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Call for Papers: Adoption Quarterly Special Issue

Jaeran Kim

Ethics and birth/first parents: What are the ethical considerations in working with expectant parents in options counseling, and/or termination of parental rights for adoption? Assistant Professor, Social Work and Criminal Justice. home study) and matching processes (i.e. use of child photo listings)? 2211 Riverside Avenue.

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How the journalism of child welfare fails

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Imagine for a moment that you are a reporter assigned to write a multi-part in-depth series on the criminal justice system. The story describes an assortment of programs built largely around what providers want to provide: counseling and parent education – because, remember, those parents may not be evil but they sure are sick!

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. You may also provide direct services, such as counselling or case management, to clients or their families.

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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

Relias

Behavioral health organizations can work with communities to organize support groups, peer counseling, and other psychological first-aid options to provide community members with the help they need. Building supportive networks and social connections is crucial for collective healing.

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118 -Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Mental Health

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Mental Health and Criminal Justice Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director AllCEUs.com, Counseling Continuing Education Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery CEUs are available for this podcast at [link] Objectives ~ Where to begin… ~ Explore the scope of the problem (..)

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#HardStories – To tell or not to tell

Irish Social Worker

Morrogh discusses the social barriers to disclosure, specifically highlighting victim-blaming, the complex and adversarial nature of our criminal justice system and, in a call to action, asks us if we really want the truth to seem so far out of reach to so many who have experienced sexual violence.

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Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: Doing what we’ve always done?

Irish Social Worker

We have incorporated this as meaning in the context of the criminal justice system only, contacting the Gardaí. In Ireland, we have taken a narrow approach to adoption of the Directive. Such rights and services currently come into play when the individual contacts a ‘competent authority’. Doing what we’ve always done?