Publications
Griesgraber, M., Wells, S.J., Bauerkemper,
K., Koranda, L., & Link, A. (2008).
Developing a case typology for children
in out-of-home care: Child welfare
worker perspectives. Families in
Society, 89(2), 302-311.
Sedlak, A., Schultz, D. Wells, S.J., Lyons,
P., Doueck, H.J., & Gragg, F. (2006).
Child protection and justice systems
processing of serious child abuse and
neglect cases. Child Abuse & Neglect
The International Journal, 30 (6, 657-
677).
National Association of Social Workers.
(2005). NASW standards for social work practice in child
welfare.
[Brochure]. Washington DC: Author. S. J. Wells was a member
of the
Child Welfare Standards Work Group which authored this
publication.
Wells, S. J., & Fuller, T. (2005). Outcome based child welfare
training
modules: Module 7: Program evaluation in family centered
services.
Urbana IL. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School
of Social
Work.
Previously published as: Wells, S. J., Fuller, T.
L., with contributing
authors, Casteñuela, M., Charlton, T., Green, K., Johnson,
M.,
Kurlakowsky, K., Pratt, C. & Associates, Tarnow, M., &
Thomson, D.
(2001). Program Evaluation in Family Centered Services,
Workbook.
Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
School of
Social Work. A workbook to support self-evaluation by family
centered service programs.
Sedlak, A., Doueck, H.J., Lyons, P., Wells, S.J., Schultz, D. & Gragg,
F.
(2005). Child maltreatment and the justice system: Predictors
of
court involvement. Research on Social Work Practice,15
(5),389-403.
Wells, S.J., Lyons, P., Doueck, H.J., Brown, C.H., & Thomas, J. (2004). Ecological factors and screening in child protective services. Children and Youth Services Review, 26, 981-997.
Gryzlak, B., Wells, S.J. & Johnson, M. (2004). The role of race in child protective services (CPS) screening decisions. In D.Derezotes, J. Poertner & M.F. Testa (Eds.), Race Matters: Over representation of African American children in the child welfare system. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America.
Kopels, S., Charlton, T. & Wells, S.J. (2003). Investigation laws and practices in child protective services. Child Welfare, 82, (6), 661-684.
Fuller, T.L. & Wells, S.J. (2003). Predicting maltreatment recurrence among CPS cases with alcohol and other drug involvement. Children and Youth Services Review, 25 , 553-569.
Johnson, M., Wells, S., Testa, M., & McDonald, J. (2003). Illinois' Child Welfare Research Agenda: An Approach to Building Consensus and Practice Relevant Research. Child Welfare, (1), 53-76 .
Chipman, R., Wells, S. J., Johnson, M. A. (2002). The Meaning of Quality in Kinship Foster Care: Caregiver, Child, and Worker Perspectives. Families in Society.
Johnson, M.A., Brown, C.H., & Wells, S.J. (2002). Using classification and regression trees (CART) to support worker decision making. Social Work Research.
Fluke, J., Edwards, M., Bussey, M., Wells, S., Johnson, W. (2001). Reducing recurrence in child protective services: impact of a targeted safety protocol. Child Maltreatment, 6, 207-218.
Fuller, T. L., Wells, S.J. & Cotton, E. (2001). Predictors of maltreatment at two milestones in the life of a case. Children and Youth Services Review, 23 , 49-78.
Wells, S.J. & Johnson, M. (2001). Selecting outcome measures for child welfare settings: Lessons for use in performance management. Children and Youth Services Review, 23 , 169-199.
Wells, S. J., Fuller, T. L., (Eds.). with contributing authors, Adam, N., Charlton, T, Falconier, L., Green, K. and Thomson, T. (2001). Program Evaluation in Family Centered Services; Reference Text. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work. A companion literature review on empirically supported best practice and transferability of program design.