Society for Social Work and Research 25th Annual Conference - Social Work Science for Social Change: Symposia

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Adolescent and Youth Development

[Symposia] Building Evidence While Supporting Implementation - Lessons Learned from Formative Evaluations Under Youth at-Risk of Homelessness (YARH)
Symposium Organizer: Laura Packard Tucker, MS
Discussant: Mary Mueggenborg, MSW

Child Welfare

[Symposia] (WITHDRAWN) Examination of Risk Factors Associated with Adolescent Mortality Among Youth Involved with Child Protective Services (CPS) and Proactive Identification of Youth at High Risk
Symposium Organizer: Lindsey Palmer, MSW

Crime and Criminal Justice

[Symposia] Promoting Successful Reentry in an Era of Decarceration: Toward Interventions That Build Family Connections and Support
Symposium Organizer: Pajarita Charles, PhD
Discussant: Branden McLeod, PhD

Disability

[Symposia] Social Change in Autism: Culturally-Tailored and Behavioral Interventions Supporting Autistic Youth, Adults and Their Families
Symposium Organizer: Matthew Smith, PhD, MSW, LCSW

Adolescent and Youth Development

[Symposia] Equity-Enhancing Strategies to Ensure the Healthy Development of All Youth through the Power of Prevention
Symposium Organizer: Valerie B. Shapiro, PhD
Discussant: Antonio Garcia, PhD

2:45 PM-3:45 PM

Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research

[Symposia] Understanding Parenting Practices Among Black Fathers in the 21st Century
Symposium Organizer: Marquitta Dorsey, Ph.D.
Discussant: Sherece Shavel, Ph.D.

Child Welfare

[Symposia] Learning in a Pay for Success Environment: Results from a Program for Housing Unstable Families with Children in out-of-Home Placement
Symposium Organizer: Robert Fischer, PhD

Crime and Criminal Justice

[Symposia] Smart Decarceration: The Impact of Parents' Correctional Involvement on Children
Symposium Organizer: Jean Kjellstrand, PhD
Discussant: Pajarita Charles, PhD

Health

[Symposia] Community Health Workers and Implications to Social Work
Symposium Organizer: Rahbel Rahman, PhD
Discussants: Rahbel Rahman, PhD and Rogério Meireles Pinto, PhD

Mental Health

[Symposia] Beyond Harmful Impacts of Social Media: Making Social Media Safer for Marginalized Populations
Symposium Organizer: Melanie Sage, PhD
Discussant: Melanie Sage, PhD

Sustainable Development, Urbanization, and Environmental Justice

[Symposia] Disasters and Environmental Justice: Research for Social Change
Symposium Organizer: John Mathias, PhD
Discussant: Lisa Reyes Mason, PhD

Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs

[Symposia] Parental Employment Conditions and Family Wellbeing
Symposium Organizer: Alejandra Pilarz, PhD
Discussant: Julia Henly, PhD

Substance Misuse and Addictive Behaviors

104

[Symposia] The Science behind Doing Interventions for Mothers with Substance Use Disorders and Their Young Children from the Perspective of Those That Are "Doing the Work"
Symposium Organizer: Lela Williams, PhD

5:15 PM-6:15 PM

Adolescent and Youth Development

[Symposia] Findings from the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study (CalYOUTH): Implications for Policy and Practice
Symposium Organizer: Mark Courtney, PhD

Child Welfare

[Symposia] Neighborhood Poverty and Inequality, Economic Mobility, and Income Support Policy: Implications for Child Maltreatment
Symposium Organizer: Lawrence Berger, PhD
Discussant: Emily Putnam-Hornstein, PhD

Health

[Symposia] Social Distancing Interventions in the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: An Exploratory Investigation of the Determinants and Impacts of Alternative Mitigation Strategies
Symposium Organizer: Shenyang Guo, PhD
Discussant: Timothy McBride, PhD

Mental Health

[Symposia] Embracing the Complexity: Exploring Ways to Optimize the Effectiveness of Interventions for Justice-Involved People with Serious Mental Illnesses
Symposium Organizer: Anna Parisi, MSW
Discussant: Amy Blank Wilson, PhD

Organizations & Management

[Symposia] Organizational Supports for Managerial and Frontline Evidence Use in Private Child Welfare Agencies
Symposium Organizer: Crystal Collins-Camargo, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

