Explaining the Research Process

Cassandra Simmel emphasizes the need to avoid jargon when discussing research with participants.

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Incentives in Foster Care Research

According to Cassandra Simmel, incentives can be extremely useful in research with mobile populations.

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Consent and Assent in Foster Care

Cassandra Simmel reviews the consent and assent process within the foster care system.

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Use the IRB to Guide Your Foster Care Research

Cassandra Simmel considers the IRB to be an important advisor.

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Meeting with Foster Parent Associations

Joe Price explains how he and his research team gained support from foster parent associations from the beginning.

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Dealing with Disclosures by Foster Youth

Cassandra Simmel thinks that all researchers working with children and youth should be prepared for disclosures of abuse.

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Devote Time to Tracking

Cassandra Simmel discusses how she has tracked youth who are in foster care.

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Developing a Partnership with Child Welfare

Cassandra Simmel discusses what it takes to partner with child welfare agencies.

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Adapting Material with Foster Parent Focus Groups

Joe Price describes the process his group went through as they adapted an intervention for a group of diverse foster parents.

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Consent vs. Coercion with Foster Families

Cassandra Simmel explains how difficult it can be to make sure that children and parents in the foster care system fully understand consent issues.

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