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Children As Victims, Children As Clients Towards A Framework Of Best Practice In Services For Children Who Experience Domestic Violence, Emma Byrne-Macnamee

Dissertations

Historically, the core focus of domestic violence services in Ireland and elsewhere has been to support and empower women. Children’s needs have been seen as secondary to their mothers’, although services have generally provided opportunities for play and recreation. An increasing recognition of the direct effects of family violence on children and a growing trend in child and family provision towards monitoring progress and identifying outcomes has created a necessity for services working with children who experience domestic violence to examine and appraise the nature and scope of their work. Within this context, this study describes existing provision for children …

The Effectiveness Of Sexual Assault Services In Multi-Service Agencies, Debra Patterson

Social Work Faculty Publications

Sexual assault is a pervasive social problem with 18% of women and 3% of men experiencing a completed or attempted assault during their lifetime. More than half of victimizations occur before the survivor reaches the age of eighteen (Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). Research also shows that twothirds of sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the survivor, such as an acquaintance, friend or intimate partner. In fact, approximately 15% of sexual assaults are committed by an intimate partner. Many sexual assault survivors experience multiple negative outcomes such as psychological distress, physical health problems, and difficulties in life functioning (Gutner, …

Graduate Catalogs 2009-2010, Kean University

Course Catalogs, 1997 -

Course Catalogs include available majors, course requirements, costs, pictures, a brief institution history, and more.

Transforming Front Line Child Welfare Practice: The Impacts Of Institutional Settings On Services, Employment Environments, Children, And Families, Non-Retrospective Technical Report: Accessible Program And Agency Based Program Parent Survey Results From Case Opening And Follow Up, Karen Frensch, Gary Cameron, Lirondel Hazineh

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

Outcomes of accessible and central service models are assessed in this non-retrospective technical report using three criteria: (1) impacts on parent, child and family functioning; (2) impacts on system functioning (e.g. child placements, court involvements); and (3) impacts on parent and community attitudes towards child protection organizations.

Campus Connection, September 2009, Vol. 11 No. 1, California State University, Monterey Bay

Campus Connection

Move-in Day On Aug. 21 Heralds The Start Of Academic Year -- Kvitek, Mercado And Lienk Are Honored -- Grant Received To Start Institute Of Innovation And Economic Development On Campus -- Performing Arts Season Open Sept. 22 -- Campus Gets Award For Energy Savings -- University Earns Business Excellence Award -- New Media Took Center Stage This Summer -- Meet Saren Pierson -- New Recycling Program In Place -- New Employees, New Faculty Employees: Coaches, Lecturers, Promotions, Probation Passed -- President's Speaker Series: Dr. Brian Greene

Members, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Members of WKU Graduate Council and committees.

Prism #40, September 2009, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

People And Animals, Kindness And Cruelty: Research Directions And Policy Implications, Frank R. Ascione, Kenneth J. Shapiro

Animal Welfare Collection

This article addresses the challenges of defining and assessing animal abuse, the relation between animal abuse and childhood mental health, the extensive research on animal abuse and intimate partner violence, and the implication of these empirical findings for programs to enhance human and animal welfare. Highlighted are recent developments and advances in research and policy issues on animal abuse. The reader is directed to existing reviews of research and areas of focus on the expanding horizon of empirical analyses and programmatic innovations addressing animal abuse. Following a discussion of forensic and veterinary issues related to animal abuse, we discuss policy …

Retrospective Technical Report: Accessible Program Parent Survey Results From Case Opening And Follow Up (Using Retrospective Data), Karen Frensch

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

This retrospective technical report supports the summary of outcomes of accessible and central child protection service delivery as found in the Synthesis Report (Cameron, Hazineh & Frensch, 2010): Transforming Front-Line Child Welfare Practice: The Impacts of Institutional Settings on Services, Employment Environments, Children, and Families. The focus of this and other working reports is on the inclusion of all information relevant to the specific topic of investigation. The intent of working reports is to inform the synthesis report and include more information than what appears in the synthesis report. Less emphasis, however, is placed in the working reports on style …

Ua23 Newsletter, September 2009, Paul Markham, Aurelia Spaulding

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Action Items, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Overview of action items handled by the Graduate Council.

Center For Academic Excellence: Annual Report 2008-2009, Patrice Hudson, Leslie G. Mcbride, Kevin Kecskes, Amy Spring, Janelle De Carrico Voegele, Michael Chamberlain, Vincent Schreck

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Since its inception in 1994, the Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) has provided a comprehensive array of cross-disciplinary and discipline-specific development activities in support of the educational function of the university. The Center has a dual mission of faculty development in teaching, learning, and assessment and in the development of community-university partnerships. Th e Center is a place of innovation, a gathering place for idea generation and testing, and a place where faculty may turn for individual consultation and professional advice. Increasingly, CAE supports faculty interested in community-engaged research.

We are proud to present the 2008-2009 Annual Report of the …

Colorado Training Needs Assessment, Helen Ward Jd, Michelle Lamm Msw, Kimberly Pukstas-Bernard Phd

Children, Youth, & Families

The Colorado Department of Human Services (CO DHS) has contracted with the Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy to assess the professional development needs of child welfare caseworkers, case aides, and supervisors. This needs assessment will help guide the development of the new Child Welfare Training Academy established by Governor Bill Ritter in May 2009. The Academy will provide child welfare professionals across the state with the training, skills and knowledge to better protect the state's most vulnerable children from abuse and neglect.

Sw 100.01: Introduction To Social Welfare, Catherine R. O'Day

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 200.02: Introduction To Social Work Practice, Mary-Ann S. Bowman

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 310.01: Social Welfare Policies And Services, Kerrie A. Ghenie

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 350.01: Social Work Intervention Methods I - Generalist Practice With Focus On Individuals And Families, Charles A. Wellenstein

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 420.01: Child Abuse And Child Welfare, Jennifer J. Walrod

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 200.01: Introduction To Social Work Practice, Tondy Baumgartner

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 510.01: Human Behavior And Social Environment I, Ryan Tolleson Knee

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 515.01: Practice With Individuals And Families In A Community Context, Mary-Ann S. Bowman

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 450.01: Children And Youth At Risk, Charles A. Wellenstein

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 531.01: Methods Of Social Policy Analysis, Danielle F. Wozniak

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 535.01: Advanced Integrative Practice, Timothy B. Conley

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 535.02: Advanced Integrative Practice, James C. Caringi

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 576.01: Foundation Integrative Seminar I, Andrea Strizich

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 495.01: Traumatic Stress And Social Work, James C. Caringi

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 578.02: Advanced Integrative Seminar I, James C. Caringi

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Sw 578.03: Advanced Integrative Seminar I, Cynthia L. Garthwait

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Wgs 323.01: Women And Social Action In The Americas, Janet Finn

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.