Prevention is Where it Ends, Intervention is How We Begin.

Emily Bragg, Stephanie Hall, Ana Ramos

Portfolio Overview4 semesters

● Service Learning● Policy● Research● Practice II

Group dynamic change

255 hours total

Agency Analysis● Overview of STARRY Counseling● Population Served● Demographics of the Population● Services Provided● Historical Outline

Problem Analysis● Defining the Problem- The problem can best be defined as a definite need for education about crisis

prevention and crisis resources universally● Prevalence of the Problem- The prevalence to the problem stems from the lack of awareness and education

on prevention and intervention on crisis. ● The Population Affected- The population affected by the lack of education about crisis prevention and

intervention are those who have experienced a crisis, or those who have come into contact with a person who has experienced a crisis.

● Community Efforts to Address the Problem- Other programs offered Fosters Home Family Care, Cross Timbers Family Services, and CASA.

● Current Available Services- The STARRY organization located in Stephenville is focused on outreach in Erath County. Services available through STARRY our counseling, foster care, and adoption.

Research PlanResearch Question: To what extent is there a level of need for education about crisis prevention and intervention services in Erath county?

HypothesesH1: The majority of participants will report having a limited understanding of crisis situations.H2: Participants who have experienced a crisis are not likely to seek professional intervention.H3: Female participants are more likely to seek professional intervention compared to male participants. H4: Participants who have experienced more than 5 crisis situations will report lower family functioning.

Research PlanObjectivesO1: To obtain a consensus of the communities’ understanding on crisis situations. O2: To gain knowledge about the likelihood of a person who has experienced a crisis to seek professional intervention.O3: To obtain an accurate degree of difference in likelihood of a person to seek professional intervention based on gender. O4: To understand how crisis situations affect family functioning.

Research PlanConvenience and snowball sampling

11 demographic questions

4 open ended questions about experience with crisis

30 question likert scale from the Intimacy, Conflict, and Parenting Style (ICPS) Family Functioning Assessment (Noller, 1992)

Consent form

Literature Reviews14 Literature Reviews

Types of studies (qualitative, quantitative)

Sample sizes: 168 - 5,064

● Emotionally Focused Therapy ● Substance abuse Potential ● Community Efforts

Literature ReviewsEmotionally Focused Therapy

Stavrianipoulos, Faller, and Furrow. (2014). Focuses on challenges within the family structure with issues such as stress, anxiety, and emotional conflict.

Hamby, Finkelhor, and Turner. (2015). the article focusing on families with children exposed to family violence, using data on police, advocate, and service contact top practices.

Coyle. (2012). The study can help resolve parent-adolescent conflicts. Using the family resilience perspective in a positive method allows families to overcome conflict though family intervention.

Literature ReviewsSubstance Abuse Potential

Akin, Brook, and Lloyd. (2015). Focuses on how children in the foster care system living with a serious emotional disorder and with parents of substance abuse score on functioning and behavioral test versus those that did not have parents with substance abuse.

Boulton, Brook, Little, McDonald, and Riefenbark. (2014). Focuses on the understanding the individual and contextual development of youth substance abuse.

Brook, Mariscal, McDonald, and Yan. (2014). Shows that the overall high-risk profile of foster youth makes then an important population of targeted prevention education.

Literature ReviewsCommunity Efforts

Bradshaw, P., Waasdrop,. O’Brennan M,. Gulemotova M., (2013). Refers about how teachers need more training when it comes to bullying. They need more education on what and how this is happening and what are the trends.

Skiba, J., Peterson, L., (2000). States that stating that there is little evidence that zero tolerance procedures have increased school safety or improved student behavior.

Cardazone, Sy, Chik, and Corlew. (2014). The research also found areas with no coalition organization had low scores in public awareness of child maltreatment occurrences. Two of the primary purposes of the coalition discussed in the article are to raise public awareness of child maltreatment.

Hyunil, Wilderman, Jonson-Reid, Drake(2017) research analyses the occurrence of child maltreatment in order to examine the effectiveness of child maltreatment prevention and intervention services, which will in turn determine how well social justice is being accomplished.

Policy Project

Senate Bill 11 Section 5

P revention and Early Intervention (PEI) risk assessment tool

Determine the effectiveness of current PEI programs

Policy Project SWAD

Legislative communication

Tony Dale Chief of StaffChristie Goodman

Dr. DJ Sheffield

Elsa Mendoza

Social Work Advocacy Day at the Capitol

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Policy ProjectPrevention is where it ends,

intervention is how we begin

April 4th, 2017 at 9:30 am

J ohn Tarleton Statue

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Research ProjectResearch question: To what extent is there a level of need for education about crisis prevention and intervention services in Erath county?

● 74 surveys● Mixed methodology with quantitative emphasis● Intimacy, Conflict, and Parenting Style (ICPS) Family Functioning Assessment

(Noller, 1992)● Strengths and limitations● Ethics

Research ProjectSample population:

74 participants Resident of Erath County18 years of age or older

Participants:

Cowboy Capital Mental Health ConnectionFoster’s HomeHook Elementary PTOFaith Lutheran P reschoolNature N Nurture DaycareTarleton Child Development CenterErath County Community CoalitionCommunity Members

Research ProjectH1: The majority of participants will report having a limited understanding of crisis situations.

Control: 13Help: 8Time sensitive: 8Subjective: 6

Negative: 5Negative words: 74

Situation: 26Something: 13Event: 7

Research ProjectH2: Participants who have experienced a crisis are not likely to seek professional intervention.

Average # of crisis

experienced: 3.6

Average # of services benefited from: 3.1

Only 5 participants experienced crisis but did not receive

any services.

Research ProjectH3: Female participants are more likely to seek professional intervention compared to male participants.

# of services males benefited from: 3.9

# of services males benefited from: 3.9

# of services females benefited from: 3.0

Research ProjectH4: Participants who have experienced more than 5 crisis situations will report lower family functioning.

24 participants reported

experiencing 5 or more crisis

situations in their lifetime

Of the 24 participants, 19

reported low family

functioning.

Research ProjectImplications for social work:

- Micro- Mezzo- Macro

Macro Project16 week project plan

Weekly updates

Meetings with community partner

Service day

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Macro Project

April 12, 2018 at 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Meeting took place at The P izza P lace

● We each took turns to go

Communication was done with Community Partner and Balinda with CASA

On April 4th at 1pm a P ress Release was done with Stephenville Empire-Tribune

What we’ve Learned from our semesters together

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