Finally, the last of my dissertation work is out, and it is probably my favorite paper as it addresses gender and disability-related disparities in access to substance use treatment for people with intellectual… Continue reading
My colleague Katrin Kriz and I have a new paper out on the challenges of child welfare practice with immigrant families. This study analyzes child protection workers’ perceptions of the causes of immigrant families’… Continue reading
New work coming out in Children and Youth Services Review with my colleague, Elizabeth Lightfoot at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work…here is the abstract, but you can see the official… Continue reading
That overweight and obesity among adults with intellectual disabilities are matters of great concern is not up for debate. Information about the prevalence of both obesity and overweight (and related factors) are well… Continue reading
I am thrilled to announce that a new version of my essay, “Twinkies for Breakfast,” will soon be published as a chapter in the anthology entitled: Sisters Born, Sisters Found: Voices on Sisterhood from… Continue reading
Originally posted on Slowly-by-Slowly:
The trees in Gezi Parki were really the tip of the iceberg – or the straw that broke the camel’s back about things a large segment of Turks were…
Originally posted on Slowly-by-Slowly:
Slowly, American folks around us have started to tune in to what is happening in Turkey. Some have caught on to this on Twitter via the hashtag #OccupyGezi, referring…
Earlier this morning, the National Council on Disability (NCD) co-sponsored a congressional briefing on ensuring the rights of parents with disabilities. Co-sponsors included the American Psychological Association, the National Association of Social Workers and the… Continue reading
This is the second post in a series exploring the social policy and human services needs of transitional-aged youth. You can see the other two posts in this series by clicking here. As… Continue reading
Last weekend, the School of Social Work at Salem State University held a Graduate Social Work Research Symposium. Twenty-four groups of MSW students presented on their year-long (mostly) community-based research projects. While the… Continue reading
Although I am slated to participate in a roundtable on Methodological, Logistical and Ethical Issues in Research Related to People with Disabilities at the Society for Social Work and Research conference with seven… Continue reading
Little is known about the demographic and clinical characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities and substance abuse problems. Drawing on health care billing claims for people with Medicaid coverage aged 12–99 years, the characteristics… Continue reading
Building on a two-year partnership with my colleague Beth Flanzbaum at YOU, Inc., I am starting to work on a new community-based participatory research project entitled “Developing best practices for clinical work with… Continue reading
Over the past year, three graduate students from my applied research course (Ellen Calhoun, Melissa Geoffroy and Dominique Gutierrez) designed a qualitative research project to learn more about the experiences of child protection workers engaged… Continue reading
