Conference
Be@School Conference – Part 2: Voices From The African American Community
TCF Bank Stadium 2009 University Avenue Se, Minneapolis, United StatesThis two-part series highlights community-based work on school engagement through a cultural lens. Part One highlighted programs in the Native American community. Part Two will highlight programs in the African American community working with families around school engagement. Keynote Speakers: Keith Mayes, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota [...]
CASCW Spring Conference – Criminal Justice Involvement of Families in Child Protection: Impact and Implications
TCF Bank Stadium 2009 University Avenue Se, Minneapolis, United StatesThe Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare is pleased to announce our 19th Annual Spring Child Welfare Conference. Criminal Justice Involvement of Families in Child Protection: Impact and Implications Families that become involved with the child welfare system face many challenges. Involvement with the criminal justice system, whether past or present, creates additional barriers [...]
Child Abuse Summit: Tips from the Team
Millennium Hotel 1313 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MNDescription The Child Abuse Summit: Tips from the Team is designed to provide medical and professionals from all disciplines with the knowledge, tools, and skills needed to properly identify and respond to all types of child and family maltreatment including physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or neglect. These professionals will have the opportunity to learn about [...]
Effective Strategies for Working with Involuntary Clients: International Perspectives WELCOME
Monash University Prato Centre Palazzo Vai, Via Pugliesi 26, Prato, ItalyThis international conference on working with involuntary clients, gathering ideas from research, policy, and practice about strategies for effective practice in child welfare, corrections, social welfare and family services, health/mental health substance use/abuse and domestic violence. Issues related to the dynamics of working with this population will be discussed, with an emphasis on the importance [...]
Supporting Parents with Co-occurring Disorders in Child Welfare (Part One of a Three-Part Training Series)
Beltrami County Administration Building 701 Minnesota Ave. NW, Bemidje, MNParents with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders are overrepresented in child welfare cases. An estimated 50% to 80% of all confirmed child neglect and maltreatment cases involve a parent struggling with substance use disorders (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University [NCASAC], 1999). In a collaborative effort between MNCAMH and [...]
DAWNLAND Free Screening
U of M St Paul Student Center 2017 Buford Avenue, Saint Paul, MNDAWNLAND: A Documentary About Cultural Survival and Stolen Children For over 100 years, the United States government has systematically removed American Indian children from their homes and communities to be raised by white families. Recently, the first government-sanctioned child welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was formed in Maine. DAWNLAND documents Maine’s TRC journey, as [...]
Supporting Parents with Co-occurring Disorders in Child Welfare (Part Two of a Three-Part Training Series)
Beltrami County Administration Building 701 Minnesota Ave. NW, Bemidje, MNParents with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders are overrepresented in child welfare cases. An estimated 50% to 80% of all confirmed child neglect and maltreatment cases involve a parent struggling with substance use disorders (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University [NCASAC], 1999). In a collaborative effort between MNCAMH and [...]
Supporting Parents with Co-occurring Disorders in Child Welfare (Part Three of a Three-Part Training Series)
Beltrami County Administration Building 701 Minnesota Ave. NW, Bemidje, MNParents with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders are overrepresented in child welfare cases. An estimated 50% to 80% of all confirmed child neglect and maltreatment cases involve a parent struggling with substance use disorders (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University [NCASAC], 1999). In a collaborative effort between MNCAMH and [...]