Jody Brook
Biographic Data
| ID | 5507753 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jody Brook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jody |
| FAMILY NAME | Brook |
| SIGNATURE | BROOK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8681-1343 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
From efficacy to implementation in child welfare: Exploring professional-perceived barriers to translating an evidence-based intervention into sustainable practice
Evidence-based parenting programs promote children’s safety, permanency, and well-being. Despite strong evidence of effectiveness, widespread adoption and sustained implementation remain limited. This study examined barriers to implementing Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), a home-visiting intervention, within a Regional Partnership Grant serving child welfare-involved families in a Midwestern state. A retrospective post-implementation…
The helping relationship in the foster care context: Perspectives from parent-caseworker dyads
While the helping relationship is often viewed as a core element of child welfare practice, there is limited research on how birth parents and caseworkers describe the helping relationship in the foster care context. We interviewed six parent-worker dyads individually (N = 12) to explore how parents and caseworkers describe their helping relationship and perspectives on the role of the helping relationship on parents’ participation in foster care…
Randomized Controlled Trial of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for Substance-Use-Disorder-Affected Parents Involved in the Child Welfare System
Objective: Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) has shown promise as an effective intervention with substance-abusing adults. This study expands on a preliminary study by Kim et al. (2018) by examining the results from the complete sample on substance abuse and trauma-related problems. Method: Child-welfare-involved parents were randomly assigned to either the SFBT (N = 90) or treatment-as-usual (N = 89) control group. Mixed linear models tested…
Predicting substance use treatment completion & reunification among family treatment court-involved parent–child dyads
Through intensive, treatment-focused interdisciplinary practice, family treatment courts (FTC) offer a speedier pathway to reunification for families with substance use disorder in the foster care system compared to traditional settings. Less is known regarding differences in outcomes among FTC participants on the basis of clinical risk and need characteristics. We analyzed parent–child dyads in a rural Midwestern FTC program to understand the ef…
Family treatment court participation and permanency in a rural setting: Outcomes from a rigorous quasi‐experiment
Substance‐affected families are frequently cited as the most challenging families to serve within the child welfare context, particularly in rural settings where treatment services may be few and far between. Growing evidence suggests that family treatment courts (FTCs) may be more effective than their traditional counterpart at achieving key child welfare goals; however, prior studies have been limited in their methodological rigour. This study …
Drug testing in child welfare: A systematic review
Driving organization and systems change toward trauma-responsive services in child welfare: Supervisor and administrator perspectives on initial implementation
Despite trauma as a prevalent and substantial need among children in foster care, child welfare systems are challenged with fully implementing trauma-responsive programs and policies. Furthermore, evidence on effective implementation strategies for trauma-responsive programs in child welfare is scarce. This study’s overarching purpose was to examine child welfare supervisor and administrator views on the initial implementation of a trauma-respons…
Parent perspectives of engagement in the strengthening families program: An evidence‐based intervention for families in child welfare and affected by parental substance use
Despite growing use of evidence‐based parenting interventions (EBPIs) in child welfare settings, few qualitative studies have obtained parents' direct views and feedback on these programs. Further, engagement in EBPIs continues to present challenges in a child welfare context, particularly for parents affected by substances. We sought to understand parents' experiences of the supports and barriers to engagement in an EBPI. Semistructured intervie…
Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Substance-Using Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study
Objective: This study examined the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) intervention on substance abuse and trauma-related problems. Methods: A randomized controlled trial design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of SFBT in primary substance use treatment services for child welfare involved parents in outpatient treatment for substance use disorders. Mixed linear models were used to test within- and between-group changes us…
Examining the role of methamphetamine in permanency: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption
Parental methamphetamine use has drawn significant attention in recent years. Despite prior research that shows that parental substance abuse is a risk factor for lengthy foster care stay, little is known about the effect of specific types of substance use on permanency. This study sought to compare the impact of parental methamphetamine use to alcohol use, other drug use, and polysubstance use on the timing of 3 types of permanency: reunificatio…
