Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I have had several messages and conversations this week about violence in schools. If your child isn’t sleeping well at night or expresses fear about attending school, that may not be anxiety as you thought. Again, ask your kid about violence literally in the classroom, let alone the school yard. They were all unrelated.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 31, 2023

The case involves an Educational Assistant seeking leave for Traumatic Mental Stress owing to an incident with a six-year-old boy. This is an extraordinary case and outcome that may have profound implications for other injured Educational Assistants. Educational Workers in Ontario owe this worker a debt of gratitude.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

International Summer School: “Gender and Leadership: Social Work Education in Southeast Europe”. Annamaria Campanini, President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Prof. 5– 9 September 2022, University of Prishtina. Vjollca Krasniqi, Prof. Sanela Baši?, Shank (see [link] ).

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Department for Education (DfE) has merged responsibilities for children’s social care and schools under new minister Kelly Tolhurst. In relation to the scope of Tolhurst’s role, the DfE said its focus would be children’s wellbeing. Response to care review.

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Michigan Social Work

APRIL 17, 2024

The School of Social Work has again been named the nation’s top social work school in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Graduate School rankings. Since 2012, our School has had the honor to be ranked # 1 in the nation.

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

I am of an age when the educational assistant used to work only on behalf of the student to which they were assigned. In today’s environment, if and when the EA can facilitate a student’s actual education beyond just managing behavior, it’s a bonus. That will not be a conservative government.

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The Critical Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Who should be involved in deciding what school-based practice in teacher education should look like? Often it is the provider of initial teacher education – a team of teacher educators working at a central base, university or school. No right or wrong solutions are provided, and interpretation may be ambiguous.

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Blurt It Out

APRIL 22, 2021

Blurt Education Programme: School Staff Supporter We’re a social enterprise dedicated to helping those affected by depression Our education programme is an exciting branch of our work. We partner with primary schools, helping to provide mental health education to young people from the age of four to eleven.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

On a regular basis I hear the stories of educational assistants with similar scenarios. The main difference is that their occurrences take place in the public school classroom in full view of other students. I understand the issues faced by educational assistants. Let them know you stand with all education workers.

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Social Work Futures

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Council on Social Work Education regularly goes through a lengthy process to revise its educational and practice standards. The recommendations offered here are intended to help social work education (and those receiving their educations) be as ready to participate in multiple future scenarios simultaneously.

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Community Care

MAY 3, 2023

A scheme to provide school designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) with supervision from social workers has had no impact on measured outcomes, research has revealed. This should include: Referring cases of suspected abuse and neglect to children’s social care as required and supporting other staff who make referrals.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

As a human services professional or educator, you spend a lot of time devising a great autism education plan for each of the children you care for. She has worked as a school psychologist in public schools in New York and as a clinical psychologist in various clinic settings. Engel, Ph.D. So let’s get to it!

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Stop Abuse Campaign

APRIL 21, 2023

I know this to be true because after the most recent school shooting… Wait. The most recent school shooting.” School shootings happen so frequently in our country that we’ve come to refer to them as “the most recent.” Read that again. I thought this to be a practical solution to an impossible problem. Collectively.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

As many of you may already know, simulations are increasingly being incorporated into social work education in various ways (online, in-person, virtual or augmented reality, large-scale, standardized patient, OSCE (Objective structured clinical exams), formative assessment, etc.). Journal of Social Work Education. link] .

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inSocialWork

AUGUST 22, 2023

A career as a school social worker no doubt presents some nice benefits, and it’s a noble pursuit that allows social workers to apply varied skill sets and work with an interdisciplinary team. Our guests are Alyssa Ernst, MSW ’10, LMSW, and Stephanie Stodolka, LMSW, two school social workers who have been around the block.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 10, 2022

While RJ is becoming increasingly popular among K–12 educators and in schools, emphasis is typically on its social justice applications, including its use as an alternative to zero-tolerance discipline policies and its role in dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

IASSW Grants For Projects In Social Work Education. International Schools of Social Work (IASSW) invites proposals for projects, designed to advance social work education internationally. Project Funding ? Call For Proposals. Review, Notification Of Decisions And Process In Relation To Successful Applicants.

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It accused the school of giving “mammoth” preferences to underserved minority students at the expense of white and Asian students. We would not be here had this country seen the value in educating all its citizens. Board of Education overturned Plessy. Some shut down public schools rather than allow them to be desegregated.

