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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: States Explore Trauma Screening in the Child Welfare System Chronicle of Social Change - July 28, 2017 As trauma-informed initiatives have multiplied in recent years, more child welfare agencies are now grappling with how to properly screen for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: For principals, student sexting a speeding 'freight train,' full of peril Education Week - July 28, 2017 And for assistant principal Deirdra Chandler, the harsh realization that responding to youth "sexting" is now an inescapable part of the job, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: COPPA and Schools: The (Other) Federal Student Privacy Law, Explained Education Week - July 28, 2017 The Federal Trade Commission, which enforces COPPA, has said that schools can, in many situations, stand in for parents and let companies collect … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts #7: A Federal Foster Care Bill of Rights Chronicle of Social Change - July 28, 2017 Love proposes ushering in a federal bill of rights for youth who are placed into foster care. She proposes the following two-step … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Supreme Court rulings reshape penalties for young offenders Associated Press - July 30, 2017 Among the U.S. Supreme Court's many rulings on juveniles and crime, several big cases over the last dozen years have narrowed the instances in which those … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: When Should a Child Be Taken from His Parents? New Yorker - August 07, 2017 You will hear a knock on the door, often late at night. You don't have to open it, but if you don't the caseworker outside may come back with the police. The caseworker will … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Frazzled child welfare workers struggle as abuse reports soar Morning Call - July 28, 2017 There is little doubt many caseworkers could relate to the experience - if not before the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal then afterward, when new … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Syrian Arab Republic: Whole of Syria Child Protection AOR 2017 Operational Strategy UN Children's Fund, Protection Cluster - July 31, 2017 The relentless violence and dire humanitarian situation in Syria are having a devastating impact on the protection … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway International: The Importance of Intersectionality: Minority Mental Health and Foster Care Human Rights Campaign - July 31, 2017 For too long, studies have documented racial disproportionality and disparity in adoption and foster care. We also know that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The vicious cycle of CPS intervention (Opinion) San Francisco Bay View - July 29, 2017 For many children who have been abused, the trauma unfortunately does not end after Child Protective Services intervenes. Failure to Protect laws serve to remove … [Read more...]