Independent Living Program Evaluation For Rebuilding All Goals Efficiently, 2011 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Independent Living Program Evaluation For Rebuilding All Goals Efficiently, Patricia Armour, Debra Moulton, Araceli Pruett
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This paper evaluates the outcome of independent living (IL) services provided to clients with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) by a local non-profit organization, Rebuilding All Goals Efficiently (RAGE). Agency services are directed at increasing client self-sufficiency, self-advocacy, and maintenance of least restrictive living environment. Secondary data provided by RAGE for 22 SCI clients who received services in FY10 was used in the evaluation. Outcomes were measured for living arrangement at case closure, impact of services on client’s life, and cost effectiveness of services provided. Descriptive statistical analysis of the data revealed successful outcomes for all 22 SCI clients. All clients …
Nevadagives.Org: Building Website Capacity For Data Collection, 2011 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Nevadagives.Org: Building Website Capacity For Data Collection, Snezhanka V. Christy, Lisa E. Stamanis
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Since the adoption of the Government Performance and Result Act of 1993, the same demand for accountability placed upon government agencies is also expected in the nonprofit sector (Poister, 2003). Also fueling the need for dependable nonprofit performance data, is the current economic environment where funding is scarce or non-existent. Along with providing routine information and services, developing a competent website to collect and make available performance data for stakeholders and patrons is a necessary practice in both the public and private sector. Nonprofit organizations fortunate enough to have functioning websites can maximize their potential by managing them as a …
Evaluation Of Mentoring In Southern Nevada, 2011 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Evaluation Of Mentoring In Southern Nevada, Andrew Merz, Glen Leavitt
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition (SNRPC) is charged with the issuance of grants and funding to groups who provide and run mentoring programs in Southern Nevada (which is primarily composed of Clark County.) The SNRPC desires to streamline and regiment this process, as currently it is operated with minimal oversight and regulation. We designed a survey to ascertain what mentoring groups in Clark County consider to be central to mentoring; both within and without their own programs. It is our desire that the SNRPC be able to administer the newly created survey to groups who receive and groups who …
Explicating Correlates Of Juvenile Offender Detention Length: The Impact Of Race, Mental Health Difficulties, Maltreatment, Offense Type, And Court Dispositions, 2011 Cleveland State University
Explicating Correlates Of Juvenile Offender Detention Length: The Impact Of Race, Mental Health Difficulties, Maltreatment, Offense Type, And Court Dispositions, Christopher A. Mallett, Patricia A. Stoddard Dare, Mamadou M. Seck
Social Work Faculty Publications
Detention and confinement are widely acknowledged juvenile justice system problems which require further research to understand the explanations for these outcomes. Existing juvenile court, mental health, and child welfare histories were used to explicate factors which predict detention length in this random sample of 342 youth from one large, urban Midwestern county in the United States. Data from this sample revealed eight variables which predict detention length. Legitimate predictors of longer detention length such as committing a personal crime or violating a court order were nearly as likely in this sample to predict detention length as other extra-legal predictors such …
Child Neglect And Its Association With Subsequent Juvenile Drug And Alcohol Offense, 2011 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Child Neglect And Its Association With Subsequent Juvenile Drug And Alcohol Offense, Wan-Yi Chen, Jennifer Propp, Ellen Delara, Kenneth Corvo
Social Work (Graduate) Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Colorado Community Organizing Collaborative: A Critical Realist Case Study, 2011 University of Denver
The Colorado Community Organizing Collaborative: A Critical Realist Case Study, Shawna M. Margesson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study utilized the ontological and epistemological foundations of critical realism posed by Margaret Archer (2000) to deepen social work's understanding of collaboration. Through the use of Danermark et al.'s (2002) stages of explanatory research based on critical realism, the author found that agential and structural interactions of the Colorado Community Organizing Collaborative emerged. These findings illustrate that critical realism can be used in social work research to broaden the discipline's perception of human and environment. Archer's (2000) grounding of agency in three orders of reality, that practice is pivotal and morphogenesis is transformative aids in rediscovering how structure constrains …
Can Online Consumers Contribute To Drug Knowledge? A Mixedmethods Comparison Of Consumergenerated And Professionally Controlled Psychotropic Medication Information On The Internet, 2011 Utah State University
Can Online Consumers Contribute To Drug Knowledge? A Mixedmethods Comparison Of Consumergenerated And Professionally Controlled Psychotropic Medication Information On The Internet, Shannon Hughes, David Cohen
School of Social Work
Background: Ongoing initiatives to filter online health searches exclude consumer-generated content from search returns, though its inferiority compared with professionally controlled content is not demonstrated. The antidepressant escitalopram and the antipsychotic quetiapine have ranked over the last 5 years as top-selling agents in their respective drug classes. Both drugs have various off-label mental health and non–mental health uses, ranging from the relief of insomnia and migraines to the treatment of severe developmental disorders.
