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Our annual call to end child welfare’s public celebration of family executions

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Tomorrow, on “National Adoption Day, who will stop to remember that for some children and some young adults every mass adoption ceremony, every treacly feature story on the local news is an act of cruelty – ripping the scab off a wound that never fully heals? It is the prerequisite to any adoption of a child from foster care.

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Our annual reminder: End "child welfare"’s public celebration of family executions

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

On this Saturday - “National Adoption Day” - who will stop to remember that for some children and some young adults every mass adoption ceremony, every treacly feature story on the local news is an act of cruelty – ripping the scab off a wound that never fully heals? It is the prerequisite to any adoption of a child from foster care.

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End child welfare’s public celebration of family executions

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

On this Saturday - “National Adoption Day” - who will stop to remember that for some children and some young adults every mass adoption ceremony, every treacly feature story on the local news is an act of cruelty – ripping the scab off a wound that never fully heals. It is the prerequisite to any adoption of a child from foster care.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending December 20, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

As Dean of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, Alan Detlaff devoted his career to fighting the racism that permeates family policing. And KING5 continued to cover the story diligently. That’s why he’s no longer the dean. (He He continues as a professor.) It certainly had a negative effect on the children.” Added Prof.

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All You Need To Know About Social Work Articles

Social Work Haven

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. Some of these articles are free to access.

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Meet the Author: SaraKay Smullens explains why Second Edition of Burnout and Self-Care in Social Work was desperately needed

Social Workers Speak

Part of this selection must include committing ourselves to working for and fighting for the adoption of the Social Determinants of Health – a “must” self and societal care priority. In 2019 SaraKay was one of five graduates of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Policy and Practice inducted into its Inaugural Hall of Fame.

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The failure of the child welfare McLawsuits, Part One

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Vivek Sankaran, director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic at the University of Michigan School of Law says the best thing CR could do would be to get out. That’s why, in most cases, they accomplish nothing, and in some cases they make things worse.