Events & Outreach
Past Events
Panel discussion from Unplanned Parenthood II: Grandparents and Others
Raising Children of Kin, October, 2003
Addressing the Best Interests of Children in Immigrant and Refugee Families: Rising to the Challenge
May 1, 2008
Children of Incarcerated Parents
April 16, 2008-This conference included a presentation from Creasie Finney Hairston, M.S.S.A., PhD —the Dean and a professor of social work at Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dean Hairston’s current research and many of her publications focus on the impact of incarceration and reentry on families and children, and the impact of child welfare policies on children. She edited, with Cynthia Seymour, Children with Parents in Prison: Child Welfare Policy, Program, and Practice Issues (2001). Dr. Hairston was followed by a panel discussion of practitioners who implement programs for children of incarcerated parents.
Beggars and Choosers: Motherhood is NOT a class privilege in America
April 7 and 8, 2008-This event was a gallery opening and lecture event that was co-sponsored by the Center, School of Social Work, and the University Libraries. Click here for more information.
Responding to Immigrant Families and Children: Rising to the Challenge
June 28, 2007-The project, “New Populations in Rural Counties: Implications for Child Welfare,” is intended to provide ways in which to improve responses to vulnerable children in immigrant and refugee families. The project will focus on several rural counties which have had an upsurge of settlements of new populations. The goal of the project is to learn enough to improve services, recommend best practices, and provide ways in which we can emphasize prevention so that children can be safe and secure, even when traumatic circumstances of uncertain citizenship prevail.
Evidence-Based Practice in Child Welfare in the Context of Cultural Competence
June 11, 2007-An invitational forum was held to discuss the intersection of evidence-based practice (EBP) and cultural competence. The goal of the meeting was to produce a plan to address this problem nationally and to craft pragmatic strategies that could be immediately applied in practice and policy. ecause of the great presentations and discussions the participants provided, some wonderful information is now available. From videos of the speakers and panelists to an audio slide presentation of the final discussion to documents on how we organized the meeting – everything is located at http://ssw.cehd.umn.edu/EBP-CulturalCompetence.html.
8th Annual ITV/VPC Conference-March 28, 2007
The Signs of Safety Approach to Child Protection Casework-The Signs of Safety approach to child protection casework was developed through the 1990’s in Western Australia. Created by Andrew Turnell and Steve Edwards, this approach focuses on the question, “how can the worker actually build partnerships with parents in situations of suspected or substantiated child abuse?” This is a partnership- and collaboration-grounded, strengths-based, safety-organised approach to child protection work.In addition, the Signs of Safety approach is designed to assist professionals at all stages of the child protection process.