• The Dilemma of Spare Embryos After IVF Success: Social Workers’ Role in Helping Clients Consider Disposition Options 

  Boys, Stephanie; Walsh, Julie (Advances in Social Work, 2017-02-17)

  Social work services for persons undergoing the in vitro fertilization process (IVF) has greatly lagged behind the medical technology opportunities provided to these clients. Advocacy for social work services for persons ...
• Improving civic engagement: A strength-based strategy to address post-resettlement challenges 

  Makki Alamdari, Sara (West Texas A&M University, 2017-03)

  Overview: Considering the benefits of civic engagement for integrating of refugees into new community, attitudes toward, frequency and predictors of civic engagement are examined among 14 Middle Eastern and North African ...
• Analyzing high school dropouts as a social problem: Policy considerations 

  Makki Alamdari, Sara; Sullivan, Patrick (Indiana University School of Social Work, 2016-04)

  The purpose of the study is to analyze high school dropout in New Mexico and provide some policy implications. Causes, consequences, gainers and losers related to this social problem are discussed. Existing policies, ...
• Specialization and time: Two core principles for adult learning 

  Makki Alamdari, Sara; Walton, Betty; Moynihan, Stephanie (Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), 2017-11)

  Overview: Training plays an important role in the profession of social services to improve the quality of services. Interviewing ten social service providers, data analysis demonstrated that the most important principles ...
• Improving students’ engagement through policy-making 

  Makki Alamdari, Sara; Sullivan, Patrick (International Association for Truancy & Dropout Prevention, 2017-10)

  Overview of the presentation: To provide policy solutions by addressing school disengagement using model of Rapp and Poertner (1992)
• Best practices for economic empowering of the homeless 

  Makki Alamdari, Sara (Indiana University School of Social Work, 2017-04)

  Overview: Aiming at economic empowering of the homeless through providing a tailored job, this conceptual paper examines existing work-related interventions for the homeless in terms of main concepts derived from five ...
• Civic Engagement among Middle Eastern and North African Refugees and Immigrants 

  Makki Alamdari, Sara; Alhajeri, Wafa; Kim, Hea-Won (62nd Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, 2016. Atlanta, GA: Council on Social Work Education, 2016-11)

  This research explored the attitudes toward, frequency and predictors of civic engagement among the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) immigrants and refugees. Respondents (n=106) reported strongly positive attitudes and ...
• Bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs of adolescents and young adults with life-threatening illnesses: Implications for social work practice 

  Beerbower, Emily; Winters, Drew; Kondrat, David (Taylor & Francis, 2018-04-21)

  This paper explores the biopsychosocial and spiritual needs of adolescents and young adults (AYA) with life-threatening or terminal illnesses. AYA are situated between childhood and adulthood (ages 15–25) and have distinct ...
• An Analysis of Readmissions to a Mental Health Court 

  Kondrat, David C.; Linhorst, Donald M.; Dirks-Linhorst, P. Ann; Horning, Emily (Oxford University Press, 2018-09-01)

  Mental health courts (MHCs) have emerged as one option to address the needs of people with severe mental illness who enter the criminal justice system. Little is known about defendants having multiple referrals to MHCs or ...
• Working with Aboriginal Families in Canada 

  Khaja, Khadija (2018)
• Immigrant Inmates in the Correctional System 

  Khaja, Khadija; Jaggers, Jeremiah W. (2018)
• Teaming up in child welfare: The perspective of guardians ad litem on the components of interprofessional collaboration 

  Phillips, Jon D.; Walsh, Matthew A. (Elsevier, 2019-01)

  Policies and researchers have emphasized the need for interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in the child welfare system. However, few child welfare studies have sought to identify the components of IPC and no studies have ...
• Racial Disparities in Drug Court Graduation Rates: The Role of Recovery Support Groups and Environments 

  Gallagher, John Robert; Wahler, Elizabeth A. (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  There are more than 3,000 drug courts in the United States, and research has demonstrated that, in some drug courts, African American participants are less likely to graduate than their White counterparts. Quantitative ...
• Friendsourcing Peer Support for Alzheimer’s Caregivers Using Facebook Social Media 

  Wilkerson, David A.; Brady, Erin; Yi, Eun-Hye; Bateman, Daniel Robert (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  This research piloted an e-health intervention that used social media to friendsource peer support for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) caregivers. Friendsourcing is a variant of crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing recruits online ...
• Exploring Leave Policy Preferences: A Comparison of Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States 

  Valarino, Isabel; Duvander, Ann-Zofie; Haas, Linda; Neyer, Gerda (Oxford, 2018)

  This study analyses preferences regarding leave length, gender division of leave, and leave financing in four countries with different welfare-state and leave regimes. Embedded in a gender perspective, institutional, ...
• Validating a Behavioral Health Instrument for Adults: Exploratory Factor Analysis 

  Walton, Betty A.; Kim, Hea-Won (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  Increasingly, social workers and behavioral health practitioners use assessment instruments to support service planning and to monitor progress. Following statewide implementation of the Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment ...
• Participants’ Perspectives of a Worksite Wellness Program Using an Outcome-Based Contingency Approach 

  Bruno, David Gerard; Brown, James R.; Holloway, Evan D. (Indiana University School of Social Work, 2017-12)

  Worksite wellness programs in the U.S. are increasingly common. Social workers in healthcare and administration should familiarize themselves with the various wellness programs and the impact they have on workers and ...
• Death Attitudes Among Middle-Aged Koreans: Role of End-of-Life Care Planning and Death Experiences 

  Hong, Michin; Hong, Seunghye; Adamek, Margaret E.; Kim, Mee Hye (Sage, 2018-01)

  The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting death attitudes among middle-aged Koreans. In addition, the study explored the interaction effect between knowledge about end-of-life care planning and the experience ...
• Exploring a Model-Driven Approach to Social Work Theory Education 

  Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn; Bragg, Natasha W. M.; McCarthy, Katie; Thomison, Erika (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

  Accredited social work programs must use practice experience and theory to inform research and practice, policy, engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation with varied constituents. Models to teach theory have ...
• Differentiation Between School Attendance Problems: Why and How? 

  Heyne, David; Gren-Landell, Malin; Melvin, Glenn; Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn (Elsevier, 2018)

  School attendance problems (SAPs) are heterogeneous with respect to etiology and presentation. The long history of conceptualizing SAPs has led to a vast array of terms and definitions as well as different perspectives on ...

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