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Full-Text Articles in Social Work
An Evaluation Of Adhd Children And Parental Stress Within The Latino Culture, Christine Ortiz
An Evaluation Of Adhd Children And Parental Stress Within The Latino Culture, Christine Ortiz
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
A Profile Of Wisconsin's Dairyindustry, 1999, F. H. Buttel, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, S. Moon
A Profile Of Wisconsin's Dairyindustry, 1999, F. H. Buttel, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, S. Moon
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
In the late winter and early spring of 1999, the Program on Agricultural Technology Studies (PATS)2 surveyed over 1,600 of Wisconsin’s dairy farmers. Because the sample was large, was drawn randomly from the Wisconsin Dairy Producers List, and yielded a relatively high response rate (50 percent), the results provide a scientifically reliable snapshot of the Wisconsin dairy farming sector as of the spring of 1999. This report provides an overview of the initial findings of the overall study. The emphasis of this report is on the characteristics of the Wisconsin dairy farming sector, and on the characteristics of the operators …
The Impact Of Parenting Style And Self-Acceptance On Gays And Lesbians, Diana Bristow
The Impact Of Parenting Style And Self-Acceptance On Gays And Lesbians, Diana Bristow
Theses Digitization Project
For this study the population targeted was found through members of PFLAG (Parents, Friends of Lesbians and Gays), specifically the Claremont, California chapter and also members of a gay and lesbian group, GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) and Ally Services at California State Polytechnical University (CalPoly), Pomona.
The Effectiveness Of Play Therapy In A School-Based Counseling Program, Aimee Marie O'Keefe
The Effectiveness Of Play Therapy In A School-Based Counseling Program, Aimee Marie O'Keefe
Theses Digitization Project
This research project attempted to determine whether play therapy used to treat elementary and junior high school children in a School-Based Counseling program is effective. There is conflicting evidence in the literature as to the effectiveness of therapy with children, especially play therapy. This project used a qualitative design to evaluate play therapy used in a School-Base Counseling program (SBC). Randomly selected case files from the 1998-99 academic year were analyzed using questions considering demographic information for each child, the reason the child was referred to the program, the intervention used by the therapist, and the outcomes of therapy. The …
Barriers Of Services To Foster Youths In Riverside County Group Homes, Garcea Maria Moss
Barriers Of Services To Foster Youths In Riverside County Group Homes, Garcea Maria Moss
Theses Digitization Project
The qualitative research study focuses on barriers of services to foster youth that reside in a group home placement in Riverside County. To obtain data regarding this issue, fifteen group home providers were administered a questionnaire pertaining to the concerns and problems associated with service delivery when attempting to attain services for foster youth. The results of the study reveal that fragmentation of services largely exists in Riverside County, and further suggest an array of reasons associated with this breakdown of services.
Controlling Crises In Sickle Cell Anemia: A Biopsychosocial Perspective, Cynthia Harris Alexander, Denita Sherri Grant
Controlling Crises In Sickle Cell Anemia: A Biopsychosocial Perspective, Cynthia Harris Alexander, Denita Sherri Grant
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Family Visits Or Contact To Dementia Elderly At Long Term Care Facilities, Sam Ndu Achor
Family Visits Or Contact To Dementia Elderly At Long Term Care Facilities, Sam Ndu Achor
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Lasting Effects Of Sexual Abuse On Mental Health Of Heterosexual And Homosexual Women, Peggy Cicconi
Lasting Effects Of Sexual Abuse On Mental Health Of Heterosexual And Homosexual Women, Peggy Cicconi
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Satisfaction With Life, Quality Of Relationships And Social Service Needs Of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgendered Persons Aged 50 And Older, Sandra Kay Eastman
Satisfaction With Life, Quality Of Relationships And Social Service Needs Of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgendered Persons Aged 50 And Older, Sandra Kay Eastman
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Social Isolation: A Study Of Causal Factors In Homeless Families, Samuel Ross Birdsall
Social Isolation: A Study Of Causal Factors In Homeless Families, Samuel Ross Birdsall
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Evaluating Intervention Services For Perpetrators And Victims Of Domestic Violence, Budtri Ay Bhandhumani, Sandra Lea Book
Evaluating Intervention Services For Perpetrators And Victims Of Domestic Violence, Budtri Ay Bhandhumani, Sandra Lea Book
Theses Digitization Project
This study was to evaluate current agency programs that were available to aid victims of domestic violence and their effectiveness in reducing the long-term emotional state of victims. This study included participants from various Domestic Violence Programs located throughout San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles counties.
