Lee, A., Kim, H., Faulkner, M., Gerstenblatt, P., & Travis, D. (2018). Work Engagement among Child Care Providers: Application of Job Demands and Resources (JD-R) Model. Child & Youth Care Forum…. Read more »
Publications
Watt, T., Faulkner, M., Bustillos, S., & Madden, E. (2018). Foster Care Alumni and Higher Education: A Descriptive Study of Post-secondary Achievements of Foster Youth in Texas. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 1-10.
View the infographic on foster care alumni and higher education here. In 1993, Texas became one of the first states to adopt a post-secondary tuition and fee waiver for foster… Read more »
Adkins. T., Fonagy, P. & Luyten, P. (2018). Development and preliminary evaluation of Family Minds: A mentalization-based psychoeducation program for foster parents. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 27(8), 2519-2532.
Mentalization-based interventions show promise in improving mental health outcomes for children and parents through increasing a family’s reflective functioning, or ability to mentalize. Mentalizing involves the ability to understand behavior… Read more »
Berger Cardoso, J., Scott, J. & Faulkner, M. (2018). Parenting in the context of deportation risk. Journal of Marriage and Family.
Nearly 5.1 million children younger than age 18 live with at least one undocumented parent, about 7% of the U.S. child population. Between 2010 and 2013, an estimated 300,000 parents… Read more »
Mahapatra, N., Faulkner, M. & Schatz, C.S. (2016). Forefront of human rights issues: Integrating human trafficking into the Social Work curriculum. Critical Social Work, 17(1), 75-96.
Curriculum content including learning strategies about human trafficking can be integrated into social work programs through the core content courses, enabling future practitioners to competently serve and advocate for victims… Read more »
Faulkner, M. (2016) Supporting children and families: TANF and Head Start in Puerto Rico. In C. Nazario, Puerto Rican Children and Families: Our Starting Point (pp. 9-40). Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Metro Campus.
Dr. Monica Faulkner explores TANF and Head Start in Puerto Rico in this literature review. With almost half of the population in poverty and vast proportions of the island immigrating… Read more »
Bammens, A-S., Adkins, T., and Badger, J. (2015). Psycho-educational intervention increases reflective functioning in foster and adoptive parents. Adoption and Fostering, 39, 38-50.
The Family Minds (FM) psycho-educational and interactive program is a newly developed intervention on reflective functioning for groups of foster and adoptive parents. It lasts for nine hours and comprises… Read more »
Travis, D. J., Lee, A., Faulkner, M., Gerstenblatt, P., Boston, J. (2014). Cultivating a thriving childcare workforce: a theory-driven qualitative analysis. Community, Work & Family 17(3) 325-345.
Following a positive organizational framework, this study fills a gap in the human service literature by examining what works to boost the ability of the childcare workforce to thrive in… Read more »
Faulkner, M., Gerstenblatt, P., Lee, A., Vallejo, V. & Travis, D. (2014). Childcare providers: Work stress and personal well-being. Journal of Early Childhood Research.
Childcare providers often face stress in the workplace. Small studies of childcare providers have suggested that providers have high levels of depression compared to the general population. However, unlike other… Read more »
Berger Cardoso, J., Dettlaff, A., Finno-Velasquez, M., Scott, J. & Faulkner, M. (2014). Citizenship and immigration status among Latinos involved in the child welfare system: Characteristics, risk and maltreatment. Child and Youth Services Review, 44, 189-200.
Abstract The purpose of this study was to estimate the proportion of Latinos in the child welfare system and to identify how their household, community, and maltreatment characteristics differ from… Read more »