Publications by the School of Social Work faculty members are collected here.
Submissions from 2024
Fueling Prosperity: The Positive Economic Ripple Effects of Increasing Wages for Nebraska’s Direct Care Workforce, Ernest Goss and Susan Reay
Paying caregivers more could boost Nebraska’s economy − new research, Susan Reay and Ernest Goss
Latinx RESPECTs: Using Theatre to Prevent Dating Violence, Heidi Adams Rueda, Patricia Newman, and Kathleen McGee
When Is Teasing Abuse? A Grounded Theory of Teasing Among Mexican American Adolescent Dating Couples, Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin, and kim peace-tuskey
Sexual Health and Dating with Disabilities: Understanding the Perspectives of Parent Resource Coordinators (PRCs), Heidi Adams Rueda, Anne Woodruff Jameson, Maggie Neujahr, Amber Godsey, Lynda Hayes, Jessica Johnson, Sam Montemarano, and Carly De Bruin
Submissions from 2023
Grace Abbott Training and Supervision Academy Annual Report 2022, Michelle Nelsen, Susan Reay, Ellen Rice, and Katie Robbins Case
Grace Abbott Training Supervision Academy: A Year of Growth, Collaboration, and Impact, Susan Reay and Grace Abbott Training and Supervision Academy, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Do Degrees Matter? Rethinking Workforce Development for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Challenges, Susan Reay, William E. Reay, Kris Tevis, and Lisa Patterson
A formative evaluation of ‘Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resiliency’ with Hispanic adolescents prior to and during Covid‑19, Heidi Adams Rueda, Abigail Vera, Arminda Marcial, and Amanda Mariano
Parent Physical and Psychological Aggression and Youth Dating Violence: A Latent Class Analysis Approach, Heidi Adams Rueda, Kaitlyn Paxton Ward, and Steven Hoffman
Mexican American Adolescents’ Conversations About Goals: The Centrality of Financial Aspiration to Career and Educational Pursuit, Heidi Adams Rueda, Qihao Zhan, Lela Rankin, and Deaven Greenberg
Submissions from 2022
A Pandemic Road Map: Creating Social Work Student Wellness Plans in Field Placement, Susan Reay
Start Where the Social Worker Is: Social Workers’ Perceptions of Clinical Licensure in Nebraska, Susan Reay, Henry J. D'Souza, Kris D. Tevis, and Avery H. Fleck
Mexican Middle Schoolers’ Questions on Sexuality and Dating Relationships: A Descriptive Qualitative Analysis, Deaven Rodriguez, Heidi Adams Rueda, Steven Hoffman, and Bethany Gutierrez
Barriers to the delivery of teen dating violence programs in urban school and after-school settings serving Mexican-heritage youth, Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin Williams, and Abigail Vera
Submissions from 2021
Economic Stress Among Low Income Latino Adolescent Fathers: An Application of the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model, Diana Cedeño, Autumn M. Bermea, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Michelle L. Toews
Child Protection Policies and Practices in Mennonite Church USA Congregations: A Follow-Up Study, Jeanette Harder and Elisabeth Wilder
Submissions from 2020
Staff Perspectives Regarding the Influence of Trauma on the Intimate Partnering Experiences of Adolescent Mothers in Residential Foster Care, Autumn M. Bermea, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Kwynn M. Gonzalez-Pons
Health-Related Quality of Life and Health Literacy among Mexican American and Black American Youth in a Southern Border State, Steven Hoffman, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lauren Beasley
An Assessment of Mental Wellbeing and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Youth Living in Central Mexico, Steven Hoffman, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Stefan Chase
Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence Across Contexts: Mental Health, Delinquency, and Dating Violence Outcomes Among Mexican Heritage Youth, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Submissions from 2019
Youth Perspectives of Healthcare in Central Mexico: An Application of Massey’s Critical Health Literacy Framework, Steven Hoffman, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lauren Beasley
Technology and Dating Among Pregnant and Parenting Youth in Residential Foster Care: A Mixed Qualitative Approach Comparing Staff and Adolescent Perspectives, Heidi Adams Rueda, Megan Lindsay Brown, and Jennifer M. Geiger
Proving their love: Violence and gender norms in descriptions of relationships among rural Mexican adolescents, Heidi Adams Rueda, Steven Hoffman, and Kaitlin Grytza
Submissions from 2018
Resiliency and Adolescent Motherhood in the Context of Residential Foster Care, Autumn M. Bermea, Brad Forenxa, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Michelle L. Toews
From State Policy to School Practices: Accessibility and Implementation of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Education, Heidi Adams Rueda and Peter R. Fawson
Does Gottman’s Marital Communication Conceptualization Inform Teen Dating Violence? Communication Skill Deficits Analyzed Across Three Samples of Diverse Adolescents, Heidi Adams Rueda, Monica Yndo, Lela Rankin Williams, and Ryan C. Shorey
Teenage Dating Violence: Perceptions of Need, Priority, and Prevention Responsibility among Schools in Predominantly Mexican Heritage Communities, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Submissions from 2017
Queerness and Dating Violence Among Adolescent Mothers in Foster Care, Autumn M. Bermea, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Michelle L. Toews
Grand Challenges in School Social Work: Collaboration and Constraint in School Social Workers’ Sexuality Support for Children with Disabilities, Sharon J. Bolin, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Kristen Faye Linton
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale among youth in Mexico, Steven Hoffman, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Matthew C. Lambert
