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Children Affected By Mental Illness And Parental Involvement, Lisa Louise Pirtle
Children Affected By Mental Illness And Parental Involvement, Lisa Louise Pirtle
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to determine if parents are involved in services provided for children with mental illnesses or Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED). Mental health issues are becoming more and more prevalent in youth and adolescents. The study was conducted at Bilingual Family Counseling which provides individual counseling, family counseling, couple/marital counseling, school-based counseling, anger management groups, and support groups for girls.
The Effects Of Language On The Reunification Of Mexican Families, Luisana Sanchez-Ramirez
The Effects Of Language On The Reunification Of Mexican Families, Luisana Sanchez-Ramirez
Theses Digitization Project
The study examined the effects of language commonalities between Riverside County Children Services Division (CSD) social workers and parents in their reunification process. The study focused on gathering data to depict whether or not having a social worker that speaks the same language as the parents speak influences reunification success. This study strived to gather data from Mexican parents, as this seems to be a fast growing population that CSD serves. Data were extracted from 93 cases tht opened in the year 2008 to determine the impact of having a common language between the parents and the family reunification worker …