Illuminating the Black Box From Within: Stakeholder Perspectives on Family Drug Court Best Practices
This article describes a mixed-methods, concept mapping study in an urban family drug court (FDC) designed to identify keys to FDC success from stakeholders’ perspectives. Participating FDC team members and clients developed a set of items they deemed integral to an FDC, thematically clustered the items, and then rated their relative importance. Using these data, cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling generated 6 themes perceived as contri…
Clinician Perspectives on Relationship, Therapeutic Strategy, and Gender Responsiveness in Child Welfare Substance Abuse Settings
This collective case study of 20 service providers examined the approaches used by clinicians working with substance-abusing mothers involved in child welfare to shed light on their use of empirically informed, gender-specific interventions. Analyses revealed that clinicians struggle to articulate specific evidence-based frameworks, and their approach relies on an intuitively driven client–provider relationship. Clinicians report little instituti…
Screening for Substance Use Disorders as a Supplement to Caseworker Assessment Among Foster Care–Involved Families
Parental substance abuse is a major factor in families experiencing foster care placement, yet little is known about the potential of screening in determining risk or identifying subpopulations for which elevated risk occurs. One Midwestern state recently implemented screening. This research uses information gathered as part of the screen's implementation to conduct a latent class analysis. The research was extended to provide a detailed examinat…
Cost analysis of the strengthening families program in reducing time to family reunification among substance-affected families
An analysis of the impact of the Strengthening Families Program on family reunification in child welfare
Parental Substance Abuse and Family Reunification
This study examines the reunification outcomes of 4 groups of children placed in foster care in Oklahoma: those referred due to parental alcohol-only abuse, those due to parental drug-only abuse, those with both alcohol and drug involvement, and those with neither alcohol nor drug involvement. Following bivariate analysis to examine group differences, survival analysis was utilized to predict reunification rates. Overall, differences in time to r…
Typologies of Children in Foster Care for Reasons Other than Abuse or Neglect
In Kansas, 45% of foster care placements occur for reasons besides child abuse or neglect. Yet little is known about their critical characteristics. By learning more about these cases, policies and practices can be tailored accordingly. This research utilized a statewide random sample (n = 254) of target children entering care in 2005. Two-step cluster analysis was used to generate typologies. Comparisons were made relative to child, parent/caret…
The impact of parental substance abuse on the stability of family reunifications from foster care
Evaluating the Effects of Comprehensive Substance Abuse Intervention on Successful Reunification
Objective: This study examines permanency outcomes of families with children in foster care who participated in a comprehensive service-delivery program designed to assist families and communities in dealing with alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems. Method: Survival analysis is used to measure the impact of program participation on family reunification and re-entry of children into foster care. Results: The results of this study are that, contr…
The impact of parental substance abuse on the stability of family reunifications from foster care
Evaluating the Effects of Comprehensive Substance Abuse Intervention on Successful Reunification
Objective: This study examines permanency outcomes of families with children in foster care who participated in a comprehensive service-delivery program designed to assist families and communities in dealing with alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems. Method: Survival analysis is used to measure the impact of program participation on family reunification and re-entry of children into foster care. Results: The results of this study are that, contr…
An analysis of the impact of the Strengthening Families Program on family reunification in child welfare
Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Substance-Using Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study
Objective: This study examined the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) intervention on substance abuse and trauma-related problems. Methods: A randomized controlled trial design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of SFBT in primary substance use treatment services for child welfare involved parents in outpatient treatment for substance use disorders. Mixed linear models were used to test within- and between-group changes us…
Driving organization and systems change toward trauma-responsive services in child welfare: Supervisor and administrator perspectives on initial implementation
Despite trauma as a prevalent and substantial need among children in foster care, child welfare systems are challenged with fully implementing trauma-responsive programs and policies. Furthermore, evidence on effective implementation strategies for trauma-responsive programs in child welfare is scarce. This study’s overarching purpose was to examine child welfare supervisor and administrator views on the initial implementation of a trauma-respons…
