Disseminating what we have learned

“That’s Nothing If We Never Let You Say How it Feels To Be Already Drenched:” Identifying Key Themes for Supporting Youth in Foster Care Through Poetic Inquiry

Full Citation

Akin, B. A., Clark, S. L., Byers, K., McCall, S., Gomez, H., & Paceley, M. (2022, January). “That’s nothing if we never let you say how it feels to be already drenched:” Identifying key themes for supporting youth in foster care through poetic inquiry. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

The Adoption Tracking Tool: Creating Structures to Improve Cross-Sector Collaboration

Full Citation

Brown, A., Alford, D., Byers, K., & Akin, B. A. (2022, January). The Adoption Tracking Tool: Creating Structures to Improve Cross-Sector Collaboration. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

Parent Experiences with the Child Welfare System: Validation of Surveys Assessing Interactions with Caseworkers and the Court System

Full Citation

Brown, A., Naemi Jimenez, P., Byers, K., & Akin, B. A. (2022, January). Parent Experiences with the Child Welfare System: Validation of Surveys Assessing Interactions with Caseworkers and the Court System. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

Organizational Responses to Child Welfare Professionals: Do they Predict Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout, Compassion Satisfaction and Self-Care among Front Line Workers and Supervisors?

Full Citation

Clark, S. L., Byers, K., Akin, B. A., Dunkerley, S., Wright, K. C., & McArthur, V. (2022, January). Organizational Responses to Child Welfare Professionals: Do they Predict Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout, Compassion Satisfaction and Self-Care among Front Line Workers and Supervisors? 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

Investigating the Relationship between Child Welfare Professionals’ Well-Being and Application of Casework Skills in Practice

Full Citation

Clark, S. L., Byers, K., Akin, B. A., Dunkerley, S., Wright, K. C., & McArthur, V. (2022, January). Investigating the Relationship between Child Welfare Professionals’ Well-Being and Application of Casework Skills in Practice. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

Honoring Family: Engaging Parent Partners in Strengthening a Child Welfare Coaching Program

Full Citation

Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., Akin, B. A., & Brown, A. (2022, January). Honoring Family: Engaging Parent Partners in Strengthening a Child Welfare Coaching Program. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

Adapting and Installing a Coaching Program for Child Welfare Supervisors: Lessons Learned from Initial Implementation

Full Citation

McArthur, V., Hanna, A., Eibes, M., Dunkerley, S., Akin, B., & Byers, K. (2022, January). Adapting and Installing a Coaching Program for Child Welfare Supervisors: Lessons Learned from Initial Implementation. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Brief Version of the Secondary Traumatic Stress-Informed Organization Assessment (STSI_OA)

Full Citation

Naemi Jimenez, P., Brown, A., Byers, K., & Akin, B. A. (2022, January). A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Brief Version of the Secondary Traumatic Stress-Informed Organization Assessment (STSI_OA). 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

“Youth Are Not Something to Check Off Your To Do List”: Poetic inquiry into the Symbols Youth and Other Stakeholders Use to Reimagine Supports for Youth in Foster Care

Full Citation

Paceley, M., Akin, B. A., Clark, S. L., Byers, K., & McCall, S. (2022, January). “Youth are not something to check off your to do list”: Poetic inquiry into the symbols youth and other stakeholders use to reimagine supports for youth in foster care. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

Discrimination, Disproportionality, and Disparity: Black Families’ Experiences of Structural and Systemic Bias in Child Welfare

Full Citation

Wright, K. C., Akin, B. A., Byers, K., McCall, S., E., & Alford, D. (2022, January). Discrimination, disproportionality, and disparity: Black families’ experiences of structural and systemic bias in child welfare. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).

Child Welfare Professionals’ Orientation Toward Child Saving Versus Family Focus

Full Citation

Akin, B. A., Byers, K., Clark, S. L., Dunkerley, S., Wright, K. C., & McCall, S. (2021, November 7). Child Welfare Professionals’ Orientation Toward Child Saving Versus Family Focus. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, Florida. (Refereed).

Differences in Local Court Procedures Impact Implementation of a Cross-Sector Communication Tool

Full Citation

Brown, A., Alford, D., Akin, B. A., & Byers, K. (2021, November 5). Differences in Local Court Procedures Impact Implementation of a Cross-Sector Communication Tool. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, Florida. (Refereed).

“Pause, Listen, Act”: Reimagining Supports and Systems Impacting Youth in Foster Care

Full Citation

Clark, S. L., McCall, S., Akin, B. A., Byers, K., Brown, A., Alford, D., Toplikar, J. & Wright, K. C. (2021, November 5). “Pause, Listen, Act”: Reimagining Supports and Systems Impacting Youth in Foster Care. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, Florida. (Refereed).

Honoring Family: Engaging Parent Partners in Strengthening a Child Welfare Coaching Program

Full Citation

Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., Akin, B. A., Brown, A. (2021, November 5). Honoring Family: Engaging Parent Partners in Strengthening a Child Welfare Coaching Program. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, Florida. (Refereed).

Lessons Learned: Initial Implementation of a Skills-based Coaching Program in Child Welfare

McArthur, V., Dunkerley, S., Akin, B. A., Atkins, T., Crain, E., Eibes, M., Hanna, A., Hinkle, C., & Santiago-Mason, N. (2021, November 6). Lessons Learned: Initial Implementation of a Skills-based Coaching Program in Child Welfare. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, Florida. (Refereed).

Courts, Communities, and Accountability: Executing Genuine Community-based Research

Full Citation

Wright, K. C., Akin, B. A., Byers, K., & McCall, S. (2021, November 6). Courts, Communities, and Accountability: Executing Genuine Community-based Research. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, Florida. (Refereed).