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An Introduction to Diverse Methods for Collecting Data from Children and Adolescents (February 2025)
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Past Events
Seminars
2024
- 19 Nov : Project Hayat: A Whole-of-Society White Paper and Research Agenda for a National Suicide Prevention Strategy
- 22 Oct : AWWA’s FEP – Results and Insights from an 18-month Cash Transfer RCT for Low-Income Families in Singapore
- 30 Jul : NUS Social Work Students' Honours Theses Presentations 2024
- 10 Jul : Research Ethics for Social Services
- 9 May : "Get lost! This space is for everyone": Perceptions of Youth in Public Spaces
- 26 Apr : Cultural Competence and Diversity in Casework and Counselling
- 1 Feb : Understanding the Influences of Good Death Concept on Bereavement Coping among Bereaved Family Caregivers in Singapore – Positive Meaning Reconstruction in the Dual Process Model
- 3 Jan : East Asian Welfare Systems Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2023
- 8 Nov : ‘Investing’ in the Aspirations of Lower-Income Families: An Impact Evaluation of the Empowered Families Initiative Pilot
- 24 Oct : Children’s Experience of Childcare Constellations in Stepfamilies: A Multi-voice Case Study Method
- 4 Oct : Child Development Account Research and Policy: Planning, Implementation, and Impacts of a Large Social Experiment
- 13 Sep : Housing the Homeless during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Singapore
- 22 Aug : Social Work Students’ Honours Theses Presentations 2023
- 1 Aug : Meta-Insights on the Relationships among Socioeconomic Status, Parenting, and Student Learning
- 12 Jul : Photovoice to Discover Community Assets in a Mature Neighbourhood in Singapore
- 21 Jun : Living Arrangements and Social Support among Older Singaporeans
- 10 May : Physical Punishment in Singapore: Prevalence and Contextual Factors Related to its Use from Parents and Young Adults’ Perspectives
- 19 Apr : The Caregiving Experiences of Male Caregivers of Persons with Dementia
- 1 Mar : Community Involvement in Casework Interventions: The Boons & the Banes
- 11 Jan : Understanding the Quality of Life of Children and Youth in Singapore
2022
- 7 Dec : NCSS Social Service Sector Survey 2021
- 16 Nov : Sleep and Social Work Practice in the Community Setting: Insights from Mission Tilam
- 19 Oct : Work Experiences and Trajectories of Low Wage Young Workers in Singapore
- 7 Sep : Quality of Life Study on Caregivers
- 11 Aug : Selected Social Work Students’ Honours Theses 2022: Part II
- 21 Jul : Selected Social Work Students’ Honours Theses 2022: Part I
- 18 May : The Design and Evaluation of Sydney-based Healthy Homes and Neighbourhoods Initiative: A Critical Realist Translational Social Epidemiology Project
- 13 Apr : From Research to Reality: Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy for Youth Offenders in Singapore
- 10 Feb : Financial Needs of Transnational Families with Low Income in Singapore: Coping and Help-Seeking as a Family
2021
- 10 Nov : The Social Capital and Familial Well-Being of Low-Income Single-Parent Families in Singapore
- 27 Oct : The Poverty Line – A Global Visual Art Research Project on Poverty and Food Choices
- 13 Oct : Working Hard But Still Working Poor: The Life and Work of Food Delivery Riders
- 15 Sep : “People Give, Just Take and Eat”: Food Insecurity and Food Aid in a Public Rental Neighbourhood
- 26 Aug : Selected Undergraduate Honours Theses of Social Work Students 2021: Part II
- 30 Jul : Selected Undergraduate Honours Theses of Social Work Students 2021: Part I
- 25 May : Mind the Gap: Learnings from and Suggestions for Co-ordinated Community Support
- 11 May : Needs Assessment of School-Going Secondary School Students During the HBL Period
- 28 Apr : Beyond Minimum Wage – Singapore’s Unique Progressive Wage Model: A Case Study in the Cleaning Industry
- 30 Mar : Making Universal Digital Access a Reality: What Does It Take?
- 18 Feb : The Impact of Direct Giving on People Experiencing Homelessness: Experimental Evidence from Vancouver, Canada
- 27 Jan : A Sharing on the Findings of The Hunger Report: An In-Depth Look at Food Insecurity in Singapore
2020
- 12 Aug : Sensory Activities for People with Dementia: A Feasibility Study
- 15 Jul : Social Work Students' Honours Thesis Seminar
- 10 Jun : Agent-Based Modelling and Evidence-Based Decision-Making: Lessons from Local Health Departments in New York City
- 11 Feb : Volunteer-Assist Tech-Supported Intervention in Enhancing Well-being among Community-dwelling Older Adults in Hong Kong
- 29 Jan: Budi Kritik: Critical Social Discourse for Social Services
2019
- 21 Nov : Enhancing Positive Outcomes in Youth Offenders and the Community (EPYC)
- 14 Oct : In Commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - “Is Ending Poverty a Matter of Charity or Justice?”
