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The Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Social Services Use among Head Start-Eligible Low-Income Families

Social Work Blog

Social services use is a critical aspect in the field, and the current study seeks to better understand the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and social services use. Do family characteristics have any association with parental social services use?

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NIMH/NIH Loan Repayment Grant Supports Study on LGBTQ+ Youth and Eating Disorders

University of Connecticut

Associate Professor Meg Paceley led a study examining the relationship between family and community environments for LGBTQ+ youth and disordered eating behaviors. The researchers assessed disordered eating behaviors related to attempting to control one’s weight (taking diet pills, fasting, purging) and binge eating.

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The fundamental misconception at the heart of the Family First Act

Child Welfare Monitor

Maybe a parent needs mental health care or substance use disorder treatment, or parenting training and support, or maybe the family needs to do family therapy. … So under Family First, we created new federal funding for those services. Sometimes, in order to prevent the need for foster care, mom and dad might need a little help.

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Dr. Cristina Mogro-Wilson Named Editor-in-Chief of Families in Society Journal

University of Connecticut

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services has been a core journal in social work research for over 100 years. Jody Levison-Johnson, president and CEO of Social Current. Launched in 1920 by Mary E.

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Supervision to Advance Knowledge of Mental Health and Substance Use

University of Connecticut

disorders and their potential impacts on clients and their families. Assist supervisees in planning for how they can help to meet the needs of clients with mental illnesses or substance use (who often require more effort, time, advanced planning, and skill from their social service providers).

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Greetings from Dean Laura Curran

University of Connecticut

I’ve become increasingly familiar with the work and impact of our outstanding faculty and their research as well as our students who are engaged with some of our most pressing social welfare issues, child and adolescent behavioral health, substance use disorder, juvenile justice reform, LGBTQ+ health, and supporting immigrants and refugees.

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Legal analysis: the Supreme Court’s verdict on ordinary residence and mental health aftercare

Community Care

The issue in this case was which of two local authorities was responsible for providing and paying for “aftercare services” under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (“MHA”) for a particular individual. The facts of the Worcestershire case This case involved a woman (“JG”) who had treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder.