Archive for: social work

 

Restoring Order

A new disciplinary method is keeping kids in school with a solution that sounds startlingly simple: talking it out. Picture this: 10-year-old Ben trips his classmate....

 
 

Mapping Modern Slavery

More people are enslaved now than at any point in human history. The Texas Slavery Mapping Project aims to change that. Not long ago, Noël Busch-Armendariz visited...

 
 

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Through the Unthinkable

The UT social workers who help the sickest children have one of the hardest jobs in the world. Toby is finally asleep. Three years old, with a surfer’s tousled...

 
 

When Can Kids Play Alone? Two UT Experts Weigh In

The story of an Austin mom and UT graduate who got a visit from the police and Child Protective Services after allowing her son to play outside alone has touched...

 
 
 
 
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