Ida Drury
Biographic Data
| ID | 6249472 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ida Drury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ida |
| FAMILY NAME | Drury |
| SIGNATURE | DRURY I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6130-4073 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Structures of Oppression in the U.S. Child Welfare System
In the United States, child welfare reform efforts have dominated three decades of landscape. With glimmers of systemic promise and innumerable individual success stories, data suggest insufficient improvements, resulting in calls for transformation and even abolition. In this article, the authors illustrate structures of oppression that bolster the system’s tentacles, in regulating family life, contributing to racial disparities, reinforcing eco…
Nothing about me without me
Modern social work practice increasingly emphasizes the inclusion of service users in decision making during the service provision process. There is a growing movement within the child welfare system to include parents and the wider family network in decision making. However, children and young people's roles in child welfare system participatory processes where decisions are made about their lives have been understudied. The family group confere…
I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help
State and local governments are designing programs to prevent child maltreatment at an increasing rate. A relatively small portion of families offered these programs go on to engage in and complete services. Workers in a child maltreatment prevention program implemented across 21 sites in 1 state documented outreach efforts in logs maintained by program evaluators. Additionally, evaluators interviewed 23 outreach workers and supervisors who were …
Exploring Emotional Labor in Child Welfare Using Frontline Stories
This article explores emotional labor in child welfare and advances theoretical and conceptual understanding of emotional labor as the operationalization of care in public administration. Using six vignettes developed from practical experiences by the author and colleagues, the article illustrates the difficulties and rewards of emotional labor. Further, it calls for integration of emotion and reason as nondichotomous factors in the performance o…
The impact of worker and agency characteristics on FGC referrals in child welfare
Performance Management for Wicked Problems
In this essay, I reflect on my past experiences as a frontline child welfare caseworker. Now, as a public administration scholar, I am frequently confronted with the juxtaposition between theories I am learning and casework practice I remember. Over the past 100 years, child welfare has evolved from a private to a public responsibility. Performance management is an important part of public management. This charge is complicated in the context of …
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Structures of Oppression in the U.S. Child Welfare System
In the United States, child welfare reform efforts have dominated three decades of landscape. With glimmers of systemic promise and innumerable individual success stories, data suggest insufficient improvements, resulting in calls for transformation and even abolition. In this article, the authors illustrate structures of oppression that bolster the system’s tentacles, in regulating family life, contributing to racial disparities, reinforcing eco…
Nothing about me without me
Modern social work practice increasingly emphasizes the inclusion of service users in decision making during the service provision process. There is a growing movement within the child welfare system to include parents and the wider family network in decision making. However, children and young people's roles in child welfare system participatory processes where decisions are made about their lives have been understudied. The family group confere…
Exploring Emotional Labor in Child Welfare Using Frontline Stories
This article explores emotional labor in child welfare and advances theoretical and conceptual understanding of emotional labor as the operationalization of care in public administration. Using six vignettes developed from practical experiences by the author and colleagues, the article illustrates the difficulties and rewards of emotional labor. Further, it calls for integration of emotion and reason as nondichotomous factors in the performance o…
Reliable and valid
The impact of worker and agency characteristics on FGC referrals in child welfare
Performance Management for Wicked Problems
In this essay, I reflect on my past experiences as a frontline child welfare caseworker. Now, as a public administration scholar, I am frequently confronted with the juxtaposition between theories I am learning and casework practice I remember. Over the past 100 years, child welfare has evolved from a private to a public responsibility. Performance management is an important part of public management. This charge is complicated in the context of …
Performance Management for Wicked Problems
In this essay, I reflect on my past experiences as a frontline child welfare caseworker. Now, as a public administration scholar, I am frequently confronted with the juxtaposition between theories I am learning and casework practice I remember. Over the past 100 years, child welfare has evolved from a private to a public responsibility. Performance management is an important part of public management. This charge is complicated in the context of …
Reliable and valid
The impact of worker and agency characteristics on FGC referrals in child welfare
I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help
State and local governments are designing programs to prevent child maltreatment at an increasing rate. A relatively small portion of families offered these programs go on to engage in and complete services. Workers in a child maltreatment prevention program implemented across 21 sites in 1 state documented outreach efforts in logs maintained by program evaluators. Additionally, evaluators interviewed 23 outreach workers and supervisors who were …
Exploring Emotional Labor in Child Welfare Using Frontline Stories
This article explores emotional labor in child welfare and advances theoretical and conceptual understanding of emotional labor as the operationalization of care in public administration. Using six vignettes developed from practical experiences by the author and colleagues, the article illustrates the difficulties and rewards of emotional labor. Further, it calls for integration of emotion and reason as nondichotomous factors in the performance o…
Nothing about me without me
Modern social work practice increasingly emphasizes the inclusion of service users in decision making during the service provision process. There is a growing movement within the child welfare system to include parents and the wider family network in decision making. However, children and young people's roles in child welfare system participatory processes where decisions are made about their lives have been understudied. The family group confere…
Structures of Oppression in the U.S. Child Welfare System
In the United States, child welfare reform efforts have dominated three decades of landscape. With glimmers of systemic promise and innumerable individual success stories, data suggest insufficient improvements, resulting in calls for transformation and even abolition. In this article, the authors illustrate structures of oppression that bolster the system’s tentacles, in regulating family life, contributing to racial disparities, reinforcing eco…
Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Welfare (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Law (4 works)