Today's Guest Blogger is Lea Stucci. The article that I chose was from ABC News, which aired on February 13, 2016, and was written by Joi Marie Mckenzie. It is titled, Adoption Agencies Don't Just Need Parents, They Need Volunteers. This article talks specifically about an organization in New York that needs volunteers to care [...]
Guest blogger: Kayla Hinrichs In the December 2015 article “Detectives unearth long-lost links for kids needing adoption,” reporter Erin Adler from the Star Tribune highlights a semi-recent phenomenon that expands resources for social workers searching for permanency and supportive caregivers for children within the child welfare system. This article discusses how social media and other [...]
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 [...]
Today's guest blogger is Nickie Hanson. The article I chose was from NBC News and The Associated Press titled Boy sent back to Russia, adoption ban urged. This particular article was last updated on April 9, 2010. This particular article details the situation of a 7 year-old boy, who was put on a flight from [...]
Today's guest blogger is Melissa Lee. The article that I read for the blog post is Black Kids in White Houses: On race, Silence and the changing American family by Jen Graves on November 8th 2008. I found the article on www.thestranger.com/seattle by searching transracial adoptions. The article is written about conversations that happen at [...]
Today's guest blogger is Shavon Swain. On October 31, 2013 the Chicago Tribune produced an editorial titled, Shut down Internet Adoptions; ‘Re-homing’ is for pets, not children. This editorial was written as lawmakers in Chicago joined forces to discuss the growing, yet disturbing trend of “re-homing”. In this article re-homing is defined as, “...transactions-typically [...]