NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It traced the history and documented the racism that infused the work of the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. White immigrants came in for similar abuse: e.g. “a typical low-grade Italian woman” [Others were called] “typical Puerto Ricans who loved fun, little work and were dependent people.”

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Poverty and financial hardship is a crucial factor for mental well-being, which is why MQ have invested in creating the 2023 cost of living report which gives guidance to all sectors of society about how to look after our mental health and the mental health of others during these difficult financial times.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Poverty and financial hardship is a crucial factor for mental well-being, which is why MQ have invested in creating the 2023 cost of living report which gives guidance to all sectors of society about how to look after our mental health and the mental health of others during these difficult financial times.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2022

The authors examine the increased risk of abuse and victimization that people with disabilities face while in romantic or sexual relationships and provide practice recommendations to help combat factors that contribute to this vulnerability. Developing a Sense of Self: A Workbook of Tenets & Tactics for Adolescent Girls by Dorothy A.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 24, 2021

For many, these longstanding obstacles to care become all the more intractable when compounded with the massive burden of a global pandemic disproportionally affecting their communities (Centers for Disease and Control Prevention, 2020; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2020).

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 10, 2022

We also discuss business considerations such as billing and reimbursement, as well as ethical and legal considerations including informed consent, confidentiality, substitute or end-of-life decision-making and potential conflicts of interest, diminished capacities, and elder abuse and neglect. Advance online publication.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This is because they develop treatment plans to address mental illness and substance abuse problems, often holding supervisory roles and advocating for human rights within the criminal justice system. They also provide support and counseling to individuals who have experienced abuse. This contributes to a safer and better society.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

But fortunately, as the rest of society has become more aware of the biases that permeate all forms of policing, including family policing, the Times has learned and now is much more -- Nope. But every year ACS investigates reports of child abuse involving roughly 56,000 children (not including duplicate reports). Just kidding.

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Gateway Foundation

JANUARY 22, 2024

The United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded over $110 million to the IDHS SUPR division since September 2016. An initial assessment helps determine the best care level for you based on the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM) criteria.

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Beautiful Voyager

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

That’s why I’ve been shouting from the rooftops about Sarah Warren and her work bringing Thomas Hanna’s clinical somatics to the wider world via through her book and online courses. There would be a reduction in opioid prescription, abuse, and related deaths. When I find something that works, I am not shy about it.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But even before COVID, much of it could be taken online. A child can be in foster care for months before there’s an actual trial and an actual determination of whether the child was, in fact, abused or neglected. But CASA websites regularly describe all the children they work with as abused and neglected.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

11 (1) of the Care Act) unless the adult lacks capacity to refuse the assessment and the authority is satisfied that carrying out the assessment would be in the adult’s best interests, or the adult is experiencing, or is at risk of, abuse or neglect (s.11 That the person has the right to refuse an assessment (s.11

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A new report from court-appointed watchdogs details how children in foster care are subjected to unlicensed and dangerous placements, exposed to sexual abuse or engaged in self harm, and administered incorrect or improper amounts of medication. The project is funded by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Saint Leo University.

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 14, 2023

The paper noted the increased risk of anxiety and depression among adolescents who are discriminated against and bullied online. For adolescents online, 6 out of 10 say they have little or no control over the personal information that social media companies collect about them, according to a study noted in the report.

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Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2021

Talk given to Applied Section Meeting of the British Psychoanalytical Society - 9th December 2020 (Pulling together various previously blogged thoughts regarding narcissism and narcissistic abuse.) Instead I’m particularly concerned with that kind of narcissistic abuse that goes by the name of ‘gaslighting’.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Also: Recordings of the panels at the upEND Movement convening last week are now available online. Speaking of how white society treats Native Americans, Indian Country Today has a story about where Jesuit orders in the west allegedly dumped their “problem priests.” And now the news – beginning with some good news: ?

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The Vintage Social Worker

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

I felt that in the face of such a move to the right the most vulnerable in our society whose life chances are few anyway were really about to be lost to the tide of populism. I apologise to my followers for having stopped writing but last summer seemed to drain me and left me rather lacking in passion for writing anything.

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Psychological Health Care

APRIL 27, 2021

Uncontrollable substance abuse, drug addiction or alcoholism. Substance abuse and addictions. In this case, the Australian Psychological Society recommended fee may be charged, however fees are at the discretion of individual psychologists and do vary. Find out more about our team online or call today to make an appointment.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

It's been nearly 50 years since the New York Daily News series "Big Money, Little Victims" exposed the power and the greed of private "child welfare" agencies, and abuse in their foster homes and institutions. They have been that system for more than 160 years – at least since Charles Loring Brace founded the Children’s Aid Society in 1852.

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The Guardian

MARCH 30, 2022

In a strongly worded open letter to the largest pornography sites in the UK, a coalition of charities and child safety experts led by Barnardo’s said the harm being done to children was so severe that the issue could not wait to be addressed as part of the online safety bill , which has yet to come into effect. Continue reading.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sometimes we hear; a family member has fallen sick or they just can’t manage homeschooling for their children, working from home, AND going to school online. Social work students deliver services online, learn remotely, and show up to social services agencies in deep transition.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Likewise, a social worker practising ‘power together’ needs to be vigilant that their co-operative work with a service user does not become collusive, espe- cially where the person they are working with has abused other people. They may learn to lower their aspirations in line with their position within the structuring of society.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 3, 2024

students, and MSW students will share their collective research through 27 oral and ePoster presentations and two symposia at the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 28 th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Twenty-five School of Social Work faculty, Ph.D. from January 10 to 14.

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