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Macro-Level Social Work Interventions in Schools: Poverty Simulation Programs as Professional Development Opportunities for K–12 Educators

Social Work Blog

These include grocery stores, food pantries, department of social services, the police, educational institutions, employers, and various other businesses and services that may be present in a community. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. Article authors: Anna Maria T.

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Kathryn Libal, director of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, has been promoted to full professor

University of Connecticut

On April 17, the University of Connecticut (UConn) Office of the Provost announced awards of promotion and/or tenure to faculty, including the School of Social Work’s Kathryn Libal, Ph.D. Megan Berthold , Scott Harding and several doctoral students in social work.

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Immigration Social Work: Big Ideas From Texas

Social Work Blog

So how are different social work schools there addressing this increasingly important subject area? . Special coursework on immigration would seem a natural, but the subject is already baked into the curricula at most Texas social work schools. . Mexico border realities,” says Eva M.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending April 11, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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Emily Henderson, LMSW, MSW ’13

University of Connecticut

Emily Henderson spent 5 years in Montgomery, Alabama where she graduated from the illustrious Historical Black College, Alabama State University in 2011. At that time, she obtained her Bachelors in Social Work with a focus area in Criminal Justice.

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Emily Henderson, LMSW, MSW ’13

University of Connecticut

Emily Henderson spent 5 years in Montgomery, Alabama where she graduated from the illustrious Historical Black College, Alabama State University in 2011. At that time, she obtained her Bachelors in Social Work with a focus area in Criminal Justice.

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Standard operating cruelty: When the family police steal more than Social Security checks

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Vivek Sankaran, director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic at the University of Michigan School of Law explains, what children need is relational permanence. Often it means cutting off grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, teachers, coaches and mentors. But as Prof.

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