Margaret H Lloyd
Biographic Data
| ID | 5507754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret H Lloyd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret H |
| FAMILY NAME | Lloyd |
| SIGNATURE | LLOYD M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4536-2035 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Building the evidence for family treatment courts
Family Treatment Courts (FTCs) represent a significant advancement in addressing the dual challenges of parental substance use and child welfare system involvement. This study assesses the effectiveness of an FTC program in improving child welfare outcomes, with a focus on the likelihood and timeliness of family reunification, as well as the impact on foster care utilization. Utilizing a quasi‐experimental design, this study examined 186 program …
Trends in Prenatal Polysubstance Exposure
Researchers are referring to polysubstance use as the “fourth wave” of the opioid epidemic. Prenatal polysubstance exposure is on the rise, leading to increased health and safety complications among infants and caregivers. This study examined the co-occurrence of polysubstance exposures and child maltreatment concerns using Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA) notifications made in Connecticut. Sixteen percent of notifications include…
The Association Between Permanency and Length of Time in Foster Care for Children with Older Adult Foster Caregivers
A Comparison of Two Statewide Datasets to Understand Population Prevalence of Substance Use in Pregnancy
U.S. State rates of newborns reported to child protection at birth for prenatal substance exposure
The development and pilot testing of a family treatment court best practices assessment
In 2019, the family treatment court (FTC) best practice standards (the Standards ) were published to clarify attributes of FTC programs associated with superior child, parent, and family outcomes. The Standards cover the breadth of FTC operations including program structure and leadership, substance use treatment and complementary services, and behavioral responses to participants. This study aimed to develop an instrument (the Model Standards Im…
Latent classes among substance-involved families in child welfare
Family support services and reunification across diverse racial/ethnic groups
Foster Care Factors and Permanency for Children With Substance-Related Removals
Children in foster care due to parental substance use disorder are at high risk for delayed permanency. Understudied is the effect of foster care factors on these children’s exits from care. This study analyzed 10 years of federal child welfare data to understand the effect of foster care placement, provider, and support factors for this vulnerable group. Results revealed that several foster care variables influenced time to, and likelihood of, p…
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
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 …
Planning for safe care or widening the net
Drug testing in child welfare
Health Determinants, Maternal Addiction, and Foster Care
Maternal substance use disorders (SUDs) are a known risk factor for poor child welfare outcomes. Efforts to expose the mechanism of this disparity typically focus on the mother’s addiction treatment experiences. However, treatment completion rates are typically higher than reunification rates and current theory does little to explain why some mothers reunify and others do not. This article aims to widen the lens on this area of research through a…
Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care
Relationship-Based Justice for Gender Responsive Specialty Courts
Family drug courts (FDCs) have existed in the U.S. since 1994. Since that time, dozens of studies have found evidence that FDCs improve child welfare outcomes compared to traditional dependency courts. The level of sophistication of this research has stalled, however, arguably because the theoretical foundations of the approach are underdeveloped. The social psychological theory of procedural justice can predict and explain outcomes in treatment …
Joining formative evaluation with translational science to assess an EBI in foster care
Examining the role of methamphetamine in permanency
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
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…
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…
The disparate impact of alcohol, methamphetamine, and other drugs on family reunification
Combining methods, constructing needs and consulting service users
Using the resources of the service user in the management of the care pathway
This article reports on a pilot project which is developing and testing an intervention to improve the management of the care pathway for people who have continuing and overlapping health and social care needs. The pilot group consists of people with Parkinson's disease and their carers. This is a follow-up to a community care study which examined how people with Parkinson's were faring under the 'new' community care arrangements. This research f…
The Politics of Disability and Feminism
Early formulations of the social model of disability have been subject to critical amendment by disabled women. Disabled women activists have, however, been equally critical of the failure of mainstream feminism to recognise the disability perspective. This article continues the approach taken by the author in an earlier paper in which she proposed the development of a model which understands the concerns of disabled women as central to both femi…
Living with and dying from cancer
We describe a humanities-based, special studies module (SSM) exploring the impact of cancer on the lives of patients, families and professionals. Literature, film, art and drama provide third year medical undergraduates with vicarious experience of all of these perspectives in a format that has proved highly acceptable to students and tutors. The development, delivery, evaluation and evolution of this humanities-based course are described and we …
The Politics of Disability and Feminism
Early formulations of the social model of disability have been subject to critical amendment by disabled women. Disabled women activists have, however, been equally critical of the failure of mainstream feminism to recognise the disability perspective. This article continues the approach taken by the author in an earlier paper in which she proposed the development of a model which understands the concerns of disabled women as central to both femi…
Whose Project is it Anyway? Sharing and shaping the research and development agenda
The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 (NHSCCA) requires that local authorities should consult with service users in their review and planning of services. This requirement is open to various levels of interpretation. The exercise becomes more complex when planning and review are based on a funded research project, in which the voice of users can easily be lost or their participation only nominal. This article examines some of the key issues and dil…
Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care
Living with and dying from cancer
We describe a humanities-based, special studies module (SSM) exploring the impact of cancer on the lives of patients, families and professionals. Literature, film, art and drama provide third year medical undergraduates with vicarious experience of all of these perspectives in a format that has proved highly acceptable to students and tutors. The development, delivery, evaluation and evolution of this humanities-based course are described and we …
Dying and Bereavement, Spirituality and Social Work in a Market Economy of Welfare
This paper examines the contribution of social work practice to the care of people who are dying or bereaved. It considers current challenges to traditional practice arising from societal and organizational change, reaffirming the importance of the social work role but arguing that, in order to face those challenges, social workers must broaden their perspective to incorporate a spiritual dimension. The paper draws on a research study conducted b…
