Julie A Steen
Biographic Data
| ID | 168481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie A Steen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie A |
| FAMILY NAME | Steen |
| SIGNATURE | STEEN J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Case Assignment Principles for Achieving Worker Well-Being, Organizational Justice, and Casework Quality
This qualitative descriptive study was designed to identify case assignment principles and capture the ways supervisors and case managers experience these principles. A total of 59 supervisors and 127 case managers from the child welfare field responded to two open-ended survey questions about the case assignment principles used in their agencies. The first aim was to provide a description of case assignment principles. Coding of responses reveal…
Evaluation of the Strong Foundations training for the child welfare supervisor
The importance of executive social capital for child-serving residential facilities during hurricanes
Supervision in child welfare
This study provides an examination of the relationship between supervision and turnover intention in child welfare. Using a cross-sectional survey design, responses were received from 179 protective investigators and case managers. Multiple regression results revealed a significant, negative relationship between turnover intention and satisfaction with supervision. This relationship was strongest among those in the position less than one year or …
Secondary traumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among foster parents
Using a cross-sectional survey design, this study aims to explore secondary traumatic stress (STS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among foster parents. Forty-six foster parents completed the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS), the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), and a number of items representing demographics, foster parent experiences, and help-seeking. Multiple regression results indicate that both STS and PTG were higher among thos…
An exploratory study of foster child stress and behavioral health during Hurricane Irma
This study provides an exploration of foster child stress and behavioral health during and after Hurricane Irma. Results from a survey of 50 foster parents indicated that foster child stress was significantly higher when court hearings were cancelled/rescheduled, foster parents perceived delayed progress toward case goals, and foster parents had higher hurricane-related stress. Anxiety and aggression were the most frequently mentioned ways in whi…
Human Rights in Field Education
The Role of Voice Suppression in Case Managers' Job Satisfaction and Retention
With the goal of improving child well-being, child welfare agencies have begun to focus on the child welfare workforce and to advance strategies that address job satisfaction and retention. A qualitative approach was employed to gather the perspectives of case managers regarding these important issues. Ten foster care case managers participated through three focus groups. Responses were solicited using a semi-structured set of questions primarily…
Parental attitudes following exposure to child abuse prevention campaign materials
The purpose of this study was to evaluate child abuse prevention campaign materials. Using a randomized posttest design, 600 parents from an online research panel were recruited and surveyed. Multiple regression results indicate that exposure to the campaign materials had a significant relationship with four of the five domains (effects of child maltreatment, the appropriateness of harsh parenting, the physical dangers and needs unique to childho…
The Human Rights Philosophy
In response to the rising importance of human rights, social work student attitudes toward human rights and the effect of human rights course content on these attitudes were assessed. Descriptive results from a sample of 77 students pointed to a few areas of low support for the human rights philosophy, specifically rights related to mental illness, juvenile justice, asylum seeking, same-sex marriage, and the death penalty. Wilcoxon signed-rank te…
Human Rights
The goal of the study reported in this article was to explore the conceptualizations of human rights and human rights practice among students and supervisors in social work field settings. Data were collected from 35 students and 48 supervisors through an online survey system that featured two open-ended questions regarding human rights issues in their agency and human rights practice tasks. Responses suggest that participants encountered human r…
The impact of foster care privatization on multiple placements
Correlates of Multiple Placements in Foster Care
In order to assess the consistency of correlates of multiple placements, secondary data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) were examined for five states. The relationships between multiple placements and age, disability, and maltreatment type were consistent across the states studied. On the other hand, gender, race, and foster care system size were inconsistently related to multiple placements in terms of di…
Critical Thought within the Social Welfare Policy Course
Critical thought is a necessary element for proficient practice in social work at both the micro and macro levels. For this reason, social work educators must seek to integrate critical thought in BSW and MSW curricula. This article provides a method for achieving this integration in the social welfare policy course. The method includes the four following phases: instruction regarding logical errors, presentation of logical errors in contemporary…
An organizational view of privatization
The Human Rights Philosophy as a Values Framework for the Human Behavior Course
The human behavior course is an ideal venue for delivery of human rights content, since the human rights philosophy and the person-in-environment perspective align with each other. With the goal of supporting efforts to meet the human rights competency in the most recent version of accreditation standards, this manuscript describes the three core concepts of the human rights philosophy and their relevance for the micro, mezzo, and macrolevels of …
Organizational Configurations of American Child Maltreatment Reporting Systems
This study was conducted to identify the organizational characteristics of American child maltreatment reporting systems. Specifically, the investigation focused on the mission, public/private status, and centralization/decentralization of the organizations that compose American child maltreatment reporting systems. Data from each state were gathered through online document review and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results indicated b…
