NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The number of ways family policing agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) can hurt the children they are mandated to protect is limited only by their imagination – and, unfortunately, this is the one area where they show any imagination at all. Among the worst things they do is tear children from the arms of parents – usually mothers – whose only crime is to, themselves, have survived domestic violence.

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Relias

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Nursing residency programs have both advantages and disadvantages. While many healthcare leaders believe that nurse residency programs are a necessity , others are wary of the cost and long-term commitment they require. Nurse graduates are often eager to leave the classroom behind and begin their careers, skipping residency programs altogether. Unfortunately, this leaves many new nurses without the hands-on training and clinical skills necessary for success — contributing to burnout and high tur

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Michigan Social Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

MSW student Kevin Nguyen has been appointed as an inaugural member of Michigan’s new LGBTQ+ Commission. Created by an executive order from Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the commission is responsible for reviewing, developing, and recommending policies focused on preventing discrimination against LGBTQ+ Michiganders. Ngyuen also serves as a member of the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission.

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Social Care

DECEMBER 18, 2023

"[We] developed a series of short, animated videos aimed at people with little prior knowledge of [how to support older people with depression]." Bite size learning - big life changes Supporting and helping to improve the health of older adults in our care is paramount. Depression is a common condition, one which can have a real impact on older adults’ wellbeing.

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Michigan Social Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Assistant Professor Katrina Ellis has received the James S. Jackson Emerging Scholar Award from the Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) at the U-M’s Institute for Social Research. Ellis’ research seeks to improve racial health equity, with a specific focus on cancer and family-focused approaches to understanding, preventing, and managing health conditions among Black Americans.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Alasdair Macdonald on education policies that Labour could introduce at virtually no cost, and Alison Walton and Nick Frost on the Ofsted regime’s harmful impact on children’s social services Polly Toynbee rightly highlights not only the impact of Ofsted’s “reign of fear” but also the many other negative legacies of Michael Gove and Nick Gibb ( The Ruth Perry tragedy must mark the end of Ofsted’s reign of fear, 12 December ).

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At one care home in Scarborough workers cried when they heard the new visa rules. The sector relies on overseas staff but many now say they plan to leave for the US or Canada It’s just after 7am on a drizzly, dark December morning and staff at Saint Cecilia’s nursing home in Scarborough are handing over from the night to the day shift. Some residents have been “a bit wandersome” in the night and had to be cajoled back to bed.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Truth is, human sexuality is complex. Somehow though this truth is misunderstood by many and outright denied by others. Like any other aspect of human health, behavior, traits and personality, sexuality is also on a spectrum. Indeed multiple spectrums. The two confusing spectrums for many is sexual orientation and gender identity. Sexual orientation is about who one is sexually attracted to.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When her dad found out the neighbor’s kid had been playing sex games with her, he went over and scared the sh-t out of him. She was eight at the time, the boy fourteen. Dad was like that, a scary guy. Not much of a talker. More of a doer. He was that way with his wife too. The girl found it all confusing. She liked the attention from the older boy.

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