Foster Care Certificate Program papers 1970-1974
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University of Minnesota. School of Social Work
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Social work education was first initiated at the University of Minnesota in 1917 via the Training Course for Social and Civic Work program within the department of sociology. The program consisted of five years of course work, resulting in a Master's degree, with the first awarded to Mary Agnes Meier in 1918. The School of Social Work was officially established in 1942, awarding a master's level degree, while an undergraduate degree could be obtained through the department of sociology. In the e...
Galaway, Burt.
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Burton Galaway was born on May 15, 1937. He earned his B.A. in sociology from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1959, his M.S. from the School of Social Work at Columbia University in 1961 and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He joined the staff at the University of Minnesota in 1970 as an instructor. In 1974, he joined the faculty of the School of Social Development at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and later returned to the staff of the School of Social Work, at the Twin...
University of Minnesota. Continuing Education and Extension
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The Foster Care Certificate Program was initiated in 1970 by the University of Minnesota's Continuing Education and Extension division as an experimental course for foster parents in the Twin Cities. The program was designed to help foster parents understand their role in the foster care system in Minnesota. In 1972, the program was expanded to offer a 15 credit certificate in foster parent education. Still directed at foster parents, the certificate focused on how to improve services to childre...
