SOWK 4700: Child Welfare Practice and Services: Course articles, videos, and assignment resources

Research Topics

  • Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence and the Impact on Children
  • Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
  • Failure to Thrive
  • LBGTQ+  Children in Foster Care
  • Adoption of Children with Special Needs 
  • Sexual abuse of children 
  • Adoption Disruption
  • Kinship care
  • Transracial Foster Care and Adoption
  • Family/Caregiver Norms for Newly Emerging Cultures in the DFW area
  • Substance abusing mothers and their young children
  • Birth parent initiatives
  • Juvenile sex offenders
  • Disproportionality in the Child Welfare arena
  • Privatization in Child Welfare
  • Preparation for Adult Living for Youth in foster care
  • Impacts on Child Welfare with the legalization of  marijuana

Assigned Articles

Assigned Videos

Nadine Burke Harris: https://youtu.be/uXXTLf7oouU

The Orphan Trains: https://youtu.be/KyXiz_4HQIo

The Science of Neglect: https://youtu.be/0CKIBsIKql8

Have You Ever Meet a Monster?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV5jbi7otx0

Broken Places: https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/broken-places

Promoting Permanency: https://youtu.be/18mW3_bafmM

A Story of Permanency: https://youtu.be/xbSaNM5wvI8

Adoption and Permanency: https://youtu.be/535WfLLcZFw

Secure attachment: https://youtu.be/n2ypDPqs9A0

Changing Face of Child Welfare: https://youtu.be/oM14OUnBsTs

To transform Child Welfare: https://youtu.be/ykLj-Hc28o4

Be the One in the Fight Against Human Trafficking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbWbahNJnxI

Taken Into Foster Care: https://youtu.be/Gb8BGKqVVZM

Children in Foster Care: https://youtu.be/sFBa9cK52vM

Child Family Team Meeting: https://youtu.be/GEEEdzhel50

We are CPS: https://youtu.be/V9fKKGAGev0

Self-Compassion: https://youtu.be/IvtZBUSplr4

Psychology and the Good Life: https://youtu.be/ZizdB0TgAVM

Rethinking Foster Care: https://youtu.be/c15hy8dXSps

Foster:  Foster - Discover (unt.edu)    click on "connect to online resource" to view the film