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October 2020 News From The Field
Welcome to our October 2020 News from the Field monthly feature! This is an extension of the bottom of our newsletter. We will be providing you with some of the… Read more »
Aged-Out Youth: Looking for a Home in a Time of Crisis
By Barbara Ball From June through August 2020, we interviewed 54 youth (ages 15 – 20) who are currently participating in the Texas Youth Permanency Study. We wanted to gain a… Read more »
The Impact of COVID-19 on Youth in Foster Care
By Barbara Ball In our first blog from our October TYPS update, we shared several stories from our interviews with youth ages 15-20 who had aged out of foster care…. Read more »
Latest Research in School Social Work
Check out these short research summaries + learn their implications for practice! Is Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Evidence-Based? An Update 10 Years Later (2019) Kim, S. Smock Jordan, C. Franklin, & A. Froerer In… Read more »
Learning about Texas school social workers: The Texas School Social Work Network’s initial survey findings
Texas school social workers are an integral part of a student’s success in school. However, the role of social workers varies across the 1,250-plus school districts in the state. Social… Read more »
Introducing The Texas School Social Work Network (TSSWN)
Social workers practicing in schools are an important part of the student support team that can include guidance counselors, nurses, school psychologists, and behavior specialists. School social workers have a… Read more »
September 2020 News From The Field
Welcome to our September 2020 News from the Field monthly feature! This is an extension of the bottom of our newsletter. We will be providing you with some of the… Read more »
CWEC Call for Training Proposals
The Child Welfare Education Collaboration (CWEC) is a partnership between the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Department of Family… Read more »
Empowering birth and foster parents: A summary of the March 2020 Safe Babies evaluation report findings
By Kaitlyn Doerge, MSSW The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing has been collaborating with First3Years to evaluate the Safe Babies program since 2017. Safe Babies began in Tarrant… Read more »