Parent perspectives of engagement in the strengthening families program: An evidence‐based intervention for families in child welfare and affected by parental substance use
Despite growing use of evidence‐based parenting interventions (EBPIs) in child welfare settings, few qualitative studies have obtained parents' direct views and feedback on these programs. Further, engagement in EBPIs continues to present challenges in a child welfare context, particularly for parents affected by substances. We sought to understand parents' experiences of the supports and barriers to engagement in an EBPI. Semistructured intervie…
Cost analysis of the strengthening families program in reducing time to family reunification among substance-affected families
Predicting substance use treatment completion & reunification among family treatment court-involved parent–child dyads
Through intensive, treatment-focused interdisciplinary practice, family treatment courts (FTC) offer a speedier pathway to reunification for families with substance use disorder in the foster care system compared to traditional settings. Less is known regarding differences in outcomes among FTC participants on the basis of clinical risk and need characteristics. We analyzed parent–child dyads in a rural Midwestern FTC program to understand the ef…
Screening for Substance Use Disorders as a Supplement to Caseworker Assessment Among Foster Care–Involved Families
Parental substance abuse is a major factor in families experiencing foster care placement, yet little is known about the potential of screening in determining risk or identifying subpopulations for which elevated risk occurs. One Midwestern state recently implemented screening. This research uses information gathered as part of the screen's implementation to conduct a latent class analysis. The research was extended to provide a detailed examinat…
Evaluating the Effects of Comprehensive Substance Abuse Intervention on Successful Reunification
Objective: This study examines permanency outcomes of families with children in foster care who participated in a comprehensive service-delivery program designed to assist families and communities in dealing with alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems. Method: Survival analysis is used to measure the impact of program participation on family reunification and re-entry of children into foster care. Results: The results of this study are that, contr…
Typologies of Children in Foster Care for Reasons Other than Abuse or Neglect
In Kansas, 45% of foster care placements occur for reasons besides child abuse or neglect. Yet little is known about their critical characteristics. By learning more about these cases, policies and practices can be tailored accordingly. This research utilized a statewide random sample (n = 254) of target children entering care in 2005. Two-step cluster analysis was used to generate typologies. Comparisons were made relative to child, parent/caret…
The impact of parental substance abuse on the stability of family reunifications from foster care
Parental Substance Abuse and Family Reunification
This study examines the reunification outcomes of 4 groups of children placed in foster care in Oklahoma: those referred due to parental alcohol-only abuse, those due to parental drug-only abuse, those with both alcohol and drug involvement, and those with neither alcohol nor drug involvement. Following bivariate analysis to examine group differences, survival analysis was utilized to predict reunification rates. Overall, differences in time to r…
An analysis of the impact of the Strengthening Families Program on family reunification in child welfare
Cost analysis of the strengthening families program in reducing time to family reunification among substance-affected families
Illuminating the Black Box From Within: Stakeholder Perspectives on Family Drug Court Best Practices
This article describes a mixed-methods, concept mapping study in an urban family drug court (FDC) designed to identify keys to FDC success from stakeholders’ perspectives. Participating FDC team members and clients developed a set of items they deemed integral to an FDC, thematically clustered the items, and then rated their relative importance. Using these data, cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling generated 6 themes perceived as contri…
Clinician Perspectives on Relationship, Therapeutic Strategy, and Gender Responsiveness in Child Welfare Substance Abuse Settings
This collective case study of 20 service providers examined the approaches used by clinicians working with substance-abusing mothers involved in child welfare to shed light on their use of empirically informed, gender-specific interventions. Analyses revealed that clinicians struggle to articulate specific evidence-based frameworks, and their approach relies on an intuitively driven client–provider relationship. Clinicians report little instituti…
Screening for Substance Use Disorders as a Supplement to Caseworker Assessment Among Foster Care–Involved Families
Parental substance abuse is a major factor in families experiencing foster care placement, yet little is known about the potential of screening in determining risk or identifying subpopulations for which elevated risk occurs. One Midwestern state recently implemented screening. This research uses information gathered as part of the screen's implementation to conduct a latent class analysis. The research was extended to provide a detailed examinat…
Examining the role of methamphetamine in permanency: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption
