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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"family services"”.
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An assessment of placement stability via the child and family services review
… child welfare system is apparent. The Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) was created to monitor state compliance with federal child welfare mandates and improve state child welfare systems. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the CFSR data to identify improvements in state child …
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How States Developed Plans to Meet a Federal Mandate: Addressing the Challenges of the Child and Family Services Reviews
… of abuse and neglect, and innovative programs, services, and interventions designed to serve at-risk and maltreated children, youth, and their families. Less attention has been given to how state and local governments oversee the public child welfare system and respond to federal mandates, …
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Foster Parents' Perceptions of Barriers to Accessing Substance Abuse Treatment for Foster Youth
… parents in need of substance abuse treatment services. Without access to juvenile drug court, foster youth are often in need of substance abuse treatment services after they have been placed, as part of rehabilitation and success.</p> <p>Substance abuse issues are often found at the initial …
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Understanding the motivational characteristics of type 1 diabetes regime management during adolescence
… contracts within Children, Young People and Family Services, a Paediatric Diabetes Team and the Department of Rheumatology. This has provided a variety of experiences, which are reflected within this thesis, in order to demonstrate the expertise and skills required to achieve health …
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"Connecting research, policy, and practice": Knowledge translation in the context of child and family early intervention and prevention-based research in Ireland.
… how research evidence relevant to child and family services and policies is disseminated in the field of public health; and (2) to increase visibility and understanding of, and engagement with, the evidence emerging from the ENRICH programme through a series of strategies targeted at KUs …
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Designing a Measure: Measuring Social Workers' Attitudes toward LGBT Youth in Child Welfare
… from the County of San Bernardino Children and Family Services. Data were collected from February 2011 to March 2011. A two factor solution yielded the best results; Chronbach’s alpha for factor one yielded a strong result for internal consistency reliability (α = .777) and for factor two …
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Heal the Hood: An Exploration of Community and Organizational Assets in Chicago's Twentieth Ward
… that community members deemed mental health services, youth and family services and educational programs as the top needs of Chicago’s twentieth ward. In comparison to other studies (National Urban League, 2019), these are many of the same needs that were deemed most important in Community …
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Applying a Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding and Evaluating the Effects of Family Treatment Among Sexually Abusive Youth
… to comprehensively document the effectiveness of family-inclusive treatment. Knowing there are several gaps in literature, the current study was conducted to investigate the process of engagement in treatment, understand the nuances of family treatment, and to uncover positive outcomes associated …
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Sexually abusive families: A comparison of father and stepfather incest offenders and their spouses
This study compares the personalities and family environments of father and stepfather incest offenders and their spouses. Further comparisons of the sexually abusive behaviors were conducted between both groups of offenders. The sample consisted of 24 father offenders and spouses and 21 stepfather …
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The examination of inter-rater reliability and the reliability of attachment measures
… who had worked with the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS). They included social workers, lawyers, psychologists, etc. Participants were asked to answer questionnaires regarding the DYFS children they had worked with, as well as demographics about themselves. The questionnaires also …
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Evaluating Therapy Effectiveness in an Mft Training Clinic: Current Practices and Recommendations for the Future
… has been paid to the efficacy of marriage and family therapy (MFT), research on the effectiveness of MFT is lacking. Furthermore, university training clinics are an underutilized, yet excellent resource for collecting effectiveness research data. This study examined the current practices at the …
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An Exploration Into the Child Welfare Experience of Parents With Mental Retardation in Illinois
… caseworkers, the availability of specialized services designed to address the unique learning needs of this population, and the relationship between the degree of mental retardation and family outcomes for parents who are involved with the Department of Children and Family Services. …
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Judges' familiarity with learning and behavioral disabilities and dispositions imposed
… youths at the Virginia Department of Youth and Family Services Center. The records of 36 nondisabled male youthful offenders and 36 male youthful offenders with disabilities were analyzed. Demographic and dispositional data were coded to determine evidence of disparity. Although the statistical …
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The effectiveness of functional family therapy in substance-involved family preservation clients
… child welfare system have introduced intensive, family-based services, otherwise known as family preservation services. The aim is to preserve the family and provide reasonable efforts to avoid out of home placement. State and private family preservation programs across the country have been …
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Foster Parenting...Why Not?
… removed from their homes of origin by Children & Family Services and placed into foster care. When the county foster homes become full, private foster family agencies are relied upon to take in the overflow. For a variety of reasons, private agencies are finding it increasingly difficult to …
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTORSHIP AND CHILD WELFARE WORKERS’ JOB SATISFACTION, AND INTENTION TO REMAIN EMPLOYED IN CHILD WELFARE
… welfare. This study was conducted in Children Family Services (CFS), San Bernardino. Ninety six child welfare workers completed the survey using the JSS‑CW and the IRE‑CW instruments. A quantitative research design was utilized to analyze the data. Specifically, an Independent Sample T‑Test was …
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Exploring the marital conflict of police officers: The roles of job stress, job burnout, and work-to-family conflict
… examine how job stress, job burnout, and work-to-family conflict experienced by male and female police officers impact the likelihood of experiencing marital conflict; the potential mediating role of work-to-family conflict is also examined. This thesis also explores gender differences that may …
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Bringing fathers into F.O.C.U.S.: The lived experiences of fathers who completed a community based fatherhood programs
… completed a fatherhood program conducted by a family services agency in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Data gathered from the interviews were transcribed verbatim and synthesized via first and second cycle coding. Holistic, initial, as well as emotion and values coding were used for first …
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