Devon Brooks, PhD
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Title(s) | Associate Professor of Social Work |
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Phone | +1 213 821 1387 |
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Biography Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute | 2007
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| 2011 | Senior Research Fellow | University of Southern California | 2009 | | Culture of Mentoring Award | Culture of Mentoring Award | | | USC Mellon Mentoring Award | University of Southern California | 2008 | | Mellon Faculty to Faculty Mentoring Award | USC School of Social Work | 2008 | | Faculty Award for Research | | | | Senior Research Fellow | USC School of Social Work | 2003 | | Sarnat Junior Fellow |
Overview Devon Brooks joined the faculty in 1999 and teaches human behavior and research methodology in the M.S.W. program and research methodology in the Ph.D. program.
His research and practice interests generally revolve around the reduction and treatment of child maltreatment, with a focus on racial and ethnic disparities in the permanency and mental health outcomes of children and families served by public child welfare agencies; risk assessment; assessment of formal and indigenous service needs and utilization; transracial adoption and racial matching policy; gay and lesbian adoption and foster care placements; family preservation; and child welfare innovations.
He regularly provides consultation and technical assistance in the area of child welfare and presents at national conferences. He is principal investigator of both "The SPIN Initiative: Evaluation of an In-Home, Strengths and Video Based Intervention for at-Risk Families" and "Enhancing Positive Outcomes in Transracial Adoptive Families Following Implementation of the Multiethnic Placement Act and Interethnic Adoption Provisions."
Dr. Brooks is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the Association of Black Social Workers, the Council on Social Work Education, and the Society for Social Work and Research. He is a member of the editorial board of Children and Youth Services Review, and has most recently published in Child and Family Social Work, Child Welfare, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology and Social Work.
ORNG Applications Bibliographic
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Simon JD, Brooks D. Identifying families with complex needs after an initial child abuse investigation: A comparison of demographics and needs related to domestic violence, mental health, and substance use. Child Abuse Negl. 2017 05; 67:294-304. PMID: 28327415.
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