An Exploration Of The Role Of Spirituality In Recovery From Alcoholism, Juliet Suzanne Boldi, Jamileth Lara
An Exploration Of The Role Of Spirituality In Recovery From Alcoholism, Juliet Suzanne Boldi, Jamileth Lara
Theses Digitization Project
This study investigates the relationship between spirituality and recovery for alcohol abusers. The data was gathered by administering a survey questionnaire that explored background information, alcohol use and recovery, and spirituality.
The Relationship Between Mexican-American Parenting Styles, Level Of Acculturation, And Incidence Of Stress And Reports Of Child Abuse, Patricia Rocio Huerta-Perales
The Relationship Between Mexican-American Parenting Styles, Level Of Acculturation, And Incidence Of Stress And Reports Of Child Abuse, Patricia Rocio Huerta-Perales
Theses Digitization Project
The parenting style, level of acculturation and incidence of stress, were explored in order to identify the likelihood of intervention by child protective services to prevent child abuse. Additionally, concerns of whether reports of child abuse were related more to the lack of information about American parenting rules, rather than intentionally abusive behavior.
Violence In The Heartland: A Southern California Tribe's View Of Native American Victimization, Monahseetah Le Hanson
Violence In The Heartland: A Southern California Tribe's View Of Native American Victimization, Monahseetah Le Hanson
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Management Intensive Rotational Grazingin Wisconsin: The 1990s, M. Ostrom, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith
Management Intensive Rotational Grazingin Wisconsin: The 1990s, M. Ostrom, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
Growing numbers of Wisconsin dairy farmers have reported success using management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG) techniques that rely on pastures as the primary source of forage for their milking herds. The Program on Agricultural Technology Studies (PATS) has been tracking the use and performance of MIRG systems in Wisconsin since the early 1990s through periodic large-scale, random sample surveys of Wisconsin dairy farmers. This fact sheet incorporates recent results from PATS 1999 Dairy Farmer Poll into an overall summary of PATS grazing research.
Limitations Of Agricultural Land Useplanning Tools In Rural Wisconsin, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, J. Bukovac
Limitations Of Agricultural Land Useplanning Tools In Rural Wisconsin, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, J. Bukovac
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
Recent opinion polls suggest that farmland preservation is one of the most widely shared goals for local land use planning in Wisconsin. Although the state has long been a leader in the use of tax and zoning policy tools to protect agricultural lands from residential or commercial development, continued high rates of farmland loss have cast doubt on their effectiveness. This paper critically examines statistical evidence for the effectiveness of farmland tax credit and exclusive agricultural zoning policies in Wisconsin. Using data collected at the township level (the local unit of land use decision-making in most counties), and controlling for …
Overview Of Emerging Conflicts Over Agriculturalland Use, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith
Overview Of Emerging Conflicts Over Agriculturalland Use, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
I’d like to use my opening comments today to set the stage for the rest of the program. But first, a few words about my background. I’m a sociologist and an economist trained in the dynamics of change in the farm sector. I help direct a research and outreach unit called the Program on Agricultural Technology Studies that tracks the impacts of new technologies and public policies on farm families, and only came to the world of land use planning through the back door. Specifically, as we’ve worked with farmers across the state in the last five to seven years, …
Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Views Onuniversity Research And Extension Programs, M. Ostrom, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, S. Moon
Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Views Onuniversity Research And Extension Programs, M. Ostrom, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, S. Moon
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
Over the last decade, the Program on Agricultural Technology Studies (PATS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a wide range of formal and informal comments from Wisconsin farmers regarding the direction of university research and extension programs. In an era of declining Extension budgets, increasing privatization, and a rapidly changing farm structure, the debate about where to focus scarce public resources takes on an added significance. Is there still an important role for land grant institutions to play in agriculture in the new century? If so, how can limited resources be targeted most effectively? What do farmers and other …
