Butler Publications
He, A. S., Park, I., & Rienks, S. (in press).
Everyday workplace discrimination: Differential perceptions and psychological well-being among child welfare caseworkers. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.
Briar-Lawson, K., Leake R. (2023).
The future of child welfare development. Child and Family-Serving Systems: A Compendium of Policy and Practice. In G. Anderson & Briar-Lawson (Eds), Child and Family-Serving Systems: A Compendium of Policy and Practice.
Wacker, E. A. D., Rienks, S. L., Chassler, D., Devine, E., Amodeo, M., daSilva-Clark, M., & Lundgren, L. (2023).
Research Note--Online SBIRT training for on-campus, satellite campus, and online MSW students: Pre-post perceptions and practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 59 (2), 558-565. doi: 10.1080/10437797.2021.2019646
Briar-Lawson, K., Day, P., Raheim, S., Leake, R. (2022).
Change Leadership in Public and Tribal Child Welfare: Selected Models for Workforce Capacity Building. In G. Anderson & Briar-Lawson (Eds), Strategic Child Welfare Agency-University Partnerships to Advance Workforce Development.
De Guzman, A., Leake, R., & Archer, G. (2022)
Evaluating NCWWI’s University-Agency Partnerships In G. Anderson & Briar-Lawson (Eds), Strategic Child Welfare Agency-University Partnerships to Advance Workforce Development
He, A. S., Cederbaum, J. A., & Leake, R. (2022).
Transformative lessons learned from COVID-19 to reimagine child welfare work, Journal of Public Child Welfare, DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2022.2101175
Claiborne, N. & Leake, R. (2022).
Continuous Quality Improvement and Implementation. In G. Anderson & Briar-Lawson (Eds), Strategic Child Welfare Agency-University Partnerships to Advance Workforce Development.
Lizano, E.L., He, A.S., & Leake, R. (2021)
Caring for our child welfare workforce: A holistic framework of worker well-being. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance DOI: 10.1080/23303131.2021.1932658
Lucero, N. M., Bussey, M., & Carver-Roberts, T. (2021).
Assessing Trauma in American Indian/Alaska Native Parents as an ICWA Active Effort. Child Welfare, 98(5), 1-26.
Anderson, G. R., Williams-Hecksel, C., & de Guzman, A. (2020).
The stipend student commitment to child welfare. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14(1), 122-138.
de Guzman, A., Carver-Roberts, T., Leake, R., & Rienks, S. (2020).
Retention of child welfare workers: Staying strategies and supports. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14(1), 60-79.
Lawrence, C. K., Zeitlin, W., Chakravarty, S., DeCristofano, A., & Armendariz, S. (2020).
Racial diversity and inclusive representation in urban public child welfare. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14(1), 38-59.
Leake, R., De Guzman, A., Golieb, K., & Rienks, S. (2020).
Workforce development strategies: a model for preparing the workforce to support transformational systems in child welfare. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14(1), 19-37.
Phillips, J. D., Lizano, E. L., He, A. S., & Leake, R. (2020).
Factors Associated with Caseworker Burnout in Child Welfare: Does Tenure Matter? Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 11(2), 261-283.
Rienks, S. L. (2020).
An exploration of child welfare caseworkers’ experience of secondary trauma and strategies for coping. Child Abuse & Neglect. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104355
Sedivy, J. A., Rienks, S., Leake, R. & He, A. (2020).
Expanding our understanding of the role of peer support in child welfare workforce retention. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14, 80-100. doi: 10.1080/15548732.2019.1658020
Brown, S. M., Bender, K., Orsi, R., McCrae, J. S., Phillips, J. D., & Rienks, S. (2019).
Adverse childhood experiences and their relationship to complex health profiles among child welfare-involved children and youth: A classification and regression tree analysis. Health Services Research, 00: 1-10. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13166
Brown, S. M., Rienks, S., McCrae, J., & Watamura, S. (2019).
The co-occurrence of adverse childhood experiences among children investigated for child maltreatment: A latent class analysis. Child Abuse & Neglect, 87, 18-27. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.11.010
Grenier, A. & Rienks, S. (2019).
The views of many: 360° feedback for child welfare leadership development. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14, 101-121. doi: 10.1080/15548732.2019.1672607
Lawrence, C. K., Zeitlin, W., Auerbach, C., Chakravarty, S., & Rienks, S. (2019).
