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Seeing the Voices of Children & Youth: Setting the Record Straight Robert G. Lewis, MEd, MSW, LICSW ABSTRACT Here’s an exciting tool for child welfare workers. Social work formatted into sets of questions and documented with simple video, not just a process or a set of questions and need not be more work. Social workers get to see the voices of youth and assist young people in setting their own records straight. And it is always about permanence. It can be accomplished within regular monthly visits, albeit not single handedly. This document describes a scaffolding process that allows young people to safely push-forward thoughts about the past, the system, their families and friends, ideas and strategies for the future. It is perhaps above all a healing process, therapeutic without the burden of being therapy.
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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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