Education
Ph.D. September 1999
State University of New York at Buffalo
School of Social Work
Dissertation title: The Child Well-Being Scales as a predictor of caseworker activity and services in child protection
M.Ed. 1988, University of Manchester, England.
School of Education. Social Welfare, Child & Youth Studies.
Thesis Title: Job Satisfaction of Social Workers in two residential establishments for children with special needs.
Adv. Dip Ed. 1984, University of Manchester, England
CQSW(MSW1) 1982.University of Manchester, England.
School of Social Work.
Academic Experience
January 1998 - Present Associate Professor: School of Social Work, Georgia State University
August 1996 - January 1998 Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, State University of New York at Buffalo (full-time)
Courses Taught:
SW 510 Scientific Methods and Social Work
SW 520 Interventions I
SW 576 Assessment and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
SW 524 Interventions with Children and Adolescents
SW 529 Interventions: Administration and Management
SW 564 Child Welfare Integrative Seminar
SW 511 Practice Evaluation
SW 568 Children’s Services
SW 4250 Child Abuse and Neglect
SW 4390 Child Welfare Services
SW 3720 Social Work Methods I
SW 3730 Social Work Methods II
SW 7200 Human Behavior in the Social Environment I and II
SW 302 Methods of Social Work Research
SW 7250 Child Abuse and Neglect
SW 7390 Child Welfare Services
SW 7700 Community Foundation Integrative Seminar
SW 8300 Leadership & Management.
1994 Adjunct faculty, School of Social Work, SUNY at Buffalo,
Adjunct faculty, University of Toronto, Institute for Child Studies.
1987 - 1989. Lecturer in social work. (Full-time) Sandowne College, Liverpool, England
1983-1987 Adjunct faculty, School of Social Work, University of Manchester.
Other Professional Experience
2002 – Present Director of Program Evaluation, Families First, Atlanta GA.
1991 - 1996 Branch Manager (County Director) Family and Children's Services (FACS) Niagara, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
1993 - 1994 Manager Family Counseling Center (FACS Niagara)
1989 - 1991 Intake worker then intake supervisor. FACS Niagara.
1989 - 1991 Clinical social worker. Bayliss & Associates, St. Catharines, Ontario (part time).
1985 - 1987. Manager Children's Center, Cheshire, England
1982 - 1985. Deputy Manager Children's Center, Cheshire Social Services Department, England
1977 - 1980. Social Worker in child welfare. Liverpool Catholic Social Services
Publications
Published Journal Articles
Lyons, P., Doueck, H, J., & Wodarski, J, S., (1996), Risk Assessment for child protective services: A review of the empirical literature on instrument performance. Social Work Research 20(3), 143-152. (Refereed).
Lyons, P., & Doueck, H. J., & Levine, M. (1998) Adolescent maltreatment and caseworker attention in Child Protective Services. Journal of Child Centered Practice, 5
(2), 29-50 (Refereed).
Lyons, P., & Rittner, B, (1998) The Social construction of the crack baby phenomenon. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 68(2) 313-319 (Refereed).
Lyons, P., Doueck, H. J., Koster, A. J., Witzky, M. K, & Kelly P. L. (1999). Implementation of the Child Well-Being Scales as a clinical tool and a management information system. Child Welfare, 78(2), 241-258. (Refereed).
Lyons, P., Wodarski, J, S. & Feit, M, (1998) Human behavior theory: Emerging trends and issues. Human Behavior in the Social Environment 1(1) 1-25 (Refereed).
Accepted
Lyons P., & Doueck, H. J., (In press). The Child Well-Being Scales as a predictor of caseworker activity and services in child protection. Child Welfare (Refereed).
Wells, S. J., Lyons, P., Doueck, H. J. Brown, C. H. & Thomas, J. (2004) Ecological factors and screening in child protection. Children and Youth Services Review 26, 981-997 (Refereed).
Submitted
Sedllak, A. J., Schultz, D. Lyons P., Doueck, H. J., Wells, S. J. & Gragg, F. (In review) Child Protection and justice system processing of serious child abuse and neglect cases. (Refereed).
Sedlak, A. J., Doueck, H. K., Lyons, P., Wells, S. J., Schultz, D., & Gragg F. (in review) Child maltreatment and the justice system: Predictors of court involvement.
