University of California - Dr. Leora Lawton

Class Website for SOC190 - Community Based Research

Spring 2009

Dr. Leora Lawton, Lecturer

Website updated: 9:38 PM, February 25, 2009

Seminar: TuTh10, 263 Dwinelle Hall
Computer lab: Wed 2, 64 Barrows Hall

Spring 2009 Course Syllabus .

New information for students:

Office hours: Tu 2-3 or by appointment..
Demography Building, rm 209 (2232 Piedmont).

Readings and other links:

Jan 20 Randy Stoecker: Community-Based Research - the next new thing
Jan 20 Evaluation of the OreMi Program for FSSBA by Lawton & class.
Jan 20 Presentation to FSSBA
Jan 20 Introduction to Excel, by Leora Lawton.
Jan 22 FSSBA overview and kinship program description.
Jan 22 FSSBA summer kinship program description.
Jan 22 FSSBA Summer Kinship Program Overview.
Jan 27 Evaluation Beginners Guide
Jan 28 Participant Observation, by Family Health International
Jan 29 UC Berkeley Human Subjects Office - Activities that Require CPHS/OPHS Review
Jan 29 UC Berkeley Human Subjects Office
Jan 29 Code of Ethics, American Sociological Association.
Jan 29 Ethics of the American Association of Public Opinion Research.
Feb 4 Excel - Charts, graphs and macros .
Feb 4 Excel - Calculations and formulas .
Feb 4 2nd Excel Assignment - Presenting and interpreting.
Feb 12 Understanding self-help groups .
Feb 12 Self-Help Group Evaluation form.
Feb 17 US Census - Living Arrangements of Children .
Feb 17 Alcohol, Other Drugs and Child Welfare. Child Welfare League of America.
Feb 18 How to use SPSS
Feb 19 Gray, Chapter 13: Interpreting qualitative data.
Feb 25 Data for fssba summer program .
Feb 25 SPSS Exercise #1 .
Feb 25 How to use SPSS
Feb 26 Public-Private Ventures report: College Students as Mentors for At-Risk Youth: A Study of Six Campus Partners in Learning Programs
Feb 26 Making a Difference in Schools (Just read the Executive summary, Intro and Final chapters. Skim the rest).
Mar 4 SPSS Exercise #2
Mar 4 SPSS Syntax instructions.
Mar 5 Kinship foster parents
Mar 5 Informal & formal kinship care Just read the introduction and Executive Summary.
Mar 5 Parental Substance Abuse and the Development of Children in Family Foster Care. McNichol, Theresa; Task, Constance. Child Welfare, Mar/Apr2001, Vol. 80 Issue 2, p239-256. Download from e-journals.
Mar 10 Authors' guide to tables J. Marriage and the Family.
Mar 12 Some reflections about the origin and implications of mass imprisonment in the United States
Mar 12 Children in Foster Homes: How are they faring?
Mar 19 Shlonsky & Berrick: Assessing and Promoting Quality in Kin and Nonkin Foster Care
Mar 31 Report Writing Tips.
Apr 1 PowerPoint Introduction. See also bspace.
Apr 8 Go to bspace site and view video on PowerPoints.
Apr 14 NonProfit Quarterly
No date by Gene Shackman.

Optional readings

Contact Information:

I have a mailbox in the Sociology department where you can leave documents, but you can also email me llawton at berkeley dot edu
My cell phone number is (510) 928-7572.
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