James P. Gleeson, Associate Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work, UIC

PUBLICATIONS

Articles

Altshuler, S. J. & Gleeson J. P. (1999). Completing the evaluation triangle: What is 'child well-being' in family foster care? Child Welfare, 78 (1): 125-14.

Bonecutter, F. J. & Gleeson, J. P. (1997). Broadening our view: Lessons from kinship foster care, The Journal of Multicultural Social Work, special issue on permanency planning, 5(1/2): 99-119. Co-published simultaneously in Anderson, G. R., Ryan, A. S., and Leashore, B. R. (Eds.). The challenge of permanency planning in a multicultural society, The Haworth Press, Inc.

Gleeson, J. P., Bonecutter, F. J., & O'Donnell, J. (1997). Understanding the complexity of practice in kinship foster care, Child Welfare, 76 (6): 801-826 .

Gleeson, J. P. (1996). Kinship care as a child welfare service: The policy debate in an era of welfare reform, Child Welfare, Special Issue on Kinship Care 75 (5): 419-449.

Gleeson, J. P. (1995). Kinship care and public child welfare: Challenges and opportunities for social work education, Journal of Social Work Education, 31(2): 182-193.

Gleeson, J. P. (1992). How do child welfare caseworkers learn? Adult Education Quarterly, 43(1): 1-16.

Gleeson, (1990). Engaging students in practice evaluation: Defining and monitoring critical initial interview components, Journal of Social Work Education, 26(3): 295-309.

Gleeson, J. P. (1987). Implementing structured decision-making procedures at child welfare intake, Child Welfare, 66(2): 101-112.

Gleeson, J. P. & Craig, L. (1994). Kinship care in child welfare: An analysis of states' policies, Children and Youth Services Review, 16(1/2): 7-31.

Gleeson, J. P., Dubois, A. C., & Gleeson, J. P. (1993). Developing Child Welfare Practitioners: Avoiding the Single-Solution Seduction," Administration in Social Work, 17(3): 21-37.

Gleeson, J. P. & Philbin, C. (1996). Preparing caseworkers for practice in kinship foster care: The supervisor's dilemma, The Clinical Supervisor, 14 (1): 19-34.

Gleeson, J. P., Telander, K. & Tanner, R. M. (1992). Keeping the focus on quality in residential treatment: Defining and monitoring critical success variables. Journal of Social Service Research, 16(3/4): 49-64.

O'Brien, P., Massat, C. R., & Gleeson, J. P. Upping the ante: Kinship caregivers' perceptions of recent child welfare policies, Child Welfare, 80 (6), 2001, pp.719-748.

Edited Book

Gleeson, J. P. & Hairston, C. F. (1999). Kinship Care: Improving Practice Through Research. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America.

Chapters in Books

Gleeson, J. P. (1999). Kinship care as a child welfare service: Emerging policy issues and trends. In R. Hegar & M. Scannapieco (Eds.) Kinship Foster Care: Practice, Policy, and Research. (pp. 28-53). New York: Oxford University Press.

Gleeson, J. P. (1999). Kinship care as a child welfare service: What do we really know? In J. P. Gleeson & C. F. Hairston (Eds.) Kinship Care: Improving Practice Through Research. (pp. 3-34). Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America.

Gleeson, J. P. (1999). Who decides? Predicting caseworkers' adoption and guardianship discussions with kinship caregivers. In J. P. Gleeson & C. F. Hairston (Eds.) Kinship Care: Improving Practice Through Research. (pp. 61-84). Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1999.

Gleeson, J. P. & Hairston, C. F. (1999). Future Directions for Research on Kinship Care." In J. P. Gleeson & C. F. Hairston (Eds.) Kinship Care: Improving Practice Through Research. (pp. 281-313). Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1999.

Mason, S. & Gleeson, J. P. Adoption and subsidized guardianship as permanency options in kinship foster care: Barriers and facilitating conditions. In J.P. Gleeson & C.F. Hairston (Eds.) Kinship Care: Improving Practice Through Research. (pp. 85-114). Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1999.

Training Manual

Bonecutter, F. J. & Gleeson, J. P. (1997). Achieving Permanency for Children in Relative Foster Care: A Training Manual. Jane Addams College of Social Work and the Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois at Chicago [Six learning units, 196 pages long, and contains two videotapes divided in to four 25-40 minute segments].

RESEARCH

2003-2006
Principal Investigator, "Fellowships for Doctoral Candidates and Faculty for Investigator Initiated Research in Child Abuse and Neglect," funded by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $210,000, September 30, 2003 through September 29, 2006 (with Nicole E. Anderson, Leslie L. Ford, and Claire M. Seryak).

2001-2005
Principal Investigator, "Individual and Social Protective Factors for Children in Informal Kinship Care," funded by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $750,000, September 30, 2001 through September 29, 2005 (with Chang-ming Hsieh, Co-Investigator and Grand Boulevard Federation, Community Partner).

2000-2002
Principal Investigator, "Fellowships for Doctoral Candidates and Faculty for Investigator-Initiated Research in Child Abuse and Neglect," funded by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $100,000, September 30, 2000 through February 28, 2002 (with Christina M. Bruhn, Leslie L. Ford, Reginald C. Richardson, Maristela C. Zell).

1995-
Principal Investigator, "Innovative Training for Exemplary Practice: Working With Relatives as Foster Parents," a curriculum development and training project funded by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, federally funded for $120,000 with additional in-kind contributions totaling $41,026 for two years, September 30, 1995 through September 29, 1997; additional funding through contracts with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for $554,045, July 1, 1996 through June 30, 2001. 1998 Co-Principal Investigator, "Creating Community-Based Systems of Support for Families Involved with the Child Welfare System," (with C. R. Massat, R. Kordesh, P. O'Brien & R. Laseter). Competitive grant funded by the Jane Addams College of Social Work for $24,783, March 1, 1998 through June 30, 1998.

1998
Co-Investigator, "Policies and Processes in Relative Caregiving Across Diverse Populations" (with N. Linsk [PI], R. Kulys, O. Darkwa, S. Mason, A. Factor). Competitive grant funded by the Jane Addams College of Social Work for $24,669, March 1, 1998 through June 30, 1998.

1995-98
Principal Investigator, "How Decisions to Change the Case Plan Goal are Initiated," a research project conducted in collaboration with the National Resource Center for Permanency Planning, Hunter College School of Social Work, City University of New York. The project is funded by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $599,858 for three years, September 30, 1995 through September 29, 1998.

1992-95
Principal Investigator, "Achieving Permanency for Children in Relative Foster Care," a research and demonstration grant from Office of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, federally funded for $438,489 with additional in-kind contributions totaling $146,895 for three and one-half years, September 30, 1992 through March 31, 1996.

1992-93
Principal Investigator, "Kinship Care in the United States," a survey and content analysis of the legislative, administrative, and case law defining policies related to foster care provided by relatives of abused and neglected children and subsidized by Child Welfare agencies in the 50 states, funded by the University of Illinois at Chicago Campus Research Board, $7,997, July 1, 1992 through June 30, 1993.

1990
Principal Investigator, "The Residential Expansion Study," funded by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, $25,263, July 1, 1990 through November 30, 1990. Child welfare agencies in Illinois were surveyed to determine their interest and capacity in expanding residential treatment services to youth.

1989
Principal Investigator, "How Child Welfare Caseworkers Acquire the Knowledge and Skills Required to Protect Children and Strengthen Families," funded by the Jane Addams College of Social Work and the Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, $3,800, September 1, 1988 through May 31, 1989.

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