Pub Date : 2019-07-15DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2019.1635938
Tonya D. Bibbs
ABSTRACT It has been 47 years since Billingsley and Giovannoni penned a pointed analysis of child welfare’s failure of Black children the United States. This conceptual paper asserts that this failure will continue unless we take seriously the role that structural inequality plays in Black families’ lives. It updates Billingsley and Giovannoni’s paper by shifting the focus from children to families, grounding Black family well-being in a developmental model and constructing a racial equity approach to family resilience. The paper begins by establishing an empirical justification for focusing on Black families. This review of data on Black families further reveals early childhood to be a particular priority for intervention. The emerging model centers on Black families’ ability to navigate and negotiate for their needs. The model components are malleable factors that work together to form a “supportive state” and resilient pathway. Implications for the model’s compatibility with clinical family resilience models, two-generation approaches, and family-centered policymaking are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2019-06-05DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2019.1616240
C. Walsh, P. Best
ABSTRACT Evidence-based models have demonstrated significant potential for improving outcome. However, it has been proposed that single-issue interventions cannot adequately address the multiple needs that some families experiences. This paper outlines a novel approach in which three evidence-based practices (Multisystemic Therapy, Incredible Years, and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy) were concurrently implemented within the same programme. The objectives are to explore the experience and perceptions of practitioners who implemented the blended model, to explore the novelty of blended approaches, to examine the extent to which families were engaged in and were retained in this programme, and compare the outcomes for families who received blended and nonblended approaches. Method: Data was collected for 158 families between March 2014 and March 2016. Thirty-one families engaged in the blended approach. to explore the feasibility, semistructured interviews were undertaken with 14 staff. Results: Not all families are in need of a blended approach, but families who experience multiple complexities may benefit more from this type of approach. From the perspective of practitioners, blended models provide an opportunity to address multiple needs within the family. However, there are implementation challenges that could be explored further.
{"title":"Practitioners’ experiences of using blended models within family support: A proof of concept study involving Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Multisystemic Therapy (MST) and Incredible Years (IY) interventions","authors":"C. Walsh, P. Best","doi":"10.1080/10522158.2019.1616240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2019.1616240","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Evidence-based models have demonstrated significant potential for improving outcome. However, it has been proposed that single-issue interventions cannot adequately address the multiple needs that some families experiences. This paper outlines a novel approach in which three evidence-based practices (Multisystemic Therapy, Incredible Years, and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy) were concurrently implemented within the same programme. The objectives are to explore the experience and perceptions of practitioners who implemented the blended model, to explore the novelty of blended approaches, to examine the extent to which families were engaged in and were retained in this programme, and compare the outcomes for families who received blended and nonblended approaches. Method: Data was collected for 158 families between March 2014 and March 2016. Thirty-one families engaged in the blended approach. to explore the feasibility, semistructured interviews were undertaken with 14 staff. Results: Not all families are in need of a blended approach, but families who experience multiple complexities may benefit more from this type of approach. From the perspective of practitioners, blended models provide an opportunity to address multiple needs within the family. However, there are implementation challenges that could be explored further.","PeriodicalId":46016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Social Work","volume":"22 1","pages":"369 - 388"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10522158.2019.1616240","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47499168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-05-27DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2018.1499063
Susan Liesbeth Ketner, C. Gravesteijn, M. Verschuur
ABSTRACT Investing in parents is important because their well-being is positively related to the development and well-being of their children. This study investigated which factors predict two types of parents’ well-being: individual well-being and parenting-related well-being. Participants were 416 parents (90 fathers, 326 mothers) of a baby (younger than age 1 year old), both first-time parents and not-first-time parents. Relationship quality, life skills, parenting skills, and social support were taken into account. Results show that both types of well-being have different main predictors. Self-esteem, self-management, and interpersonal relationship skills contribute to both types of well-being, suggesting that interventions aimed at improving these skills could be very beneficial for parents in their transition to parenthood. Fathers and mothers differ significantly on several predictors—for example, self-esteem, self-management, parenting behavior, and empathy—suggesting they might have different needs for support in the transition to parenthood. Finally, results show that, though parents get better at providing basic care for their children, regarding well-being and relationship quality, not-first-time parents are not better off then first-time parents. Therefore, interventions aimed at easing the transition to parenthood should not only be aimed at first time parents, they might be more effective for parents who already have children.
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Pub Date : 2019-05-27DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2019.1614277
J. Siegel
Day-by-day electric power systems are becoming more and more complex. The dependence of power system on distributed energy sources, including renewable and non-conventional, has made the control of the system sufficiently intricate. With the use of modern power electronic devices, now-a-days, the complexities in system contrology are made more efficient, user-friendly and reliable also. But the usage of these devices has pushed a power system in serious quality problem. Since the use of sophisticated electronic gadgets has increased in every sphere of life, for their good longevity, requirement of quality power has become a predominant criterion to the consumers in the present deregulated competitive power market. Therefore, electric power quality has become the concern of utilities, end users as well as manufacturers. This book is intended for graduate, postgraduate and researchers as well as for professionals in the related fields. This book has evolved from the researches carried out by the authors and the contents of the courses given by the authors at University of Calcutta, Department of Applied Physics, India in the Bachelor and Master’s courses in Electrical Engineering. A large number of references are given in the book most of which are journal and conference papers and national and international standards. The contents of the book focuses, on one hand, on different power quality issues, their sources and effects and different related standards, and on the other hand, measurement techniques for different power quality parameters. Advantages and limitations of different methods are discussed along simulated and laboratory experiment results. At the end, a chapter has been added which deals a concept of generation of harmonics in a power system and its components. The key features of the book can be highlighted as follows:
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Pub Date : 2019-05-23DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2019.1616239
T. Young, Bethany Womack, Quentin R. Maynard, Fan Yang, Laura D. Boltz, Michelle Brazeal, B. Barber, Sarah R. Young, Debra Nelson-Gardell
ABSTRACT Family victim advocates in child advocacy centers provide a valuable resource to children and parents involved in child abuse investigations. This work requires that family victim advocates be knowledgeable in such areas as child development, crisis intervention, community resources, family relationships, child welfare and criminal justice systems. Because family victim advocates provide essential services to parents and caregivers, the role requires ongoing training and education to remain current on the ever-changing complexities of working with not only the children and families but also the criminal and child protection systems responsible for investigating these cases. The current study reports the findings from a nationwide survey of family victim advocates employed in child advocacy centers related to their motivation for doing the work as well as their perceptions of their training and potential training needs. A group of doctoral students comprised the research team and worked collaboratively under the supervision of university faculty to conduct the qualitative data analysis. The findings describe the characteristics and motivations of family victim advocates working in child advocacy centers and emphasize the need for more advanced trainings that focus on skill-building and strengths-based practices utilized to support children and parents in child abuse cases.
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Pub Date : 2019-05-06DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2019.1608612
Philip Heslop
ABSTRACT Foster care research and social work practice tend to focus on how women look after children living in foster care. This focus has limited our understanding of what it is that men do within foster caring families and they are automatically assigned secondary or breadwinning roles. Families who foster involve some form of renegotiation of roles to care for children they foster. While foster caring arrangements are internationally diverse, foster carers often work with social workers. It would therefore seem important for social workers to understand how foster carers negotiate their parenting roles. This paper reports findings from seven main caring foster-fathers who took part in a wider study involving twentythree foster-fathers. The evidence provided by these foster-fathers demonstrate they are highly motivated to care for children and, alongside delivering traditional parenting roles, they negotiate new, non-traditional parenting roles as foster-fathers. These new roles, taken on by foster-fathers, often challenge stereotyped masculinity while they also concurrently enact parenting norms. This study applied Judith Butler’s work on performing gender to foster caring families to theorise on the process whereby foster-fathers negotiate diverse masculinities and continue to reproduce gendered relations in foster caring families.
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Pub Date : 2019-03-21DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2019.1584776
H. Thompson, A. Wojciak, Morgan E. Cooley
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to apply Bowen family systems theory to work with families involved in the child welfare system. An overview of family systems theory is provided, and then specific tenets of Bowen family systems theory are presented. The authors highlight incidents within the child welfare setting that can be conceptualized through Bowen family therapy terms and concepts. A case study is used to highlight how this theory could be applied in practice. Furthermore, recommendations for child welfare practice and policy implications are discussed, utilizing the lens of a Bowenian family systems approach.
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Pub Date : 2019-03-15DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2018.1558429
Leanne M. Kelly, L. Walker, Julie M. Knowles
ABSTRACT This article investigates factors influencing the number of hours families are involved with family services and uses these factors to develop a predictive model. This research began with focus groups involving family service workers who identified three key domains influencing service intensity: worker/family relationship, family motivation, and family characteristics. The family characteristics domain is the focus of this article. Influencing factors within this domain are examined through analysis of database information from 258 families who had previously accessed family services through a community services organization. Key predictors identified include the gender of main consumer, family size, and presence of issues such as family violence and physical illness. These findings are used to develop a model to predict intervention intensity for families accessing family services. The ability to estimate service intensity provides data to effectively develop innovative programs and enable better balancing of staff workloads and resources. Additionally, the capability to predict intensity helps allocate families to appropriate workers and programs.
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Pub Date : 2019-03-15DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2019.1572330
J. Siegel
The Journal of Family Social Work holds a strong commitment to strengthening families and supporting the clinicians and administrators who provide services to families in need. This issue presents four articles that contribute to the knowledge base on both accounts. In an “Exploratory Study of Childhood Adversity and Delinquency among Youth in the context of Child-to-Parent and Sibling-to-Sibling Violence,” author Eva Nowakowski-Sims explores the childhood experiences of 83 adolescents who are involved in family violence. Her research distinguishes among variables such as experiencing versus witnessing family violence and adds to the growing body of knowledge that will further early intervention and treatment. Authors Leanne Kelly, Lyndon Walker, and Julie Knowles question the nature of services that are provided to a wide range of families. In “Family Characteristics as Predictors of Intensity in Family Services,” the authors research family characteristics such as illness, family violence, and the worker/family relationship and develop a predictive model that has great potential for agencies. Decisions to place children out of their family are of the utmost importance but remain variable and often unpredictable. In “Factors Associated with the Decision-Making Process in Kinship Diversion,” authors Qi Wu and Susan Snyder question the factors that influence decisions to use kinship care versus the foster care system. The authors note the importance of the child’s age, assessment of risk and the caseworker’s educational background as factors that drive the decision. Author Robyn Mairoza explores the specific challenges created by unemployment. “Family Challenges Created by Unemployment” delves beyond financial stress to consider the changes in roles and other sources of stress that are endured by families. These problem areas may not be clearly understood by family members but effect children and parent alike. Together, these articles contribute to the ways that we can best provide services for the families we are privileged to serve.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-07DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2018.1558430
Robyn Maitoza
ABSTRACT The detrimental effects of job loss and unemployment are not limited to the unemployed worker but ripple out to affect those closest to him or her. These ripple effects most notably impact the unemployed worker’s family, including a spouse or partner and/or children. Previous research related to the impacts on marital or partner relationships and families and the particular effects of unemployment on children is explored. Financial or economic stressors and strain brought about by job loss; the effects of stress and reduced mental health among unemployed workers and their spouses; and protective resources for coping with job loss are also discussed. The impact on children, in particular their mental health, development, and educational/human capital attainment are outlined. Implications for future interventions and unemployment policy are highlighted.
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