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One Child, Many Hands:
A Multidisciplinary Conference on Child Welfare
Call for Presentations
Deadline December 1, 2008
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Guided by the Schools of Social Policy & Practice, Law, and Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research brings together the resources of the University of Pennsylvania to enhance and assure the well-being of abused and neglected children and those at risk of maltreatment. By moving beyond traditional approaches, the Field Center utilizes an interdisciplinary model to integrate clinical care, research and education, inform local and national policy, and prepare the nation’s future leaders, for the benefit of children and their families.
FIELD CENTER IN THE PRESS
Field Center interview on NPR
Municipalities Struggle To Adequately Train Social Workers
August 18, 2008 · In light of the Danieal Kelly case, Tammy Linseisen, a professor at the University of Texas in Austin, and Debra Schilling Wolfe, of the Field Center for Children's Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, talk about training and supporting social workers, and other staff charged with keeping vulnerable children safe from harm.
Click here to listen to the interview
Click here for the WHYY report on the case
First steps to fixing the DHSTo change how the agency serves children,
begin with a foundation
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 8, 2008
No more Danieals: What some experts say about fixing the problem
Philadelphia Daily News, August 7, 2008
7 More Social Workers Are Suspended in Death of Girl, 14
New York Times, August 5, 2008
The Field Center is a collaboration among the Penn School of Social Policy & Practice, the Penn School of Law, the Penn School of Medicine, and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

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