Authors: Minhae Cho, Young Ji Yoon, Ndilimeke Nashandi, Dr. Priscilla Gibson, and Dr. Wendy Haight Out-of-school suspension (OSS) is a temporary, complete exclusion from school for responding to students’ misbehaviors up to ten school days. Many public schools persist in using suspensions as a standard practice even though they are largely ineffective in deterring these [...]
by Andrea Brubaker, MSW, LGSW HELP Program Specialist, MN ADOPT According to the Donaldson Adoption Institute 60% of Americans have a connection to adoption which may be underrepresented due to societal secrecy about this topic. As an adoption professional, I speak on a daily basis to myriad community members such as child welfare workers, teachers, [...]
On Feb 26, 27and 28th, our advanced MSW IV-E students attended their last Child Welfare Foundation training at DHS offices in St Paul. They now have successfully completed the full Child Welfare Foundation Training. This training is mandated through MN Statute for social workers being hired into public child protection/child welfare work in our state. [...]
Sign posted in the seating area of the public defender's lobby. Last week a group of IV-E Child Welfare MSW students, who are currently interning at Hennepin County Child and Family Services in various child protection/child welfare units, had the opportunity to meet with some Public Defender Attorneys for the Juvenile Division. As [...]
by Kathryn Hyams, IV-E Fellow in her first field placement at Neighborhood House in St Paul How do we define success? In social work? In life? When I first began my internship at Neighborhood House, my field supervisor posed the question, “What do you want your legacy to be, once your field placement is over?” [...]
At the end of October, our advanced IV-E MSW Fellows completed 3 days of Department of Human Services Child Welfare Foundation Training. All of the students are currently in their advanced child protection field placements in Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Washington County and DHS. Students found it to be a very helpful training to validate [...]
by Bekah Farrell, interning at Neighborhood House This week my task supervisor and I took the girls to the Mayoral Candidate Forum that was held in the Wellstone Center. While we only had five girls instead of the usual twelve, the girls who did come met and surpassed my expectations. The format of this forum [...]
I’m not entirely sure what to say besides how I’m feeling at the moment, which is a mixture of excitement to be involved in such important work within extraordinarily complex institutions, and the feeling of being in way over my head academically and professionally. My supervisor(s) at the county have been incredible so far in [...]