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Do Educators Value School Social Workers?, Keynasia Kami Daniels
Do Educators Value School Social Workers?, Keynasia Kami Daniels
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to examine educators' (teachers and school administrators) level of knowledge about the professional role of school social workers and the value that educators place on the functions carried out by social workers as pupil support personnel.
Play Therapy Interventions And Their Effectiveness In A School-Based Counseling Program, Nancy Cardenas
Play Therapy Interventions And Their Effectiveness In A School-Based Counseling Program, Nancy Cardenas
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to add to the limited amount of information on the effectiveness of play therapy interventions in a school-based counseling program. The study focused on examining the reasons why clients were referred to counseling, the frequency and duration of their behavior, the clients' academic performance at the beginning and end of treatment, the total number of sessions received, and the type of play therapy that was used to determine how effective play therapy interventions were during treatment.
Vacation Spots Or Homes?: Children Who Live In Motels, Katrina Michele Devine
Vacation Spots Or Homes?: Children Who Live In Motels, Katrina Michele Devine
Theses Digitization Project
Social workers who work with homeless children need to understand the challenges in the homeless culture. The purpose of this study was to discover the needs that were reported by homeless children who live in motels, in order to provide agencies with information that will help them better provide services to this population.
Child Welfare Workers' Perceptions Of Reunification Services: Are Timeframes Feasible?, Nancy Razo Calderon, Elisa Adriana Hernandez
Child Welfare Workers' Perceptions Of Reunification Services: Are Timeframes Feasible?, Nancy Razo Calderon, Elisa Adriana Hernandez
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of current child welfare policy, specifically the Adoption Assistance and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA), on the perceptions of child welfare workers about their decisions.