Andrew Winters
Biographic Data
| ID | 4876314 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Winters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Winters |
| SIGNATURE | WINTERS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisville |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9244-9803 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Further exploration of the relationship between demographic characteristics and secondary trauma among child welfare workers
Background and purpose Child welfare workers develop secondary traumatic stress (STS) at high rates. Personal trauma, increased exposure to clients’ trauma, and inadequate social support are known to increase STS risk. However, examinations of relationships between STS and workforce demographics have produced mixed results and have rarely included large, cross-state samples. To advance understanding of caseworker experiences and recommend appropr…
A study of fidelity to and implementation of a multi-level workforce intervention
Promoting racial equity and antiracist practice in child welfare
There is much discussion in the literature regarding the role public child welfare has played in disproportionately intervening with children and families of color, and debate regarding how this has impacted their wellbeing and the role systemic racism has played. The voice of individuals serving as regional and state-level administrators of public child welfare agencies regarding this topic and how to address existing inequities has been missing…
Absorptive capacity in child welfare
Child Welfare (CW) provides an array of services to meet the needs of families, requiring agencies to be malleable in their ability to absorb new practices. Absorptive capacity (ACAP) refers to the routines and processes in which an organization acquires, assimilates, and applies new knowledge. ACAP has yet to be the focus of implementation research in CW settings. This exploratory study elicited feedback from CW staff in determining factors to c…
Trying to be everything else”
A Review of Treatment Decision-Making Models and Factors in Mental Health Practice
Treatment decision making has been influenced by the evidence-based practice movement, which encourages practitioners to make decisions based upon current research evidence, practice wisdom and ethics, and client values or preferences. This article offers a review of the treatment decision-making literature to identify decision-making drivers based on characteristics of the therapist and client. The narrative review includes surveys, case studies…
Theoretical Foundations
Caregiver-relevant perspectives from a multi-stakeholder collaborative advisory board on adapting a child mental health intervention to be delivered in child-welfare settings
Adapting evidence based mental health interventions (EBI) to be provided in child welfare (CW) settings by CW workers could reduce barriers to families receiving mental health care. In order to promote implementation success, the adaptation of EBIs should include the perspectives of those who deliver and those who receive the EBI. The following study uses qualitative methods to elicit and analyze caregiver-relevant perspectives and adaption recom…
Standardized assessment domains as predictors of prescription of trauma-focused treatment for youth in out-of-home care
Implementation of system-wide change in child welfare and behavioral health
Perceptions Among Child Welfare Staff when Modifying A Child Mental Health Intervention to be Implemented in Child Welfare Services
In order to increase access to child mental health evidence‐based interventions ( EBI s) for vulnerable and hard‐to‐engage families involved in the child welfare ( CW ) system, innovative approaches coupled with input from service providers are needed. One potential solution involves utilizing task‐shifting strategies and implementation science theoretical frameworks to implement such EBI s in CW settings. This study examined perceptions among CW…
Absorptive capacity in child welfare
Promoting successful implementation of evidence-based practices within child welfare agencies necessitates accurately measuring absorptive capacity (i.e., the ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and exploit knowledge) through valid and reliable assessment. However, a measurement tool does not exist for child welfare agencies. As such, this exploratory study identified existing measures and items relevant to absorptive capacity in child wel…
Family Centered Treatment, Juvenile Justice, and the Grand Challenge of Smart Decarceration
Purpose: Responding to social work’s grand challenge of smart decarceration, this study investigated whether Family Centered Treatment (FCT), a home-based service for juvenile court-involved youth, is more effective than group care (GC) in reducing recidivism. Outcomes are juvenile readjudication and commitment to placement, and adult conviction and sentence of incarceration. Method: Data were drawn from service provider and state administrative …
Does Inquiry Preempt Representation? A Reply to Teed Rockwell’s “Representation and Radical Empiricism”
Winters Andrew M.,Stillwaggon-Swan Liz. Does Inquiry Preempt Representation? A Reply to Teed Rockwell’s “Representation and Radical Empiricism”. In: Intellectica. Revue de l'Association pour la Recherche Cognitive, n°60, 2013/2. Pragmatisme(s) et sciences cognitives. pp. 245-250
Implementation of system-wide change in child welfare and behavioral health
Perceptions Among Child Welfare Staff when Modifying A Child Mental Health Intervention to be Implemented in Child Welfare Services
In order to increase access to child mental health evidence‐based interventions ( EBI s) for vulnerable and hard‐to‐engage families involved in the child welfare ( CW ) system, innovative approaches coupled with input from service providers are needed. One potential solution involves utilizing task‐shifting strategies and implementation science theoretical frameworks to implement such EBI s in CW settings. This study examined perceptions among CW…
Absorptive capacity in child welfare
Promoting successful implementation of evidence-based practices within child welfare agencies necessitates accurately measuring absorptive capacity (i.e., the ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and exploit knowledge) through valid and reliable assessment. However, a measurement tool does not exist for child welfare agencies. As such, this exploratory study identified existing measures and items relevant to absorptive capacity in child wel…
Trying to be everything else”
Family Centered Treatment, Juvenile Justice, and the Grand Challenge of Smart Decarceration
