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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending August 22, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

This story also is about the power of newsroom diversity, and the need for more of it. As The Arizona Republic explains: The discovery has broad implications for children, parents and potential adoptive parents. Because, until a few years ago, people with Toriano Poter’s lived experience were rarely hired by newspaper editorial boards.

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NCCPR at the Kempe Center Conference: Attn: Family Police: Children's "well-being" is none of your damn business!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The family police took the noble concept of permanence and confused it with permanence in only one form – the paper permanence of formal adoption by strangers. It opted for the paper permanence of adoption, in which often a child is cut off from Mom and Dad to the point of doing everything possible to eradicate them from that child’s life.

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

She is wrong about domestic violence, she is wrong about truancy, she is wrong about “alternative response,” she is wrong about false reports and she is wrong to call for more institutionalization of children. (If Rather they witnessed domestic violence. Presumably witnessing domestic violence again.

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Why I Want to Be a Social Worker Essay Tips

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As I embark on this transformative journey, I am committed to adopting a strength-based approach—one that recognises and nurtures the inherent potential within each individual. Strength-Based Approach One of the key aspects of being a social worker is adopting a strength-based approach.

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All You Need To Know About Social Work Articles

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In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. Social Work Quotes.

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Ultimate Social Work Intervention Strategies

Social Work Haven

The role of the social worker becomes increasingly important as communities become more diverse. A story or book can be written for the child to explain why they were adopted or put in care to provoke open conversations and confirm that the situation was not their fault. Domestic violence. Davies (Ed.), Wiley Blackwell.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. Instead, the coach is going to court to adopt your child – because he now has every bit as much right to your child as you do.