Social Work and Child Services

Sharon Duca Palmer, CSW, LMSW, has worked in a variety of settings in her twenty-year career as a social worker. Since 1990, she has been a school social worker at the ACLD Kramer Learning Center in Bay Shore, New York. She is also a Certified Field Instructor at the Adelphi University, School of Social Work in Garden City, New York.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

New Estimates of the Number of Children Living with Substance Misusing Parents: Results from UK National Household Surveys. Supporting Adolescent Emotional Health in Schools: A Mixed Methods Study of Student and Staff Views in England. Depressive Symptoms from Kindergarten to Early School Age: Longitudinal Associations with Social Skills Deficits and Peer Victimization. Exploring the Impact of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative on Trends in Exclusive Breastfeeding. Perception of Neighborhood Safety and Reported Childhood Lifetime Asthma in the United States (U. S.): A Study Based on a National Survey. Environmental Factors Influence Language Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Interactions of Socioeconomic Position with Psychosocial and Environmental Correlates of children's Physical Activity: An Observational Study of South Australian Families. Associations Among Parental Feeding Styles and Children's Food Intake in Families with Limited Incomes. A Pilot Study Evaluating a Support Programme for Parents of Young People with Suicidal Behaviour. Assessment of Intensity, Prevalence and Duration of Everyday Activities in Swiss School Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Accelerometer and Diary Data. The Specificity and the Development of Social-Emotional Competence in a Multi-Ethnic-Classroom. Adolescents' Experience of Comments About Their Weight-Prevalence, Accuracy and Effects on Weight Misperception. Children's Liking and Wanting of Snack Products: Influence of Shape and Flavour. Preventing Delinquency Through Improved Child Protection Services. Parents' Assessment of Parent-Child Interaction Interventions-A Longitudinal Study in 101 Families. Index.