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Bullying Hurts, Katrina Marie Gonzalez
Bullying Hurts, Katrina Marie Gonzalez
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This research projects purpose was to research the prevalence of bullying/harassment in schools in a city within the Inland Empire. The city is left confidential to protect the confidentiality of study participants. The researcher utilized the post positivist approach to guide the research processes. The study was completed through interviews with parents which contained qualitative questions. The researcher will create a webpage that’s link was posted to Facebook city sites. This website lead to a more private location where research participants were able to gather more information about the study and sign up to participate.
The research participants needed to …
Social Workers' Perceptions Of Resource Family Approval, Hannah Chavez
Social Workers' Perceptions Of Resource Family Approval, Hannah Chavez
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Resource Family Approval (RFA) is a policy that was recently enacted in California. The process seeks to merge existing policies on the regulations of families who wish to care for children involved in the foster care system. The purpose of this study was to understand the perceptions of resource family approval social workers and the implementation of RFA. Ten participants were chosen from the resource family approval unit from a county child welfare agency. The study was a qualitative design with in person interviews.
Common themes emerged in responses to social worker's thoughts about RFA, social worker's ideas for preparing …
Where Are All The Services?: An Administrators Perspective On Homeless Services In Western Riverside County, Sarah Crane
Where Are All The Services?: An Administrators Perspective On Homeless Services In Western Riverside County, Sarah Crane
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The focus of this study was to better understand the state of homeless services in Western Riverside County’s unincorporated areas and cities. Though various services are available to the homeless in these areas, the distance between the appropriate services and some residential parts of the county can be vast. This study sought to obtain an understanding from the administrators of homeless services providers on the deficiencies in services across the county, striving to understand where and what type of increased services are needed.
This study used a qualitative research design. Data were collected from nine homeless service administrators from around …