Courses
- Syllabus
BSW Program (SW 34000)
Spring, 2025
Professor Gary Mallon
Session 1: Introduction and Orientation to the Course |
- Readings, Assignments, Course Expectations
- The Language of Child Welfare: Safety, Permanency, & Well-Being
- Overview of National Statistics in Child Welfare – AFCARS data
Required Readings:
Glossary of Child Welfare Terms
https://www.foster-adopt.org/child-welfare-terms/
How the Child Welfare System Works.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/cpswork.pdf
Administration for Children’s Services. (2017). What is Child Abuse and Neglect?
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/acs/child-welfare/what-is-child-abuse-neglect.page
Black Families Matter: How the Child Welfare System Punishes Poor Families of Color by Dorothy Roberts and Lisa Sangoi
https://theappeal.org/black-families-matter-how-the-child-welfare-system-punishes-poor-families-of-color-33ad20e2882e/
AFCARS 30 Data
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/afcars-report-30.pdf
VIDEOS:
Multiple Transitions: A Young Child's Point of View about Foster Care and Adoption
Multiple Transitions - Video (only available for 2 weeks)
Multiple Transitions - Video Text
WE INTERRUPT
Watch this Great Two Part Series "WE INTERRUPT"
Listen to what Minnesota Youth in Foster Care have to say about Permanency in their lives. This fabulous production was made possible by Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)
WE INTERRUPT Part 1, WE INTERRUPT Part 2
Recommended Readings:
Administration for Children’s Services. (2017). Mandated Reporters.
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/acs/child-welfare/mandated-reporters.page
Administration for Children’s Services (2016). A parent’s guide to child protective services in New York City. http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/acs/pdf/child_welfare/ACS_Parents_Guide_to_the_Child_Protective_Investigation.pdf
Administration for Children’s Services (2017). Parent’s Guide to Foster Care.
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/acs/child-welfare/parents-guide-to-foster-care.page
Session 2: Child Welfare History |
Session 2: Child Welfare History [PowerPoint]
- Historical Development of Family and Children’s Services
- Current Organization of Services at the Local Level
- Measuring Outcomes in Family and Children’s Services
- Proposals for Reform
Required Readings:
McGowan, B. (2014). Historical evolution of child welfare services. In G. Mallon and P. Hess (Eds.) Child welfare for the twenty-first century: A handbook of practices, policies, and programs (pp. 11-43). New York: Columbia University Press.
Mc Gowan's chapter on CW History
Orphan Train video Learn More About the Orphan Train Experience in American Child Welfare History
http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/about/history/orphan-trains
Orphan Asylum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colored_Orphan_Asylum
https://robertlathamesq.org/a-starter-reading-list-on-how-child-welfare-policies-harm-black-people-families-and-communities
And Next week this is what we will be discussing: Session 3
Legislation in Child Welfare
- Major Laws and Funding Streams Shaping Service Programs
- Review of the state and federal mandates
- Legislation from 1935 to 2024
Required Reading:
Child Welfare League of America. Timeline of major child welfare legislation.
http://www.cwla.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/TimelineOfMajorChildWelfareLegislation.pdf
Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2012). Major Federal Legislation Concerned with Child Protection, Child Welfare and Adoption https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/majorfedlegis.pdf
How a Bill Becomes a Law
https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/policy-issues/How-Bill-Becomes-Law
Brief Legislative History of Child Welfare
Four of the Most Important Laws at Present:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/laws-policies/federal-laws/legislation