Originality Detection Software in a Graduate Policy Course
The authors used a mixed-methods approach to evaluate the use of Turnitin originality detection software in a graduate social work course. Qualitative analysis of student responses revealed positive and negative spent completing assignments, and the tone of the class. Quantitative analysis of students' originality scores indicated a short-term reduction in student plagiarism, although the full level of decline was not maintained in the long term.…
Foster parent perspectives of privatization policy and the privatized system
The Development and Evaluation of the Perceptions of Competence and Responsiveness Scale
The objective of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of a new scale designed to capture perceptions of public agency competence and responsiveness. The initial version, consisting of 20 items, was administered to 134 graduate students. Following exploratory factor analysis, the final model consisted of 8 items and 2 factors: one representing competence and the other representing responsiveness. This model explained 50% of the va…
Human Rights Education
This article presents a descriptive assessment of human rights education within schools of social work and law. A review of course titles and descriptions within MSW programs and law programs was conducted for identification of human rights content. The results suggest a dearth of human rights content in social work curricula and a great disparity between schools of social work and schools of law in the integration of human rights in graduate lev…
An organizational view of privatization
Human Rights
The goal of the study reported in this article was to explore the conceptualizations of human rights and human rights practice among students and supervisors in social work field settings. Data were collected from 35 students and 48 supervisors through an online survey system that featured two open-ended questions regarding human rights issues in their agency and human rights practice tasks. Responses suggest that participants encountered human r…
Correlates of Multiple Placements in Foster Care
In order to assess the consistency of correlates of multiple placements, secondary data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) were examined for five states. The relationships between multiple placements and age, disability, and maltreatment type were consistent across the states studied. On the other hand, gender, race, and foster care system size were inconsistently related to multiple placements in terms of di…
The Human Rights Philosophy as a Values Framework for the Human Behavior Course
The human behavior course is an ideal venue for delivery of human rights content, since the human rights philosophy and the person-in-environment perspective align with each other. With the goal of supporting efforts to meet the human rights competency in the most recent version of accreditation standards, this manuscript describes the three core concepts of the human rights philosophy and their relevance for the micro, mezzo, and macrolevels of …
Human Rights Education
This article presents a descriptive assessment of human rights education within schools of social work and law. A review of course titles and descriptions within MSW programs and law programs was conducted for identification of human rights content. The results suggest a dearth of human rights content in social work curricula and a great disparity between schools of social work and schools of law in the integration of human rights in graduate lev…
Supervision in child welfare
This study provides an examination of the relationship between supervision and turnover intention in child welfare. Using a cross-sectional survey design, responses were received from 179 protective investigators and case managers. Multiple regression results revealed a significant, negative relationship between turnover intention and satisfaction with supervision. This relationship was strongest among those in the position less than one year or …
Human Rights in Field Education
The Human Rights Philosophy
In response to the rising importance of human rights, social work student attitudes toward human rights and the effect of human rights course content on these attitudes were assessed. Descriptive results from a sample of 77 students pointed to a few areas of low support for the human rights philosophy, specifically rights related to mental illness, juvenile justice, asylum seeking, same-sex marriage, and the death penalty. Wilcoxon signed-rank te…
Foster parent perspectives of privatization policy and the privatized system
The Development and Evaluation of the Perceptions of Competence and Responsiveness Scale
The objective of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of a new scale designed to capture perceptions of public agency competence and responsiveness. The initial version, consisting of 20 items, was administered to 134 graduate students. Following exploratory factor analysis, the final model consisted of 8 items and 2 factors: one representing competence and the other representing responsiveness. This model explained 50% of the va…
Human Rights Education
This article presents a descriptive assessment of human rights education within schools of social work and law. A review of course titles and descriptions within MSW programs and law programs was conducted for identification of human rights content. The results suggest a dearth of human rights content in social work curricula and a great disparity between schools of social work and schools of law in the integration of human rights in graduate lev…
The Development and Evaluation of the Perceptions of Competence and Responsiveness Scale
The objective of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of a new scale designed to capture perceptions of public agency competence and responsiveness. The initial version, consisting of 20 items, was administered to 134 graduate students. Following exploratory factor analysis, the final model consisted of 8 items and 2 factors: one representing competence and the other representing responsiveness. This model explained 50% of the va…
Organizational Configurations of American Child Maltreatment Reporting Systems
This study was conducted to identify the organizational characteristics of American child maltreatment reporting systems. Specifically, the investigation focused on the mission, public/private status, and centralization/decentralization of the organizations that compose American child maltreatment reporting systems. Data from each state were gathered through online document review and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results indicated b…
Originality Detection Software in a Graduate Policy Course
The authors used a mixed-methods approach to evaluate the use of Turnitin originality detection software in a graduate social work course. Qualitative analysis of student responses revealed positive and negative spent completing assignments, and the tone of the class. Quantitative analysis of students' originality scores indicated a short-term reduction in student plagiarism, although the full level of decline was not maintained in the long term.…
Foster parent perspectives of privatization policy and the privatized system
Correlates of Multiple Placements in Foster Care
In order to assess the consistency of correlates of multiple placements, secondary data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) were examined for five states. The relationships between multiple placements and age, disability, and maltreatment type were consistent across the states studied. On the other hand, gender, race, and foster care system size were inconsistently related to multiple placements in terms of di…
Critical Thought within the Social Welfare Policy Course
Critical thought is a necessary element for proficient practice in social work at both the micro and macro levels. For this reason, social work educators must seek to integrate critical thought in BSW and MSW curricula. This article provides a method for achieving this integration in the social welfare policy course. The method includes the four following phases: instruction regarding logical errors, presentation of logical errors in contemporary…
An organizational view of privatization
The Human Rights Philosophy as a Values Framework for the Human Behavior Course
The human behavior course is an ideal venue for delivery of human rights content, since the human rights philosophy and the person-in-environment perspective align with each other. With the goal of supporting efforts to meet the human rights competency in the most recent version of accreditation standards, this manuscript describes the three core concepts of the human rights philosophy and their relevance for the micro, mezzo, and macrolevels of …
The impact of foster care privatization on multiple placements
The Human Rights Philosophy
In response to the rising importance of human rights, social work student attitudes toward human rights and the effect of human rights course content on these attitudes were assessed. Descriptive results from a sample of 77 students pointed to a few areas of low support for the human rights philosophy, specifically rights related to mental illness, juvenile justice, asylum seeking, same-sex marriage, and the death penalty. Wilcoxon signed-rank te…
Human Rights
The goal of the study reported in this article was to explore the conceptualizations of human rights and human rights practice among students and supervisors in social work field settings. Data were collected from 35 students and 48 supervisors through an online survey system that featured two open-ended questions regarding human rights issues in their agency and human rights practice tasks. Responses suggest that participants encountered human r…
Parental attitudes following exposure to child abuse prevention campaign materials
The purpose of this study was to evaluate child abuse prevention campaign materials. Using a randomized posttest design, 600 parents from an online research panel were recruited and surveyed. Multiple regression results indicate that exposure to the campaign materials had a significant relationship with four of the five domains (effects of child maltreatment, the appropriateness of harsh parenting, the physical dangers and needs unique to childho…
The Role of Voice Suppression in Case Managers' Job Satisfaction and Retention
With the goal of improving child well-being, child welfare agencies have begun to focus on the child welfare workforce and to advance strategies that address job satisfaction and retention. A qualitative approach was employed to gather the perspectives of case managers regarding these important issues. Ten foster care case managers participated through three focus groups. Responses were solicited using a semi-structured set of questions primarily…
An exploratory study of foster child stress and behavioral health during Hurricane Irma
This study provides an exploration of foster child stress and behavioral health during and after Hurricane Irma. Results from a survey of 50 foster parents indicated that foster child stress was significantly higher when court hearings were cancelled/rescheduled, foster parents perceived delayed progress toward case goals, and foster parents had higher hurricane-related stress. Anxiety and aggression were the most frequently mentioned ways in whi…
Human Rights in Field Education
Secondary traumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among foster parents
Using a cross-sectional survey design, this study aims to explore secondary traumatic stress (STS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among foster parents. Forty-six foster parents completed the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS), the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), and a number of items representing demographics, foster parent experiences, and help-seeking. Multiple regression results indicate that both STS and PTG were higher among thos…
Supervision in child welfare
This study provides an examination of the relationship between supervision and turnover intention in child welfare. Using a cross-sectional survey design, responses were received from 179 protective investigators and case managers. Multiple regression results revealed a significant, negative relationship between turnover intention and satisfaction with supervision. This relationship was strongest among those in the position less than one year or …
Evaluation of the Strong Foundations training for the child welfare supervisor
The importance of executive social capital for child-serving residential facilities during hurricanes
Case Assignment Principles for Achieving Worker Well-Being, Organizational Justice, and Casework Quality
This qualitative descriptive study was designed to identify case assignment principles and capture the ways supervisors and case managers experience these principles. A total of 59 supervisors and 127 case managers from the child welfare field responded to two open-ended survey questions about the case assignment principles used in their agencies. The first aim was to provide a description of case assignment principles. Coding of responses reveal…
Psychology (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (7 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (7 works) · Social Work (7 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (7 works)