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SeeingtheVoicesofChildren&Youth:SettingtheRecordStraightRobertG.Lewis,MEd,MSW,LICSW

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ABSTRACTHere’sanexcitingtoolforchildwelfareworkers.Socialworkformattedintosetsofquestionsanddocumentedwithsimplevideo,notjustaprocessorasetofquestionsandneednotbemorework.Socialworkersgettoseethevoicesofyouthandassistyoungpeopleinsettingtheirownrecordsstraight.Anditisalwaysaboutpermanence.Itcanbeaccomplishedwithinregularmonthlyvisits,albeitnotsinglehandedly.Thisdocumentdescribesascaffoldingprocessthatallowsyoungpeopletosafelypush-forwardthoughtsaboutthepast,thesystem,theirfamiliesandfriends,ideasandstrategiesforthefuture.Itisperhapsaboveallahealingprocess,therapeuticwithouttheburdenofbeingtherapy.

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