By Alix Mammina, Communications Specialist at the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing A new study co-authored by TXICFW’s Tina Adkins shows promising evidence that a group intervention can help foster parents manage parenting stress and build critical parenting skills. Most children entering foster care have experienced traumatic and adverse events resulting in significant… Read more »
By Allie Long In January of 2021, The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing was contracted to conduct a two-part program evaluation for the National Angels organization’s Austin chapter. “This evaluation has really been a long time in the making,” shared Tym Belseth, Lead Research Coordinator for the Austin Angels Program Evaluation. “I first… Read more »
When COVID 2019 sent everyone home in early 2020, the Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP) was just gearing up to start working directly with leadership and staff at child placing agencies to implement a new practice approach for children in foster care and their families across the state. “We had just selected our pilot study… Read more »
Check out these short research summaries + learn their implications for practice! Is Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Evidence-Based? An Update 10 Years Later (2019) Kim, S. Smock Jordan, C. Franklin, & A. Froerer In 2010, researchers published an article in Families in Society about the observed effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT). Several of the researchers from the original… Read more »
Texas school social workers are an integral part of a student’s success in school. However, the role of social workers varies across the 1,250-plus school districts in the state. Social workers have the training to provide a comprehensive range of services to students and their families that are critical to providing holistic mental health services… Read more »
Social workers practicing in schools are an important part of the student support team that can include guidance counselors, nurses, school psychologists, and behavior specialists. School social workers have a unique multi-level perspective and are equipped with skills to address individual student mental health, family support and crisis intervention, while also keeping their eyes open… Read more »
Welcome to our September 2020 News from the Field monthly feature! This is an extension of the bottom of our newsletter. We will be providing you with some of the latest news, resources, and local & national professional development opportunities. If you haven’t already, sign up to get our monthly e-newsletter in your inbox. This month,… Read more »
The Child Welfare Education Collaboration (CWEC) 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’ Child Protective Services that links social work education and public child welfare. The CWEC training project began in 1999, with the goal… Read more »
By Kaitlyn Doerge, MSSW The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing has been collaborating with First3Years to evaluate the Safe Babies program since 2017. Safe Babies began in Tarrant County and has since extended its reach to Dallas County, with plans to start working with families in Harris County next month. Safe Babies seeks… Read more »
Interview by Allie Long At the beginning of this year, our Institute began a three-year partnership with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to help develop and implement a best practices case management model to serve families with children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). Since its inception in 1933, the CSHCN Program has… Read more »