Child Welfare Practice Tools

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) acknowledges May as National Foster Care Month. During this month, we recognize the importance of supporting foster youth and their families. It is an opportunity to highlight the importance of kinship care, foster parents, and youth lived experience.  

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) acknowledges April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) defines child abuse and neglect as any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caregiver that results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation, or an act or failure to act that presents an imminent risk of serious harm. During this month, attention is focused on prevention efforts that eliminate abuse and neglect.

Sesame Street needs your help! We are looking for providers who support parents and caregivers and/or their young children ages 3-8 years old to give us their opinions on ideas for a new set of Sesame Street resources that will be designed to help providers in their work serving families with young children impacted by parental addiction.

The primary focus of school is to provide children and adolescents with a quality education. However, various factors can pose challenges in how students interact with and learn in the education system. Particularly, substance use in schools can lead to educational disruptions and cause emotional trauma for staff and students.

NASW’s Task force for School Social Work Practice Standards is seeking public comments for the attached document: Best Practice Standards for School Social Workers. The document provides a useful set of standards for school social workers seeking specific information related to school social workers. Your comments are important and will determine how the task force moves forward. The public comment period begins February 6 and will end March 8.

NASW continues its collaboration with Sesame Workshop (SW) and recently partnered for a roundtable discussion regarding parental addiction. SW is a nonprofit impact organization whose mission is to help children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. Through its social impact initiatives, SW creates resources for young children, families, and providers that bring awareness and research-based guidance to help problem-solve tough issues impacting children.