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Power Through ChoicesTraining-of-Trainers Available In-Person (Online, Coming Soon!)Do you have a team of trainers experienced at building the capacity of adult professionals? A Training-of-Trainers, or a TOT, prepares experienced trainers to conduct a...
What Works? Sexual Health Education for Youth Involved in Systems of CarePresentation Available Online & In-PersonWhat does it take to provide high-quality sexual health education to youth involved in systems of care? In this interactive workshop, participants...
Teaching Strategies for Sex EducationTraining Available Online & In-PersonWhy do we need to use a variety of teaching strategies when teaching sex education? Which ones work best, and why? What can go wrong, and what can we do about it? In this training, we'll...
ReSHAPING"Even if you think you can trust them, don’t trust them”: The lived experience of sexual health among sexual minority girls in foster care Children and Youth Services Review, June 2020 John P. Salerno, Olivia Kachingwe, Jessica N. Fish, Eshana Parekh, Melanie...
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ReSHAPING"The internet is not private:” The role of social media in sexual health among youth in foster care Journal of Adolescence, July 2020 Olivia Kachingwe, John Salerno, Bradley Boekeloo, Jessica Fish, Melanie Geddings-Hayes, Faduma Adena, Elizabeth M. Aparicio...
Protect Your Rights: For Youth Who Are Pregnant and Parenting2020In the United States, students who are pregnant or parenting have rights, protected under Title IX. As a partner on Map 2 Success, a project of the Baltimore City Health Department and Maryland...
ReSHAPINGWhat do adolescent parents need to prevent repeat pregnancy? A qualitative investigation Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 2019 Grace S. Hubel, Angela D. Moreland Suggested Citation Hubel, G. S., & Moreland, A. D. (2019). What do adolescent parents...
ReSHAPINGEvidence-based sexual health programs for youth involved with juvenile justice and child welfare systems: Outcomes across settings, Children and Youth Services Review Children and Youth Services Review, 2019 Elizabeth Aparicio, Katie Massey Combs, Claudette...
ReSHAPINGEarly childbirth among foster youth: A latent class analysis to determine subgroups at increased risk Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2019 Bryn King, Claudette Grinnell-Davis, Elizabeth Aparicio, Andrea Lane Eastman Suggested Citation King,...
ReSHAPING"My body is strong and amazing:" Embodied experiences of pregnancy and birth among young women in foster care Children and Youth Services Review, 2019 Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD, MSW; Claudette Grinnell-Davis, PhD, MS, MSW; Bryn King, PhD, MSW; and Svetlana...
Final Impacts of the Power Through Choices Program Evaluation Reports September 2016Power Through Choices was evaluated as part of the federal Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches (PPA) in collaboration with the Oklahoma Institute for Child...
Power Through Choices Curriculum Overview2019Curious about Power Through Choices, the only evidence-based sexual health education program designed for youth in foster care? This overview walks you through the basics of the curriculum to answer all your questions: What...
ReSHAPINGThe sexual and reproductive health of youth in foster care Routledge/Taylor and Francis, 2018 Amy Dworsky, PhD, MSW, BA Suggested Citation Dworsky, A. (2018). The sexual and reproductive health of youth in foster care. In Elizabeth Trejos and Nancy Trevino...
ReSHAPINGService needs of adolescent parents in child welfare: is an evidence-based, structured, in-home behavioral parent training protocol effective? Child Abuse & Neglect, 2016 Grace S. Hubel, Whitney L. Rostad, Shannon Self-Brown, Angela D. Moreland Suggested...
ReSHAPINGA Path Analysis Predicting Contraceptive Use Among Youth Formerly in Foster Care: Intention or Unmet Need? Society for Social Work and Research, 2018 Katie Massey Combs, Inna Altschul, Samantha M. Brown, Heather Taussig Suggested Citation Combs, K. M. (2018)....
ReSHAPINGWhat Works When Engaging In Real Talk With Foster Youth Around Dating and Sexual Behaviors?Healthy Teen Network's 38th Annual National Conference, 2017Rhoda Smith, PhD, MSW, Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD, MSW Suggested Citation Smith, R. & Aparicio, E. (2017)....
ReSHAPINGSexual Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents in Foster Care: The Impact of Sexual Orientation Society for Social Work and Research 21st Annual Conference, 2017 Svetlana Shpiegel, Elizabeth Aparicio, Claudette L. Grinnell-Davis, Dana Prince Suggested...
ReSHAPINGPregnancy and Childbearing Among Young Adults Who Experienced Foster Care Child Maltreatment, 2016 Katie Massey Combs, Stephanie Begun, Deborah J. Rinehart, Heather Taussig Suggested Citation Combs, K. M. (2017). Pregnancy and Childbearing Among Young Adults...
ReSHAPINGPredictors of early childbirth among female adolescents in foster care Journal of Adolescent Health, 2017 Bryn King, Melissa Van Wert Suggested CitationKing, B., & Van Wert, M. (2017). Predictors of early childbirth among female adolescents in foster...
ReSHAPINGFirst births to maltreated adolescent girls: Differences associated with spending time in foster care Child Maltreatment, 2017 Bryn King, PhD, MSW Suggested Citation King, B. (2017). First births to maltreated adolescent girls: Differences associated with...
ReSHAPINGAn Examination of Foster Youth Socialization to Dating and Sexual Behaviors Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects, 2017 Rhoda Smith, PhD, MSW Suggested Citation Smith, R. (2017) An Examination of Foster Youth Socialization to...
ReSHAPINGEmployment outcomes of young parents who age out of foster care Children and Youth Services Review, January 2017 Amy Dworsky, Elissa Gitlow Suggested Citation Dworsky, A., & Gitlow, E. (2017). Employment outcomes of young parents who age out of foster...
ReSHAPINGMixed Messages: The current state of teen pregnancy prevention in Travis County, TX The Healthy Youth Partnership, Child and Family Research Institute, 2015 Monica Faulkner, Laura Marra, Kate McKerlie Suggested Citation Brazeal, J., Marra, L., McKerlie, K....
ReSHAPINGIntimate partner violence and pregnant and parenting adolescents in out‐of‐home care: Reflections on a data set and implications for intervention Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2016 Judith W Herrman PhD, RN, FAAN; Nadine Finigan-Carr PhD; and Kathertine M Haigh...
ReSHAPING''I want to be better than you:' lived experiences of intergenerational child maltreatment prevention among teenage mothers in and beyond foster care Child and Family Social Work, 2016 Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD, MSW Suggested Citation Aparicio, E. M. (2016). 'I...
ReSHAPINGExtended Foster Care for Transition-Age Youth: An Opportunity for Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting Support Journal of Adolescent Health, 2016 Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Ivy Hammond, Andrea Lane Eastman, Jacquelyn McCroskey, Daniel Webster Suggested Citation...
ReSHAPING"I Can Get Through This and I Will Get Through This": The unfolding journey of teenage motherhood in and beyond foster care Qualitative Social Work, June 2016 Elizabeth M Aparicio, Deborah Gioia, Edward V Pecukonis Suggested Citation Aparicio, E. M. (2016)....
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