Rebecca L Hegar
Biographic Data
| ID | 171003 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca L Hegar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca L |
| FAMILY NAME | Hegar |
| SIGNATURE | HEGAR R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 160 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Kinship Guardianship, Adoption, and Foster Care: Outcomes from a U.S. National Sample
Using data from a national longitudinal survey of children referred to child protective services (NSCAW II), this article compares behavioral, child/caregiver relationship, and school performance outcomes for children residing in kinship and nonkinship settings. Up to three waves of data were gathered for each child. The analysis sample comprises 4,202 children and 10,881 observations. Two sets of regressions were completed. One represents family…
Foster Care to Kinship Adoption: The Road Less Traveled
Although a rather extensive literature concerning informal kinship care and kinship foster care has emerged over the past 30 years, much less is known about the children and families involved in kinship adoption. This article pays particular attention to recent research that investigates placement decisions and outcomes for former foster children adopted by relatives. This review suggests conclusions similar to broader reviews, in that kinship pl…
Child fatality in Intercountry adoption: What media reports suggest about deaths of Russian children in the U.S
The Changing Environment of Adoption Practice: Focus on Intercountry Adoption to the United States
This article reviews the history of domestic and international adoption, examines international agreements and U.S. statutes that govern intercountry adoption, and assesses the current landscape of adoption agency practice, with major emphasis on the United States. The article focuses specifically on environmental factors that have driven change in both practice and policy concerning international adoption. The theoretical lens of population ecol…
Managing Special Needs and Treatment Approaches of Intercountry Adoptees and Families
This article examines the contemporary context of intercountry placement to the United States and the special needs of internationally adopted children. Families who adopt internationally may face tremendous challenges in meeting the needs of their children. Treatment models adapted for intercountry adoptees and their families are discussed. Finally, policy and practice recommendations are presented
The Masaryks of Czechoslovakia: Contributions in Sociology, Social Welfare and Politics
This article profiles contributions to sociology, social welfare and politics by members of the Masaryk family of Czechoslovakia, with primary emphasis on the career of Alice G. Masaryk (or Masarykovd), an applied sociologist and founder of Czech social work. As the daughter of Tomdi G. Masaryk, an academic philosopher and early sociologist who became the first President of Czechoslovakia in 1918, her life and work are inextricably linked with th…
Paulo Freire: Neglected Mentor for Social Work
Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and author, advocated radical educational approaches to empower oppressed peoples. Social workers contributing to English-language journals and other literature have made only limited use of Freire's ideas. Explanations may include social work's clinical drift, discomfort with radical ideas, obliviousness to contributions from the developing world, unease with religious thought, and avoidance of primary sources, i…
Professionalization in public child welfare: Historical context and workplace outcomes for social workers and non-social workers
Foster children placed with or separated from siblings: Outcomes based on a national sample
Mathematics Skills in Early Childhood: Exploring Gender and Ethnic Patterns
Kin adopting kin: In the best interest of the children
Kinship care and sibling placement: Child behavior, family relationships, and school outcomes
Tanf status, ethnicity, and early school success
Transatlantic Transfers in Social Work: Contributions of Three Pioneers
Internationalism has been a prominent theme in the transatlantic history of social reform, and many pioneering social workers championed the causes of peace, war relief, human rights, and international avenues for dispute resolution. For some, internationalism was inseparable from social welfare. Jane Addams in the United States, Alice Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, and Alice Salomon of Germany were central figures during the early 20th century in tr…
Sibling placement in foster care and adoption: An overview of international research
Grandma's Babies: The Problem of Welfare Eligibility for Children Raised by Relatives
This article provides a brief history of children raised by relatives and examines the welfare eligibility of these families, emphasizing changes under the Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (PR&WOA). The revolution in public welfare places many care-giving relatives atfinancial risk. Depending on their states' plans for implementing the PR& WOA, children and their relative caregivers may lose state support. The article presen…
Kinship Care and Foster Care: A Comparison of Characteristics and Outcomes
The increase in children entering foster care, together with a range of other political, economic, and social factors, has helped fuel the newest phenomenon in the child welfare system–a substantial proportion of children in formal kinship care. Kinship care is defined as out-of-home placement with relatives of children who are in the custody of state and local child welfare agencies. The authors present a review of previous research and report o…
Disposition of child physical abuse reports: Review of the literature and test of a predictive model
Maltreatment and the School-Age Child: Developmental Outcomes and System Issues
When Parents Kidnap: The Families Behind the Headlines
What happens when a child is kidnapped from home by his or her own parent? What are the emotional and psychological consequences of living in hiding for weeks, months, or even years for a child? How does the parent left behind cope with having no knowledge of the child's whereabouts or well-being? And what could lead a parent to inflict such a painful existence on his or her own child? This text provides a look at the problem of the abduction of …
Predicting severity of child abuse injury with ordinal probit regression
To compensate for insufficient resources, many child protection agencies use screening instruments to prioritize reports of abuse for investigations. Like most risk assessment instruments, however, the variables included in the screens are selected on the basis of clinical observations. Because an empirically derived screen may lead to more-accurate predictions, this article identifies predictors of injury severity caused by physical abuse from i…
Parental Abduction of Children from Interracial and Cross-Cultural Marriages
A national U.S. survey of 371 parents whose children were abducted by the other parent reveals an over-representation of interracial and cross-cultural (international) marriages among the families involved in parental kidnapping. This article reviews the literature concerning marital conflict, particularly over childrearing, in intermarried families. It next presents the methodology and relevant findings of the national study of parental kidnappi…
International Parental Abduction and Its Implications for Social Work Practice: Great Britain to the United States
Indications are that abduction of children by their own parents is on the rise and may increase further with the coming European Community and the relaxation of travel barriers between countries. A case example of an international parental abduction from Great Britain to the United States is used to illustrate some of the treatment issues confronting social workers who may come in contact with these families
Self-esteem in parents of children abducted by the other parent
Impact on children of abduction by a parent: A review of the literature
It is estimated that 350,000 children are abducted by members of their families annually. A review of the published research reveals that little is known about the impact of this traumatic event on the children. Factors reported to affect their functioning after recovery by the searching parent are identified, and implications for further research are suggested
Kinship care and sibling placement: Child behavior, family relationships, and school outcomes
Sibling placement in foster care and adoption: An overview of international research
Foster children placed with or separated from siblings: Outcomes based on a national sample
Sibling Relationships and Separations: Implications for Child Placement
The implications of sibling relationships and separations have not been emphasized in child placement practice and research. However, the sibling bonds of foster children can be understood in light of the multidisciplinary literature concerning rivalry, incest, family therapy, adult siblings, and siblings from poor and disempowered families and by comparisons of the relationship between siblings and unrelated peers. This literature, along with th…
Disposition of child physical abuse reports: Review of the literature and test of a predictive model
Moving toward Empowerment-Based Practice in Public Child Welfare
Journal Article Moving toward Empowerment-Based Practice in Public Child Welfare Get access Rebecca L. Hegar, Rebecca L. Hegar Rebecca L. Hegar, DSW, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Community Planning, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 525 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Jeanne M. Hunzeker, DSW, is Associate Dean, School of Social Work, Southern University-New Orleans, Louisiana. This article is a revised version of a …
Kin adopting kin: In the best interest of the children
Professionalization in public child welfare: Historical context and workplace outcomes for social workers and non-social workers
Empowerment-based Practice with Children
This article provides an overview of historical shifts in thought concerning the status and rights of children and discusses the implications of these competing views of childhood for social work practice. A beginning definition of empowerment-based practice is offered that draws from the concepts of locus of responsibility and locus of control. Based on this definition, several principles for empowerment-based practice with children are proposed…
Foster Care to Kinship Adoption: The Road Less Traveled
Although a rather extensive literature concerning informal kinship care and kinship foster care has emerged over the past 30 years, much less is known about the children and families involved in kinship adoption. This article pays particular attention to recent research that investigates placement decisions and outcomes for former foster children adopted by relatives. This review suggests conclusions similar to broader reviews, in that kinship pl…
Child fatality in Intercountry adoption: What media reports suggest about deaths of Russian children in the U.S
Managing Special Needs and Treatment Approaches of Intercountry Adoptees and Families
This article examines the contemporary context of intercountry placement to the United States and the special needs of internationally adopted children. Families who adopt internationally may face tremendous challenges in meeting the needs of their children. Treatment models adapted for intercountry adoptees and their families are discussed. Finally, policy and practice recommendations are presented
Mathematics Skills in Early Childhood: Exploring Gender and Ethnic Patterns
Grandma's Babies: The Problem of Welfare Eligibility for Children Raised by Relatives
This article provides a brief history of children raised by relatives and examines the welfare eligibility of these families, emphasizing changes under the Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (PR&WOA). The revolution in public welfare places many care-giving relatives atfinancial risk. Depending on their states' plans for implementing the PR& WOA, children and their relative caregivers may lose state support. The article presen…
Predicting severity of child abuse injury with ordinal probit regression
To compensate for insufficient resources, many child protection agencies use screening instruments to prioritize reports of abuse for investigations. Like most risk assessment instruments, however, the variables included in the screens are selected on the basis of clinical observations. Because an empirically derived screen may lead to more-accurate predictions, this article identifies predictors of injury severity caused by physical abuse from i…
Social Work and the Casualties of Capitalism: Empowerment of the Urban Poor
The greatest burdens of capitalism fall on the urban poor, as they attempt to integrate themselves into the economic mainstream. This article explores the forces that produce such casualties of capitalism and considers how empowerment-based policy can address the imbalance in resources and power that characterizes the U.S. economic system. It is suggested that empowerment is a process that can occur within a climate ol equity and justice to produ…
Transatlantic Transfers in Social Work: Contributions of Three Pioneers
Internationalism has been a prominent theme in the transatlantic history of social reform, and many pioneering social workers championed the causes of peace, war relief, human rights, and international avenues for dispute resolution. For some, internationalism was inseparable from social welfare. Jane Addams in the United States, Alice Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, and Alice Salomon of Germany were central figures during the early 20th century in tr…
Parental Abduction of Children from Interracial and Cross-Cultural Marriages
A national U.S. survey of 371 parents whose children were abducted by the other parent reveals an over-representation of interracial and cross-cultural (international) marriages among the families involved in parental kidnapping. This article reviews the literature concerning marital conflict, particularly over childrearing, in intermarried families. It next presents the methodology and relevant findings of the national study of parental kidnappi…
The Changing Environment of Adoption Practice: Focus on Intercountry Adoption to the United States
This article reviews the history of domestic and international adoption, examines international agreements and U.S. statutes that govern intercountry adoption, and assesses the current landscape of adoption agency practice, with major emphasis on the United States. The article focuses specifically on environmental factors that have driven change in both practice and policy concerning international adoption. The theoretical lens of population ecol…
Paulo Freire: Neglected Mentor for Social Work
Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and author, advocated radical educational approaches to empower oppressed peoples. Social workers contributing to English-language journals and other literature have made only limited use of Freire's ideas. Explanations may include social work's clinical drift, discomfort with radical ideas, obliviousness to contributions from the developing world, unease with religious thought, and avoidance of primary sources, i…
Parental kidnapping across international borders
Parental Kidnapping and U.S. Social Policy
Social workers, because of their central roles in dealing with the problems of families, require greater familiarity with the phenomenon of parental abduction of children. This article provides an overview of the social problem and summarizes major policy responses: the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, the Parental Kidnapping Act of 1980, other criminal and civil remedies, The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, and the Inte…
Toward a causal typology of child neglect
The rights and status of children: International concerns for social work
Analysis of an Exploration for Training Materials in Child Welfare
Currently there is a serious gap in the child welfare system in the area of in-service training. As the child welfare system begins to fill this gap, information on what materials are available for training becomes critical. This article reports on an extensive exploration of what is currently available for training in the child welfare field. Several important findings emerged concerning the sources of materials and the lack of training material…
Foster Children's and Parents' Right to a Family
This article presents evidence from court decisions, state laws, and model statutes demonstrating that foster children have an emerging legal interest in stable parental relationships. It notes the need children have for stable parental figures, presents a historical overview of the legal status of children and the family, traces the growing recognition of children's interests in custody and child-placement cases, and considers the issue of balan…
Moving toward Empowerment-Based Practice in Public Child Welfare
Journal Article Moving toward Empowerment-Based Practice in Public Child Welfare Get access Rebecca L. Hegar, Rebecca L. Hegar Rebecca L. Hegar, DSW, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Community Planning, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 525 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Jeanne M. Hunzeker, DSW, is Associate Dean, School of Social Work, Southern University-New Orleans, Louisiana. This article is a revised version of a …
Sibling Relationships and Separations: Implications for Child Placement
The implications of sibling relationships and separations have not been emphasized in child placement practice and research. However, the sibling bonds of foster children can be understood in light of the multidisciplinary literature concerning rivalry, incest, family therapy, adult siblings, and siblings from poor and disempowered families and by comparisons of the relationship between siblings and unrelated peers. This literature, along with th…
Toward a causal typology of child neglect
Empowerment-based Practice with Children
This article provides an overview of historical shifts in thought concerning the status and rights of children and discusses the implications of these competing views of childhood for social work practice. A beginning definition of empowerment-based practice is offered that draws from the concepts of locus of responsibility and locus of control. Based on this definition, several principles for empowerment-based practice with children are proposed…
The rights and status of children: International concerns for social work
Parental Kidnapping and U.S. Social Policy
Social workers, because of their central roles in dealing with the problems of families, require greater familiarity with the phenomenon of parental abduction of children. This article provides an overview of the social problem and summarizes major policy responses: the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, the Parental Kidnapping Act of 1980, other criminal and civil remedies, The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, and the Inte…
Social Work and the Casualties of Capitalism: Empowerment of the Urban Poor
The greatest burdens of capitalism fall on the urban poor, as they attempt to integrate themselves into the economic mainstream. This article explores the forces that produce such casualties of capitalism and considers how empowerment-based policy can address the imbalance in resources and power that characterizes the U.S. economic system. It is suggested that empowerment is a process that can occur within a climate ol equity and justice to produ…
Parental kidnapping across international borders
Impact on children of abduction by a parent: A review of the literature
It is estimated that 350,000 children are abducted by members of their families annually. A review of the published research reveals that little is known about the impact of this traumatic event on the children. Factors reported to affect their functioning after recovery by the searching parent are identified, and implications for further research are suggested
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International Parental Abduction and Its Implications for Social Work Practice: Great Britain to the United States
Indications are that abduction of children by their own parents is on the rise and may increase further with the coming European Community and the relaxation of travel barriers between countries. A case example of an international parental abduction from Great Britain to the United States is used to illustrate some of the treatment issues confronting social workers who may come in contact with these families
Self-esteem in parents of children abducted by the other parent
Predicting severity of child abuse injury with ordinal probit regression
To compensate for insufficient resources, many child protection agencies use screening instruments to prioritize reports of abuse for investigations. Like most risk assessment instruments, however, the variables included in the screens are selected on the basis of clinical observations. Because an empirically derived screen may lead to more-accurate predictions, this article identifies predictors of injury severity caused by physical abuse from i…
Parental Abduction of Children from Interracial and Cross-Cultural Marriages
A national U.S. survey of 371 parents whose children were abducted by the other parent reveals an over-representation of interracial and cross-cultural (international) marriages among the families involved in parental kidnapping. This article reviews the literature concerning marital conflict, particularly over childrearing, in intermarried families. It next presents the methodology and relevant findings of the national study of parental kidnappi…
Disposition of child physical abuse reports: Review of the literature and test of a predictive model
Maltreatment and the School-Age Child: Developmental Outcomes and System Issues
When Parents Kidnap: The Families Behind the Headlines
What happens when a child is kidnapped from home by his or her own parent? What are the emotional and psychological consequences of living in hiding for weeks, months, or even years for a child? How does the parent left behind cope with having no knowledge of the child's whereabouts or well-being? And what could lead a parent to inflict such a painful existence on his or her own child? This text provides a look at the problem of the abduction of …
Kinship Care and Foster Care: A Comparison of Characteristics and Outcomes
The increase in children entering foster care, together with a range of other political, economic, and social factors, has helped fuel the newest phenomenon in the child welfare system–a substantial proportion of children in formal kinship care. Kinship care is defined as out-of-home placement with relatives of children who are in the custody of state and local child welfare agencies. The authors present a review of previous research and report o…
Grandma's Babies: The Problem of Welfare Eligibility for Children Raised by Relatives
This article provides a brief history of children raised by relatives and examines the welfare eligibility of these families, emphasizing changes under the Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (PR&WOA). The revolution in public welfare places many care-giving relatives atfinancial risk. Depending on their states' plans for implementing the PR& WOA, children and their relative caregivers may lose state support. The article presen…
Sibling placement in foster care and adoption: An overview of international research
Transatlantic Transfers in Social Work: Contributions of Three Pioneers
Internationalism has been a prominent theme in the transatlantic history of social reform, and many pioneering social workers championed the causes of peace, war relief, human rights, and international avenues for dispute resolution. For some, internationalism was inseparable from social welfare. Jane Addams in the United States, Alice Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, and Alice Salomon of Germany were central figures during the early 20th century in tr…
Kinship care and sibling placement: Child behavior, family relationships, and school outcomes
Tanf status, ethnicity, and early school success
Psychology (25 works) · Sociology (25 works) · Political science (24 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (18 works) · Developmental psychology (16 works) · Law (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (9 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (8 works)