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Child Well-Being

Watch Our Webinar: Adapting Evidence-Based Programs in Child Welfare

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Child Well-Being, Foster Care, Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Watch Our Webinar: Adapting Evidence-Based Programs in Child Welfare

Annie E. Casey Foundation (3/26/2018)

The first webinar in a new series on implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare explores how child welfare leaders and program developers can work together to adapt an evidence-based approach to the specific needs of a state — and further hone the approach as it moves to another jurisdiction.

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Addressing Health Disparities in the Mental Health of Refugee Children and Adolescents Through Community-Based Participatory Research: A Study in 2 Communities

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Language Issues, Research, Research Highlight

Addressing Health Disparities in the Mental Health of Refugee Children and Adolescents Through Community-Based Participatory Research: A Study in 2 Communities

Theresa S. Betancourt, Rochelle Frounfelker, Tej Mishra, Aweis Hussein, and Rita Falzarano, American Journal of Public Health (June 3, 2015)

The researchers of this study sought to understand the problems, strengths, and help-seeking behaviors of Somali Bantu and Bhutanese refugees and determine local expressions of mental health problems among youths in both communities.

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The Language of the Classroom: Dual Language Learners in Head Start, Public Pre-K, and Private Preschool Programs

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Language Issues, Research, Research Highlight

The Language of the Classroom: Dual Language Learners in Head Start, Public Pre-K, and Private Preschool Programs

Megina Baker and Mariela Páez, Migration Policy Institute (March 26, 2018)

This report examines how teachers in different types of programs—Head Start, public pre-K, and private preschool—use English and their students’ home languages to support their linguistic, academic, and socioemotional development.

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Deportation Anxiety for Today’s Young Adults

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research Highlight, Trauma

Deportation Anxiety for Today’s Young Adults

Josephine Gurch, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health (Nov 17, 17)

The Hogg Foundation For Mental Health invited Dr. Zayas, someone who has presented previous research to the foundation, back to discuss deportation anxiety in light of DACA’s uncertain future, for their latest podcast.

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Immigration Enforcement & Child Welfare

By | Child Well-Being, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Safety, Social Work, Social Workers, State Policies, Unaccompanied Minors

Immigration Enforcement & Child Welfare

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Dec 11, 2017)

This resource for child welfare social workers provides updates on immigration policy affecting children and families, discusses how immigration enforcement impacts the child welfare system, describes protections that exist to help keep immigrant families intact, and provides resources for social workers to support and work more effectively with immigrant families.

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Impacts of Immigration Actions and News and the Psychological Distress of U.S. Latino Parents Raising Adolescents

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Parenting, Research Highlight

Impacts of Immigration Actions and News and the Psychological Distress of U.S. Latino Parents Raising Adolescents

Kathleen M. Roche, M.S.W., Ph.D., Elizabeth Vaquera, Ph.D., Rebecca M. B. White, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Maria Ivonne Rivera, M.P.H., Journal of Adolescent Health (Jan 29, 2018)

This study describes how recent immigrant policy changes and news are impacting the lives of Latina/o immigrant parents raising adolescent children.

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Our Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Legal/Law, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work, State Policies, State Policy

Our Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children

Hannah Matthews, Rebecca Ullrich, and Wendy Cervantes, CLASP (March 1, 2018)

This report documents how the current immigration context is affecting our nation’s youngest children, under age eight, based on interviews and focus groups in 2017 with more than 150 early childhood educators and parents in six states—California, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

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The Influence of Immigrant Parent Legal Status on U.S.-Born Children’s Academic Abilities: The Moderating Effects of Social Service Use

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Parenting, Research, Research Highlight

The Influence of Immigrant Parent Legal Status on U.S.-Born Children’s Academic Abilities: The Moderating Effects of Social Service Use

Kalina M. Brabeck, Erin Sibley, Patricia Taubin & Angela Murcia, Applied Developmental Science (Dec 21, 2015)

This study investigates the relationship between immigrant parent legal status and academic performance among U.S.-born children, ages 7–10.

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The Burden of Deportation on Children in Mexican Immigrant Families

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight

The Burden of Deportation on Children in Mexican Immigrant Families

Joanna Dreby, University at Albany, State University of New York (Aug 2012)

The author explores and explains the short-term and long-term impact of deportation and immigration enforcement on children in Mexican immigrant families.

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Guide for Developing and Implementing Child Welfare Practice Models

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Guide for Developing and Implementing Child Welfare Practice Models

Jan McCarthy, National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (Oct, 2012)

This guide offers an overall framework for developing, implementing and/or strengthening a family centered practice model, cites specific examples from States and Tribes, and provides additional information to help child welfare agencies and their partners make informed choices in selecting their approaches to this important work.

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