[Symposia] Centering Social Justice in the Social Work Research Process: Reflections from Doctoral Student's Participatory Action Research Initiatives in Southern California
Symposium Organizer: Melanie Sonsteng-Person, MSW
Discussant: Amy Ritterbusch, PhD

Substance Misuse and Addictive Behaviors

[Symposia] Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement: Leveraging Social Work Science to Create Positive Change in the Opioid Crisis, from Prevention to Intervention
Symposium Organizer: Eric Garland, PhD
Discussant: Shaun M. Eack, PhD

Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs

[Symposia] Social Work and Income Policies: Re-Centering Advocacy
Symposium Organizer: Anita Rocha, MS
Discussant: Lenna Nepomnyaschy, PhD

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Adolescent and Youth Development

[Symposia] Mentoring Relationships for Young People Aging out of Foster Care: What They Are and How They May Promote Self-Sufficiency
Symposium Organizer: Grace Gowdy, PhD
Discussant: Renee Spencer, EdD, LICSW

Aging Services and Gerontology

[Symposia] Examining Promising Practices across the Shelter/Housing Continuum to Support Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness to Age in the Right Place
Symposium Organizer: Sarah L. Canham, PhD
Discussant: Tamara Sussman, PhD

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Global Indigenous Populations

[Symposia] (WITHDRAWN) Domicide As Sociocide: The Settler Colonial State and the Cruelty of Dismemberment
Symposium Organizer: Abeer Otman

Child Welfare

[Symposia] Not Just for Children: How Child Welfare Systems Can Better Serve Young Adults
Symposium Organizer: Marla McDaniel, PhD
Discussant: Angelique Day, PhD

Health

100

[Symposia] Studying the Lived Experience of Transitioning to Adulthood in the Context of Cancer: Embodied Research in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
Symposium Organizer: Allison Werner-Lin, PhD
Discussant: Allison Werner-Lin, PhD

Mental Health

101

[Symposia] Integrating Trauma-Informed Social Work Practice into Maternal and Child Health Care and Service Settings
Symposium Organizer: Samantha Brown, PhD

Organizations & Management

102

[Symposia] Peer Co-Production of Human Services: How Staff with Lived Experience Make Differences in Service Provision Processes in Diverse Service Fields
Symposium Organizer: Sunggeun (Ethan) Park
Discussant: Theresa Anasti, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

103

[Symposia] Counter-Narrative in Social Work: Critical Research and Practice in Israel
Symposium Organizer: Michal Krumer-Nevo, PhD

Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs

105

[Symposia] The Changing Context of Early Care and Education for Latinx Families
Symposium Organizer: Julia Henly, PhD
Discussant: Alejandra Ros Pilarz, PhD

Thursday, January 21, 2021

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1:15 PM-2:15 PM

Adolescent and Youth Development

128

[Symposia] Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Trauma-Affected Youth
Symposium Organizer: Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD
Discussant: Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD

Aging Services and Gerontology

129

[Symposia] The Influence of Interdependence, Isolation and Discrimination on Health and Mortality Among Older Adults of Color
Symposium Organizer: Ann Nguyen, PhD

Child Welfare

130

[Symposia] Parental Substance Use and the Child Welfare System: Micro and Macro Implications
Symposium Organizer: Rebecca Rebbe, PhD
Discussant: Paul Gruenewald, PhD

Gender

131

[Symposia] Fathers' Experiences, Parental Representations, and Involvement during the Prenatal Period
Symposium Organizer: Joyce Lee, MS
Discussant: Carolyn Dayton, PhD

Mental Health

132

[Symposia] Interrupting the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma
Symposium Organizer: Joshua Mersky, PhD

Organizations & Management

133

[Symposia] Working with Service Providers and Caregivers of Youth to Improve System Engagement
Symposium Organizer: Margo Candelaria, PhD
Discussant: Haksoon Ahn, PhD

Race and Ethnicity

134

[Symposia] Examining the Health and Wellbeing of Racial and Ethnic Minority Youth: The Role of Multiple Contexts and Experiences
Symposium Organizer: Adrian Gale, Ph.D.

