Poster Sessions
Each link below will lead you to a large PDF file that contains a research poster presented by faculty, staff and/or students at our School. Enjoy!
- Impacts of Online Financial Literacy Training on Battered Women by Hoa T. Nguyen MSW, Ph.D. student

- Identifying New and Expectant Fathers’ Supports and Challenges to Prevent Child Exposure to Domestic Violence by Juliana Carlson AM, Robert Wilson MSW, & Jeffrey L. Edleson, PhD
- Patterns of Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse: Findings from Forensic Interviews by Wendy Anderson & Jane F. Gilgun
- Rating Vital Involvement in Nursing Home Residents by Helen Q. Kivnick, PhD, LP; Courtney Wells, MSW, MPH; Gwendolyn Anderson, MSW; Leslie A. Grant, Ph.D.; Sue Sailer, LSW; & Sara Martinez, MPA
- Disability and Child Welfare in Cultural Context: A Comparative Study of U.S. and Japanese Children’s Experiences at School by Lisa Kiesel, Doctoral Candidate & Misa Kayama, Postdoctoral Associate

- Chronic Health Conditions, Child Welfare, and Vital Involvement: Case Study of an Exemplar Family byHelen Q. Kivnick, Ph.D., L.P. & Courtney K. Wells, MSW, M.P.H.
- Understanding Secondary Traumatic Stress in Child Welfare by Patricia Shannon, Ph.D.; Anna Carpenter, MSWCandidate &Tonya Cook, MSW Candidate
- Burnout in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Workers: Contributing Factors, Effects on Youth, and Practice Suggestions by Shawyn Lee, MSW, LGSW & Velmer Burton, Ed.D.
- The Role of Supportive Housing in Homeless Children’s Well-Being: An Investigation of Child Welfare and Educational Outcomes by Saahoon Hong, Ph.D.,Kristine Piescher, Ph.D., & Traci LaLiberte, Ph.D.
- Caregivers’ Moral Narratives of Suspension: The Impact of Suspensions on African American Families/Reject My Children, Reject Me by Priscilla A. Gibson, Ph.D. & Wendy Haight, Ph.D.
- Supports for Parents with Disabilities: A First Look by Elizabeth Lightfoot, Ph.D.;Renee Hepperlen, MA & Traci LaLiberte, Ph.D.
- Trauma and Substance Use in Refugee Families: Recommendations for Child Welfare Workers by Patricia Shannon, Ph.D., L. P.; & Jennifer Simmelink, MSW
- Honor Our Voices: Children’s Perspectives on Domestic Violence by Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ericka Kimball, & Hoa T. Nguyen
- Asian American Refugee Parents’ Health Literacy and Children’s Health Disparities by HeeYunLee, Ph.D., LCSW
- Resilience & Adult Attachment In Cases of Child Sexual Abuse by Jane F. Gilgun & Wendy Anderson
- Evaluation of Native American Experiential Learning Seminar by Katie Johnston-Goodstar, MSW, Ph.D.
- The Cost of School Suspension to African American Mothers: Preliminary Findings by Priscilla A. Gibson, Ph.D., LICSW; Ndii Kalomo, M.S. & Evelyn Kebaya, M.A.
- Suspensions of their African American Children in Kinship Care: Literature Review by Priscilla Gibson, Ph.D., & Patrice D. Overton, B.F.A.
The Common Factors Model in Case Management by Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., & Alankaar Sharma
MSSA Poster Session, March 2010- Engaging New and Expectant Fathers to Reduce Child Exposure to Violence by Jeffrey L. Edleson, Richard M. Tolman (U of Michigan), Juliana Carlson, Ericka Kimball, Tova Neugut (U of Michigan) & Sylvia O’Brien
- Women’s Experiences with Microfinance in Vietnam by Hoa T. Nguyen, MSW & C. David Hollister, Ph.D.
- Fidelity in Intervention Research and Evaluation by Jae Ran Kim
- Three Dimensions of “Promoting Vital Involvement” (PVI) by Helen Q. Kivnick, Ph.D., & Rusudan Kilaberia, MSW
- The Family Liaison Position in Inner City Schools by Susan Rickers, MSW; & Beverly J. Dretzke, Ph.D.
- Assessing the Mental Health of Karen and Bhutanese Refugee Families in the Child Welfare System by Patricia Shannon, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Wieling, Ph.D.; Emily Becher, M.S.; & Tomoko Ogasawara, M.S.
- Development of a Culturally Sensitive Mental Health Screening Tool for Minnesota Refugees by Patricia Shannon, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Wieling, Ph.D.; Emily Becher, M.S.; Jennifer Simmelink, M.A.; Tomoko Ogasawara, M.S.; & Dung Mao, B.S.
- Evidence-Based Practices in Treatment Foster Care by Dr. Kristine N. Piescher
Hidden Homelessness: Refugees and Unstable Housing in the Twin Cities by Prof. David Hollister & colleagues
CEHD Research Day, March 2009- The Prevalence of Children with Disabilities in the Child Welfare System by Dr. Elizabeth Lightfoot & Katharine Hill
- Mental Health Literacy in Southeast Asian Elderly Refugees by Dr. Hee Lee, Kathy Lytle, Dr. Terry Lum & Nhia Yang
- Homeless and Highly Mobile Students by Anita Larson and Danielle Meehan
- Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence: How Child Welfare Professionals Assess Child Experiences by Dr. Traci LaLiberte, Jessie Bills, Narae Shin & Prof. Jeffrey L. Edleson
- Minn-Link is a program of the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare that links data from many different public agency sources with an aim to inform policy and practice.
- Disability in the Termination of Parental Rights and Other Child Custody Statutes by Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Lightfoot, Dr. Traci Laliberte & Katharine Hill
- HIV Risk Among Sexual Minority Youth by Assist. Prof. Colleen Fisher.
- Understanding Long-Term Same-Sex Couples by Dean Jean Quam, doctoral student Kelly Knockel & colleagues Deziengel and Whitford.
- Patterns of Social Well-Being in Minnesota by Prof. Dario Menanteau-Horta & colleague Brooke Nunn.
- Child Exposure to Domestic Violence Scale poster by Prof. Jeffrey Edleson & doctoral student Narae Shin

Child Welfare Poster Session, April 2009.