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ACE 101: Incarcerated Household Member

Stop Abuse Campaign

This person may be a family member or a stranger, and the child may or may not need to be adopted out, depending on if the family member loses custody. Answer these ten confidential questions developed with the CDC and understand your warning signs. What Can We Do? Read about the ten categories of ACEs by following our blog.

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When the journalism of child welfare fails, part three: Texas lawmakers are catching on; the Texas Tribune is not.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Another bill largely (though not completely) replaces anonymous reporting to the state’s child abuse hotline with confidential reporting. The anonymous reporting bill The first bill discussed specifically in the Tribune story is the one largely replacing anonymous reporting with confidential reporting.

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Social Worker Home Visit Checklist to Take Note Of

Social Work Haven

This is why many agencies and local authorities have adopted standardised social worker home visit checklists. Mental health issues can manifest in various ways, potentially leading to feelings of isolation, depression, or even suicidal thoughts.

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Love in the Present Tense by Nina Praske

The Critical Blog

In doing so, I hope to do something useful, which might help people who will encounter families such as mine and want to do the best they can to help in this most delicate situation where heartbreak and patient confidentiality collide. I told her my son had died and she wrote me up for a very heavy duty anti-depressant. My son was gay.

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