National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption

Action Research Presentation

Action Research is participatory research that is focused on problem solving by examining practices systematically and carefully. The MALDI participants utilized this method to complete their on the job assignments over a year’s period and presented their practice interventions and findings at the 2006 Onsite Institute in Old Town, Alexandria, VA,

Click on the links below to view each participant’s Action Research PowerPoint Presentation:

Participant	Action Research Presentation
Overview of Action Research Process
Karen Richardson (California)	“Using Technology in Targeted Recruitment for LA County Children”
Tiffany Earle, MSW (Delaware)	“Barriers to Adoption for Delaware’s Minority Children”
Legertha Barner, MSW (Illinois)	“A Look at Improving Post Adoption and Guardianship Services”
Anita Wilkins (Maryland)	“Post Adoption Services: A Survey of Maryland Agencies”
Valerie Ayers (New Jersey)	“No More Legal Orphans: The State Makes a Poor Parent”
Ernest Anderson (New York)	“Adoption Competency in New York State: Developing a Post Adoption Certification Program”
Tamika Williams (North Carolina)	“Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System: The North Carolina Project”
Vanessa Tower (Ohio)	“Recruitment of African American Foster and Adoptive Families”
Deborah Green (Texas)	“Barriers to the Adoption Process”

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