Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 29, 2024

MSW, is a clinical associate professor at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. He researches technology and child welfare and enjoys integrating emerging technologies in the classroom and as a field instructor. LCSW, is a tech consultant for universities, social work departments, and social work agencies.

LMSW 246

LMSW LCSW Child Welfare Confidentiality 246

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This side of the child welfare story - what happens to mothers like Alexis after their children enter the system - is seldom seen. Department of Health and Human Services. When that happens, social services officials come under fire. But there are few consequences for wrongly removing children from their homes.

Child Welfare 115

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Self-harm 115

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

So the only real answer is to replace anonymous reporting with confidential reporting – as Texas has done , though too late to prevent a tragedy. --All All the caller – whoever it was – had to say to trigger an investigation was that the woman smoked marijuana in front of her child – even though marijuana is legal in New Jersey.

Child Welfare 52

Child Welfare Adoption Confidentiality Human Services 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Or will they uphold their commitments to child safety through family preservation? -- Based on her extensive research Prof. Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws.

Child Welfare 114

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 114