Research Design and Measurement

135

[Symposia] Critical Discourse Analysis: Analyzing Subjectivity across Themes of Race, Culture, and Migration
Symposium Organizer: Claire Willey-Sthapit, MSSW
Discussant: Sarah Jen

Social Work Practice

136

[Symposia] Colorism and Cultural Competence
Symposium Organizer: Nicole Ransom, LCSW

Violence against Women and Children

137

[Symposia] Future Interventions: Examining Trends in Gender-Based Violence Service Provision and Technology
Symposium Organizer: Megan Lindsay Brown, PhD
Discussant: Jill Messing, MSW, PhD

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Adolescent and Youth Development

161

[Symposia] (WITHDRAWN) Trajectories of Dual System Involvement Among Girls: A Focus on Parenting, Crossover Youth, and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Symposium Organizer: Carly Dierkhising, PhD
Discussant: Mae Ackerman-Brimberg, MSW, JD

Child Welfare

162

[Symposia] Policies and Programs That Support Youth Aging out of Foster Care
Symposium Organizer: Mike Pergamit, PhD

Gender

163

[Symposia] Relationships of Women Engaged in Sex Trading: The Social Context and Influence of Interactions with Family, Significant Others, Peers, Service Providers, and Police Officers
Symposium Organizer: Daria Mueller, MSW
Discussant: Shelly Wiechelt, PhD

Immigrants and Refugees

164

[Symposia] Centering Mental Health for Social Change: A Multi-Country Initiative Advancing Evidence-Informed Research and Programming with Syrian Refugees and Service Providers in Jordan and Turkey
Symposium Organizer: Jennifer Hartmann, MSSA
Discussant: Jennifer Hartmann, MSSA

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy

165

[Symposia] Multidimensional Poverty: A More Comprehensive Picture of Deprivation
Symposium Organizer: Leyla Karimli, PhD

International Social Work & Global Issues

166

[Symposia] Beyond the Trauma Paradigm: Conceptualizing Interventions to Strengthen Social and Community Resources for Populations Impacted By Conflict and Forced Migration
Symposium Organizer: Mary Bunn, PhD
Discussant: Joanne Corbin, PhD

LatinX Focused-Research

167

[Symposia] Understanding Impacts of Social Networks to Latinx Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Near Mexico-US Border in the Southwest Region
Symposium Organizer: Hyunsung OH, PhD, MSW

Mental Health

168

[Symposia] Understanding Effectiveness and Participant Experiences of a Peer-Led Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for People with Serious Mental Illness
Symposium Organizer: Ana Stefancic, PhD
Discussant: Leopoldo Cabassa, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

169

[Symposia] Social Work Neuroscience: Using Neuroimaging to Study and Address Social Problems
Symposium Organizer: Jessica A. Wojtalik, PhD
Discussant: Joseph Himle, PhD

Social Work Practice

170

[Symposia] Exploring Digital Interventions in Social Work Practice: From Micro to Macro
Symposium Organizer: Lauri Goldkind, PhD
Discussant: Nancy Smyth, PhD

Violence against Women and Children

171

[Symposia] Socioeconomic Correlates and Outcomes of Intimate Partner Violence and Homicide
Symposium Organizer: Juliann Nicholson, MSW
Discussant: Jill Messing, MSW, PhD

Friday, January 22, 2021

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1:15 PM-2:15 PM

Asian and Asian-Pacific Islander-Focused Research

195

[Symposia] Cyberbullying in an Asian Context: Its Nature and Impact
Symposium Organizer: Jungup Lee, PhD

Child Welfare

196

[Symposia] A Snapshot of How American Families Are Coping during a Pandemic
Symposium Organizer: Shawna Lee, PhD

Child Welfare

197

[Symposia] Preventive Interventions with Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: The Role of Maternal Mental Health
Symposium Organizer: Brenda Jones Harden, PhD
Discussant: Sacha Klein, PhD

Child Welfare

198

[Symposia] Voices of Lgbtqia+ Youth in Care
Symposium Organizer: Gerald P. Mallon, DSW

Immigrants and Refugees

199

[Symposia] Measuring and Addressing Mental Health, Self-Reliance and Safety Among Refugees and Conflict-Affected Populations
Symposium Organizer: Lindsay Stark, DrPH

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy

200

[Symposia] Science for Social Change: Expanding Financial Access
Symposium Organizer: Julie Birkenmaier, PhD

International Social Work & Global Issues

201

[Symposia] Child Support Policy Around the World and Children's Economic Well-Being
Symposium Organizer: Daniel Meyer, PhD
Discussants: Daniel Miller, PhD and Hannah Roots, LLB (JD in Canada)

Mental Health

202

[Symposia] Using Science to Teach Trauma Content
Symposium Organizer: Bridget Weller, Ph.D.