Measuring the impact of public perceptions on child welfare workers. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 13, 401-418. doi: 10.1080/15548732.2018.1508537
Leake, R., Kahn, C., Grenier, A., Reed, D., & Rienks, S. (2019).
Developing adaptive change leaders in child welfare. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14, 139-160. doi: 10.1080/15548732.2019.1658688
McCrae, J. S., Bender, K., Brown, S. M., Phillips, J. D., Rienks, S. (2019).
Adverse childhood experiences and complex health concerns among child welfare-involved children. Children’s Health Care, 48, 38-58. doi: 10.1080/02739615.2018.1446140
Leake, R., Wood, V. F., Bussey, M., & Strolin-Goltzman, J. (2019).
Factors influencing caregiver strain among foster, kin, and adoptive parents. Journal of public child welfare, 13(3), 285-306.
He, A. S., Phillips, J., Lizano, E. L., Rienks, S., & Leake, R. (2018).
Examining internal and external job resources in child welfare: Protecting against caseworker burnout. Child Abuse & Neglect., 81, 48-59. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.04.013
Lucero, N.M., & Leake, R. (2018).
Dual marginalization of urban-based American Indian and Alaska Native children and families. In C. James-Brown, D.S. Wolfe, J. Collins, R. Adams, et al. (Eds.), Child Maltreatment in Insular & Isolated Communities (pp. 63-69). Washington, DC: CWLA Press.
Wacker, E.A.D., Rienks, S.L., & McCrae, J.S., (2018).
Studying the impact of a literacy intervention in early childhood classrooms: Strategies and lessons learned in a quasi-experimental design. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
Bruce, L., Lane, M., & Wacker, E.A.D. (2017).
Evaluating prevention: Communities NOW: Connecting for kids. Child Welfare, 95(5), 1-24.
Leake, R., Rienks, S., & Obermann, A. (2017).
A deeper look at burnout in the child welfare workforce. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance, 5, 492-502. doi: 10.1080/23303131.2017.1340385
Rienks, S., Phillips, J., McCrae, J., Bender, K., & Brown, S. (2017).
Complex health concerns among child welfare populations and the benefit of pediatric medical homes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 65, 212-225. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.01.021
Lucero, N. M., & Leake, R. (2016).
Expressions of culture in American Indian/Alaska Native tribal child welfare work: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 10(2), 1-21.
Potter, C. C., Leake, R., Longworth-Reed, L., Altschul, I., & Rienks, S. (2016).
Measuring organizational health in child welfare agencies. Children and Youth Services Review, 61, 31-39.
McCrae, J. S., Brown, S. M., Yang, J., & Groneman, S. (2016).
Enhancing early childhood outcomes: Connecting child welfare and Head Start. Early Child Development and Care. 186(7), 1110-1125.
Hurwich-Reiss, E., Rienks, S., Bianco, H., Wadsworth, M., & Markman, H. (2015).
Exploring the role of ethnic identity in family functioning among low-income parents. Journal of Community Psychology, 43, 545-559.
Leake, R., deGuzman, A., Rienks, S., Archer, G., & Potter, C. (2015).
NCWWI traineeships: A national cross-site evaluation of child welfare stipend programs for ethnically diverse students. Journal of Social Work Education, 51, 299-316.
Lucero, N. M. (2015, Winter).
An evidence-informed practice model for urban Indian Child Welfare services. CW360º: Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice, pp. 21, 36.
Lucero, N. M., & Bussey, M. C. (2015).
Practice informed approaches to addressing substance abuse and trauma exposure in child welfare involved urban Native families. Child Welfare 94(4), 97-117.
McCrae, J. S., Scannapieco, M., & Obermann, A. (2015).
Retention and job satisfaction of child welfare supervisors. Children and Youth Services Review, 59, 171-176.
Packard, T., McCrae, J. S., Phillips, J., & Scannapieco, M. (2015).
Measuring organizational change tactics to improve child welfare programs: Experiences in 13 counties. Human Service Organizations, 39 (5), 444-458.
Armstrong, M. I., McCrae, J. S., Graef, M. I., Richards, T., Lambert, D., & Bright, C. L. (2014).
Development and initial findings of an implementation process measure for child welfare system change. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 8, 94-117.
