Wendy Whiting Blome
Biographic Data
| ID | 174143 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wendy Whiting Blome |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wendy Whiting |
| FAMILY NAME | Blome |
| SIGNATURE | BLOME W W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Catholic University of America |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Vicarious Trauma in Child Welfare Workers
Child welfare is provided within an organizational context that both supports and thwarts the efforts of workers and administrators to meet the myriad of goals established by federal, state, and local regulation and professional bodies. As the field moves toward trauma-informed services for children and families (Ko et al., 2008 Ko, S. J., Ford, J. D., Kassam-Adams, N., Berkowitz, S. J., Wilson, C., Wong, M., Brymer, M. J., & Layne, C. M. (2008).…
Shared Vicarious Trauma and the Effects on Palestinian Social Workers
This qualitative study explored the perceptions of Palestinian social service executive directors and social workers regarding the effects of working in the turbulent environment of East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Focus groups with social workers and individual interviews with administrators examined how shared vicarious trauma (VT) influenced social workers’ ability to complete their tasks, serve their clients, and manage the stress of their s…
The organizational structure of child welfare
The Importance of Early, Targeted Intervention
Secondary analysis of Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study longitudinal data explored family, parent, and child factors that contribute to the use of physical discipline with infants and toddlers. The sample included mothers (N = 1,580) who self reported the use of spanking at 14, 24, and 36 months. Eighteen percent of the mothers (n = 287) indicated that their children experienced consistent physical discipline. Data were analyzed usin…
Hold the Presses
Child fatalities initiate a formidable exchange between the media and child welfare services. The impact affects the families involved, staff and administrators of public and private child welfare agencies, and the community. The media role to provide the public with information in a prompt manner can be at odds with the child welfare administrator's desire to improve practice for all children. In many jurisdictions, the relationship between the …
An Examination of Foster Parent Unionization
In 2006, the Washington Federation of State Employees charted new territory by initiating an effort to unionize foster parents. Using a case study approach, we describe the development of this unique alliance, perspectives of stakeholder groups, and the social and economic conditions surrounding the organizing effort. Implications for policy and community practice are discussed
Necessary, But Not Sufficient
Adolescent heavy episodic drinking is of significant concern to social workers. This secondary analysis uses the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to explore the relationship of family and school factors to adolescent heavy episodic drinking. The sample included 17,727 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. The findings indicate that family and school factors are protective on the bivariate level. Yet, the hypotheses were only parti…
Organizational Challenges to Implementing Attachment-Based Practices in Public Child Welfare Agencies
Attachment theory has attracted the attention of public child welfare administrators hoping to implement evidence-based practices that promote positive parent–child relationships. Moving from a theoretical approach to an implemented practice is challenging. This article outlines diffusion of innovation theory as a framework to understand internal and external organizational structures that promote and impede the adoption of new ideas. Implementat…
Planning to Plan
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when child welfare officials in Louisiana reported they did not know the whereabouts of all their children in foster care, disaster planning in public child welfare became a new area of concern. This article reports on a process of engaging seven public child welfare agencies in planning for disasters that could affect child safety and service delivery. The Washington Metropolitan Area Disaster Planning Proje…
An Examination of Oversight and Review in the Child Welfare System
Child welfare agencies are accountable to the community not only because they spend public dollars, but also, most critically, because they are charged with protecting vulnerable children. Over the past three decades multiple oversight processes have been initiated as part of an effort to improve accountability in public child welfare. In agencies around the country an array of advocates and monitors regularly review the performance of individual…
Strategies for Empowering the Child Welfare Administrator Facing Class Action Litigation
Class action litigation is a current, or imminent, reality in many public child welfare agencies. Over the past three decades, advocates have increasingly used lawsuits to leverage reform in systems they viewed as ineffective in protecting and promoting the welfare of children. Too little guidance has been offered to administrators confronted with litigation. This paper proposes a set of strategies for administrators as they respond to actual or …
What Happens to Foster Kids
Reasonable Efforts, Unreasonable Effects
Hidden in the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 are two words that came to summarize the expectations of the law, typify its vagueness, and predict its controversy-"reasonable efforts." This article explores five factors to clarify the policy implications of the reasonable efforts phrase: " the disproportionately large effects of the requirement for "reasonable efforts;" the unanticipated consequences of the clause; the shift in t…
The organizational structure of child welfare
Vicarious Trauma in Child Welfare Workers
Child welfare is provided within an organizational context that both supports and thwarts the efforts of workers and administrators to meet the myriad of goals established by federal, state, and local regulation and professional bodies. As the field moves toward trauma-informed services for children and families (Ko et al., 2008 Ko, S. J., Ford, J. D., Kassam-Adams, N., Berkowitz, S. J., Wilson, C., Wong, M., Brymer, M. J., & Layne, C. M. (2008).…
Shared Vicarious Trauma and the Effects on Palestinian Social Workers
This qualitative study explored the perceptions of Palestinian social service executive directors and social workers regarding the effects of working in the turbulent environment of East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Focus groups with social workers and individual interviews with administrators examined how shared vicarious trauma (VT) influenced social workers’ ability to complete their tasks, serve their clients, and manage the stress of their s…
Organizational Challenges to Implementing Attachment-Based Practices in Public Child Welfare Agencies
Attachment theory has attracted the attention of public child welfare administrators hoping to implement evidence-based practices that promote positive parent–child relationships. Moving from a theoretical approach to an implemented practice is challenging. This article outlines diffusion of innovation theory as a framework to understand internal and external organizational structures that promote and impede the adoption of new ideas. Implementat…
An Examination of Oversight and Review in the Child Welfare System
Child welfare agencies are accountable to the community not only because they spend public dollars, but also, most critically, because they are charged with protecting vulnerable children. Over the past three decades multiple oversight processes have been initiated as part of an effort to improve accountability in public child welfare. In agencies around the country an array of advocates and monitors regularly review the performance of individual…
Hold the Presses
Child fatalities initiate a formidable exchange between the media and child welfare services. The impact affects the families involved, staff and administrators of public and private child welfare agencies, and the community. The media role to provide the public with information in a prompt manner can be at odds with the child welfare administrator's desire to improve practice for all children. In many jurisdictions, the relationship between the …
An Examination of Foster Parent Unionization
In 2006, the Washington Federation of State Employees charted new territory by initiating an effort to unionize foster parents. Using a case study approach, we describe the development of this unique alliance, perspectives of stakeholder groups, and the social and economic conditions surrounding the organizing effort. Implications for policy and community practice are discussed
The Importance of Early, Targeted Intervention
Secondary analysis of Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study longitudinal data explored family, parent, and child factors that contribute to the use of physical discipline with infants and toddlers. The sample included mothers (N = 1,580) who self reported the use of spanking at 14, 24, and 36 months. Eighteen percent of the mothers (n = 287) indicated that their children experienced consistent physical discipline. Data were analyzed usin…
Planning to Plan
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when child welfare officials in Louisiana reported they did not know the whereabouts of all their children in foster care, disaster planning in public child welfare became a new area of concern. This article reports on a process of engaging seven public child welfare agencies in planning for disasters that could affect child safety and service delivery. The Washington Metropolitan Area Disaster Planning Proje…
Strategies for Empowering the Child Welfare Administrator Facing Class Action Litigation
Class action litigation is a current, or imminent, reality in many public child welfare agencies. Over the past three decades, advocates have increasingly used lawsuits to leverage reform in systems they viewed as ineffective in protecting and promoting the welfare of children. Too little guidance has been offered to administrators confronted with litigation. This paper proposes a set of strategies for administrators as they respond to actual or …
Reasonable Efforts, Unreasonable Effects
Hidden in the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 are two words that came to summarize the expectations of the law, typify its vagueness, and predict its controversy-"reasonable efforts." This article explores five factors to clarify the policy implications of the reasonable efforts phrase: " the disproportionately large effects of the requirement for "reasonable efforts;" the unanticipated consequences of the clause; the shift in t…
What Happens to Foster Kids
Strategies for Empowering the Child Welfare Administrator Facing Class Action Litigation
Class action litigation is a current, or imminent, reality in many public child welfare agencies. Over the past three decades, advocates have increasingly used lawsuits to leverage reform in systems they viewed as ineffective in protecting and promoting the welfare of children. Too little guidance has been offered to administrators confronted with litigation. This paper proposes a set of strategies for administrators as they respond to actual or …
An Examination of Oversight and Review in the Child Welfare System
Child welfare agencies are accountable to the community not only because they spend public dollars, but also, most critically, because they are charged with protecting vulnerable children. Over the past three decades multiple oversight processes have been initiated as part of an effort to improve accountability in public child welfare. In agencies around the country an array of advocates and monitors regularly review the performance of individual…
Planning to Plan
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when child welfare officials in Louisiana reported they did not know the whereabouts of all their children in foster care, disaster planning in public child welfare became a new area of concern. This article reports on a process of engaging seven public child welfare agencies in planning for disasters that could affect child safety and service delivery. The Washington Metropolitan Area Disaster Planning Proje…
Necessary, But Not Sufficient
Adolescent heavy episodic drinking is of significant concern to social workers. This secondary analysis uses the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to explore the relationship of family and school factors to adolescent heavy episodic drinking. The sample included 17,727 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. The findings indicate that family and school factors are protective on the bivariate level. Yet, the hypotheses were only parti…
Organizational Challenges to Implementing Attachment-Based Practices in Public Child Welfare Agencies
Attachment theory has attracted the attention of public child welfare administrators hoping to implement evidence-based practices that promote positive parent–child relationships. Moving from a theoretical approach to an implemented practice is challenging. This article outlines diffusion of innovation theory as a framework to understand internal and external organizational structures that promote and impede the adoption of new ideas. Implementat…
An Examination of Foster Parent Unionization
In 2006, the Washington Federation of State Employees charted new territory by initiating an effort to unionize foster parents. Using a case study approach, we describe the development of this unique alliance, perspectives of stakeholder groups, and the social and economic conditions surrounding the organizing effort. Implications for policy and community practice are discussed
Hold the Presses
Child fatalities initiate a formidable exchange between the media and child welfare services. The impact affects the families involved, staff and administrators of public and private child welfare agencies, and the community. The media role to provide the public with information in a prompt manner can be at odds with the child welfare administrator's desire to improve practice for all children. In many jurisdictions, the relationship between the …
The Importance of Early, Targeted Intervention
Secondary analysis of Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study longitudinal data explored family, parent, and child factors that contribute to the use of physical discipline with infants and toddlers. The sample included mothers (N = 1,580) who self reported the use of spanking at 14, 24, and 36 months. Eighteen percent of the mothers (n = 287) indicated that their children experienced consistent physical discipline. Data were analyzed usin…
The organizational structure of child welfare
Shared Vicarious Trauma and the Effects on Palestinian Social Workers
This qualitative study explored the perceptions of Palestinian social service executive directors and social workers regarding the effects of working in the turbulent environment of East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Focus groups with social workers and individual interviews with administrators examined how shared vicarious trauma (VT) influenced social workers’ ability to complete their tasks, serve their clients, and manage the stress of their s…
Vicarious Trauma in Child Welfare Workers
Child welfare is provided within an organizational context that both supports and thwarts the efforts of workers and administrators to meet the myriad of goals established by federal, state, and local regulation and professional bodies. As the field moves toward trauma-informed services for children and families (Ko et al., 2008 Ko, S. J., Ford, J. D., Kassam-Adams, N., Berkowitz, S. J., Wilson, C., Wong, M., Brymer, M. J., & Layne, C. M. (2008).…
Political science (12 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Welfare (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works)