:29:15-06:00March 10th, 2017|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 89th legislative session, child welfare, MN budget, MN child welfare funding|

The Minnesota Legislature continues its work sifting through thousands of bills to consider for passage. We are currently tracking nearly 40 bills that are relevant to the child welfare field. The Minnesota Management and Budget office’s budget forecast has increased from December’s projection to $1.65 billion. This means that the governor and the legislature have [...]

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Moral Injury and Child Welfare

By admin|2017-01-04T15:40:35-06:00January 4th, 2017|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child abuse, child protection, child welfare, guest blogger, moral injury, practice issues, research, social work practice, trauma|

Guest blog post written by Erin Sugrue, MPP, MSW, LICSW, and Wendy Haight, PhD, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, in partnership with the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare. The Case of Brandon 12-year-old Brandon was receiving counseling for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following his placement in foster care. Brandon’s parents [...]

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Low Health & Mental Health Literacy in Asian American Immigrant Families: Implications on Children’s Health and Mental Health Equity

By admin|2016-12-21T10:02:43-06:00December 13th, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare, foster care, race and culture|

Guest blog post written by Hee Yun Lee, PhD & Raiza Beltran, MPH, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, in partnership with the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare. According to the U.S. Census, from 1990 to 2013, the U.S. immigrant population doubled to 4.3 million, comprising thirteen percent of the total U.S. population. [...]

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Fostering Self-Compassion in Children: Resources for Child Welfare Professionals

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:50-06:00June 23rd, 2016|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: child welfare, children, guest blogger, self-compassion, self-rejection, youth|

Guestbloggers: Jane F. Gilgun, PhD & Samantha Hirschey, MSW, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota Maria is a fifth-grade girl that has been placed into foster care. Maria was walking to class through a crowded hallway. The school principal was standing at the office door greeting the children. Maria tripped and dropped her books [...]

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