Brown, S. M., Klein, S., & McCrae, J. S. (2014).
Collaborative relationships and improved service coordination among child welfare and early childhood systems. Child Welfare, 93, 91-116.
Leake, R., deGuzman, A., Rienks, S., & Landsman, M. (2014).
Developmental evaluation findings from an online leadership program for child welfare supervisors. Training and Development in Human Services, 8 (1), 88-107.
Lucero, N. M. (2014).
“It’s not about place, it’s about what’s inside”: American Indian women negotiating cultural connectedness and identity in urban spaces. Women’s Studies International Forum, 42(1), 9-18.
Lucero, N. M. (2014).
Maintaining cultural ties in the city: Perspectives of four generations of urban-based American Indians on the evolving nature of cultural connectedness. The Ohio State University Knowledge Bank: 2011 - 23rd National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work.
Lucero, N. M., & Bussey, M. C. (2014).
Preserving Native families, preserving Native cultures. In H. Weaver (Ed.), Social issues in contemporary Native America: Reflections from Turtle Island, pp. 113-128. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co.
McCrae, J. S., Scannapieco, M., Leake, R., Potter, C., & Menefee, D. (2014).
Who’s on board? Child welfare worker reports of need and readiness for organizational change. Children and Youth Services Review, 37, 28-35.
Bussey, M. C., & Lucero, N. M. (2013).
Re-examining child welfare’s response to ICWA: Collaborating with community-based agencies to reduce disparities for American Indian/Alaska Native children. Children and Youth Services Review, 35(3), 394-401.
Lucero, N. M. (2013).
“Being Indian in the city”: Generational differences in the negotiation of Native identity among urban-based American Indians. In E. J. Peters, and C. Anderson (Eds.), Indigenous in the city: Contemporary identities and cultural innovations, pp. 193-215. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
Wadsworth, M. E., Rindlaub, L., Hurwich-Reiss, E., Rienks, S., Bianco, H., & Markman, H. J. (2013).
A longitudinal examination of the adaptation to poverty-related stress model: Predicting child and adolescent adjustment over time. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 48, 257-271.
Wadsworth, M. E., & Rienks, S. L. (2012).
Stress as a mechanism of poverty’s ill effects on children: Making the case for family strengthening interventions that counteract poverty-related stress. CYF News 2012 edition on Poverty, Health Disparities, and the Nation’s Children. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Pregulman, M., Rienks, S., Markman, H., Wadsworth, M., Einhorn, L., & Moran, E. (2011).
Lessons learned from recruiting diverse couples for clinical research on relationship education. In D. K. Carson & M. Casado-Kehoe (Eds.) Case Studies in Couple Therapy: Theory-Based Approaches (pp. 29-40). New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Rienks, S., Wadsworth, M., Markman, H., Einhorn, L., & Etter, E. M. (2011).
Father involvement in urban low-income fathers: Baseline associations and changes resulting from preventive intervention. Family Relations, 60, 191-204.
Wadsworth, M. E., Santiago, C. D., Einhorn, L., Moran, E. G., Rienks, S., & Markman, H. J. (2011).
Preliminary efficacy of an intervention to reduce psychosocial stress and improve coping in low-income families. American Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 257-271.
McCrae, J.S., Cahalane, H., & Fusco, R. (2011).
Directions for developmental screening in child welfare using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires. Children & Youth Services Review, 33, 1412-1418.
Fusco, R., Rauktis, M.E., McCrae, J.S., Cunningham, M., & Bradley-King, C. (2010).
Aren’t they just black kids? Biracial children in the child welfare system. Child and Family Social Work, 15, 441-451.
McCrae, J.S., Barth, R.P., & Guo, S. (2010).
Changes in maltreated children’s emotional-behavioral problems following typically provided mental health services. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 350-361.
McCrae, J.S., Lee, B., Barth, R.P., & Rauktis, M.E. (2010).
Comparing three years of well-being outcomes for group residential care and nonkinship foster care. Child Welfare, 89, 229-249.
McCrae, J.S., & Fusco, R. (2010).
A racial comparison of Family Group Decision Making in the USA. Child and Family Social Work, 15, 41-55.
Scarborough, A., & McCrae, J.S. (2010).
School-age special education outcomes of infants and toddlers investigated for maltreatment. Children & Youth Services Review, 30, 80-88.