The Sounding Board: Developing An Effective Response to Multitype Child Maltreatment
October 2022 Dee Wilson Sounding Board Remarkably, more than 50 years since the creation of the current US child protection
October 2022 Dee Wilson Sounding Board Remarkably, more than 50 years since the creation of the current US child protection
Last month’s Sounding Board, “Childhood’s End,” discussed indicators and causes of this country’s children’s mental health crisis, which has become steadily worse for almost two
A delayed copy of Dee Wilson’s June article In December 2021, the US Surgeon General’s Advisory called attention to the deterioration of children’s mental
(this is a repost of the May edition from Dee Wilson) It may be useful to begin a discussion of the costs, both financial and
This month’s Sounding Board discusses responses to a child welfare workload crisis in which high turnover rates have been followed by an increase in unfilled vacancies.
originally written November 2011 Child welfare systems have not yet found effective means of stabilizing oppositional and conduct disordered children in care, much less repairing
Trauma Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman; published in 1992, still the greatest book in trauma studies, a must read for anyone working in any capacity
[ed: links were selected and added by fpaws to provide background information for readers] Despite the understandable frustration of advocates with child welfare reform initiatives
An open letter from Dee Wilson Dear Governor Inslee: I understand that your Office is considerings cuts of $81 million dollars or more to the
On April 29, 2020, the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released Foster Care as a Support to Families, with the stated purpose: To