Narratives Of Those Who Were Labeled Mentally Ill Due To Sexual Orientation, Michelle Gricus
Narratives Of Those Who Were Labeled Mentally Ill Due To Sexual Orientation, Michelle Gricus
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
Prior to the printing of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) in 1980, mental health practitioners who treated homosexual clients were encouraged by the American Psychiatric Association to define these individuals as mentally ill. The label of mental illness had lasting, damaging effects on many of the people who were categorized mentally ill because of their homosexual orientation. The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative study was to examine the impact of being labeled mentally ill due to sexual orientation from the perspective of labeling and ecological theories. The study showed that the ability …
Social Workers: Their Role And Relationship With The People They Serve, Sheila Moriarty
Social Workers: Their Role And Relationship With The People They Serve, Sheila Moriarty
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceptions that social service workers have of their role and relationship with the people they serve. This study explored these questions of role and relationship through stories told by the social service workers about their work. The literature review reveals that there has been little research looking at the role and relationship with people using the stories of social service workers. Postmodernism and its challenge to the social service worker role as expert is the conceptual framework for this thesis. The research method is hermeneutics. It recognizes the legitimacy of lived …
A Community Grief Support Program For Children A Needs Assessment, Peggy Wolner
A Community Grief Support Program For Children A Needs Assessment, Peggy Wolner
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this study was to explore the need for a community grief support program for children, Nineteen professionals who work directly with children participated in this study. Data were collected utilizing an interview with a closed- and open-ended item questionnaire. Among the topics discussed were knowledge of existing grief support services, interventions to facilitate a child's adjustment to death and the need for a grief support program for children Findings indicated all of those who participated in the study felt a grief support program for children was needed. Participants provided useful information for the development of future programs. …
Development Of A Workshop Curriculum: Ensuring Culturally Competent Services For African Immigrants And Refugees, Tsehai Wodajo
Development Of A Workshop Curriculum: Ensuring Culturally Competent Services For African Immigrants And Refugees, Tsehai Wodajo
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this project was to develop a workshop that will help to secure culturally competent social services for African immigrant and refugee families. The framework of the workshop focused on two areas. The first is to help the workers to become culturally competent by carrying out ethnic sensitive inventory to assess their competency. Skills developed included what to do during pre-contact. during problem identification and specification, goal formation, problem solving and termination. The second area focused on how to assess the needs and strengths of African immigrant and refugee families. Culturagram and Eco-map are the two major assessment …
Adolescents And Young Adults In Transition: From Homelessness To Permanent Housing, Tona L. Willand
Adolescents And Young Adults In Transition: From Homelessness To Permanent Housing, Tona L. Willand
Theses and Graduate Projects
This study explores the intrapersonal and environmental factors associated with change in the transition from homelessness to permanent housing from the perspective of young women who have experienced it. Three young women were interviewed face-to-face in semi-structured interviews, using a non-probability convenience sample. Content analysis was used to identify intrapersonal and environmental factors that affected the process of change. Research participants identified goal-directed behavior, persistence and hope as intrapersonal factors in effecting change. Supportive relationships and practical assistance were identified as supportive factors in the transition period. The findings are discussed in relation to research from the literature, and the …
Maturity And Responsibility In "Troubled" Families, Ruthelle Winfrey West
Maturity And Responsibility In "Troubled" Families, Ruthelle Winfrey West
Theses and Graduate Projects
Despite increased knowledge and trained professionals in the field of human behavior, growing numbers of dysfunctional families are overwhelming the human service systems and society at-large. This qualitative study focused on the childhood experiences of two women from "troubled" families and exprored their perceptions and interpretations of their parents' maturity and responsible behavior. Their comments were then compared. to the Global Crlteria of Maturity. The phenomenological approach was used in exploring the childhood experiences of these women. It was found through the study that the two women perceived their parents' behavior as being responsible but, on the other hand, they …
