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About Melissa Mendez

Melissa Batalden Mendez, MSW, LICSW is the Title IV-E Field Coordinator at CASCW. She coordinates the field placements for MSW students who are receiving the Title IV-E child welfare stipend through CASCW. She leads a special Title IV-E field placement program at Hennepin County.

May 2014

Understanding sovereignty as key to addressing disparities?

By |2016-12-01T19:33:01-06:00May 23rd, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: , , |

IV-E Scholar Courtney Knoll is interning within the ICWA unit at Hennepin County. She has had the opportunity as an MSW IV-E student to attend both the 2013 Summer Institute in American Indian Child Welfare coordinated by the University of Minnesota—Duluth's Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies and the 2014 Winter Institute on [...]

A Field Placement in Adoption

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00May 16th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: , |

Caitlin blogs about interning in the adoption unit at Hennepin County. MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student: Caitlin Franko Field Instructor: Angie Marks Task Supervisor: Renee Gasner Field Site: Hennepin County "My internship was with Hennepin County Adoptions. Prior to interning, adoption was something that interested me but I did not know much about. I [...]

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IV-E students attend Spring Child Welfare Conference: Attending to Well-Being in Child Welfare

By |2014-05-07T12:38:19-05:00May 9th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|

On Tuesday, May 6th several current IV-E students attended the CASCW Spring Conference, which looked at various aspects of well-being within child welfare. Information on the presenters as well as links to the conference handouts can be found here: http://z.umn.edu/wellbeingcw Soon we will have a link to the recorded version of this conference up on [...]

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Students evaluate their own practice within their field placements—2014 Advanced Social Work Evaluation Symposium

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00May 2nd, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|

May 1st was the first of a four-day Advanced Social Work Evaluation Symposium. All advanced standing and 2nd year students participate in this course that guides students in conducting a direct practice evaluation within their field placement. IV-E scholars looked at their own direct practice work within their specific field placement settings to learn to [...]

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April 2014

Solid support for learning within a child protection internship

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00April 18th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: , |

G. Lee blogs about her internship in child protection. MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student: G Lee Xiong Field Instructor: Mark Muellerleile Task Supervisor: Becky Hilderman Field Site: Ramsey County Community Human Services Working with Becky, Mark and the Child Protection Intake Staff has truly been an amazing learning experience for me. Becky has been [...]

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A Field Placement in Child Protection

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00April 11th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|

Jodie blogs about working with her field instructor and task supervisor in a child protection unit at Ramsey County MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student: Jodie Glaspie Field Instructor: Nichole Castona Task Supervisor: Melissa Dolan Field Site: Ramsey County Community Human Services "Working with Nichole and Melissa and the entire program unit at Ramsey County, [...]

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Applying classroom and training knowledge in the field

By |2016-12-01T19:33:03-06:00April 4th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: , , |

Rachel blogs about taking what she's learned in her MSW coursework and field training to her work with families in the child protection system. My name is Rachel, and I am an MSW IV-E student interning within a child protection unit in the metro area. This past year has been my first experience working in [...]

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March 2014

A field placement working to promote educational stability for youth in foster care

By |2016-12-01T19:33:03-06:00March 28th, 2014|Categories: Field Notes|Tags: |

The SPPS Student Placement Center. Source: SPPS In this Field Notes post, Margaret writes about her field placement working with youth in St. Paul Public Schools who are currently in foster care. My field experience at the Fostering Connections office in St. Paul Public Schools has given me an excellent introduction to child welfare policy, [...]

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