Objective: Our objective was to describe the most frequently reported effects of escitalopram and quetiapine in online consumer reviews, to compare them with effects described in professionally …
Modern-Day Slavery And Human Trafficking: An Overlooked Issue, 2011 Salve Regina University
Modern-Day Slavery And Human Trafficking: An Overlooked Issue, Michelle Kuhl
Pell Scholars and Senior Theses
Slavery and human trafficking have become a widespread problem across the globe today. Practices including debt bondage, forced labor, sexual slavery, and more are occurring in every country, including here in the United States. It has been widely overlooked, and although there are several laws and declarations outlawing the practice of slavery, it still occurs. Neoliberalism and globalization are considered in this thesis as contributors to modern-day slavery and trafficking in persons. Additionally, specific case studies of a few different nations are provided to clarify the topic and help the reader create a personal connection to the issue. A lot …
Asset-Based Policy In South Korea, 2011 Washington University in St. Louis
Asset-Based Policy In South Korea, Youngmi Kim, Li Zou, Young Sun Joo, Michael Sherraden
Center for Social Development Research
Asset-Based Policy in South Korea
Creating Inclusive Programming And Practice For Lgbtqq Youth Through Awareness, 2011 Portland State University
Creating Inclusive Programming And Practice For Lgbtqq Youth Through Awareness, L. Kris Gowen, Christian L. Rummell
School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
Slides from a webinar which presents information and key definitions for organizations that provide programs and services in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) youth. Research data and studies; causes of health and system disparities; risk and protective factors; policies and theories; the identity development stages and process; and support strategies are discussed. In addition, audience questions are answered and mentoring specific organizational resources are given. Agencies and organizations can gain a greater awareness of the LGBTQ community which leads to the creation of a more inclusive and responsive approach to youth development for this population.
Thinking Practice: The Social Work Integral Model, 2011 University of Washington Tacoma
Thinking Practice: The Social Work Integral Model, Michelle Garner
Social Work & Criminal Justice Publications
Social workers are bound by the mission, values, and ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. Yet a broad, transtheoretical model accounting for these core principles and guiding identification of clinically and ethically sound daily praxis decisions is lacking in the field's literature and practice wisdom. Such a model could aid in assuring dependably sound social worker actions; socialization of colleagues; clearer guidelines for teaching, supervision, and ethical review of peers; and accreditation of educational programs. The Social Work Integral Model (SWIM) emerged from field practice and scholarship for instructional use and addresses this conceptual gap. Further, congruence of …
Focal Point, Volume 25, 2011 Portland State University
Focal Point, Volume 25, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Research and Training Center - Focal Point
This issue of Focal Point is about Healthy Relationships and their effects on young adults with mental health conditions. While most of the articles focus on the positive aspects of relationships, others highlight more negative experiences and their impacts.
African American College Students: Literacy Of Depression And Help Seeking, 2011 Eastern Washington University
African American College Students: Literacy Of Depression And Help Seeking, Kim L. Stansbury, Maureen Wimsatt, Gaynell Marie Simpson, Fayetta Martin, Nancy Nelson
Social Work Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Research In Spirituality, Religion, And Aging: An Emerging Area, 2011 Loyola University Chicago
Research In Spirituality, Religion, And Aging: An Emerging Area, Holly Nelson-Becker
Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works
No abstract provided.
Innovation In Collaboration: The Summer Institute On Youth Mentoring As A University-Community Partnership, 2011 Portland State University
Innovation In Collaboration: The Summer Institute On Youth Mentoring As A University-Community Partnership, Kevin R. Jones, Thomas E. Keller, Marc E. Wheeler
School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article explores the utility and flexibility of one of the more comprehensive partnership frameworks by using it to a university-based summer institute designed to foster the exchange of knowledge between practitioners and researchers in the field of youth mentoring. It states that youth mentoring is a well-known and prevalent mode of intervention with youth and children across the U.S. The Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring at Portland State University was developed to provide a new and distinctive educational chance for experienced youth and mentoring experts. Portland State University became known as a pioneer in facilitating collaboration between youth mentoring …
How Mental Health Challenges Impact The Sexual And Relational Health Of Young Adults, 2011 Portland State University
How Mental Health Challenges Impact The Sexual And Relational Health Of Young Adults, L. Kris Gowen
School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
Sexual behavior is a normative aspect of young adulthood—90% of young adults have had vaginal intercourse and/or oral sex before the age of 30.1 Similarly, engaging in romantic and/or intimate relationships is seen as an essential developmental task of young adulthood. However, little is known about the sexual and romantic relationships of young adults with serious mental health conditions (SMHC), despite the fact that there is evidence that this population is disproportionately affected by poor sexual health. This article will outline what is known about the sexual and romantic relationships of young adults with SMHC and highlight the importance of …
Healthy Relationships, 2011 Portland State University
Healthy Relationships, L. Kris Gowen
School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
The author's introduction to this issue of Focal Point, focused on healthy relationships. Offers background information and brief synopses of the articles contained in this issue.
Associations Between Childhood Maltreatment And Young Adult Romantic Relationships: A Focus On Gender Differences, 2011 Portland State University
Associations Between Childhood Maltreatment And Young Adult Romantic Relationships: A Focus On Gender Differences, L. Kris Gowen, Celina Kishna
School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
Two recent studies investigated the associations between experiencing maltreatment in childhood and dating aggression and interpersonal problems in young adult romantic relationships, with a focus on gender differences.
Introduction Of Secondary Trauma For Casa Volunteers, 2011 Boise State University
Introduction Of Secondary Trauma For Casa Volunteers, Raymond Mullenax
Raymond Mullenax
No abstract provided.
Seoul Hope Plus Savings Accounts: Asset-Building Program For Low-Income Households In Seoul (Second-Year Collaborative Research Report), 2011 Washington University in St. Louis
Seoul Hope Plus Savings Accounts: Asset-Building Program For Low-Income Households In Seoul (Second-Year Collaborative Research Report), Youngmi Kim, Soonung Lee, Mihyun Kim
Center for Social Development Research
Seoul Hope Plus Savings Accounts: Asset-Building Program for Low-Income Households in Seoul (Second-Year Collaborative Research Report)