It\u27s Personal: Does Disclosure of Family Circumstances Influence Organizational Response to Employee\u27s Requests for Flexibility?

PDF version of a presentation given at the Community, Work and Family III International Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands, April 2009

Improving Work-Life Integration for Families of Children and Youth with Mental Health Disorders

PDF version of a presentation given at the Work and Family Researchers Network Conference in New York, NY, June 16, 2012

Understanding Neurobiology of Psychological Trauma; Tips for Working with Transition-age Youth

This tip sheet introduces service providers to scientifically-informed findings about brain development and trauma specific to young adults and the implications for trauma-informed interventions and trauma-informed engagement of young people in services

Expanding Workplace Inclusion of Employees Who Are Parents of Children with Disabilities through Diversity Training

Employed parents raising children with disabilities manage exceptional care responsibilities along with their work careers. This study examines the effects of targeted diversity training on human resource (HR) professionals’ knowledge of the work–family experiences of these parents, and on their self-efficacy in providing workplace supports. Using computer-based training in field settings, 64 U.S. human resource professionals in an international company participated in two diversity training sessions. Data related to knowledge and efficacy of dependent and disability care were collected before the first training and immediately after the second. HR participants demonstrated significant increases from pretest to posttest on the trained items: knowledge of dependent and disability care and self-efficacy regarding provision of workplace supports. There was no change in relevant but untrained variables over time. Training HR professionals on parents’ exceptional care responsibilities, specific community resources, and heightened self-efficacy promoted their likelihood to grant flexible work arrangements. Results suggest HR self-efficacy is developmental, building on prior knowledge of dependent care and tenure in HR positions. This is one of the first studies that address the effects of HR diversity training regarding employees providing exceptional care. Theoretical developments and implications for inclusive practices are discussed

Employed Parents of Children With Mental Health Disorders: Achieving Work–Family Fit, Flexibility, and Role Quality

Extensive interviews with 60 employed parents of school-age children treated for mental health problems explored work–family fit, flexibility, family support, and work–life strategies in relation to role quality. Role quality was measured as employment and parenting rewards and concerns. Work–family fit was positively related to family flexibility but not work flexibility. Higher flexibility in work and family predicted lower job concerns, and work flexibility and work–family fit were predictors of job rewards. Parental concerns were dependent on flexibility and work–family strategies. Single parents had significantly fewer sources of family support and used fewer work–family strategies than caregivers with partners. Human services providers should collaborate with families by jointly exploring new flexibility and support strategies in work and family domains

A University-Corporate Partnership: Improving Workplace Supports for Employed Parents of Children with Disabilities

PDF version of a presentation given to the Rosenzweig, J. M., Stewart, L. M., Brennan, E. M. (2012, June). A University-Corporate Partnership: Improving Workplace Supports for Employed Parents of Children with Disabilities. Presented at the Work and Family Researchers Network Conference in New York City, NY, June 16, 2012

Resolving Work-Family Issues of Parents Raising Children with Disabilities: A Human Resource Training Intervention

PDF version of a presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Social Research, Tampa, FL, Jan. 2011

A Professional\u27s Guide to Supporting Families of Children with Mental Health Disorders

PDF version of a presentation given at Building on Family Strengths: Research and Services in Support of Children and their Families, Portland, OR, June 2009

Urban Areas in Coastal Zones

[First Paragraph] Coastal cities have been subjected to extreme weather events since the onset of urbanization. Climatic change, in particular sea level rise, coupled with rapid urban development are amplifying the challenge of managing risks to coastal cities. Moreover, urban expansion and changes and intensification in land use further pressure sensitive coastal environments through pollution and habitat loss

Inclusion of postdoctoral trainees in a translational science training TL1 program was associated with greater diversification of research across the translational science continuum: a bibliometric analysis of TL1 trainee publications

The NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) was established to support translational research that spans the entire TS Continuum, with the goal of bridging the gap between preclinical biomedical research and real-world applications to advance treatments to patients more quickly. In 2018, the Translational Science Training (TST) TL1 Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio implemented new strategies to better include and encourage research more broadly across the TS Continuum, including the addition of postdoctoral scientists and a clinically trained Program Co-Director, expansion of team science and community engagement programming, and targeted trainee recruitment from schools of nursing, dentistry, and allied health, in addition to medicine. The objective of this bibliometric analysis was to determine if the program exhibited a more diverse mix of T-types after the adjustments made in 2018. The TST/TL1 Program experienced a shift in T-type, from mostly T0 (preclinical) to more T3/T4 (clinical implementation/public health) research, after new strategies were implemented. This supports the conclusion that strategic programmatic adjustments by an NCATS-funded predoctoral training program resulted in outcomes that better align with NCATS priorities to develop Trainees who contribute across the entire TS Continuum