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Back to School Tips for Students in Out-of-Home Care

CO4Kids

Back to Blogs Parent Partner Blog Back to School Tips for Students in Out-of-Home Care School’s back in session and the transition can be tough for students in out-of-home care, caregivers and others that support them. Find folks your student trusts at school and keep them updated. Thinking of making a school change?

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The $20 million boondoggle that perfectly illustrates the banality of child welfare thinking

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But it’s hard to imagine anything that more perfectly captures the banality of child welfare thinking than this waste of $20 million: Five organizations will spend this federal grant money to create a “Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency.” And what will these groups do with the $20 million?

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When it comes to the problems plaguing “child welfare” wrongful removal drives everything else – including caseworker turnover. Case in point: Massachusetts

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

“They think they’re going to be working with families, helping families to engage in services, to be self-sufficient, to move on to higher education,” Everett said. The reality is we are moving kids night to night, we’re driving kids across the state for one-night placements to get them to school, we’re putting bandages on situations.”…

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The Importance of Bonding with an Adoptive Child

All For Kids

Written by: Keila Asaoka The importance of bonding with an adopted child is supported by scientific research, which emphasizes the significant impact of a supportive relationship on a child’s ability to thrive in the face of adversity. The post The Importance of Bonding with an Adoptive Child appeared first on All For Kids.

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A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

KVC

Or, if you’re not looking for services, learn how you can join KVC as an advocate, volunteer, financial supporter, event sponsor, foster or adoptive parent, or even team member. Typically they have engaged in outpatient services but haven’t experienced improvement.

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World Social Work Day 2024—Buen Vivir in Social Work: Co-Building a Sustainable and Just Future

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

This year, UNRISD teamed up once again with the Geneva and Fribourg Schools of Social Work and its international partners to mark the Day at UN in Geneva.

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Ultimate Guide on How to Use Social Work Ecomaps

Social Work Haven

A social work ecomap may be used by social workers via visual tools (diagrams or pictures) to engage with service users and elicit the required information. Then where does she/he spend most of her time example school. A straight line between her and the school counsellor and therapist show she receives energy from both of them.