Parental methamphetamine use has drawn significant attention in recent years. Despite prior research that shows that parental substance abuse is a risk factor for lengthy foster care stay, little is known about the effect of specific types of substance use on permanency. This study sought to compare the impact of parental methamphetamine use to alcohol use, other drug use, and polysubstance use on the timing of 3 types of permanency: reunificatio…
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Substance-Using Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study
Objective: This study examined the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) intervention on substance abuse and trauma-related problems. Methods: A randomized controlled trial design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of SFBT in primary substance use treatment services for child welfare involved parents in outpatient treatment for substance use disorders. Mixed linear models were used to test within- and between-group changes us…
Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption
Parent perspectives of engagement in the strengthening families program: An evidence‐based intervention for families in child welfare and affected by parental substance use
Despite growing use of evidence‐based parenting interventions (EBPIs) in child welfare settings, few qualitative studies have obtained parents' direct views and feedback on these programs. Further, engagement in EBPIs continues to present challenges in a child welfare context, particularly for parents affected by substances. We sought to understand parents' experiences of the supports and barriers to engagement in an EBPI. Semistructured intervie…
Drug testing in child welfare: A systematic review
Driving organization and systems change toward trauma-responsive services in child welfare: Supervisor and administrator perspectives on initial implementation
Despite trauma as a prevalent and substantial need among children in foster care, child welfare systems are challenged with fully implementing trauma-responsive programs and policies. Furthermore, evidence on effective implementation strategies for trauma-responsive programs in child welfare is scarce. This study’s overarching purpose was to examine child welfare supervisor and administrator views on the initial implementation of a trauma-respons…
Randomized Controlled Trial of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for Substance-Use-Disorder-Affected Parents Involved in the Child Welfare System
Objective: Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) has shown promise as an effective intervention with substance-abusing adults. This study expands on a preliminary study by Kim et al. (2018) by examining the results from the complete sample on substance abuse and trauma-related problems. Method: Child-welfare-involved parents were randomly assigned to either the SFBT (N = 90) or treatment-as-usual (N = 89) control group. Mixed linear models tested…
Predicting substance use treatment completion & reunification among family treatment court-involved parent–child dyads
Through intensive, treatment-focused interdisciplinary practice, family treatment courts (FTC) offer a speedier pathway to reunification for families with substance use disorder in the foster care system compared to traditional settings. Less is known regarding differences in outcomes among FTC participants on the basis of clinical risk and need characteristics. We analyzed parent–child dyads in a rural Midwestern FTC program to understand the ef…
Family treatment court participation and permanency in a rural setting: Outcomes from a rigorous quasi‐experiment
Substance‐affected families are frequently cited as the most challenging families to serve within the child welfare context, particularly in rural settings where treatment services may be few and far between. Growing evidence suggests that family treatment courts (FTCs) may be more effective than their traditional counterpart at achieving key child welfare goals; however, prior studies have been limited in their methodological rigour. This study …
The helping relationship in the foster care context: Perspectives from parent-caseworker dyads
While the helping relationship is often viewed as a core element of child welfare practice, there is limited research on how birth parents and caseworkers describe the helping relationship in the foster care context. We interviewed six parent-worker dyads individually (N = 12) to explore how parents and caseworkers describe their helping relationship and perspectives on the role of the helping relationship on parents’ participation in foster care…
From efficacy to implementation in child welfare: Exploring professional-perceived barriers to translating an evidence-based intervention into sustainable practice
Evidence-based parenting programs promote children’s safety, permanency, and well-being. Despite strong evidence of effectiveness, widespread adoption and sustained implementation remain limited. This study examined barriers to implementing Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), a home-visiting intervention, within a Regional Partnership Grant serving child welfare-involved families in a Midwestern state. A retrospective post-implementation…
Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (17 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Nursing (13 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Welfare (11 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (10 works) · Foster care (9 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (9 works)