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When the journalism of child welfare fails, part two: A reporter in Scranton has her facts wrong – and her blunder is hurting children

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Most of the time, when I take issue with the journalism of child welfare, it involves reporters who mean well but have taken to heart decades of conventional wisdom. The story no longer appears to be available online, but it's in NCCPR's database of "child welfare" news coverage. Lackawanna County, Pa., The local D.A.

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Finley Boden: professionals should have protected baby murdered by his parents, review finds

Community Care

Based on outdoor contact sessions and time spent with Marsden and Boden, she concluded that, with time and support, they could make changes, and recommended the children’s phased rehabilitation, over six months.

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News Items – April 13, 2023

Social Workers Speak

of Corrections and Rehabilitation). Job satisfaction is also a concern, particularly in high-stress specialties like child welfare investigations, she added. For years, Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) have been overworked and undervalued at CDCR (CA Dept.

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News Items – April 13, 2023

Social Workers Speak

of Corrections and Rehabilitation). Job satisfaction is also a concern, particularly in high-stress specialties like child welfare investigations, she added. For years, Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) have been overworked and undervalued at CDCR (CA Dept.

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Ideological Bias in Social Sciences and Implications for Clinical Practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

Nonetheless, we bear responsibility towards the public welfare. Dr. Nina Silander is a clinical rehabilitation psychologist practicing in the busiest rehabilitation hospital in the country, located in Jacksonville, FL. Author Bio.

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A Love Letter to Social Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19

Social Work Synergy

They work in child welfare agencies where the work is so sensitive that they avoid talking about it. Before I became a social work professor, I did casework in hospitals, child welfare agencies, crisis hotlines, and in the Veteran’s Administration. She took one to use for herself, a disposable she is reusing several days in a row.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

I have always been passionate about criminal justice reform and lowering our country’s recidivism rate through rehabilitative practices. After my MSW, my goal is to work in the criminal justice system, practicing social work in a juvenile detention center. Addressing the mental health needs of our society has become ever more urgent.