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2nd International Summer School: “Innovative Social Work Research in Southeast Europe: Integrating Justice, Human Rights, and Civic Engagement”

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Annamaria Campanini, President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Prof. During the summer school the book “Human Rights in this Age of Uncertainty – Social Work Approaches and Practices from Southeast Europe” (Springer, 2022), co -edited by prof. Sanela Bašić, Prof. Vjollca Krasniqi, and Prof.

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Addressing Equity in Schools: Youth Participatory Action Research and Transformative Social and Emotional Learning during COVID-19

Social Work Blog

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and rise in racial injustices signaled the need to engage students in macro-level interventions to maximize their contributions to their schools, communities, and society. Through CSL, students cultivate advocacy skills by identifying, investigating, and taking action to address concerns.

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Macro Social Workers Gather at the Brown School

Beyond Advocacy

Scores of macro practice social workers and students will gather at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis Public Schools, and the Clark-Fox Policy Institute at the Brown School. Louis beginning Thursday for the first in-person conference since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Demystifying the seats of power in Albany: Advocacy by social work students

Social Work Synergy

Before COVID-19 captured all our attention in order to meet the challenges of the changes in our academic, professional and personal lives, the University at Buffalo School of Social Work (UBSSW) traveled to Albany on March 3, 2020 for the annual Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD).

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Safeguarding overhaul needed to better protect disabled children in care, says abuse inquiry

Community Care

The panel also called for disabled children and those with complex needs to have access to advocacy, for services for them to be jointly commissioned by councils and integrated care boards, for joint inspections of services by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission and for investment in the workforce.

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Research: Young Adult Perceptions of Climate Change, Here and Abroad

University of Connecticut

The School of Social Work’s Center for International Social Work Studies (CISWS) has received an award to support research on the perceptions and attitudes of young adults toward climate change. The research is supported by UConn Hartford Director’s Office for Student Research. “We

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Reflections on a shattering year for Black people in Buffalo, New York

inSocialWork

Born and raised on Buffalo’s East Side, Brown has worked at the intersection of education and social justice as a general and special education teacher, an advocate for students with disabilities, and a school administrator. Kathryn Franco, LMSW, MPH, is an adjunct professor at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.

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