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Leadership and School Social Work in the USA: A Qualitative Assessment
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Elswick, Susan E.; Cuellar, Matthew J.; Mason, Susan E. – School Mental Health, 2019
School social workers provide unique insight into the biopsychosocial factors that influence students and overall well-being. Social work training in the person-in-environment perspective offers a unique understanding of issues within the school environment, making them ideal professionals to lead holistic, interdisciplinary response options and…
Descriptors: Social Work, School Social Workers, Student Welfare, Leadership Role
School Social Worker Views on the Current State of Safety in U.S. Schools: A Qualitative Study
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Cuellar, Matthew J.; Mason, Susan E. – Children & Schools, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine the shared concerns and remedies school social workers have about safety in their schools. A sample of school social work practitioners across the United States (N = 260) provided a response to the qualitative prompt: "In general, how do you think school safety in the United States can be…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Attitudes, School Safety, School Community Relationship
Missed Connections: Examining the Link between Exposure to School Security and Students' Sense of Connectedness to School
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Fisher, Benjamin W.; Cuellar, Matthew J. – Journal of School Violence, 2021
School security measures have become commonplace in recent years. Still, little quantitative research has examined how this trend shapes students' perceptions of school. This study examines how students' exposure to school security relates to their sense of school connectedness, with particular attention to the difference between white and…
Descriptors: School Safety, Student School Relationship, High School Students, Urban Schools
School Safety Strategies and Their Effects on the Occurrence of School-Based Violence in U.S. High Schools: An Exploratory Study
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Cuellar, Matthew J. – Journal of School Violence, 2018
Recent incidents of school-based violence have resulted in the widespread implementation of school safety strategies across the United States. While research on these strategies has grown over the past decade, there is little understanding about their collective influence on indicators of school violence. Using data from the 2007-2008 School…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Factor Analysis, Intervention
An Investigation of School Social Worker Perceptions toward School Security Personnel
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Cuellar, Matthew J.; Elswick, Susan E.; Theriot, Matthew T. – School Social Work Journal, 2017
School social workers and school security personnel are increasingly being integrated into U.S. schools; however, there is little available literature concerning the interactions between school social workers and school security personnel. This article will report descriptive findings of a study that investigated school social workers'…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, School Safety, School Social Workers, School Security
School Social Workers' Perceptions of School Safety and Security in Today's Schools: A Survey of Practitioners across the United States
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Cuellar, Matthew J.; Elswick, Susan E.; Theriot, Matthew T. – Journal of School Violence, 2018
To understand the effects of school safety practices and strategies on the school environment, researchers have consistently investigated the perceptions of students and various school personnel concerning school safety. Yet school social workers, professionals commonly employed in today's schools to address the mental health needs of students,…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Attitude Measures, School Safety