This study compared the influence of personal and organizational factors on intention to leave among 2,903 members of the Texas child welfare workforce residing in urban, small-town, and rural counties… Read more »
Posts By: Katelyn McKerlie
Child Abuse Medical Evaluations in Texas: Current Practices & Challenges.
When an allegation of child abuse is reported, it is important that children receive child abuse medical evaluations for both medical and forensic purposes. A 2011 report by the Midwest… Read more »
Gerstenblatt, P., Faulkner, M., Travis, D., Lee, A., & Doan, LT. (2013).Not babysitting: Workstress and well-being for family child care providers Early Childhood Education Journal. 42(1) 67–75
Family child care providers contend with a number of work stressors related to the dual roles of operating a small business and providing child care in their home. Research has… Read more »
2013 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey
The Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI), in partnership with the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources (RMC), has undertaken the 2013 Texas Child Care Market Rate… Read more »
Gerlach, B. & Hopson, L. (2012). Effective methods for improving school climate. In Franklin, C., Harris, M. B., & Allen-Meares, P. The school services sourcebook: A guide for school-based professionals (2nd ed.). New York, NY US: Oxford University Press.
Gerlach, B. & Hopson, L. (2012). Effective methods for improving school climate. In Franklin, C., Harris, M. B., & Allen-Meares, P. The school services sourcebook: A guide for school-based professionals… Read more »
Franklin, C., Gerlach, B. & Chanmugam, A. C (2012). School social work. In C. Dulmus & K.M. Sowers, Fields of Social Work Practice: A Foundation of Social Work. NJ: Wiley Press.
Dr. Beth Gerlach joins co-authors Cynthia Franklin and Amy Chanmugam to define the practice of school social work in an article included in the Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and… Read more »
2012 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey
The Center for Social Work Research (CSWR), in partnership with the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources (RMC), has undertaken the 2012 Texas Child Care Market Rate… Read more »
Faulkner, M. & Madden, E. (2012). Openness and post adoption birth family contact: A comparison of non-relative foster and private adoptions. Adoption Quarterly, 15(1), 35-56.
This study used data from the National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP) to compare post-adoption birth family contact in families with non-relative private domestic and foster care adoptions. This study… Read more »
Lewis, C., Faulkner, M., Scarborough, M., Gartin, B.B. (2012). Predictors of three-year subsequent births for low-income adolescent mothers: An exploratory investigation of an intensive case management collaboration. American Journal of Public Health, 102(10), 1862-1865.
Lewis, C., Faulkner, M., Scarborough, M., Gartin, B.B. (2012). Predictors of three-year subsequent births for low-income adolescent mothers: An exploratory investigation of an intensive case management collaboration. American Journal of… Read more »
Fowler, D.N. & Faulkner, M. (2011). Interventions targeting substance abuse among women survivors of intimate partner abuse: A meta-analysis. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 41(4), 386-398.
Fowler, D.N., & Faulkner, M. (2011). Interventions targeting substance abuse among women survivors of intimate partner abuse: A meta-analysis. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 41(4), 386-398. In this article, meta-analytic techniques… Read more »