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If it's April Fools, it must be Child Abuse Hype and Hysteria Month

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In 2020, PCAA went further. They actually branded what they had done “health terrorism” – but refused to apologize for it. This is especially worth remembering as we begin “Child Abuse Awareness Month” – a month, which, appropriately starts on April Fools Day. Because it's a lot easier to create a monster than to bring it under control.

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Maine Child Welfare Advisory Panel charts a better way forward

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The right policy concerning tearing children from battered mothers because the children “witnessed domestic violence” can be boiled down to a single word: Don’t. The team also may include a parent advocate who’s been through the system herself. But it’s not that hard.

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If it’s April Fools, it must be Child Abuse Hype and Hysteria Month

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In 2020, PCAA went further. They actually branded what they had done “health terrorism” – but refused to apologize for it. This is especially worth remembering as we begin “Child Abuse Awareness Month” – a month, which, appropriately starts on April Fools Day. Because it's a lot easier to create a monster than to bring it under control.

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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

A law that bolsters family defense, so families have a team that can propose alternatives to cookie-cutter “service plans” doled out by the family police -- again, to spare children the horror of Texas foster care -- is a children’s rights law. ● And I would hate for us to vote for a policy where the tradeoff is.

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If it's April Fools, it must be Child Abuse Hype and Hysteria Month

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In 2020, PCAA went further. They actually branded what they had done “health terrorism” – but refused to apologize for it. This is especially worth remembering as we begin “Child Abuse Awareness Month” – a month, which, appropriately starts on April Fools Day. Because it's a lot easier to create a monster than to bring it under control.

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In a classic example of trying to make policy-by-horror-story, her latest report uses a tiny, non-random sample of cases she chose herself to justify sweeping conclusions that all boil down to: Take away more kids and don’t send them back! But Alberi seems to want OCFS to adopt a policy that boils down to: Please pass the salt.

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Social Worker Email Etiquette

Social Work Tech

the Feds would have a very hard time busting in without your password), but still, default to your agency’s IT policy. Setting this up will also generate “Recovery Keys”, which you need to print out and put in a safe place in case you ever lose 1 of your 2 venues (remember, you need BOTH to get in). OhEmmeG) December 21, 2017.