The Involvement Of Gay Men In The Lutheran Church, Mary E. Vorhes
The Involvement Of Gay Men In The Lutheran Church, Mary E. Vorhes
Theses and Graduate Projects
Gay men have varying degrees of involvement in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). This exploratory, qualitative study looked at the participation of gay men in Reconciling-In-Chnst (RIC) Lutheran congregations, what has affected that participation, and how the participants feel about their involvement in the Lutheran Church. Five gay men between the ages of 40-60 were interviewed regarding how they feel about their participation in the Lutheran church. The findings indicate that some participants left the church at some time, that all participants are curently active in the Lutheran Church, and that all participants are dissatisfied with the ELCA …
The Relationship Between Parental Involvement And The Reunification Of Youth In Foster Care, Gretchen K. Welch
The Relationship Between Parental Involvement And The Reunification Of Youth In Foster Care, Gretchen K. Welch
Theses and Graduate Projects
This is a quantitative secondary data analysis which researched the effects of parental involvement on youth in foster care within a private non-profit treatment foster care agency. The study was intended to educate the agency and their foster parents on the significance of parental involvement with youth in foster eare to successfully achieve each youth's initial placement goal of reunification. According to current laws, reunification is considered the preferred permanency plan for foster youth. Existing data used from the agency consisted of surveys from foster parents and social workers concerning 344 youth between the ages of 12 and l9 years …
How Are Families On Reservations Faring Under Welfare Reform? Working Paper 2, Shanta Pandey, Min Zhan, Shannon Collier-Tenison, Kathryn Hui
How Are Families On Reservations Faring Under Welfare Reform? Working Paper 2, Shanta Pandey, Min Zhan, Shannon Collier-Tenison, Kathryn Hui
Buder Center for American Indian Studies Research
This report is based on our first wave of interviews with 445 either former or current welfare families with children. The respondents were from three Indian reservations (Navajo, San Carlos and Salt River) within Arizona. This information was substantiated by several focus group interviews with welfare recipients and tribal social service providers. The results provide useful insights into understanding the characteristics of welfare recipients on reservations. The characteristics of the welfare caseload on reservations indicate that rapid decline in caseload at the national and regional level will not automatically result in similar caseload decline on many American Indian reservations. A …
Costing Child Protective Services Staff Turnover, Michelle Graef, Erick L. Hill
Costing Child Protective Services Staff Turnover, Michelle Graef, Erick L. Hill
Center on Children, Families, and the Law: Faculty Publications
This article details the process used in one state to determine the financial costs to the child welfare agency accrued over the course of one year that were directly attributable to CPS staff turnover. The formulas and process for calculating specific cost elements due to separation, replacement and training are provided. The practical considerations inherent in this type of analysis are highlighted, as well as the use of this type of data to inform agency human resource strategies.
Stalking: Cultural, Clinical, And Legal Considerations, Carol E. Jordan, Karen Quinn, Bradley O. Jordan, Celia R. Daileader
Stalking: Cultural, Clinical, And Legal Considerations, Carol E. Jordan, Karen Quinn, Bradley O. Jordan, Celia R. Daileader
Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Publications
Crimes of violence against women are unique in their treatment by our culture and our system of legal justice. Both culturally and statutorily, victims of crimes which have historically been perpetrated against women, such as rape, domestic violence, and stalking have received significant focus. This article highlights cultural considerations and provides a statutory and case law analysis.
Killing Ostriches: Young Women, Family Violence And Youth Work, Judy Kulisa
Killing Ostriches: Young Women, Family Violence And Youth Work, Judy Kulisa
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Using a phenomenological approach, this study, "Killing Ostriches" sought to investigate the experience of violence in the home of a small group of young women living in the northern suburbs of Perth. Seven young women between the ages of 17-26 took part in the study. Five of these young women claimed to have experienced violence in their family of origin and the: remaining two, introduced for triangulation purposes, claimed not to have done so. The study sought, not only to explore the lived experience of violence in the home for these young women, but to also investigate their experience of …