Episodes

  • S7E7 - Prevention

    S7E7 - Prevention
    Dec 2 2024
    Join us for a conversation about the complicated relationship between poverty and neglect, and how new research aims to disentangle them to improve the well-being of families. Experts Clare Anderson and Luke Waldo discuss the importance of shifting support for parents to a prevention approach and offer data-informed suggestions for best practices.
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    34 mins
  • S7E6 - Interventions with Incarcerated Parents

    S7E6 - Interventions with Incarcerated Parents
    Nov 18 2024
    Researcher Elizabeth Curley discusses novel interventions for supporting parents and caregivers during incarceration, such as the recently developed INTER program, in this episode.
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    29 mins
  • S7E5 - Foster Parents

    S7E5 - Foster Parents
    Nov 4 2024
    This episode explores ways to better support foster parents. Adoptive parent and former foster parent Dr. Vivian Mills shares preliminary findings from the Institute’s first foster parent survey and implications for supporting foster parent partners. Dr. Taylor Dowdy-Hazlett discusses findings from her research regarding foster parent retention.
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    27 mins
  • S7E4 - Supporting Mothers with Substance Use Disorder

    S7E4 - Supporting Mothers with Substance Use Disorder
    Oct 22 2024
    A new partnership between Florida universities is helping child welfare professionals enhance services for mothers with substance use disorders. In this episode, experts Ellen Piekalkiewicz and Dr. Heather Howard share insights from their work with mothers with substance use disorders, including data-driven best practice recommendations for supporting these mothers.
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    32 mins
  • S7E3 - Parents for Parents (P4P)

    S7E3 - Parents for Parents (P4P)
    Oct 8 2024
    Parents for Parents (P4P) is an innovative parent support program in the Southwest region. In this episode, GROW Center Advisory Committee member Nathan Scott explains more about the program, and Dr. Kathy Moore shares the approach to evaluation and how it can inform the next steps for the program.
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    36 mins
  • S7E2 - Florida Fatherhood Initiatives with Secretary Shevaun L. Harris

    S7E2 - Florida Fatherhood Initiatives with Secretary Shevaun L. Harris
    Sep 24 2024
    During the 2022 Florida Legislative Session, the Florida Department of Children and Families was tasked with contracting for the development and implementation of the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative. Specifically, Florida Statute 409.1464 reads, in part, “The initiative must provide an opportunity for every father in the state to be able to obtain information and inspiration that will motivate and enable him to enhance his abilities as a father, recognizing that some fathers have greater challenges than others and would benefit from greater support.” In this episode, Secretary Shevaun Harris discusses the Department’s recent and planned efforts to support fathers.
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    10 mins
  • S7E1 - Power of Parents

    S7E1 - Power of Parents
    Sep 10 2024
    In this episode, Drs. Melissa Radey and Lenore McWey discuss their research project Power of Parents in Child Protection, including the impetus for the study, the challenges encountered, and the joys of collaborating with parents on policy-driven research. Devin Coleman, fatherhood support advocate, also shares his perspective as a member of the study’s advisory committee.
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    23 mins
  • S6E6 - Supporting the Voice of Youth

    S6E6 - Supporting the Voice of Youth
    Mar 27 2023
    Youth participatory action research is one way in which child welfare scholars can engage youth with lived experience throughout the research process. In this episode, Dr. Lisa Magruder talks to a team that used Photovoice methodology and performance art to collect, analyze, and disseminate findings related to youths’ perspectives on the transition to independent living. Learn about the Institute-funded study, its findings, and lessons learned from the research team about meaningfully engage youth with lived experience.
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    41 mins