It’s that time of year again. Spring semester at the School of Social Work means guest blog posts from students enrolled in the SW5905 Permanency in Child Welfare course. Each week, starting next week and continuing through to the end of May, we will be publishing blog posts written by students learning about permanency and adoption.
Students were asked to choose an article, either in the current media or in a peer-review journal, or other relevant item, related to permanency and adoption. The purpose of this assignment is to apply critical thinking skills to topics related to permanency and adoption and to educate a broader, general audience through analyzing writings about permanency and adoption in a way that is accessible.
Their analyses will include:
- A short description of the article—who wrote it, name of publication, date of publication, topic
- A discussion of the strengths and the limitations or weaknesses of the article
- A discussion of the ways in which this article promotes or dispels myths about permanency or adoption
- Links and citations
The student blog posts have not been edited, and are posted as their own words. Any edits to the blog posts are only for my inclusion of links and/or additional resources which I will bracket out for readers. Keep in mind the views of the student bloggers are their own and do not necessarily indicate endorsement from CASCW.
We hope you enjoy the series of thoughtful articles. We would love to hear from you in the comments!