Book Review: Macro Perspectives on Youths Aging Out of Foster Care
Book review of Macro Perspectives on Youths Aging Out of Foster Care
View ArticleReal World Clinical Blog: On Childhood Sexual Abuse
To successfully treat children who have been sexually abused, several paradigm shifts are required. This means, primarily, that we need to reconceptualize the possible scope of sexual abuse.
View ArticleIllinois DCFS reminds parents and caregivers about the ABCs of Safe Sleep for...
October is Safe Sleep Awareness Month, and the Illinois DCFS reminds parents and caregivers of three simple steps to ensure the infants in their care are put to sleep safely.
View ArticleShoes - Poetry
Shoes - poetry by University of North Dakota pre-social work student Meera Ostrom
View ArticleBook Review: Learning From Baby P: The Politics of Blame, Fear and Denial
Book review of Learning From Baby P.
View ArticleThe Impact of Sexual Trauma: Working With Men and Boys in a Psychiatric...
So often, when we think of victims or survivors of interpersonal violence, specifically sexual assault, we think of girls and women. In reality and throughout history, boys and men have also...
View ArticleDo We Care About the Fate of Children in Foster Care?
What happens to children after entering the foster care system? We as a society should redirect our focus and show a valid interest in improving the lives of this vulnerable, academically at-risk...
View ArticleBook Review: Domestic Abuse, Child Custody, and Visitation
Book review of Domestic Abuse, Child Custody, and Visitation.
View ArticleKids in Care and Those Who Care Art Exhibit Held in Chicago for Child Abuse...
The IL Department of Children and Family Services, with Prevent Child Abuse Illinois, held the 6th annual "Kids in Care, and Those Who Care Art Exhibit" at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, IL,...
View ArticleFamily Separation at the U.S. Border Denounced by Major Social Work and Other...
There is consensus among major social work, mental health, medical, and other helping professional organizations that the separation of children from their parents at the U.S. border is inhumane and...
View ArticleMy Truth in Child Protection Social Work: Know Who You Are
I am thankful for every experience that I shared with the families I worked alongside as a child protection social worker. I am humbled that in their most vulnerable time, families allowed me to be...
View Article“Leave No Trace” (Though Invisible to Most) An Examination of Social Work...
SaraKay Smullens' review of "Leave No Trace" focuses on the social work skills of one unnamed character in the film.
View ArticleBook Review: After the Cradle Falls: What Child Abuse Is, How We Respond To...
Book Review: After the Cradle Falls: What Child Abuse Is, How We Respond To It, And What You Can Do About It
View ArticleMovie Review: The Children Act
Movie review - In "The Children Act," a family court judge makes critical decisions. The pain and danger inflicted by a lack of self-awareness and reflection make The Children Act a difficult but...
View ArticleBig Problems, Big Solutions, Big Data: A Defense of the Use of Predictive...
Although artificial intelligence is not yet a perfect answer, it offers us a tool to solve systemic problems within child welfare. CCWIS and big data offer us a tool to create a modern, impactful, and...
View ArticleThe HBO Film “Foster”: Vulnerable Children, Social Work Grit, Impossible Odds
A 2-hour documentary that premiered May 7, 2019, during National Foster Care Awareness Month, the film "Foster" centers on the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the largest...
View ArticleJoaquin Phoenix’s "Joker": The Impact of Torment and Trauma—A Call to Insight...
Film review: Adolescent and teen clients convinced me that I was wrong in my pre-judgment of Joker. The film exposes truths about the emotionally victimized and our country’s cruel and inadequate...
View ArticleSocial Work Over the Generations: The Lessons We Carry
"Mrs. Paschal let me continue just long enough for the lesson but not long enough for my client or her children to suffer." A story of how one supervisor helped a new social worker distinguish between...
View ArticleSocial Work, Foster Care, and the Day I Was Rescued
The foster care system is an important entity in regard to the mental health and well-being of a child. I am a living witness to the power of foster care social work, and I remain grateful for what...
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