- 17 Sep : "Ordinary Magic" - Understanding how low-resources parents support their children with development issues in early intervention
- 30 Aug : Impacts of Debts on the Poor: Lessons for Social Services
- 1 Aug : Social Service Student Seminar 2019
- 13 May : The Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme: Lessons from Implementation
- 24 Apr : Depressive Symptoms and their Association with Adverse Environmental Factors and Substance Use in Runaway and Homeless Youths
- 27 Mar : Disability Community Network Meeting IV: Inclusion
- 13 Feb : Mining Evidence that Matters in the Social Care Trenches
- 17 Jan : "Why are you not Working?": Low-income Mothers Explain Challenges with Work and Care
2018
- 7 Nov : Decision-Making Processes of Low-Income Single Mothers in Singapore
- 11 Oct : International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Education and Housing: The Road to Social Mobility?
- 13 Jul : Social Work Honours Student Seminar 2018
- 18 Apr : “Looking Beyond the Surface” - Narrating Fieldwork Experiences from a National Longitudinal Study on Youth Offenders and the Community
- 6 Apr : SR Nathan Professor Public Lecture: Theory? Research? Science? ‘But I’m a Social Worker!’
- 7 Mar: “This is What Inequality Looks Like” Teo You Yenn, in conversation with Irene Ng and Ong Qiyan
- 7 Feb : Survival Issues for Village Model of Care for Older Adults
- 18 Jan : Restoring the ‘Social’ in Offender Reintegration: Humanising the Penal Experience
2017
- 1 Nov : Contextual Influence on Experiences of Minority of Youths and Children
- 17 Oct : International Day for Eradication of Poverty - Panel Discussion: Down But Not Out!
- 13 Sep : Understanding the Quality of Life of Seniors, Persons with Disabilities and Persons with Mental Health Issues
- 30 Aug : MWS CFSC Child Protection Practice Model - From Research to Practice
- 16 Aug : Social Housing Movement and Unknown Housing Problems in Taiwan
- 17 May : Choice and Control: Lessons from the Implementation of Personal Budgets in the UK
- 26 Apr : One Size Fits All? Housing History, Experiences, and Expectations of Public Rental Tenants
- 1 Mar : Engaging Residents at the Neighbourhood Level
- 20 Feb : Applying Behavioral Science to Programme Design: Findings from Low-income Households with Debt
2016
- 10 Nov : Finding a Home: Housing Experiences of Interim Rental Housing Families and Single Mothers
- 19 Oct : Engaging Juvenile Delinquents and Youths-at-risk - Youth Workers’ Use of Social Media for Mediated Pastoralism
- 28 Sep : Effect of Socioeconomic Disparities on Survival of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients
- 19 Aug : Protecting the Elderly in Singapore: The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Proposed Vulnerable Adults Act (VAA)
- 15 Jul : Developing Good Practitioner Research: An Agenda for Research Commissioner, Agencies and Practitioners
- 16 Mar : Experiences from the Circle of Care Project
- 22 Feb : Educational Pathways and Youth Development
- 27 Jan : A Journey of Evaluating a Children's Programme
2015
- 23 Oct : What Questions Experimental Design Can and Cannot Answer in Program Evaluation
- 30 Sep : Behavioral Economics: Evidence for Chronic Disease Prevention
- 19 Aug : Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Navigating Performance Measurement for Social Services
- 24 Mar : Transforming Social Services through Community Analytics: Can this be done in Singapore?
- 30 Jan : Youth Antisocial Behavior: Pathways, Contexts and Social Work Practice
- 29 Jan : Dialogue Session with Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: Envisioning Social Service: Research Needs and Challenges
2014
- 12 Nov : Evaluation of a School-based Group Work Intervention Program for Adolescents with Excessive Video-gaming
- 29 Oct : Effect of the Work Support Programme on Well-being: Understanding Successes and Failures
- 1 Oct : Dialogue Session with Practitioners: Envisioning Social Service: Research Needs and Challenges
- 1 Sep : Dialogue Session with Department of Social Work: Envisioning Social Service: Research Needs and Challenges
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