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February 2019

Be Curious, not Furious

By |2019-04-26T10:11:44-05:00February 6th, 2019|Categories: PACC|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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; [...]

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July 2017

Complex Trauma, Self-Regulation, and Mindfulness-Based Practices in Child Welfare

By |2017-07-27T10:23:37-05:00July 25th, 2017|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , |

Guest blog post written by Jane F. Gilgun, PhD. LICSW, Tina Barr, MSW, PhD Cand., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA Each morning, children at Robert W. Coleman Elementary School in West Baltimore start their school day with 15 minutes of yoga and meditation. When students are disruptive, they don’t go to the principal’s office, [...]

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January 2017

Moral Injury and Child Welfare

By |2017-01-04T15:40:35-06:00January 4th, 2017|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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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September 2016

Transformative Healing

By |2016-12-01T19:32:50-06:00September 15th, 2016|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , , , , |

Guest Blog Post for University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare Written by: Amelia Franck Meyer, MS, MSW, APSW, LISW; CEO of Alia In child welfare, we come face-to-face with the need for healing on a daily basis. So much trust has been broken; so much pain has been felt. There are [...]

May 2016

There’s No Place Like Home

By |2016-12-01T19:32:50-06:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Today's Guest Blogger is Ann Rajkowski. The Mallon, Aledort & Ferrera (2002) article entitled There’s No Place Like Home: Achieving Safety, Permanency and Well-being for Lesbian and Gay Adolescents in Out-of-Home Settings discusses an exploratory study conducted on youth residing in two gay-affirming social service agencies, one in New York City and one in Los [...]

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September 2015

Girls’ Aggression and Child Welfare Social Work: Blog 13, Systems Change Through Relationship-Based Interviews

By |2016-12-01T19:32:53-06:00September 29th, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

By Jane F. Gilgun and Samantha Hirschey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA In previous blogs, we discussed relational interviews as a means of getting to know young people and building circles of trust. In this blog, we show how relational interviews can create change in systems that are punitive when young people act in [...]

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Girls’ Aggression in Child Welfare Series Final Blog: 2 New YouTube Videos on Girls’ Aggression

By |2016-12-01T19:32:53-06:00September 28th, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As we complete the Girls' Aggression in Child Welfare blog series we would like to share with you two wonderful videos that Professor Jane Gilgun has created along with this series. Video 1: Girls Aggression in Child Welfare Caseloads Part 1: Relational & Physical Aggression Girls' aggression is a growing concern. This video shows how [...]

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Girls’ Aggression and Child Welfare Social Work: Blog 12, Relationship-Based Intervention Programs

By |2016-12-01T19:32:53-06:00September 28th, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

By Jane F. Gilgun and Samantha Hirschey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA There are many interventions programs for children with aggression issues. Some are school-based, some involve both schools and families, and some are primarily family-based. Some make efforts to address issues of racial disproportionality, but, for the most part, this remains an issue [...]

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