Practice Notes
Practice Notes synthesizes current research and ideas into best
practices for the front-line social worker.
Practice Notes was developed in collaboration between CASCW affiliates and public child welfare practitioners. It is intended as a reference for practitioners, linking research with best practices.
If you have questions about Practice Notes, please contact the Center at 612-624-4231 or cascw@umn.edu.
Past Issues
Issue #23 Children in "Newly Poor" Families: Coping with the Economic Crisis, Summer 2010
Special Practice Prompt on Developmental Risk (Spring 2010) Children in Immigrant and Refugee Families: Recognizing Developmental Risk at an Early Age and Recognizing Developmental Risk at an Early Age
Issue #22 Supervision: The Key to Strengthening Practice in Child Welfare, Winter 2009
Issue #21 Visiting Children in Foster Care: Messages from the Practice Field, Summer 2008 and Abbreviated Reference Tool for Developmental Milestones
Issue #20 Responding to Traumatic Events: Children in Life-Threatening Circumstances , January, 2008.
Issue #19 Reinforcing the Importance of Attachment for Child Welfare Practice, July, 2007.
Issue #18 Trial Home Visits: Strengthening Reunification Practices, March 2006
Issue #17 Double Jeopardy: Youth Involved in Dual Systems of Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice-Mental Health Screening, August 2005
Issue #16 Referral for Disabilities: A New Responsibility for Child Protection, February 2005.
Issue #15 The Fatherhood Factor in Permanency Planning, March 2004.
Issue #14 The Exploratory Interview of a Maltreatment Report: The First Encounter in a Child Protection system, July 2003.
Issue #13 Visitation: Through the Eyes of a Child, January 2003
Issue #12 Family Group Decision Making: Incorporating Family Strengths, Concerns, and Resources in developing a Saftey Plan, September 2002
Issue #11 Mediation for Child Welfare, January 2002
Issue #10 The Contribution of Ethnographic Interviewing to Culturally Competent Practice, Winter 2001
Issue #9 Siblings in Foster Care: Maintaining the Ties that Bind, Fall 2000
Issue #8 Assuring the Well-Being School-aged Children in Foster Care, Winter 2002
Issue #7 Protecting Children in Substance Abusing Families, Fall 1999
Issue #6 Protecting Children in Families Involved in Domestic Violence, Spring 1999
Issue #5 Practice Issues in Concurrent Planning, Winter 1999
Issue #4 Post-Adoption Services, June 1998
Issue #3 Kinship Foster Care, April 1998
Issue #2 Reunification, February 1998
Issue #1 Visitation, December 1997
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