Lyons, P. (in review) McDonaldization and child welfare: The irrationality of rationality.
Book chapters.
Lyons, P. (1998). Risk assessment. In, N. C. Barker (Ed). Child abuse and neglect: An interdisciplinary method of treatment. Dubuque: Iowa. Kendall/Hunt (pp 243-257)
Lyons, P. (1998) Child Maltreatment. In J. S. Wodarski, & B. A. Thyer (Eds) Handbook of clinical social work: Guide to empirically validated interventions. Volume 2: Social problems and practice issues. New York: John Wiley & Sons
Lyons, P., & Feit, M., (2002) Human behavior theory: Emerging trends and issues. In, Human Behavior and the social environment: Integrating theory and evidence based practice,Editors John S. Wodarski and Sophia F. Dziegielewski. New York: Springer Publishing. (pp 270-294)
Lyons, P. & Lyons, T. (2004) The role of social work in child maltreatment. In A. Giardino, & R. Alexander, Child maltreatment: A clinical guide and reference. 3rd edition. St. Louis MO: GW Medical Publishing.
Other Publications
Lyons, P. (Feb. 2000). Avoiding the"Ready, Fire, Aim" syndrome in reforming the child welfare system. Georgia Academy Journal: Special Edition child welfare in Georgia 6-10
Lyons, P. (2000) Georgia Child Welfare Research, Education, and Training Consortium: An agenda to re-professionalize Georgia's public child welfare system. Proposal presented to the Georgia State Legislature, Human Services Subcommittee, and to Georgia Department of Human Services.
Alexander, R. Lyons, P. & Wood, S. (2000) A "Peachprint" for Georgia: Recommendations for reform and to reduce child maltreatment. Discussion paper prepared for the Georgia Chapter American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children for presentation to the Governor's Task Force on Child Protective Services.
Barclay, A., Barclay, M., Condit, V., Crossley, W., Fusco, S., Gibson, J. C., Grindall, L., Hall, J., Lyons, P., Oliver, M. M., Reimels, E., Tucker, L., & Worthington, K., (2002) Workplace supports to improve Georgia’s child protective services. Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta GA.
Lyons, P. & Desai, D. (2003). The Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting (TAPP) Program: Program Evaluation and Analysis of Years 1998-99 & 1999-00. Atlanta, GA: Families First.
Conference Proceedings
Lyons, P., & Doueck, H. J. (1999) "The Child Well-Being Scales as a predictor of case worker attention and services in child protection: A preliminary analysis." 12th National Roundtable on CPS Risk Assessment: Selected highlights. APWA: Washington, DC 131-144
Lyons, P., Doueck, H, J., & Koster, A, J., (1995) Computerized risk assessment: Implementation of the Child Well-Being Scales, In Toshio Tatara (Ed), Eighth National Roundtable on CPS Risk Assessment: Selected Highlights, APWA Washington DC
Lyons, P. Salovitz., B. Doueck, H. J. & Crawford, F. S. (2000). Preliminary results of a national survey of risk assessment use by the states. Thirteenth National Roundtable on CPS Risk Assessment: Selected Highlights.
Funding
External
Funded
Lyons, P. & Barker, N. C. (1998). Social Work Training for Public Child Welfare Practice under Title IV-E. Contract: Georgia Department of Human Resources # 427-93. $200,842.55.
Lyons P. (1999) Social Work Training for Public Child Welfare Practice under Title IV-E. Contract: Georgia Department of Human Resources # 427-93. $228, 496.76
Lyons P. (2000) Social Work Training for Public Child Welfare Practice under Title IV-E. Contract: Georgia Department of Human Resources # 427-93. $386,529.19
Lyons P. (2001) Social Work Training for Public Child Welfare Practice under Title IV-E. Contract: Georgia Department of Human Resources # 427-93. $483,523.97.
Lyons P. (2002) Social Work Training for Public Child Welfare Practice under Title IV-E. Contract: Georgia Department of Human Resources # 427-93. $737,468.81.
Lyons P. (2002) Social Work Education for Public Child Welfare Practice under Title IV-E
Contract: Georgia Department of Human Resources # 427-93. $981,147.42
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