Purpose: Responding to social work’s grand challenge of smart decarceration, this study investigated whether Family Centered Treatment (FCT), a home-based service for juvenile court-involved youth, is more effective than group care (GC) in reducing recidivism. Outcomes are juvenile readjudication and commitment to placement, and adult conviction and sentence of incarceration. Method: Data were drawn from service provider and state administrative …
Promoting racial equity and antiracist practice in child welfare
There is much discussion in the literature regarding the role public child welfare has played in disproportionately intervening with children and families of color, and debate regarding how this has impacted their wellbeing and the role systemic racism has played. The voice of individuals serving as regional and state-level administrators of public child welfare agencies regarding this topic and how to address existing inequities has been missing…
Absorptive capacity in child welfare
Child Welfare (CW) provides an array of services to meet the needs of families, requiring agencies to be malleable in their ability to absorb new practices. Absorptive capacity (ACAP) refers to the routines and processes in which an organization acquires, assimilates, and applies new knowledge. ACAP has yet to be the focus of implementation research in CW settings. This exploratory study elicited feedback from CW staff in determining factors to c…
Does Inquiry Preempt Representation? A Reply to Teed Rockwell’s “Representation and Radical Empiricism”
Winters Andrew M.,Stillwaggon-Swan Liz. Does Inquiry Preempt Representation? A Reply to Teed Rockwell’s “Representation and Radical Empiricism”. In: Intellectica. Revue de l'Association pour la Recherche Cognitive, n°60, 2013/2. Pragmatisme(s) et sciences cognitives. pp. 245-250
Family Centered Treatment, Juvenile Justice, and the Grand Challenge of Smart Decarceration
Purpose: Responding to social work’s grand challenge of smart decarceration, this study investigated whether Family Centered Treatment (FCT), a home-based service for juvenile court-involved youth, is more effective than group care (GC) in reducing recidivism. Outcomes are juvenile readjudication and commitment to placement, and adult conviction and sentence of incarceration. Method: Data were drawn from service provider and state administrative …
Absorptive capacity in child welfare
Promoting successful implementation of evidence-based practices within child welfare agencies necessitates accurately measuring absorptive capacity (i.e., the ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and exploit knowledge) through valid and reliable assessment. However, a measurement tool does not exist for child welfare agencies. As such, this exploratory study identified existing measures and items relevant to absorptive capacity in child wel…
Perceptions Among Child Welfare Staff when Modifying A Child Mental Health Intervention to be Implemented in Child Welfare Services
In order to increase access to child mental health evidence‐based interventions ( EBI s) for vulnerable and hard‐to‐engage families involved in the child welfare ( CW ) system, innovative approaches coupled with input from service providers are needed. One potential solution involves utilizing task‐shifting strategies and implementation science theoretical frameworks to implement such EBI s in CW settings. This study examined perceptions among CW…
A Review of Treatment Decision-Making Models and Factors in Mental Health Practice
Treatment decision making has been influenced by the evidence-based practice movement, which encourages practitioners to make decisions based upon current research evidence, practice wisdom and ethics, and client values or preferences. This article offers a review of the treatment decision-making literature to identify decision-making drivers based on characteristics of the therapist and client. The narrative review includes surveys, case studies…
Theoretical Foundations
Caregiver-relevant perspectives from a multi-stakeholder collaborative advisory board on adapting a child mental health intervention to be delivered in child-welfare settings
Adapting evidence based mental health interventions (EBI) to be provided in child welfare (CW) settings by CW workers could reduce barriers to families receiving mental health care. In order to promote implementation success, the adaptation of EBIs should include the perspectives of those who deliver and those who receive the EBI. The following study uses qualitative methods to elicit and analyze caregiver-relevant perspectives and adaption recom…
Standardized assessment domains as predictors of prescription of trauma-focused treatment for youth in out-of-home care
Implementation of system-wide change in child welfare and behavioral health
Absorptive capacity in child welfare
Child Welfare (CW) provides an array of services to meet the needs of families, requiring agencies to be malleable in their ability to absorb new practices. Absorptive capacity (ACAP) refers to the routines and processes in which an organization acquires, assimilates, and applies new knowledge. ACAP has yet to be the focus of implementation research in CW settings. This exploratory study elicited feedback from CW staff in determining factors to c…
Trying to be everything else”
Promoting racial equity and antiracist practice in child welfare
There is much discussion in the literature regarding the role public child welfare has played in disproportionately intervening with children and families of color, and debate regarding how this has impacted their wellbeing and the role systemic racism has played. The voice of individuals serving as regional and state-level administrators of public child welfare agencies regarding this topic and how to address existing inequities has been missing…
Further exploration of the relationship between demographic characteristics and secondary trauma among child welfare workers
Background and purpose Child welfare workers develop secondary traumatic stress (STS) at high rates. Personal trauma, increased exposure to clients’ trauma, and inadequate social support are known to increase STS risk. However, examinations of relationships between STS and workforce demographics have produced mixed results and have rarely included large, cross-state samples. To advance understanding of caseworker experiences and recommend appropr…
A study of fidelity to and implementation of a multi-level workforce intervention
Psychology (12 works) · Political science (9 works) · Welfare (8 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)