Research Design and Measurement

203

[Symposia] Systematic Psychometric Systematic Review Lending to Convergence to Measurement Issues in Social Work Research with Children
Symposium Organizer: Michael Killian, PhD

School Social Work

204

[Symposia] Disciplinary Practices in Schools: Implications for CRT in School Social Work
Symposium Organizer: Susan Stone, PhD
Discussant: Susan Stone, PhD

Violence against Women and Children

205

[Symposia] The Role of Childhood Victimization and Trauma in the Development and Prevention of Sexual Violence
Symposium Organizer: Melissa Grady, PhD

3:45 PM-4:45 PM

Child Welfare

227

[Symposia] Centering Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Foster Care: Implications for Practice, Policy and Research
Symposium Organizer: Dana Prince, PhD

Child Welfare

228

[Symposia] Social Change in Child Welfare: Outcomes for Children Living with Kin Vs Non-Kin Caregivers
Symposium Organizer: Nancy Rolock, PhD
Discussant: Hollee A. McGinnis, PhD

Communities and Neighborhoods

229

[Symposia] Collective Resistance: Examining the Social and Cultural Factors Shaping Youth's Sociopolitical Beliefs and Social Justice Action
Symposium Organizer: Nkemka Anyiwo, PhD

Crime and Criminal Justice

230

[Symposia] Examining Legal Praxis Among Prosecutors and Public Defenders and Their Capacity Toward Systems Change
Symposium Organizer: Sophia Sarantakos, MSW, LCSW
Discussant: Matthew Epperson, PhD

Immigrants and Refugees

231

[Symposia] Methodological Issues in Research with Refugees and Immigrants: Critical Discussions on Innovation, Intentionality, Diversity
Symposium Organizer: Karin Wachter, PhD

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy

232

[Symposia] Social Equity in California's Welfare-to-Work Program: State, County, Frontline-Workers and Client's Perspectives
Symposium Organizer: Lucia Marina Lanfranconi, PhD
Discussant: Sarah Carnochan, PhD

International Social Work & Global Issues

233

[Symposia] (WITHDRAWN) Multidimensional Child Poverty and Deprivation Globally
Symposium Organizer: Leyla Karimli, PhD
Discussant: Sophie Mitra, PhD

School Social Work

234

[Symposia] Providing Tier 1 and 2 Supports to Address the Needs of Children Exhibiting Disruptive Behavior in Preschool Settings
Symposium Organizer: Jon Lee, PhD
Discussant: Andy Frey, PhD

Social Work Practice

235

[Symposia] Mobile-Based and Video Conferencing Interventions to Improve Child Engagement Outcomes for Diverse Low-Income, Non-Resident, and Incarcerated Fathers
Symposium Organizer: Mark Trahan, PhD
Discussant: Joyce Lee, MS

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Child Welfare

258

[Symposia] Child Welfare Workforce Interventions and Organizational Change: Preliminary Results from the Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development
Symposium Organizer: Dana Hollinshead, PhD

Crime and Criminal Justice

259

[Symposia] Positive Deviance, Race, and Criminal Justice
Symposium Organizer: Stephen Edward McMillin, PhD
Discussant: Matthew Epperson, PhD

Research on Social Work Education

260

[Symposia] Transforming the Field Education Landscape: Intersections of Research and Practice in Canadian Social Work Education
Symposium Organizer: Julie Drolet, PhD
Discussant: David Nicholas, PhD

Social Work Practice

261

[Symposia] Home Visiting and Relations with Family Engagement and Outcomes: Implications for Social Work Practice
Symposium Organizer: Samantha Brown, PhD

Social Work Practice

262

[Symposia] Relational Processes As Mechanisms of Change Affecting Program Outcomes
Symposium Organizer: Jeanne Marsh, PhD
Discussant: John Brekke, PhD