Introduction
Educational Background
Office Hours
Courses
Publications
 




College of Health & Human Services

School of Social Work

Dale Weaver
Professor


Office: Simpson 804
Phone: 323 343 5008
FAX: 323 343 5009
Email: dweaver@calstatela.edu


INTRODUCTION

Academic interests include organizational theory and administrative practice in the areas of welfare and child welfare.

Teaching interests include research methods and Master's Thesis, macro social work practice, and child welfare.


EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

PhD Social Welfare 1997, University of California, Los Angeles 
MSW 1984, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, California
BA Philosophy 1973, University of California, Berkeley

Curriculum Vitae


FALL 2009 OFFICE HOURS

 

Day

Time

Tues  11:30 - 1:30
Thurs  11:30 -1:30


FALL COURSES

SW476 Child Welfare   Tues/Thurs 8:00-9:40. SH C138

         Syllabus
         Lecture Notes
         Boundaries of Child Welfare

SW571 Administration of Social Service Agencies   Tues/Thurs 9:50-11:30. BIOS 247 

         Syllabus
         Lecture Notes

SW530A Social Work History & Introduction to Macro Practice   Tues/Thurs 1:30-3:10.  SH C261

         Syllabus
         Lecture Notes

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK

SW454 Social Work Practice in Developing Countries

       Syllabus
       Economic and Political Context - Weaver Lecture       Maps
       Field of International Social Work - Bykowski Lecture

Ghana 2009 brochure
   
Bibliography

Journal Articles

      Dybicz. Interventions for Street Children                           Ansah-Koi. Care of Orphans.AIDS  
      Laird. 1988 Children's Act                                               Quinn. Mental Illness in Ghana  
      Hong et al.  Maternal HIV Infection                                  Nezic & Kerr. Market Development in West Africa  
      Aryeetey. Community Development in Northern Ghana     
      Cornelius & Greif. Schools of Social Work & Foreign Collaboratives

Student Articles

     Funding for International Programs                                     LGBT Issues in Africa
     Conflict Resolution                                                             AIDS in Africa
     AIDS Education                                                                Child Abuse: US & Ghana
     Child Abuse: Ecuador                                                        Child Abuse: South America
     Drug Abuse: Philippines

THESIS
       
SW599A Master's Thesis  Tues/Thurs  12:00-1:25.  ET C255E

       SW550 Syllabus
       Thesis Guidelines
       SW599A Syllabus
       How To Make Tables

Samples

       Thesis Proposal, Lopez
       Thesis, McElroy
       Thesis, Stebbins

       SPSS Tutorials
       Weaver's Retention Data

Available Data

       Available Secondary Data Memo

       The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health)
       California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

       Social Science Research & Instructional Center (CSU)
       Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
              National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)  
              National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NAJCD)
              Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)
       Sociometric Data Archives
       National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)

CSULA Office of Research and Sponsored Projects

       Human Subject Review

OTHER COURSES

SW391  Social Work Research Methods

      Syllabus
      Lecture Notes

SW540  Social Work Research and Statistics 

       Syllabus
       Lecture Notes


MONOGRAPHS

The Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act in Los Angeles County
Children and Families Research Consortium, 2006

The Yurok Tribe and the Indian Child Welfare Act: Developing Community Services
School of Social Work, California State University, Los Angeles, 2006

The Retention of California's Public Child Welfare Workers
California Social Work Education Center, 2004

The Retention of Stipended MSW Graduates In a Public Child Welfare Agency
USC Center on Child Welfare, 1999

A Participatory Model For Evaluating Social Programs  
James Irvine Foundation, 2003

The Effects Of Computerization On Public Child Welfare Practice
California Social Work Education Center, 1999


   PHOTOS

      

   
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