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This episode focuses on practice recommendations for professionals who work with pregnant and parenting teens, as well as teens at risk of pregnancy. To support the well-being of adolescent parents and their children, practitioners should focus on preventing pregnancy and repeat pregnancy, increasing the educational attainment of adolescent parents, and improving parenting skills.

This PARTcast provides a summary of the literature related to adolescent parenthood, with a specific focus on this population’s involvement with child welfare services.

This PARTcast reviews the literature on early prevention, intervention, and postvention for youth who are suicidal and aims to increase the awareness of how to address suicidal risk among the professionals who support this population

This PARTcast reviews the available literature on the risk and protective factors associated with adolescent suicide in order to increase knowledge and awareness among professionals who support these at-risk youth. This is the first of a two-part series about adolescent suicide in the child welfare sector.

This is the third PARTcast in a three-part series about parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In this section, the literature on interventions, trainings, and support programs for parents with intellectual disabilities is reviewed.

The well-being and developmental health of children whose parent or parents have intellectual disabilities is a common concern of child welfare practitioners. This PARTcast reviews the available literature on the development and subjective well-being of these children. This is the second of a three part series about families led by parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Families led by parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are some of the most vulnerable families in society. They are likely to come to the attention of child welfare authorities for a variety of reasons. This episode is the first of a three-part series about families led by a parent or parents with IDD. This episode reviews the literature about these families’ child welfare involvement.

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Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in the world. Its use has been associated with several adverse psychological, mental, and social outcomes in both adolescence and adulthood. This research review will outline the impacts of cannabis use on adolescent mental functioning during acute intoxication and beyond.

This brief research review discusses Family Finding. Focus will be placed on whether the intervention is effective and how the intervention is implemented in practice settings based on current available research.

This is the second of two parts in a series of research reviews about commercial sexual exploitation (sex trafficking) of children. This part focuses screening tools and interventions to identify and support sexually exploited youth.

This is the first of two parts in a series of research reviews about trafficking of children, specifically commercial sexual exploitation. The focus is on risk factors for commercial sexual exploitation and the narrative experiences of youth who have been sexually trafficked.

This PARTcast is the second in a series about high conflict separation. In this episode, practice considerations for child welfare workers who work with families engaged in high conflict separation are provided.

This PARTcast will review the literature related to acrimonious separation between caregivers and dicsuss the impact of high conflict separation on children.

This PARTcast examines the claims made in research about supervision as it relates to social work and child welfare practice more specifically. Frequently asked questions about supervision models and approaches are incorporated with a critical assessment of the strengths and limitations of existing research.

This podcast will expand on key concepts of housing instability and homelessness, outline the research as it relates to families with these experiences, including the overlap of homelessness and risk assessment, and recommendations for research, practice, and partnership.

This research review will summarize the literature on homelessness among youth involved with the child welfare system, including rates and predictors of youth homelessness, the effectiveness of existing interventions, and recommendations for research and practice.

The Developmental Assets assessed in the Activities and Action record (AAR) were developed to track how well children are reaching key developmental areas. This PARTicle will focus on external assets of children, organized around four major categories: support, empowerment, boundaries and expectations, and constructive use of time.

The Developmental Assets assessed in the Activities and Action record (AAR) were developed to track how well children are reaching key developmental areas. This PARTicle will focus on internal assets of children ages 0-9, which are related to the child's individual motivations, competencies, and sense of self.