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Practice Notes & Research Articles

Practice Notes

Practice Notes is a publication of the University of North Carolina School of Social Work and the Jordan Institute for Families.

• Promoting School Success for children involved in the child welfare system
• Dealing with Sexual Abuse
• Cultural Competency in Child Welfare
• Separation and Attachment
• Helping Special Needs Children
• Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome in Children
• Promoting Resiliency in Children
• Successful Foster Parenting

Research Articles

• Enuresis FAQs, F. Chalmers MD
• National Child Welfare Resource Center/ Muskie School of Public Service
• Northwest Adoption Exchange
• Adopting a Child Who Has Been Prenatally Exposed to Drugs: Risks and Realities
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Dan R. Griffith, PhD
• Bigotry Is Not A Family Value!,
  Penny Vederoff
• Choosing and Using a Respite Provider,
  Norma Nelson
• Top Ten Tips for the First Year of Placement,
  Deborah Gray, MSW, MPA
• Preparing A Safe, Secure Home for Sexually Abused Kids,
  Mary Carter Creech
• The Role of Race in Child Welfare,
  Joe Kroll
• Understanding the "Language" of Sexual Abuse, Donald L. Mann, LCSW
• Testimony before United States Commission on Civil Rights, September 21, 2007,
  Joe Kroll, Executive Director North American Council on Adoptable Children
• Unconditional Commitment: The Only Love That Matters To Teens,
  Pat O'Brien, Executive Director, of You Gotta Believe! The Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement, Inc.
• Visit Coaching: Supporting Families to Meet Their Children's Needs,
  Marty Beyer, Ph.D.
• Northwest Institute for Children and Families, University of Washington School of Social Work
• Supporting the Educational Success of Students in Foster Care, read more on educational advocacy and your child.
• UCLA Child Welfare Journal - provides a broad array of articles regarding child welfare.
• Zero to Three - provides information to promote the health and development of infants and toddlers.

Online Courses

• Child Trauma Academy Online Courses