By Allie Long On August 28th, a sold-out crowd of roughly 150 child welfare professionals gathered at the Center for Child Protection in Austin, TX, for a seminar on the… Read more »
Blogs
August Research Spotlight: Three Research Studies Examining Restorative Practices in Schools
In this August research spotlight, explore three research studies examining restorative practices in schools. “It’s All about the Relationships” – Educators’ Rationales and Strategies for Building Connections with Students to… Read more »
Back to School Spotlight: Trauma-Sensitivity and Restorative Discipline
How a Texas School District is implementing the latest research to use restorative discipline and better support the needs of its at-risk students By Allie Long Although there were no… Read more »
Building capacity for restorative discipline in Texas: An evaluation of the Texas Schools Restorative Discipline Project
By Allie Long Last year, TXICFW completed a multi-year evaluation of the implementation of Restorative Discipline practices in schools and districts across the state. The evaluation was in partnership with… Read more »
News From the Field: August 2019
This month, we are excited to announce a free upcoming workshop series for child welfare professionals and featuring a new resource on resilience to childhood trauma. This series is co-hosted… Read more »
Youth in Care Learn What College Can Be Like: The 2019 Spark Teen Camp
By Shannon Mann-Butler, MSSW, MAC, and Travis Hand Since 2014, the UT Spark program has hosted a teen camp for foster youth. The event has grown immensely in the past… Read more »
July Research Spotlight: Three Research Studies Examining Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Self-Care
In this research roundup, explore recent studies on burnout in social work practice and ideas for promoting work-life balance. By Allie Long Compassion Satisfaction Among Social Work Practitioners The Role… Read more »
Measuring Burnout in the Context of Something Greater Than the Self
A Project HOPES Evaluation Case Study By Allie Long As we look deeper into the ways that staff burnout has affected the field of social work this month, we realized… Read more »
This is what support looks like: Getting to know the Child Welfare Education Collaboration
Let’s be honest: working with people can be really exhausting. We’re all trying to juggle different personalities, leadership styles, organizational abilities, and opportunities for growth. But what about when your… Read more »
“You had me at hello”: Engaging Challenging Families Workshop
A free two-part workshop series with Scott Sells for child welfare professionals. Family engagement is the cornerstone of family-centered practice. Because let’s face it, we can’t work with an empty… Read more »