Tue.Feb 14, 2023

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Statement by the IFSW Asia-Pacific Regional President on the Turkey-Syria Earthquake

International Federation of Social Workers

Machiko OHARA, Ph.D.

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Trying to Get on an Upswing

My Brains Not Broken

I was reflecting on my last few posts about goals and goal-setting when a thought popped into my head. I feel like once or twice a year, I get fixated on goal-setting and self-improvement. It’s a mixture of reflection and idealism. I try to think up better strategies for my goals and ways to achieve them. At the same time, I know that there are many circumstances that get in my way, some of which are of my own making.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 14, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

● Think you know all about the cases at the heart of the current challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act? This story from Mother Jones will tell you a whole lot more about one of them – and why ICWA is so important. (And note, in particular, the role of the “volunteer guardian ad litem ” in the case. In Minnesota, where this case takes place, that’s the term they use for a CASA volunteer.) ● For more about ICWA, listen to the Imprint podcast interview with Sandy White Hawk, author of the memoi

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Still doing what we’ve always done: Victims and survivors still await publication of the independent review of child sex abuse allegations in St John Ambulance.

Irish Socail Worker

As someone who researches disclosure of childhood sexual abuse I am all too aware of the research regarding barriers to disclosure. Professor Delphine Colin-Vézina at McGill University, drawing upon the foundational work of Professor Ramona Alaggia (University of Toronto) carefully charted barriers from within, barriers in relation to others, and barriers in relation to the social world.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Try This: Evaluate Your Facilitation

Nicole Clark Consulting

Try this out and let me know how it goes for you. You can’t control everything, but surviving awkward facilitation moments is a matter of planning and reflection. Each facilitation allows you to identify themes in your facilitation experiences and plan how to address these in future facilitations. Last week, I shared advice for surviving [.] The post Try This: Evaluate Your Facilitation appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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12 Tips to Stop Feeling Invisible

Counselor Toolbox podcast

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