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6 Challenges of the Human Services Worker

Relias

It’s hard being a human services worker. Let’s take a few minutes to understand these challenges and how human services professionals can work to overcome them. Challenges a human services worker will face. Often, they and/or family members demand specific types of interventions. A shift in roles.

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The fundamental misconception at the heart of the Family First Act

Child Welfare Monitor

States have been hard-put to devise plans for implementing the new services because the bill was designed to fix a problem that did not exist–the alleged absence of child welfare services designed to help families stay together. I’m not saying that all families were getting all the services they needed.

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A child welfare case leads to a stunning dissent from Michigan’s Chief Justice

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

More than just a dissent in an individual case, this opinion is a call to transform “child welfare” in Michigan – and everywhere else. is a brilliant dissection of the failings of both law and practice in “child welfare” in Michigan and pretty much everywhere else in America.

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2026 Annual Progress and Services Report Stakeholder Feedback

CO4Kids

Back to Blogs Community Blog 2026 Annual Progress and Services Report Stakeholder Feedback The Colorado Department of Human Services Division of Child Welfare is in the final stages of writing the 2026 Annual Progress and Services Report (“APSR”) for federal submission.

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U.S. Administration for Children and Families Grant Funds Research Project

University of Connecticut

The primary goal of the project is to determine whether the “Breakthrough Parenting Curriculum: Navigating Trauma Across Generations (BPC)”— a trauma-informed parenting intervention — is effective at promoting child, parent, and family wellbeing among underserved families at-risk for involvement with the child welfare system.

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Help Your Clients Get the Most Out of ABA Parent Training

Relias

To get the best results from parental involvement, however, you’ll need to provide parent training around ABA interventions. For one, studies have shown that training families to help deliver interventions may also reduce the need for medications used to address behavioral challenges. This type of training has proved highly effective.

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CBT for Kids: How You Can Improve the Mental Health of Younger Clients

Relias

Concurrently, CBT-based interventions emphasize the importance of identifying activities that lead to neutral or positive feelings. A basic premise of CBT is that our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all linked and influence each other. Many times, clients will begin to recognize that when they engage in certain activities (e.g.,

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