Becci Akin

Professor & PhD Program Director

University of Kansas

United States

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Becci Akin is a Professor and PhD Program Director at the University of Kansas, United States. Her research focuses on organizational compassion, workforce well-being, and child welfare outcomes, as demonstrated in her recent publications. She explores topics such as anti-racist practices in social work, self-care among professionals, and resilience interventions for child welfare workers. Akin's work aims to enhance support systems within social work and improve outcomes for vulnerable populations.

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University of Louisville

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Organizational Compassion and Workforce Well-Being

An Anti-Racist Practice in Social Work Research Teams

Child Welfare Outcomes After Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up Intervention Participation: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Examining associations between child welfare workforce well-being and utilization of casework skills with children and families

Exploring the relationships between self-care and well-being outcomes among child welfare professionals

Reconciling the past and shaping the future: The importance of social work history in the Grand Challenge to Eliminate Racism

Barriers to Services at the Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence: A multi-Perspective Analysis of Parents with Lived Experience and Professionals

Evaluating the Early Implementation of a Resilience Intervention Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Child Welfare Workers

Honoring Family: Using parent partner expertise to strengthen a child welfare coaching program

Preventive Legal Services for Kinship Care: Reducing the Need for Foster Care with Family First

The helping relationship in the foster care context: perspectives from parent-caseworker dyads

‘Youth are not something to check off your to do list’: Poetic inquiry into the symbols youth, parents and professionals use to reimagine supports for youth in foster care

Implementation Drivers as Practical Measures of Data-Driven Decision-Making: An Initial Validation Study in Early Childhood Programs

Driving organization and systems change toward trauma-responsive services in child welfare: supervisor and administrator perspectives on initial implementation

Cumulative adverse childhood experiences among children in foster care and the association with reunification: A survival analysis

Screening for trauma and behavioral health needs in child welfare: Practice implications for promoting placement stability

Whitewashing of Social Work History

Investigating the Relationship between Trauma Symptoms and Placement Instability

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Shelby Clark

Nancy Jo Kepple

Ashley Palmer

Jody Brook

Crystal Collins-Camargo

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