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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending April 26, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

As Molly Parker writes : News stories about child welfare tend to stake out one of two positions: They take agencies like [the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services] to task for missing numerous and seemingly obvious red flags leading to a child’s death; or they draw attention to cases where children have been unnecessarily removed.

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Wrongful removal inflicts profound psychological trauma. Landry runs the Office of Child and Family Services within Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services. Providers were not objective and recommendations in a psychological evaluation were not implemented. She is dangerously wrong.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2024, part two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But Reveal, the documentary series from the Center for Investigative Reporting begins its story about whats happening now, involving a powerful Utah family and a Native American child this way: In 2017, David Leavitt drove to the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Montana to adopt a baby girl. Actually, startling doesnt begin to describe it.

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Child Welfare Update: February 2024

Child Welfare Monitor

Attachment theory , which is widely accepted and taught in classes on psychology, social work and human development, posits that a strong attachment is central to the development of infants and affects their brain development and their ability to form relationships throughout life. And already has, I would think!)