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The Dominant Narrative Needs More Balance
The Dominant Narrative Needs More Balance 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The Child Welfare Monitor’s review of David Ambroz’ autobiography explores the dominant narrative that child…

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Should We Love All Children or Just our Own?
Should We Love All Children or Just our Own? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Our soon-to-be-released study of child fatalities documents numerous physical assaults on children that caseworkers, law…

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Why is Chronic Maltreatment Pervasive Yet Rarely Addressed?
Why is Chronic Maltreatment Pervasive Yet Rarely Addressed? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

These blogs in Marie Cohen’s Child Welfare Monitor and Dee Wilson’s Sounding Board explore chronic…

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Mental Health – Child Protection – Courts: You Need to Talk!
Mental Health – Child Protection – Courts: You Need to Talk! 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Our study of Minnesota child fatalities documented seven children who were killed by a mother…

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Is Chronic Neglect the Future for Children?
Is Chronic Neglect the Future for Children? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Chronic neglect refers to cases that are reported to child protection repeatedly.  Our recent webinar…

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Who Will Challenge the Current Political Order to Protect Children?
Who Will Challenge the Current Political Order to Protect Children? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

This week’s webinar speaker, Dee Wilson, co-wrote an article for a 2013 edition of the…

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The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy: Wow!
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy: Wow! 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Last week the Child Welfare Training Academy hosted the Grand Opening of its Roseville center.  …

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Should Homeschoolers Embrace Regulation?
Should Homeschoolers Embrace Regulation? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

I recently talked with a smart mother who was homeschooling three children, apparently extremely well.…

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Fatality Fatigue: Why Do We No Longer React to Child Murders?
Fatality Fatigue: Why Do We No Longer React to Child Murders? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The 2014 murder of Eric Dean by his stepmother spurred limited but important reforms of…

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Arianna Hunziker Case Settled with Hennepin County but not Allina
Arianna Hunziker Case Settled with Hennepin County but not Allina 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Hennepin County recently settled a $1.3 million lawsuit with relatives of Arianna Hunziker, the three…

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