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Articles 1 - 9 of 9
Full-Text Articles in Social Work
Teaching Note—Innovations In Teaching Research: Learning By Doing, Wendy Zeitlin
Teaching Note—Innovations In Teaching Research: Learning By Doing, Wendy Zeitlin
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The field of social work recognizes the need to evaluate one’s practice. Social work educators are mandated to prepare students to evaluate their own practices and be knowledgeable consumers of research. The goal of being competent in both of these is often challenged by the fact that many students do not initially understand the relationship between research and effective practice upon entering research classes. This Teaching Note was written to describe innovative techniques in a practice research course. This course uses innovative teaching practices including the use of freely available statistical software to teach students to analyze their data visually, …
Ideals And Reality: Perceptions Of Healthy And Unhealthy Relationships Among Foster Youth, Bradley Forenza, Autumn Bermea, Briana Rogers
Ideals And Reality: Perceptions Of Healthy And Unhealthy Relationships Among Foster Youth, Bradley Forenza, Autumn Bermea, Briana Rogers
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Exploring romantic relationships is a hallmark of adolescence. As dating relationships are often new during this development trajectory, learning how to be in a relationship (e.g., learning healthy communication skills, etc.) is necessary to facilitate positive partnerships during the transition to adulthood. However, foster youth are a group routinely overlooked within the literature on developing positive and healthy relationships. This formative, exploratory study utilizes focus groups and in-depth interviews to understand foster youth perceptions of healthy and unhealthy dating relationships through a social learning theory lens. Findings explore foster youth perceptions of ideal relationships, the realities of their lived relational …
Awareness, Analysis, Engagement: Critical Consciousness Through Foster Youth Advisory Board Participation, Bradley Forenza
Awareness, Analysis, Engagement: Critical Consciousness Through Foster Youth Advisory Board Participation, Bradley Forenza
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Foster youth advisory boards provide child welfare-involved young people a forum through which to impact the policies, programs, and services that govern their care. In addition to facilitating policy change, these boards may also enable participating youth to cultivate a deeper understanding of themselves and their worlds. The present study utilized a strengths-based, critical consciousness framework to describe the ways in which 15 foster youth advisory board members in a single state reflect on, analyze, and respond to their socio-political worlds. To this end, the author aims to describe youth advisory board processes, while attempting to answer the question, “How …
Social Worker Identity: A Profession In Context, Bradley Forenza, Caitlin Eckert
Social Worker Identity: A Profession In Context, Bradley Forenza, Caitlin Eckert
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Social work is a broad field encompassing micro, mezzo, and macro areas of practice. Consequently, the field lacks a unifying professional identity due to the expansiveness of the profession. Professional identity is conceptualized as an extension of social identity, vis-à-vis the embodiment of three qualities: connectedness, expansiveness, and effectiveness. This study used 12 in-depth, individual interviews with practicing social workers to explore these qualities. Findings from interviews reveal six primary themes and 21 subthemes pertaining to social worker identity. Themes and subthemes are organized according to three broad families (social work in context, professional trajectories, and external influences). Implications for …
Resiliency And Adolescent Motherhood In The Context Of Residential Foster Care, Autumn M. Bermea, Bradley Forenza, Heidi Adams Rueda, Michelle L. Toews
Resiliency And Adolescent Motherhood In The Context Of Residential Foster Care, Autumn M. Bermea, Bradley Forenza, Heidi Adams Rueda, Michelle L. Toews
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The purpose of the current study was to explore how adolescent mothers experienced pregnancy and parenthood within the context of residential foster care. Adolescent mothers in foster care are a vulnerable population although little research has explored their experiences, particularly from a resiliency framework. The present study begins to fill this gap by conducting focus group interviews with 39 adolescent mothers living in residential foster care. Using thematic analytic methodology, we uncovered themes that highlighted not only the mothers’ struggles, but also their capacities for resilience. Specifically, the mothers experienced societal stigma, parenting judgment, and challenging relationships with their child(ren)’s …
The Impact Of Early Childbirth On Socioeconomic Outcomes And Risk Indicators Of Females Transitioning Out Of Foster Care, Svetlana Shpiegel, Michele Cascardi
The Impact Of Early Childbirth On Socioeconomic Outcomes And Risk Indicators Of Females Transitioning Out Of Foster Care, Svetlana Shpiegel, Michele Cascardi
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Few studies have documented the relationship between early childbirth and the adjustment of females transitioning out of foster care. In this study, data from the National Youth in Transition Database were used to evaluate the associations between childbirth at three time points (prior to age 17, ages 17–19, and ages 19–21) and females’ socioeconomic outcomes and risk indicators at age 21 (n = 3173). Findings revealed that over 40% of females had given birth at least once by age 21, with a substantial increase in birth rates from adolescence to early adulthood. Multivariate analyses showed that childbirth between ages 17 …
Ambiguous Agency As A Diagnostic Of Power: Efforts Of Child Welfare Providers To Promote Responsible Agency Among Youth Involved In Sex Trades., Laura Johnson, Beth Sapiro, Catherine Buttner, Judy L. Postmus
Ambiguous Agency As A Diagnostic Of Power: Efforts Of Child Welfare Providers To Promote Responsible Agency Among Youth Involved In Sex Trades., Laura Johnson, Beth Sapiro, Catherine Buttner, Judy L. Postmus
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Ambiguous agency is a term which has been used to describe the ways in which young people demonstrate their agency in ways that challenge traditional ideas about how youth are supposed to behave. State and nongovernmental actors, such as service providers, generally view these behaviors as deviant and have utilized a variety of interventions to transform these youth so that they engage in acts of responsible agency instead. This article will explore how the concept of ambiguous and responsible agency relate to youth involved in sex trades by analyzing the case records of eight youth who were identified as survivors …
Trans Feminine Sexual Violence Experiences: The Intersection Of Transphobia And Misogyny., Sara Matsuzaka, David E. Koch
Trans Feminine Sexual Violence Experiences: The Intersection Of Transphobia And Misogyny., Sara Matsuzaka, David E. Koch
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Trans feminine individuals are at a higher risk of sexual victimization than any other subset of the U.S. population. This New York City (NYC)-based study employed an intersectional framework with a phenomenological interview format to explore the experiences of trans feminine adult study participants with sexual victimization. A total of 10 in-depth interviews with a diverse sample of trans feminine individuals were conducted. Analysis revealed themes specific to (1) the diversity of experiences within sexual victimization, (2) transmisogynistic sexual victimization, (3) internalized transmisogyny and cissexism, and (4) the health consequences of sexual victimization. Recommendations for policy and programmatic enhancements, future …
Alcoholics Anonymous Is A Fellowship Of People: A Qualitative Study., Sara Matsuzaka
Alcoholics Anonymous Is A Fellowship Of People: A Qualitative Study., Sara Matsuzaka
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This New York City-based qualitative study rooted in minority stress and grounded theories explores the experiences of 11 transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) adults in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Three themes emerged in the study: (1) AA as a foundation for sobriety and gender transition; (2) experiences with gender minority-based stigma in AA; and (3) use of adaptive strategies to negotiate survival in AA. This paper concludes with recommendations for AA members, substance abuse treatment professionals, social workers, and other healthcare providers to enhance TGNC experiences within substance abuse treatment and recovery communities.