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Best Practices for Promoting Self-Advocacy Among Your IDD Clients

Relias

For direct support professionals (DSPs) and others working in the intellectual and development disabilities field (IDD), acting as an ally for client self-advocacy is a huge part of the job. What is self-advocacy? What is self-advocacy? Self-advocacy is deeply personal. But knowing where to start can be tricky.

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Panel disappointed with ministers’ response to its proposals to boost safeguarding of disabled children

Community Care

Inquiry into abuse at special schools The panel made its recommendations last year in its second report into abuse at three residential special schools registered as children’s homes run by the Hesley Group. This is currently the subject of a criminal investigation. This is currently the subject of a criminal investigation.

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Preventing school shootings

Stop Abuse Campaign

What do the experts know about school shootings, gun violence, and children? Gun violence is a public health problem, but it’s not all about school shootings. . It is essential to realize that school shootings make up a tiny percentage of youth firearms deaths. Of these youth, roughly half die from homicide (992).

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2021 Albany, washington D.C., United NaTions ~ Virtual Advocacy Days

Social Work Synergy

We’re pleased to announce these social work advocacy days for Spring 2021, all virtual, as we act to keep ourselves and our communities safe during COVID-19. Director, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Dr. Mimi Abramowitz, Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Work, Silberman School, Hunter College. March 10th and Thu.

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NASW disappointed by ruling upholding firing of pregnant Catholic school teacher

Social Work Blog

Crisitello was an elementary school art teacher who was terminated by her employer, a Catholic elementary school, after she became pregnant while unmarried.

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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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“Overworked and Stretched Thin”: Burnout and Systemic Failure in School Social Work

Social Work Blog

Children and their families rely on school social workers (SSWs) to meet increasingly pressing and common mental health needs. In a recent issue of the journal Children & Schools , an article showcases the findings of a study on SSW burnout. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership.