Catherine Alter
Biographic Data
| ID | 2735149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Alter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Alter |
| SIGNATURE | ALTER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Denver |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Educating Social Work Students to Practice in the Latino Immigrant Community
Immigration from Latin America to the United States will be a political issue for many years. Because Latinos are the largest minority group in the U.S., they will continue to be a concern of social work education. Language differences, cultural distinctions, and unique political ramifications require specialized programs within social work curricula in order to enable social workers to be culturally relevant in their practice. This paper describ…
Development of a Risk and Resilience-Based Out-of-School Time Program for Children and Youths
Out-of-school time (OST) programs offer a unique opportunity to provide educational supports to high-risk children and youths.The authors describe the utility of applying principles of risk and resilience to the development and evaluation of an OST program. Academic outcomes among participants at the Bridge Project, an OST program located in three urban public housing communities, are presented to illustrate a risk and resilience approach to serv…
Self-Employment as a Social and Economic Development Intervention for Recipients of AFDC
This paper reports findings from program evaluations of two demonstrations designed to (1) test self-employment as a social and economic development strategy for recipients of AFDC, and (2) identify policy barriers to improving the economic well-being of this population. The authors collected data through interviews with program participants and program operators and used secondary data contained in operators' management information systems and s…
Family support as an intervention with female long-term Aedc recipients
Journal Article Family support as an intervention with female long-term AEDC recipients Get access Catherine F. Alter, PhD Catherine F. Alter, PhD dean and professor Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, 2148 South High Street, Denver, CO 80208-2886; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 20, Issue 4, December 1996, Pages 203–216, https://doi.or…
Organizations Working Together
Interorganizational Networks A New Institution A Typology of Cooperative Interorganizational Relationships and Networks What is Coordination? Environmental Determinants of Network Systems External Control and Technology Structural Properties Centrality, Size, Complexity, Differentiation, and Connectedness Conflict and Interorganizational Effectiveness The Failure of Evolution Theoretical Implications, Practical Recommendations, and Global Applica…
Function, form and change of juvenile justice systems
Preventing family dependency
Development of a Risk and Resilience-Based Out-of-School Time Program for Children and Youths
Out-of-school time (OST) programs offer a unique opportunity to provide educational supports to high-risk children and youths.The authors describe the utility of applying principles of risk and resilience to the development and evaluation of an OST program. Academic outcomes among participants at the Bridge Project, an OST program located in three urban public housing communities, are presented to illustrate a risk and resilience approach to serv…
Self-Employment as a Social and Economic Development Intervention for Recipients of AFDC
This paper reports findings from program evaluations of two demonstrations designed to (1) test self-employment as a social and economic development strategy for recipients of AFDC, and (2) identify policy barriers to improving the economic well-being of this population. The authors collected data through interviews with program participants and program operators and used secondary data contained in operators' management information systems and s…
Educating Social Work Students to Practice in the Latino Immigrant Community
Immigration from Latin America to the United States will be a political issue for many years. Because Latinos are the largest minority group in the U.S., they will continue to be a concern of social work education. Language differences, cultural distinctions, and unique political ramifications require specialized programs within social work curricula in order to enable social workers to be culturally relevant in their practice. This paper describ…
Family support as an intervention with female long-term Aedc recipients
Journal Article Family support as an intervention with female long-term AEDC recipients Get access Catherine F. Alter, PhD Catherine F. Alter, PhD dean and professor Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, 2148 South High Street, Denver, CO 80208-2886; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 20, Issue 4, December 1996, Pages 203–216, https://doi.or…
Preventing family dependency
Function, form and change of juvenile justice systems
Organizations Working Together
Interorganizational Networks A New Institution A Typology of Cooperative Interorganizational Relationships and Networks What is Coordination? Environmental Determinants of Network Systems External Control and Technology Structural Properties Centrality, Size, Complexity, Differentiation, and Connectedness Conflict and Interorganizational Effectiveness The Failure of Evolution Theoretical Implications, Practical Recommendations, and Global Applica…
Family support as an intervention with female long-term Aedc recipients
Journal Article Family support as an intervention with female long-term AEDC recipients Get access Catherine F. Alter, PhD Catherine F. Alter, PhD dean and professor Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, 2148 South High Street, Denver, CO 80208-2886; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 20, Issue 4, December 1996, Pages 203–216, https://doi.or…
Self-Employment as a Social and Economic Development Intervention for Recipients of AFDC
This paper reports findings from program evaluations of two demonstrations designed to (1) test self-employment as a social and economic development strategy for recipients of AFDC, and (2) identify policy barriers to improving the economic well-being of this population. The authors collected data through interviews with program participants and program operators and used secondary data contained in operators' management information systems and s…
Educating Social Work Students to Practice in the Latino Immigrant Community
Immigration from Latin America to the United States will be a political issue for many years. Because Latinos are the largest minority group in the U.S., they will continue to be a concern of social work education. Language differences, cultural distinctions, and unique political ramifications require specialized programs within social work curricula in order to enable social workers to be culturally relevant in their practice. This paper describ…
Development of a Risk and Resilience-Based Out-of-School Time Program for Children and Youths
Out-of-school time (OST) programs offer a unique opportunity to provide educational supports to high-risk children and youths.The authors describe the utility of applying principles of risk and resilience to the development and evaluation of an OST program. Academic outcomes among participants at the Bridge Project, an OST program located in three urban public housing communities, are presented to illustrate a risk and resilience approach to serv…
Political science (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Work (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Gerontology (2 works)