University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

School of Social Work faculty and staff are engaged in collaborative teams that are developing and advancing scholarship to address a diverse range of problems, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, adverse childhood experiences, foster care, homophobia, trauma, aging, and more.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Today, a growing body of research confirms that reading and writing can be therapeutic, even reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. The author could not stop smiling and a feeling of pride and triumph overcame her feelings of helplessness and depression.” It was called ‘This Is My Life’ by It’s-Never-2-Late-Productions.

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Social Worker Domestic Violence LCSW Nursing Home 59

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

A mom identified as Ruth said she went through five years of “malicious calls,” leaving her anxious and depressed. “My Her 3-year-old daughter “was so nervous being interrogated by strangers so many times that she started behaving irregularly.” My daughter wet the bed for three years straight,” she stated.

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Child Welfare Welfare Administration Depression 105

All For Kids

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Other Behavioral Issues Adopted children, whether from birth parents or the foster care system, may exhibit behavioral issues as they adjust to their new family dynamics. It’s important for adoptive parents to provide reassurance and support during these periods of uncertainty.

Psychology 52

Psychology Adoption Psychosocial Substance Abuse 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Then they tell judges if the children should be taken from those families, sometimes forever. That, of course, raises problems of inherent bias. But some CASA chapters have made their biases depressingly obvious. Consider what happened nine years ago in Arkansas City, Kansas. To raise funds for the local CASA chapter, they held a talent competition.

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Child Welfare Welfare Diversity Depression 77

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Then they tell judges if the children should be taken from those families, sometimes forever. That, of course, raises problems of inherent bias. But some CASA chapters have made their biases depressingly obvious. Consider what happened nine years ago in Arkansas City, Kansas. To raise funds for the local CASA chapter, they held a talent competition.

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Child Welfare Welfare Diversity Depression 76

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Then they tell judges if the children should be taken from those families, sometimes forever. That, of course, raises problems of inherent bias. But some CASA chapters have made their biases depressingly obvious. Consider what happened nine years ago in Arkansas City, Kansas. To raise funds for the local CASA chapter, they held a talent competition.

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Child Welfare Welfare Diversity Depression 76

The Guardian

JUNE 26, 2022

Report suggests half of all foster carers are looking after a child with complex needs Foster care in Britain is facing a “mental health crisis” because the government is failing to meet the needs of mentally ill children in care. Continue reading.

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Mental Health Foster Care Anxiety Disorder 19

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Child Welfare Specialist : Social workers in this role focus on the safety and well-being of children, often within the context of child protective services or foster care systems. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.

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Social Worker Treatment Planning Interventional Justice and Corrections 95

Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

This can include children and youth in foster care, individuals experiencing homelessness, survivors of domestic violence, older adults facing neglect, and many others. In addition, the social work role has been associated with burnout, depression, job related stress, poor work life balance resulting in a high turnover in the field.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

So the public was primed to scapegoat family preservation when Nixzmary Brown died in January, 2006 – leading to a foster-care panic , a sharp sudden increase in the number of children torn from everyone they know and love and consigned to the chaos of foster care. The panic was welcomed by the Times. So did The Imprint.

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Foster Care Domestic Violence Child Welfare Welfare 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 17, 2025

So the head of the industrys trade association, Becky Miller Updike, told a Colorado legislative committee: Were seeing suicidal, homicidal 6-year-olds and they do not belong in foster care. They absolutely do belong in foster care or, far better, in their own homes. Later she changed the age to 5.)

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Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Self-harm 71

KVC

MAY 24, 2022

These stories came from youth and families we’ve served, foster or adoptive families who support our mission, and KVC team members who provide in-home family therapy and support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment or other life-changing services.

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Foster Care Mental Health Adoption Hospitals 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 11, 2023

The Tribune is still pushing the Big Lie of American “child welfare” – the idea that any bill that protects children from being traumatized by the family police and forced into the hellscape of Texas foster care is a “parents’ rights” bill that supposedly comes at the expense of child safety. On the contrary.

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KVC

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The expanded KVC Missouri team will serve thousands of families each year, offering preventative family strengthening services, foster care , children’s mental health treatment, educational academies, and other services from 20 locations including Kansas City, St. We can truly transform the face of foster care and mental health.”

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All For Kids

MARCH 12, 2025

Other studies show that young women with healthy relationships with their fathers were less likely to become clinically depressed or anxious, develop eating disorders, body dysmorphia, or be dissatisfied with their appearance or body weight. We all have a role in ensuring every child in our nation is loved, safe, nurtured, and cared for.

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Mental Health Foster Care Depression Schools 52

KVC

APRIL 10, 2023

The appearance of anxiety, depression, aggression, irrational fears, regression (returning to an earlier behavior) and/or withdrawal from participating can all be signs of abuse. Our team provides compassionate care through mental health treatment , in-home family support , foster care, adoption and children’s mental health hospitals.

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Self-harm Advocacy Foster Care Mental Health 52

University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

It is an IOP dedicated to working with adolescents who are currently experiencing depression, anxiety, as well as school refusal, maladaptive eating, self-injury and suicidal ideation. My plan is continuing to work in the group setting and IOP services, specifically with individuals who are experiencing self-harm, depression and anxiety.

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Criminal Justice Schools Mental Health Social Worker 98

KVC

JUNE 16, 2022

One report revealed that this support and acceptance is associated with greater self-esteem, social support, general health status, less depression, less substance abuse and less suicidal ideation and behaviors among LGBTQIA+ youth. Acceptance and support by family members or other caregivers has a huge impact on a LGBTQIA+ youth.

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Mental Health Self-harm Substance Abuse Adoption 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It is all laid out in depressing detail in her 1999 book Nobody’s Children – see especially pages 164 to 171. She complains about kinship foster care in part because relatives “live on the economic margins” [p.157]. Nothing in my description of Bartholet’s scheme that follows constitutes inference on my part.

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Child Welfare Self-harm Adoption Welfare 109

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Then they tell judges if the children should be taken from those families, sometimes forever. That, of course, raises problems of inherent bias. But some CASA chapters have made their biases depressingly obvious. Consider what happened nine years ago in Arkansas City, Kansas. To raise funds for the local CASA chapter, they held a talent competition.

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Child Welfare Welfare Diversity Depression 87

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A shockingly high proportion of those investigations lead to foster care. Among other things, they want to let those nice white, middle-class foster parents go to court on their own and try to take you and keep you forever or at least as long as they feel like it. She was taken from her parents only to die in foster care.

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Foster Care Adoption Child Welfare Welfare 97

KVC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

As a result, they experience higher rates of health problems like heart disease, diabetes and depression. Access to Healthcare People without health insurance are less likely to have a primary care physician to contact in case of medical need. With lower education levels, these children are less likely to get safe and high-paying jobs.

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Healthcare Mental Health Telehealth Child Welfare 52