NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

This agency's failure to follow federal law contributed to an unspeakable tragedy Last fall, I took issue with how KCUR public radio in Kansas City handled a story about the failings of the state’s family policing system (a more accurate term than “child welfare” system). In many ways, it was a good story, but it still missed the point. I concluded it this way: This was certainly a better story than many, perhaps most day-to-day reporting on “child welfare.

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Swhelper

JANUARY 11, 2023

Manuel Stoilov. After helplessly watching her sister try to navigate the international adoption process, Felicia Curcuru launched Binti in an effort to reinvent foster care and adoption. Since the launch of the company in 2017, Binti has expanded its network to over 190 agencies across 26 states in the U.S. The software Binti creates helps social workers […].

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The U.S. leads the world in the total number of incarcerations, imprisoning Americans at a rate of 629 people per every 100,000. And even though the current rate is the lowest in 20 years, the U.S. in 2022 had more than two million people in prison, according to World Population Review. And that number “is equivalent to roughly 25% of the world’s total prison population.”.

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Nnatasha Tracy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mental illness self-stigma is essential to recognize. Stigma is a very popular word in mental health advocacy circles. People talk nonstop about the effects of stigma, stigma, stigma. However, self-stigma gets somewhat less press. I don't know if that's because it's people with mental illness talking to other people with mental illness about self-stigma (as opposed to advocates who may or may not have an illness) or because people just don't like to cop to perceived weakness, but self-stigma is

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The Guardian

JANUARY 11, 2023

Health officials are reporting that the NHS is on its knees. John Harris talks to the Guardian’s health policy editor, Denis Campbell, about what he has seen. Plus, Conservative peer Gavin Barwell and Gaby Hinsliff talk about why NHS reform is such a tricky conversation Continue reading.

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Reimagining Social Work

JANUARY 11, 2023

We live in critical times. The unequal distribution of wealth and privilege (and the resulting unequal distribution of social suffering) continues to impact upon the stability of the world order. Arguably there is, at least, an increasing awareness of the social, economic, and environmental challenges which we are faced with collectively: as a planetary species. […].

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Famcare

JANUARY 11, 2023

Larry Breitenstein, PhD, chair of the social work department at Slippery Rock University, remembers child protection work in Kentucky in the early '70s. " I used to carry extra canned food in my car, just in case. Almost half my families needed help with food. Food stamps were new and food banks were scarce. We had petty cash for food, but it was never enough.

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Relias

JANUARY 11, 2023

For over a decade, we have heard the terms “value-based care” and “value-based payment” in discussions about how to improve health care quality and reduce costs. But as a major difference in how most providers have operated, change has come slowly. For example, less than 20% of Medicare spending is currently value-based. But momentum will continue, since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in 2021 that it plans to transition fully to value-based reimbursement by 2030.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

By Lorrie Appleton, LCSW. Mother and son sitting after quarrel at home. Lorrie R. Appleton, LCSW. I’m in trouble! I slip my report card into my father’s hand. I watch his face as he opens the dreaded document. His blue eyes turn red when he sees the “D” in Behavior. Next to the grade, the teacher explains her reasoning. Her notation reads, “Lorrie talks too much.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ruth Pearlman, LCSW, LICSW, M.ED. Wed, Feb 22, 2023. 10 am – 12 pm. 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a condition where a person has difficulties regulating their senses within their environment. These are our clients who can experience the world as being “too loud” or “too intense”.

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Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 11, 2023

Provides 2 hours of content on cultural competence. Qur-an Webb, MSW and colleagues from Welcome 2 Reality. Wed, Feb 15, 2023. 2:00 – 4:00 pm. 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. This webinar will examine implicit bias, the differences between equality and equity, and how to recognize equitable practices.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 11, 2023

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II. Thurs, Feb 23, 2023. 10 am – 12 pm (ET). 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. The 5th edition of the DSM brings with it some of the most significant changes between editions. In addition to changes in the disorders themselves and how they are grouped, the diagnostic system has been revamped.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 11, 2023

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II. Thurs, March 2, 2023. 10 am – 12 pm (ET). 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. Trainings on assessment and diagnosis typically focus on client symptoms and psychopathology, and examine existing diagnostic assessment tools. This training has the actual clinical interview at its focus, exploring how to gather the information you need from each client.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 11, 2023

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II. Thurs, Feb 16, 2023. 10 am – 12 pm (ET). 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Although a large component of the daily work of social workers is to diagnose psychiatric illnesses, there is little education on how to do that well.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 11, 2023

Catherine Ewing, LCSW, MDiv. Monday, Feb 27. 10 am – 12 pm (ET). 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Emotional Freedom Technique is a form of Energy Psychology, combining psychotherapy and energy healing techniques. It is based on the understanding of the human body as an electrical system and the recognition of the systems of subtle energy that surround and interface with the physi

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 11, 2023

Catherine Ewing, LCSW, MDiv. Monday, March 27, 2023. 10 am – 12 pm (ET). 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. This webinar is a great follow up for those who have taken Fundamentals of Emotional Freedom Technique: Care for Clients and Practitioners, other Entry Level EFT classes, or practicing on their own.

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