A working group founded at the Society for Social Work and Research

(SSWR) Annual Conference

School social work practice, policy, and research is on the move...pass it on!

Latest SIG News: 1) Learn about the advantages of regression discontinuity models in doing school-based intervention research 2) Additional Research Resources from SIG Leader Natasha Bowen on Mplus and SEM here 3) SSWR 2009 and SSWR 2010 had a record number of school-related abstracts accepted!  Read some abstracts here 4) Read the Official 2009 Congressional Declaration of School Social Work Week here 5) Preliminary findings for CareerStart, a middle school intervention to promote student engagement and success being tested with 15,000 students and 500 teachers, and being led by SIG members 6) Read the preliminary findings of the 2008 National School Social Work Survey Project (a joint project with SIG members and national and state school social work associations)

SIG Mission Statement:  to advance child and adolescent well-being and
academic success through the development and dissemination of school social work research, scholarship, and practice theories. (Approved after SSWR 2007)

Special Interest Group Research Priorities

1. Student and System level Approaches to Behavior Management

2. Student mental health

3. Approaches to Reducing the Achievement Gap

4. School Success for Students who are Victimized Based on Known or Presumed LGBT Orientation

5. Other Effective School-based Interventions (evidence-based programs not included in the more specific categories listed above)

This SIG is A cooperative Project between UNC-Chapel Hill, Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work, and SSWR

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill SSW

Loyola University School of Social Work

Society for Social Work Research