PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLICATIONS
- "What Works in Day Treatment for Delinquent Adolescents?" In Kluger, M., Alexander, G., and Curtis, P (Eds.). What Works in Child Welfare? Washington, D.C.: CWLA Press. Hoge, J. and Savas, S.A. (2000).
- "What Works in Residential Care and Treatment: Partnering with Families." In Kluger, M., Alexander, G., and Curtis, P. (Eds.). What Works in Child Welfare? Washington, D.C., CWLA Press. Whittaker, J.K. (2000).
- "Network Interventions with High-Risk Youth and Families Throughout the Continuum of Care". In Home-Based Services for Troubled Children. Tracy, Whittaker, Boylan, Neitman and Overstreet. (1995).
- "Resiliency and Coping in At-Risk African American Youth and Their Families." In Resiliency in Ethnic Minority Families, Vol. 2, pp. 287-328. McCubbin, H., Fleming, W.M., Thompson, A., Neitman, P., Elver, K., and Savas, S.A. (1995).
- "Adult Imprisonment of Males Released from Residential Childcare: Longitudinal Study." In Residential Treatment for Children and Youth (12) 2. Kapp, S., Schwartz, I.M., and Epstein, I. (1994).
- "Client Characteristics, Family Contacts, and Treatment Outcomes." In Child and Youth Services, 16 (1), pp. 125-137. Savas, S.A., Epstein, I, and Grasso A. (1993). (Also Published in Information Services in Child, Youth and Family Agencies: Planning, Implementation, and Service Enhancement).
- "Management Information Systems and External Policy Advocacy: The Boysville Length of Stay Study". In Child and Youth Services, 16(1), pp. 107-122. Overstreet, E.J., Grasso, A.J. and Epstein, I. (1993) and Information Systems in Child, Youth, and Family Agencies: Planning, Implementation, and Service Enhancement.. Eds. Epstein, I. and Grasso, A. (1993). Haworth Press.
- "How Boysville of Michigan Specifies and Evaluates its Supervised Independent Living Program." In Nollan, K.A. and Downs, A.C. Preparing Youth for Long Term Success: Proceedings from the Casey Family Program National Independent Living Forum. Washington, D.C.: Hoge, J. and Idalski, A.
- "Agency Based Initiatives". In Outcomes Initiatives in Child Welfare. Washington, D.C.: CWLA Press. Savas, S.A. (1999).
- "Kids Raised by Government. Westpoint, C.T.: Praeger Publisher. Schwartz, I.M. and Fishman, G. (1999).
- "Staying Together, Living Apart: New Perspectives on Youth Group Living from the AIDS Epidemic." New York: The Fund for the City of New York. [Available from Carol Levine, United States Hospital Fund, 350 Fifth Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, N.Y., 10118] Levine, C., Brandt, A, & Whittaker, J.K. (1998).
- "Program Specification: A Precursor to Program Monitoring and Quality Improvement. A Case Study from Boysville of Michigan." In Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 25 (2) Savas, S.A., Fleming, M., and Bolig, E. (1998).
- "Community Linkages for Troubled Youth: A Neglected Dimension in Service Planning." In Handbook on Structured Residential Care. Leuven-Apeldorn: Garant-Dutch Publication. Whittaler, J.K. and Savas, S.A. (1998).
- "Turning Outcome Data into Useful Reports for Decision-Making." In Treatment Today. Savas, S.A. and Lee, L.K. (1997).
- "Re-Designing a Clinical Information System." In Computers in Human Services, 13 (3). Collins, M.E., Epstein, I., Barbarin, O., and Savas, S.A. (1996).
- "How Do We Propose to Help Children and Families?" In Quality Improvement and Evaluation in Child and Family Service: Managing into the Next Century. Washington, D.C.: CWLA Press. Savas, S.A. (1996).
- "Closing the Gap: Does the Program Match the Blueprint?" In Quality Improvement and Evaluation in Child and Family Service: Managing into the Next Century." Washington, D.C.: CWLA Press. Owens, S., and Savas, S.A. (1996).
- "Adolescent Chemical Dependency Program Specification." In The Counselor: National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, July/August 1996. Savas, S. A. (1996).
SPONSORED CONFERENCES – WORKSHOPS – SPECIAL PROJECTS
- "New Directions: From Youth Centered to Family-Centered Care"; A Pre-Conference Institute planned and sponsored by Boysville of Michigan and the Albert E. Trieschman Center; April 4, 1995.
- "Vulnerable Populations: Trends and Future Service Needs"; a Holy Cross Children’s Services strategic planning conference with statewide representation of HCCS co-workers; state legislators; juvenile court judges; central and local office Department of Human Service officials; and local county juvenile justice officials; August 23, 2005.
- "Development of Environmental Scans for program planning activities in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Monroe, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland; and New Orleans, Louisiana; 2006.
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