Subject Summaries
CASCW's subject summaries were developed by affiliated faculty within the School of Social Work. Child welfare-relevant evaluation findings, which include current policies and practices affecting Title IV-E eligible families and children, are incorporated into these supplemental training materials.
Each Subject Summary contains features such as discussion questions, selected references, additional resources, suggested guest speakers and a PowerPoint presentation.
Child Care Assistance: A Discussion and Review of the Literature
Author: Anita Larson
Keywords: child care, assistance, sliding fee, MFIP,
maternal employment
Date Posted: March 2010
Child Sexual Abuse: Assessment, Intervention & Prevention
Author: Jane Gilgun
Keywords: child sexual abuse assessment, intervention,
prevention, child survivors, perpetrators
Date Posted: December, 2009
Factors Associated with Good Outcomes for At-Risk Children Who Receive Social Services
Author: Jane Gilgun
Keywords: assessment, case planning, outcome evaluation, process
evaluation, parent factors, child factors, agency factors, environmental
factors, good outcomes of social services
Date Posted: December, 2009
White Privilege & Racism in Child Welfare
Authors: Lisa Albrecht & Juliana Keen
Keywords: racism, privilege
Date Posted: December, 2009
Prevalence of Children with Disabilities in the Child Welfare System: An Analysis of State Administrative Data
Author: Elizabeth Lightfoot and Katherine Hill
Keywords: disabilities, child welfare system, prevalence,
maltreatment
Date Posted: December, 2009
Intervention Approach with Kinship Families: Strategies for Child Protection Workers
Author: Priscilla Gibson
Keywords: Child protection workers, formal kinship foster care,
intervention strategies, direct practice
Date Posted: July, 2009
Sexual Identity Development: Process and Importance
Author: Colleen Fisher
Keywords: sexual identity
Date Posted: July, 2009
The Transition of Youth with Disabilities from the Child Welfare System
Authors: Katharine Hill and Elizabeth Lightfoot
Keywords: transition, disabilities, youth
Date Posted: July, 2008
Transformational Service Delivery in Kinship Foster Care: Influence of Casey’s Breakthrough Series
Authors: Priscilla A. Gibson
Keywords: Kinship foster care, kin search
Date Posted: May, 2008
Child Protection and Educational Neglect: A Preliminary Study
Authors: Tim Zuel, Anita Larson
Keywords: Child Protection/Welfare, Educational Neglect, Truancy,
School Attendance
Date Posted: December, 2005
The NEATS: A Competency-Based, Ecological Assessment for Children and Families
Authors: Jane Gilgun, Alankaar Sharma
Keywords: assessment, case plans, neurobiology, executive
function, attachment, trauma, and self-regulation, ecosystems
Date Posted: August, 2008
Establishing Case Typologies in Foster Care: Summary of Research Results
Authors: Susan J. Wells, Angela Neal
Keywords: Case types, foster care, outcomes
Date Posted: February, 2009
Hennepin County Placement Stability/Instability Study
Authors: Susan J. Wells, Esther Wattenberg, Angela Neal
Keywords: Foster care, placements, disruptions
Date Posted: February, 2009
Foster Care Re-Entry Study
Authors: Susan J. Wells, Angela Neal, Meredith S. Daniels
Keywords: Re-entry, reasons, characteristics
Date Posted: February, 2009
The Impact of Child Welfare Services on Racial Disparities in Outcomes: Child Welfare Services for African American and Caucasian Children in Four Minnesota Counties
Authors: Susan J. Wells and Angela Neal
Keywords: Disproportionality, matched pairs, African American
Date Posted: February, 2009
Child Sexual Abuse: Understanding the Issues
Authors: Jane Gilgun and Alankaar Sharma
Keywords: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse
Date Posted: Fall 2007
Protective Supervision: An Exploratory Study—“Strengthening the Capacity to Respond to Children in High-Risk Families”
Authors: Esther Wattenberg and Kate Troy
Keywords: Protective Supervision, Educational Neglect, Child
Welfare Date Posted: Spring 2007
Assessing Child Exposure to Adult Domestic Violence
Authors: Jeff Edleson
Keywords: Child Mental Health
Date Posted: Fall 2006
High School Graduation and Child Welfare: A Description of the Education Status of Older Minnesota Adolescents in the Academic Year After Substantiated Child Maltreatment Findings
Authors: Anita Larson, Marcie Jefferys
Keywords: Graduation Rates, Child Maltreatment
Date Posted: Summer 2006
Informal Kinship Care in Minnesota: A Pilot Study
Authors: Pricilla A. Gibson,
Keywords: Kinship Care, Older Caregivers, Informal Arrangements
Date Posted: Fall 2005
Managing Child Protection Cases Involving People with Disabilities
Authors: Elizabeth Lightfoot. & Traci LaLiberte
Keywords: Disabilities, Child Protection Case Management,
Accessibility Date Posted: Spring 2005
Out-of Home Placements Due to Parent Chemical Abuse and the Connection to Methamphetamine Addiction
Authors: Tami Swenson. & Marcie Jefferys
Keywords: Child Welfare, Out-of-home Placement, Substance abuse,
Social Worker Safety
Date Posted: Fall 2004
Factors that Influence Health Care Coverage for Low-Income Populations Under Minnesota's Welfare Reform
Authors: Jessica Toft and David Hollister
Keywords: Health Care Coverage TANF Medicaid Racial-Ethnic Groups
Immigrants, Child Welfare, Family Welfare,
Date Posted: Fall 2004
Male Offenders in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems
Authors: Jemel Aguilar and Laura Abrams
Keywords:
Juvenile Justice, Out-of-home placement, Maltreatment, Substance
Abuse, Race/Ethnicity, Gender
Date Posted: Fall 2004