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Announcement: New Members of the IFSW Asia-Pacific UN Commission

International Federation of Social Workers

Following our call for expressions of interest, we are pleased to announce that the IFSW Asia-Pacific UN Commission has welcomed three new members.

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Undermining Black families in Indiana: It's already bad, proposed legislation would make everything even worse

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Indiana State Capitol - Photo by Warren LeMay If you are a Black child in Indiana, odds are four in five the family police WILL investigate you and your family. A shockingly high proportion of those investigations lead to foster care. Now some lawmakers want to make it even easier to take you away and keep you away forever. 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

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Strengthening Social Work in Africa: Navigating Progress and Challenges in Professional Regulation

International Federation of Social Workers

The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Africa Region and the Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW) are pleased to announce an upcoming webinar titled Regulation of Social Work in […]

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conversion and conversion

Clinical Philosophy

In his Jesus: The Village Psychiatrist , Donald Capps makes the to-me plausible case that several of Jesus's healings were of conversion disorders - or of what today we tend to call functional neurological disorders (FND). The New Testament, let's recall, tells various tales of Jesus's healing ministry (Mark 2, 5, 8, 9, 10; Matthew 8, 9, 12; Luke 4, 5, 6, 8, 17, 18; John 5, 9).

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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The Guardian view on the care experience: looked-after children and care leavers must be heard | Editorial

The Guardian

The increased visibility of people whose lives have been shaped by social services is a change for the better Select committee hearings typically involve experts answering questions from MPs. Last week there was a strikingly different session , as four care-experienced young people offered their perspectives to the education committee. The point was to increase MPs insight by confronting them with children for whom social care is a hugely important fact of life.