Archard, P.J., Blackwell, J., Moore, I., Briggs Deardon, L., Adkins, T., O’Reilly, M. (2022) Providing specialist clinical support for adoptive parents and adoption professionals. Mental Health Practice 25(5). doi: 10.7748/mhp.2022.e163
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Madden, E. E., Faulkner, M., & Aguiniga, D. M. (2022). Adoption competency in a Post–Roe v. Wade reality. Journal of Social Work Education, 58(3), 427–430. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2091390
A new article from TXICFW researcher Dr. Monica Faulkner explores adoption after Roe v. Wade. As we move into a post–Roe v. Wade reality, it is imperative that social work… Read more »
How to Engage Parents, Caregivers, and Practitioners in Reunification
The child welfare system often struggles to encourage collaboration across organizations and within families. When birth families, foster caregivers, and the practitioners working on these cases engage with each other,… Read more »
Latest Research on Reunification
Check out these short research summaries on reunification and kinship care from other experts in the field and learn their implications for practice! The road to reunification: Family- and state… Read more »
Spring Updates from the Child Welfare Education Collaboration
The Child Welfare Education Collaboration program is a partnership between the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services… Read more »
Reisz, S., Aviles, A., & Adkins, T. Foster parents’ attachment, trauma histories, and current parenting stress. Infant Mental Health Journal.
Foster Parent Attachment Styles and Trauma Histories: Study Background Connections between parents’ trauma histories, adult attachment, and parenting stress are well established; those who have experienced trauma are more likely… Read more »
Latest Research on Violence Prevention
Check out these short research summaries on violence prevention from other experts in the field and learn their implications for practice! Stress and parenting during the global COVID-19 pandemic (2020)… Read more »
How Mental Health Professionals Can Support Asylum Seekers
By Alix Mammina, Communications Specialist at the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing At Girasol Texas, we’re building a network of trauma-informed professionals to support the health and wellbeing… Read more »
Personal and Professional Impact of the Pandemic on Texas School Social Workers
During the 30th Annual Texas School Social Work Conference, the Texas School Social Work Network (TSSWN) sent out a survey to all conference participants to explore the impact of the… Read more »
National Angels Process Evaluation Report
Our research team at the Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing conducted a process evaluation of National Angels programming at the National Angels chapter in Austin, Texas. The process evaluation… Read more »