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The School of Social Work’s marketing and web teams have won a Best of CASE District V Award for the School’s Centennial Timeline Project. The timeline depicts the School’s history from its origins to its current position as one of the world’s most prominent schools of social work.

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Famcare

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our nationwide educational system. Closures rattled public confidence in local schools. Interest in home schooling and other alternatives exploded. All of this loosened the status quo's grip on school norms, parental expectations, and the public imagination.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 18, 2022

Two members of the IFSW education commission will take part in a workshops funded and supported by the European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW) inviting social work academics, students and practitioners across Europe to explore the significance of International Social Work and how it can be integrated in the social work education, training (..)

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Swhelper

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Debates about the value and meaning of public education are not just about report cards and standardized test scores. The hope is that public education will equip youth with what they need to reach their full potential and flourish as the next generation of citizens.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 16, 2022

Global Dimensions in Social Work Education – Call for Proposal for SW Education Conference. this time of an increasingly interdependent and interconnected world, the social work profession is challenged to incorporate a global perspective in education, practice, and research that is culturally informed for the 21st century.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MARCH 14, 2022

Redefining social policy and social work practice in a post-pandemic society: Social welfare programs and social work education at a crossroads. Through this event, various fields of social policy, social work education and social welfare practice will be dealt with.

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The Critical Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

So, why Education: the Rock and Roll Years ? I was born at the birth of the modern education system and grew up in a period when rock and roll stormed on to the scene. I firmly believe our education system is in need of radical reform and re-engineering. What has led to our present views on how children should be educated?

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The New Social Worker

JUNE 29, 2022

The Parental Rights in Education law (dubbed “Don’t Say Gay”) goes into effect in Florida July 1, 2022. Will school social workers be able to do what they are there to do? They will find a way.

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Health & Social Care Workforce

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Carolin Hess is a PhD student in the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce who has been awarded Doctoral funding from the NIHR School for Social Care Research. She reports from a recent webinar, the latest in … Continue reading →

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CAPC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Article recaps universities with regional programs that integrate palliative care education.

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Doin' The Work

OCTOBER 24, 2022

We are now offering our Racial Justice & Liberatory Practice Continuing Education Series at Columbia University , Michigan State University , and the University of Houston. In this episode, I talk with Jewel Patterson, Edgar Ibarria, and Nicole Bates about their work organizing to end the school-to-prison pipeline in California.

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The Critical Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The Education Inspection Framework rightly places a significant emphasis on the curriculum as the substance of education. In recent years, schools have focused on raising academic attainment and this has led to unintended consequences, including teaching to the test and curriculum narrowing. Jonathan Glazzard and Michael Green.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Teacher recruitment and retention have reached crisis proportions, and the answer is to not address this as a discrete issue but to recognise that it is the result of the pressures that schools have been placed under over the last 13 years, not least in their role as the last service standing for many families, given the cuts to children’s services.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JUNE 1, 2023

Prof Dr Azlinda Azman appointed new Higher Education DG Prof Dr Azlinda Azman , IASSW Treasurer has been appointed as the new Higher Education director-general effective Wednesday (May 31) until May 30, 2025, the Higher Education Ministry, Malaysia announced.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Webinar on Social Work Practice Education in Europe. The EASSW co-funded project “Social Work Practice Education in Times of Pandemics, and Beyond. The results will be presented and discussed with the global community of social work on December, 15 th in the Webinar “Social Work Practice Education in Europe.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 28, 2022

JOINT WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. Social Work Education and Empowerment. Building core competencies, newer skills and global standards for social work education. Sustainable development and social work education. Digitalization and ICTs in Social Development and social work education.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 24, 2022

Roundtable: Asian Perspective for Social Work Education. . Date: 9 September 2022 (Friday). Time : 3:00-6:00 pm (HKT, GMT+8). Organizer: China and Global Development Network, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Location: Online via Zoom.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 18, 2022

Simply put, school social workers and other school administrators are constantly trying to identify aggression that may lead to violence. News and World Report, an estimated 14 mass shootings have killed a total of 169 victims since the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado. School Social Work Toolbox.

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Famcare

AUGUST 4, 2022

Bullying is a pervasive problem in schools across the United States. According to the National Center for Education Statistics , about one-third of students aged 12-18 reported being bullied during the school year. The most common type of bullying is verbal abuse, including name-calling, teasing, and making fun of someone.

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