Tuesday, May 27, 2014

What do you know about the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)?

If you work in the legal system or with families, it is important to know about ICWA. If you are a human who cares about our history and our future it is important to know about ICWA. If you do not understand why it is important that we need ICWA then it is important to know about ICWA.

The Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in 1978 to protect families experiencing many years of unjustified mass removals from their children from their homes. Without children, the future of any culture is fleeting. Sadly, American Indian children are still removed disproportionately from their families. My current work in supporting our State Supreme Court in assessing and improving ICWA compliance has me doing a lot of reading about ICWA- current and historical practices- and the more I know the more clear it is that we are not doing enough to educate people who should know about the provisions, practices, and reasons for the Indian Child Welfare Act. Please share this infographic to help bring attention- plant a seed of knowledge .

The National Indian Child Welfare Association does great work in training and education- please also see their website for great resources.



Saturday, May 3, 2014

You may have noticed a new page tab at my blog: I have added some tips for studying for the ASWB Social Work exam.  Good luck!