Over the next few weeks, we will feature guest posts from Dr. Jane Gilgun, Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Dr. Gilgun’s research interests include how individuals (including children) overcome adversity, how violent behavior develops, and what violence means to perpetrators. Dr. Gilgun has developed several resources for the Center for [...]
On Tuesday, Sept 2nd, classes officially began at the University of Minnesota. On that day, the 2014-15 MSW Child Welfare Hennepin County Cohort began their orientation for their field placements at the Health and Human Services building in downtown Minneapolis. This year, we have 7 IV-E MSW students interning within Hennepin County in the following [...]
The new academic year at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work begins today. A few CASCW staff members (myself included) have kindergarteners going to school for the very first time over the next two weeks, so we can relate to the "first day" experiences of our new and returning IV-E child welfare MSW [...]
On Monday, August 25th, close to 200 MSW students and field instructors came together in the North Star Ballroom at the St. Paul Student Center for training to prepare for field experiences this year. After a large group ice-breaker activity, everyone settled in and learned about important field documents and policies. After this, we had [...]
Screenshot of the new poster outlining Oregon's Foster Children's Bill of Rights. Source of the screenshot: Oregon DHS Oregon's 2013 Legislature passed a law requiring Oregon's Department of Human Services to establish the Foster Children's Bill of Rights. While Oregon's DHS already had in place specific rules pertaining to the rights of children and youth [...]
One of the lead child protection agencies in Australia, Barnardos Australia, has introduced a resource for children and youth in foster care: a digital "memory box" called MyStory. The purpose of the digital memory box is to give children and youth in foster care a place to store their photos, report cards, drawings, letters, and [...]
Due to great interest, the Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) program is currently accepting registration for a SECOND cohort to start this September, 2014. The first Twin Cities cohort filled quickly so register today if you're interested! The second site will be located in the south metro area (Chaska or surrounding area). The PACC [...]
Photo with field instructor: Carol Anderson, LICSW (left) and Kristen Struss, MSW IV-E student (right) Kristen blogs about her summer internship at her place of employment, where her focus for the summer has been on learning about and gaining skill in a child protection supervisory role. In addition to her field task instructor, Kristen also [...]
