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Social Welfare: Recent submissions
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Critical issues for psychiatric medication shared decision making with youth and families
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2011)Abstract. The primary aims of this paper are to describe the current context for youth shared decision making (SDM) within the U.S. children’s mental health system and to identify important considerations for the development ... -
Developing a Framework to Support Shared Decision Making for Youth Mental Health Medication Treatment
(Springer, 2010-10)Abstract Medical shared decision making has demonstrated success in increasing collaboration between clients and practitioners for various health decisions. As the importance of a shared decision making approach becomes ... -
Impact of Separation on Community Social Service Utilization
(University of Chicago Press, 1981)This experiment indicates that AFDC recipients who received public welfare social services under the format of separation of services from financial aid are more likely than recipients in the combined condition to use ... -
A Review of Risk Factors Assessed in Child Protective Services
(University of Chicago Press, 1991)Evaluating the likelihood of future maltreatment is a critical component of decision making in the child protective service process. A relatively recent phenomenon is the use of formal risk-assessment instruments for the ... -
Critical Issues for Psychiatric Medication Shared Decision Making With Youth and Families
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2011)The primary aims of this article are to describe the current context for youth shared decision making (SDM) within the U.S. children’s mental health system and to identify important considerations for the development of ... -
Wives and Mothers At Risk: The Role of Marital and Maternal Status in Criminal Activity and Incarceration
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2009)As the numbers of women entering prison are increasing, more attention is being paid to the social circumstances of criminally involved women. Crime research has highlighted the familial roles of women more than men, ... -
Toward a Culturally Competent Restorative Justice Practice Framework: A Focus on Asian Americans
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2009)This article suggests a culturally competent restorative justice practice framework for Asian Americans. In developing the framework, the historical development and contemporary issues of restorative justice in the West ... -
The meaning and engagement of spirituality for positive youth development in social work
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2010)Spirituality is becoming recognized as an important source of strength within social work and the positive youth develop¬ment field. However, social work innovations related to spirituality have mainly focused on adults. ... -
Work attitudes and intention to quit among workers in private child welfare agencies operating under performance-based contracts
(Taylor & Francis, 2012-02)Not much is currently known about how employment in child welfare agencies operating under performance-based contracts affects worker attitudes related to retention. This study focuses on the relationship of job satisfaction, ... -
The Working Alliance and the Use of Interpreters
(University of Kansas, 2011-05-31)This dissertation compared working alliance with and without interpreters and examined factors that may impact the development of the working alliance when an interpreter is used. The setting was a Midwestern public school ... -
The Impact of Major Events on the Lives of Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities
(Alliance for Children and Families, 1996)The authors examine the family caregiving experience among families with children with severe emotional disabilities from a perspective that recognizes the importance of the family's views and feelings. This viewpoint ... -
From the Woman's Viewpoint: Ethical Dilemmas Confronted by Women as Informal Caregivers of Frail Elders
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2004)Women as informal caregivers face complex ethical dilemmas in caring for a frail elder. Through indepth interviews with 13 ethnically diverse caregivers, this qualitative study explored women's ethical decision-making. ... -
Support Networks of Primary Caregivers Receiving Family Preservation Services: An Exploratory Study
(Alliance for Children and Families, 1994)The authors describe network characteristics and support resources from a clinical sample of 40 families. Data were obtained by family workers during the first two weeks of intervention. Case vignettes illustrate the ... -
Welfare Workers' Responses to Domestic Violence Cases: The Effects of Training and Worker Characteristics
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2006)This study evaluated a one-day domestic violence training for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) workers and analyzed the relationship between worker characteristics and the use of work exemptions. In a post-only ... -
The Meaning of Quality in Kinship Foster Care: Caregiver, Child, and Worker Perspectives
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2002)Though principles, guidelines, and procedures for assessing the quality of foster care in kinship settings have been introduced, research on the factors that mediate the quality and outcome of kinship care has been minimal. To ... -
Implementing Welfare-to-Work Services: A Study of Staff Decision-Making
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2006)In the post-welfare reform era, increased discretion has been given to frontline staff for day-today welfare policy implementation. To determine how frontline staff address the complex needs of welfare program participants ... -
Gendered Differences: Postmodern Feminist Perspectives and Young Women Identified as Emotionally Disabled
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2002)Little consideration has been given to adolescent girls identified as having emotional disabilities in either the research or clinical literature. Social workers continue to use developmental theories that are based on ... -
Ideology, Scientific Theory, and Social Work Practice
(Alliance for Children and Families, 1999)This article discusses the philosophical and ideological nature of theory and examines the ways ideology becomes infused into social work theory and practice. The use of critical thought and specific evaluation criteria ... -
Heed Your Calling and Follow It Far: Suggestions for Authors Who Write About Spirituality or Other Innovations for Social Work
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2003)This essay provides suggestions for authors who wish to write about spirituality or other innovations for social work. It recommends that authors integrate their life mission, professional commitments, creative process, ... -
Ethical Considerations About Spirituality in Social Work: Insights From a National Qualitative Survey
(Alliance for Children and Families, 2004)A mixed methods national survey of 2,069 National Association of Social Workers members examined ethical concerns regarding religious and nonreligious spiritual issues in clinical practice settings. This qualitative study ...