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This study explored the knowledge and perception between students that attended the Department of the Whitney M. Young Jr., School of Social Work and the remaining students that were attending the Atlanta University Centers in regards to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study analyzed the harms of medical treatment; it delineated the Afrocentric Perspective as well as the Theoretical Frameworks to describe how it could be correlated with the Afrocentric Perspective in regards to enhancing a social workers’ understanding of human behavior in the social environment as well as its relevance to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The results from the study showed that there was no statistical significant relationship between students that attended the Department of the Whitney M. Young Jr., School of Social Work and the remaining students that were attending the Atlanta University Centers toward their knowledge and perception of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and medical treatment among adolescents.

This study examines mental health consumers' perceptions of access to and satisfaction with integrated behavioral healthcare services in Metropolitan Atlanta. Seventy-five participants (N=75) were selected for this study, utilizing nonprobability convenience sampling. The consumers were current program participants who received services from Mclntosh Community Behavioral Health facility over the past 24 months. The research employed a 34-item, six-point Likert scale survey questionnaire to solicit the perceptions of program participants. Frequency distribution, cross-tabulation and statistical test of Phi (φ) and chi square were used to analyze the relationships and statistical significance of relationships between the variables. The findings of the study indicated that the majority of mentally ill program participants (97.3%) believed that they were able to gain access to services and a majority (96.0%) were also satisfied with the services they received. Key Terms: Access, Satisfaction, Behavioral Health and Integrated Behavioral Healthcare.

The purpose of this study examined the Atlanta University Center (AUC) student's perception on adolescent's cyberbullying and offensive discourse in cyberspace. This study measured whether or not does social factors such as: classification, major, ethnicity, age, sex, environment, social status, socio-economic, family history, mental health, social organizations, and social interaction/acceptance influence adolescent's cyberbullying and offensive discourse in cyberspace. The planned methodology included a quantitative inquiry on individual surveyors form Clark Atlanta University (CAU) comprising students. Upon completion, the study suggested that there is not a statistical significance amongst the variables tested. This research will be useful to diverse groups and/or professionals universally— those who study cyberbullying, e.g., social workers, psychologist, educators, researchers, clinicians, counselors and parents, and those who are victims of cyberbullying and offensive discourse in cyberspace. Moreover, this research will serve as an asset, and practical instruction for individuals seeking a better understanding of cyberbullying and offensive discourse in cyberspace.

This is an explanatory study of the nontraditional faith-based program factors associated with the successful rehabilitation of ex-felons in the European country of Ukraine. Eighty nine (89) survey participants were selected for the study by The Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations' (or "Embassy of God") Center leadership, utilizing purposive and non-probability convenience sampling amongst former program participants acknowledging experience as a convicted felon. The survey respondents were composed of former ex-felon participants in the Embassy of God Adaptation and Social Rehabilitation Center, who were released from prison prior to February 1, 2009, and have not been rearrested, reconvicted, or returned to prison during the three-year period immediately following their release. The survey questionnaire employed in this study is entitled A Survey of Ex-Felons in the Social Adaptation and Rehabilitation Project which includes a four (4) point Likert scale. The findings of the study indicated that the nontraditional factors of this program significantly contributed to the successful reintegration of 96.5% of the former ex-felon participants surveyed.

The purpose of this research explored the biases and perspectives of hypnotherapy. The study investigated student's perspectives of hypnotherapy from different schools (departments) on the campus of Clark Atlanta University (CAU). The planned methodology included quantitative inquiry on individual surveyors from Clark Atlanta University (CAU) comprising students, professors and/or administrators. Upon completion, the study results indicated that there was no statistical significance amongst the variables tested. This research will be useful to diverse groups and/or professionals universally those who study and utilize psychotherapy, e.g. social workers, physicians, medical doctors, psychologist, neurologist, hypnotist, theorists, researchers, clinicians, and/or counselors. Furthermore, this research will serve as a benefit, and as practical instruction for individuals seeking a better understanding of hypnotherapy and its efficacy as a wholistic psychotherapy treatment practice.

This study explores the disproportionate rate of foster care placements of African American children by the Department and Family Children Services' Child Welfare Case Workers in the State of Georgia. The predictors such as poverty, neglect, previous child protective history, caretaker's behavior and safety conditions are variables that are studied for the purpose of this study. The research study employed a survey questionnaire entitled A Study of Select Factors That Predict Foster Care Placement of African American Children. Items on the Predicting level of Risk Index were responded to on a five point continuum Likert scale. The targeted population for this research was composed of former and current case managers who obtained employment through the DeKalb or Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services. One hundred (100) respondents were selected utilizing nonprobability convenience sampling from among the participants. The findings of the study indicated that the case managers agreed (82%) that they believed that African American children are overrepresented in foster care. In addition, case managers indicated that they agreed (73%) that African American children are disproportionate in foster care.

This study examines the factors that likely contribute to successful placement of foster children in a metropolitan county in Georgia. All subjects of this study are foster children of the Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), DeKalb County. One hundred and twenty-three (123) children 15 years old and above, voluntarily agreed to participate in the study. The study utilized a self-administered foster-child survey. A survey questionnaire was administered in the agency's regularly scheduled group meetings during the months of March and April 2010. The groups' sizes varied between 10-20 youth who averaged 40-minutes to complete the survey. Various studies show neglect is a dominant factor in determining placement of a child in foster care. A diverse range of studies also revealed that foster care children experience multiple types of maltreatment, e.g., neglect, emotional, mental, sexual, or physical abuse, psychosocial disorders, or parental absence, that lead to removal from their home and parents. Thirty-six percent of the survey sample showed child neglect as the biggest factor for the child's placement in foster care, followed by 26% of placements due to multiple forms of maltreatment.

The purpose of the study is to determine in what ways incarceration, undocumented paternity, substance abuse, and parental conflict create barriers to father involvement and family reunification with children in the Georgia foster care system. The study is designed to explore the impact that child welfare workers have on these four major barriers preventing fathers' lack of participation. The participants of the study are social workers and case managers who work with fathers and their children who are in the custody of the Georgia Department of Human Services foster care system. In addition, this study explores ways in which social work practices mandate the importance of reaching out to fathers in every client's case. As well, consideration is given to the historic, cultural and psychosocial barriers that the child welfare system must address in the family reunification process. Furthermore, this study challenges the child welfare system to offer services and make intentional efforts to engage the fathers' participation in all aspects of their child's case including, but not limited to, assessments, medical treatment and family conferences. Finally, this study further advocates a paradigm shift in the culture of the child welfare system to fulfill the goal of foster care, which is family reunification.

This study examined the relationship of the Hip Hop culture on the attitudes of African-American young adults toward marriage, education, and family. The linkages between Hip Hop culture on African-American young adults' attitudes have only recently been studied; much more work remains to improve our understanding of this relationship. The target population for the research was composed of young adults' ages 18-24. One hundred and eleven respondents were selected, utilizing nonprobability convenience sampling from among the participants of the selected Atlanta site for the study. In sum, there was no statistically significant relationship established between Hip Hop culture on the attitudes of African-American young adults toward marriage, education, and family.