selected scholarly activity
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chapters
- Social Work in Home Dialysis: Responding to Trends in Health Care. 149-175. 2014
- 5. Invisible Lives: A Qualitative Study of 61 Parents Receiving Child Protective Services. 115-138. 2013
- Intervening With Assaulted Women. 57-73. 2013
- Invisible lives: A qualitative study of 61 parents receiving child protective services. 115-138. 2013
- Strengthening Social Worker—Client Relationships in Child Protective Services: Addressing Power Imbalances and “Ruptured” Relationships. 18-33. 2012
- The Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect: Pipe Dreams or Possibilities?. 6-17. 2012
- Helping Families Respond Effectively to Chronic Illness. 283-294. 1984
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conferences
- Consent and Participation: Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Children in Out-of-Home Care.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 152-157. 2005
- What Works for Survivors of Childhood Abuse: Learning From Participants in an Inpatient Treatment Program.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 112-121. 2004
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journal articles
- Therapeutic Visiting in Treatment Foster Care. Child Welfare. 93:25-52. 2014
- Adults traumatized by child abuse: What survivors need from community-based mental health professionals. Journal of Mental Health. 17:361-374. 2008
- Balancing Positive Outcomes with Vicarious Traumatization: Participants' Experiences with Group Treatment for Long-Term Effects of Childhood Abuse. Social Work with Groups. 30:59-77. 2007
- Effective intervention in child protective services: Learning from parents. Children and Youth Services Review. 28:812-824. 2006
- Strengthening Social Worker-Client Relationships in Child Protective Services. Qualitative Social Work. 5:161-186. 2006
- Response to Commentary. Families in Society. 87:146-147. 2006
- Experiences of Adults Abused as Children after Discharge from Inpatient Treatment: Informal Social Support and Self-Care Practices Related to Trauma Recovery. Families in Society. 86:217-225. 2005
- Community and informal social support for recipients of child protective services. Children and Youth Services Review. 27:291-308. 2005
- Specialized Inpatient Trauma Treatment for Adults Abused as Children: A Follow-Up Study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 162:552-559. 2005
- Clinically Managed Access: The Final Piece in the Permanency Planning Puzzle. Journal of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies. 45:31-41. 2002
- Custody and Access Issues with Children Whose Parents are Separated or Divorced. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 21:25-38. 2002
- Survivors of Childhood Abuse: Their Reported Experiences with Professional Help. Social work. 46:136-145. 2001
- Responding to children's disclosure of familial abuse: what survivors tell us.. Child Welfare. 78:259-282. 1999
- Training Workers to Include Families in Child Placement. Community Alternatives: International Journal of Family Care. 9:49-70. 1997
- Placement stability and inclusive practice in foster care: An empirical study. Children and Youth Services Review. 18:589-601. 1996
- Understanding and countering racism with first nations children in out-of-home care.. Child Welfare. 75:709-725. 1996
- Characteristics of court-involved men and non-court-involved men who abuse their wives. Journal of Family Violence. 9:333-345. 1994
- Group treatment program for abusive husbands: Long-term evaluation.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 62:276-283. 1992
- Including birth families in foster care: A Canadian-British comparison. Children and Youth Services Review. 14:407-425. 1992
- Group treatment of foster children to reduce separation conflicts associated with placement breakdown.. Child Welfare. 69:227-238. 1990
- Mediation in Child Protection Cases: An Alternative to the Adversary System. Child Welfare. 68:21-31. 1989
- Finances and Adaptation to Illness: A Study of Home Dialysis Patients. Canadian Social Work. 57-60. 1985
- The Role of the Social Worker in Provincial Psychiatric Hospitals: An Ontario Study. Canada's mental health. 32:8-11. 1984
- Authority: An Essential Part of Practice. Social work. 28:120-125. 1983
- Vocational adaptation of patients on home dialysis: Its relationship to personality, activities and support received. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 27:201-207. 1983
- HELPING FAMILIES RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO CHRONIC ILLNESS. Social Work in Health Care. 8:1-13. 1982
- Predicting Outcome in Long-Term Foster Care. Journal of Social Service Research. 3:201-214. 1979
- SOCIAL WORK IN HOME DIALYSIS. Social Work in Health Care. 3:363-384. 1978
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presentations
- Including children in family group conferencing to develop open adoption agreements 2020
- Using Family Group Conferencing to prepare for Open Adoptions 2020
- Including children in family group conferencing to develop open adoption agreements 2011
- Political action to achieve social justice 2011
- Where’s My Place?: Separation and Identity Issues with Children in Care 2010
- Influencing Social Policy: Examples from Ontario and Hamilton 2009
- Reactions of young people in care to Court hearings about their custody and access to parents 2007
- The Court experiences of Ontario Children in Care: Initial Findings from Seven Focus Groups 2005
- Listening to the Voices of Service Participants (Users): A Review of Research from Child Welfare, Children’s Mental Health, and Psychotherapy 2002
- Partnerships for Children and Families: a Collaborative Research Project 2002
- Throwaway Parents or Contributors to their Children’s Future? 2002
- Helping Children in Foster Care to Integrate their Family Relationships 2002
- Group Treatment of Survivors of Childhood Abuse as Viewed by Participants 2001
- Maintaining Parent-Child Attachment in Foster Care through Clinically-Managed Access 2001
- What Works for Survivors of Childhood Abuse: Learning from Participants in Residential Treatment 2000
- Treating disrupted family bonds with adolescent girls in residential care through a life stories program 2000