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The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) is hosting a webinar to present a new cafe model from Be Strong Families. Recognizing that a strong family is also a healthy family, Be Strong Families has developed Vitality Cafes to enhance the well-being of parents. Vitality Cafés provide an opportunity for informal but highly structured small group conversations (based on the Be Strong Families Parent Café model) that promote peer-to-peer learning and deep individual self-reflection. Vitality Cafés are organized around six Vitality Domains: Physical, Mental / Emotional, Spiritual, Social,…
SOS Children’s Villages and Deutsche Post DHL are organizing an event hosted by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN entitled “DECENT EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK: MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS TO LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND.”
The event will take place on 5th April at 11:15am at the German Mission to the UN (for details please see attached documents) and will explore the employment situation of young people at risk, and how partnerships can be created with a focus on leaving no one behind, as a priority. PLEASE RSVP following this link:…
In late October 2017, the Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders (DTD) and NCTSN launched the Developmental Trauma Disorder Series entitled "Identifying Critical Moments and Healing Complex Trauma" with its first webinar: Helping an Angry Father Find Common Ground with His Son.
In each webinar in the series, viewers see actual therapists demonstrate how to handle some of the most difficult crises that occur in therapy with traumatized children and families (played by actors).
In Webinar 2 of the DTD series, a family is required to seek…
Dismantling Racial Inequity Session #3: A Data-Driven Approach to Improving Outcomes for Black Girls
This 3rd session of "Dismantling Racial Inequity Through Child Welfare Systems Change" webinar series will highlight how Allegheny County Department of Human Services uses data to inform child welfare practice and address the racial disproportionality that exists along the child welfare continuum.
As debates about immigration roil the national political dialogue in the United States, the CPC Learning Network will host a webinar to discuss the mass exodus of unaccompanied children and families from the Northern Triangle countries of Central America: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Topics will include country conditions driving continued migration, the dangers encountered while journeying through Mexico, detention practices on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, and…
On 19 may 2017, The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law's Anti-Torture Initiative will host the launch of Protecting Children against Torture in Detention: Global Solutions for a Global Problem. The event will be…
The 2017 OVC Applied Research & Best Practice Symposium will unite top academic OVC researchers with leaders of faith-based NGOs serving children around the world, seeking together to give empirically-validated answers to the question of how we can elevate care for vulnerable children. Practitioners will gain exposure to incisive research and new data, innovations and best practices in the field. Researchers will have a rare opportunity to directly strengthen frontline OVC care practice, while also gaining exposure to innovative models from across the globe.
This fourth annual…
The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance hosts an Annual Symposium to bring attention to data and trends affecting the social service workforce, a key component of the health workforce that needs planning, developing and supporting to best serve vulnerable groups. The Symposium brings together diverse stakeholders to exchange knowledge and discuss ways to strengthen this workforce.
Planning is currently underway for the 4th annual symposium, to be held on May 24, 2017. This year's event will be a daylong program on the topic of case management. The event will be held in Washington…
The Center for the Human Rights of Children & The Gannon Center for Women and Leadership Present War Wounds: The Role of International Justice in Rebuilding the Rule of Law. This event will be held on Friday, February 3, 2017 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM in the Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom.
The featured speaker, Kathryn Blkovac is a published author on human trafficking, ethics, and anti-corruption issues. She consults on whistleblower protection and codes of conduct, and advocates for legislative policy and reforms for government accountability. In 2015,…
Family Perspective will hold an IFFD briefing on promoting child inclusion through quality education for all on 8 February 2017 from 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., at United Nations Headquarters.
The world is still falling short in its promise and commitment to ensure the right to a safe childhood. Poverty is a prominent and agreed international measure of family living standards. It can be used to monitor how families fare now, and due to its comparability across countries over time, it is a power-ful outcome measure for detailed policy evaluations of the success of government efforts to support…