Graduating MSW students’ recommended interventions for teen dating violence: A descriptive analysis, Heidi Adams Rueda, Alicia Hawley, Beverly M. Black, and Bernadette Ombayo
Including transition-age youth using evidence-based mental health treatments, Peter Szto, Susan Reay, Sarah Preston, and Claire Rynearson
Submissions from 2016
Social Workers’ Roles in Supporting the Sexual and Relational Health of Children with Disabilities, Heidi Adams Rueda, Sharon J. Bolin, Kristen Faye Linton, Lela Rankin Williams, and Eva Pesta
Exhaust All Measures: Ethical Issues in Pediatric End-of-Life Care, Kara J. Thielman, Cara L. Wallace, Andrea N. Cimino, and Heidi Adams Rueda
Ethics at the End of Life: A Teaching Tool, Cara L. Wallace, Kara J. Thielman, Andrea N. Cimino, and Heidi Adams Rueda
Mexican American adolescent couples' vulnerability for observed negativity and physical violence: Pregnancy and acculturation mismatch, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Submissions from 2015
Citations and Convictions: One Community’s Coordinated Response to Intimate Partner Violence & Efforts toward Offender Accountability, Kerry Beldin, Allison Lauritsen, Henry J. D'Souza, and Bob Moyer
Dating and Sexuality among Minority Adolescents with Disabilities: An Application of Sociocultural Theory, Kristen Faye Linton and Heidi Adams Rueda
Reproductive and Sexual Healthcare Needs Among Adults with Disabilities as Perceived by Social Workers, Kristen Faye Linton, Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin Williams, Alex Sandoval, and Sharon J. Bolin
Mexican American Adolescent Couples Communicating About Conflict: An Integrated Developmental and Cultural Perspective, Heidi Adams Rueda and Lela Rankin Williams
Help-seeking and help-offering for teen dating violence among acculturating Mexican American adolescents, Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin Williams, and Julie L. Nagoshi
Judges’ perceptions of the Nebraska CASA program, A. C. West, J. L. O'Gara, and Jeanette Harder
Submissions from 2014
Experiences with Pregnancy of Adolescents with Disabilities from the Perspectives of the School Social Workers Who Serve Them, Kristen Faye Linton and Heidi Adams Rueda
“She Posted It on Facebook”: Mexican American Adolescents’ Experiences With Technology and Romantic Relationship Conflict, Heidi Adams Rueda, Megan Lindsay, and Lela Rankin Williams
School Social Workers' Needs in Supporting Adolescents with Disabilities toward Dating and Sexual Health: A Qualitative Study, Heidi Adams Rueda, Kristen Faye Linton, and Lela Rankin Williams
Mexican American and European American Adolescents' Dating Experiences across the Ecosystem: Implications for Healthy Relationships within an Ecodevelopmental Framework, Heidi Adams Rueda, Julie L. Nagoshi, and Lela Rankin Williams
“It’s not just you two”: A grounded theory of peer-influenced jealousy as a pathway to dating violence among acculturating Mexican American adolescents., Heidi Adams Rueda and Lela Rankin Williams
Trust, Cheating, and Dating Violence in Mexican American Adolescent Romantic Relationships, Lela Rankin Williams, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Julie L. Nagoshi
Progress in a social work writing course: Self-efficacy, course objectives, and skills, Jane D. Woody, Mary G. Zeleny, Henry J. D'Souza, Jeanette Harder, Jacqueline Reiser, and P.eter Szto
Submissions from 2013
Supervisors behaving badly: Witnessing Ethical Dilemmas and What to Do About It, Andrea N. Cimino, John Rorke, and Heidi Adams Rueda
Book review: Practice-based research in social work: A guide for reluctant researchers, Jeanette Harder
Friends with benefits or “friends” with deficits? The meaning and contexts of uncommitted sexual relationships among Mexican American and European American adolescents, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Parties, Drugs, and High School Hookups: Socioemotional Challenges for European and Mexican American Adolescents, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Submissions from 2012
Mexican American adolescents’ perceptions of dating violence programs: Recommendations for effective program design and implementation, Lela Rankin Williams, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Bianca N. Altamirano
Submissions from 2011
What they wish they would have known: Support for comprehensive sexual education from Mexican American and White adolescents' dating and sexual desires, Heidi Adams Rueda and Lela Rankin Williams
Submissions from 2010
Overcoming MSW Students’ Reluctance to Engage in Research, Jeanette Harder
Prevention of child abuse and neglect through church and social service collaboration, Erin Olson O'Neill, Jodi Gabel, Stephanie Huckins, and Jeanette Harder
Advice from teens to teens about dating: Implications for healthy relationships, Heidi Adams Rueda and Lela Rankin Williams
Submissions from 2008
Treating Suicidality in African American Adolescents with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Curtis E. Bryant and Jeanette Harder
Submissions from 2007
Teaching and learning social work practice skills through the use of triads, Jeanette Harder
Submissions from 2006
Book review: Taking a stand: A guide to peace teams and accompaniment projects, Jeanette Harder
Successful Transitions of Runaway/Homeless Youth from Shelter Care, Von Eugene Nebbitt, Laura E. House, Sanna J. Thompson, and David E. Pollio
Submissions from 2005
Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect: An Evaluation of a Home Visitation Parent Aide Program Using Recidivism Data, Jeanette Harder
Research implications in the prevention of child abuse and neglect, Jeanette Harder
Submissions from 2002
Short-Term Outcomes for Youth Receiving Runaway and Homeless Shelter Services, Sanna J. Thompson, David E. Pollio, Jodi Constantine, Donna Reid, and Von Eugene Nebbitt