The disparate impact of alcohol, methamphetamine, and other drugs on family reunification
Joining formative evaluation with translational science to assess an EBI in foster care
Combining methods, constructing needs and consulting service users
Where has all the care management gone? The challenge of Parkinson's disease to the health and social care interface
Journal Article Where has all the care management gone? The challenge of Parkinson's disease to the health and social care interface Get access M Lloyd M Lloyd Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, Sheffield S10 2TU, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 30, Issue 6, December 2000, Pages 737–754, https://doi.org/1…
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…
Relationship-Based Justice for Gender Responsive Specialty Courts
Family drug courts (FDCs) have existed in the U.S. since 1994. Since that time, dozens of studies have found evidence that FDCs improve child welfare outcomes compared to traditional dependency courts. The level of sophistication of this research has stalled, however, arguably because the theoretical foundations of the approach are underdeveloped. The social psychological theory of procedural justice can predict and explain outcomes in treatment …
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…
Does She Boil Eggs? Towards a Feminist Model of Disability
The Social Model of Disability is increasingly recognised as the theoretical and ideological underpinning for the collectivisation and politicisation of disabled people. This paper examines the Social Model from the perspective of disabled women. It then considers the position of disabled women in relation to both the women's movement and the disability movement. It argues that the former is oriented towards non-disabled women and the latter towa…
Philosophy and religion in the face of death and bereavement
Whose Project is it Anyway? Sharing and shaping the research and development agenda
The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 (NHSCCA) requires that local authorities should consult with service users in their review and planning of services. This requirement is open to various levels of interpretation. The exercise becomes more complex when planning and review are based on a funded research project, in which the voice of users can easily be lost or their participation only nominal. This article examines some of the key issues and dil…
Dying and Bereavement, Spirituality and Social Work in a Market Economy of Welfare
This paper examines the contribution of social work practice to the care of people who are dying or bereaved. It considers current challenges to traditional practice arising from societal and organizational change, reaffirming the importance of the social work role but arguing that, in order to face those challenges, social workers must broaden their perspective to incorporate a spiritual dimension. The paper draws on a research study conducted b…
Living with and dying from cancer
We describe a humanities-based, special studies module (SSM) exploring the impact of cancer on the lives of patients, families and professionals. Literature, film, art and drama provide third year medical undergraduates with vicarious experience of all of these perspectives in a format that has proved highly acceptable to students and tutors. The development, delivery, evaluation and evolution of this humanities-based course are described and we …
Where has all the care management gone? The challenge of Parkinson's disease to the health and social care interface
Journal Article Where has all the care management gone? The challenge of Parkinson's disease to the health and social care interface Get access M Lloyd M Lloyd Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, Sheffield S10 2TU, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 30, Issue 6, December 2000, Pages 737–754, https://doi.org/1…
Using the resources of the service user in the management of the care pathway
This article reports on a pilot project which is developing and testing an intervention to improve the management of the care pathway for people who have continuing and overlapping health and social care needs. The pilot group consists of people with Parkinson's disease and their carers. This is a follow-up to a community care study which examined how people with Parkinson's were faring under the 'new' community care arrangements. This research f…
The Politics of Disability and Feminism
Early formulations of the social model of disability have been subject to critical amendment by disabled women. Disabled women activists have, however, been equally critical of the failure of mainstream feminism to recognise the disability perspective. This article continues the approach taken by the author in an earlier paper in which she proposed the development of a model which understands the concerns of disabled women as central to both femi…
Combining methods, constructing needs and consulting service users
Illuminating the Black Box From Within
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…
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…
The disparate impact of alcohol, methamphetamine, and other drugs on family reunification
Relationship-Based Justice for Gender Responsive Specialty Courts
Family drug courts (FDCs) have existed in the U.S. since 1994. Since that time, dozens of studies have found evidence that FDCs improve child welfare outcomes compared to traditional dependency courts. The level of sophistication of this research has stalled, however, arguably because the theoretical foundations of the approach are underdeveloped. The social psychological theory of procedural justice can predict and explain outcomes in treatment …
Joining formative evaluation with translational science to assess an EBI in foster care
Examining the role of methamphetamine in permanency
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…
Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care
Health Determinants, Maternal Addiction, and Foster Care
Maternal substance use disorders (SUDs) are a known risk factor for poor child welfare outcomes. Efforts to expose the mechanism of this disparity typically focus on the mother’s addiction treatment experiences. However, treatment completion rates are typically higher than reunification rates and current theory does little to explain why some mothers reunify and others do not. This article aims to widen the lens on this area of research through a…
Planning for safe care or widening the net
Drug testing in child welfare
Foster Care Factors and Permanency for Children With Substance-Related Removals
Children in foster care due to parental substance use disorder are at high risk for delayed permanency. Understudied is the effect of foster care factors on these children’s exits from care. This study analyzed 10 years of federal child welfare data to understand the effect of foster care placement, provider, and support factors for this vulnerable group. Results revealed that several foster care variables influenced time to, and likelihood of, p…
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
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 development and pilot testing of a family treatment court best practices assessment
In 2019, the family treatment court (FTC) best practice standards (the Standards ) were published to clarify attributes of FTC programs associated with superior child, parent, and family outcomes. The Standards cover the breadth of FTC operations including program structure and leadership, substance use treatment and complementary services, and behavioral responses to participants. This study aimed to develop an instrument (the Model Standards Im…
Latent classes among substance-involved families in child welfare
Family support services and reunification across diverse racial/ethnic groups
Psychology (21 works) · Medicine (20 works) · Political science (17 works) · Law (12 works) · Nursing (12 works) · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (12 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (9 works) · Foster care (9 works)