Evaluation of a Brief Foster Parent/ Case Worker Training to Support Relationship Building Skills and Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth in Care.

LGTBQ+ youth in foster care need unique support and acceptance; however, few case workers and caregivers receive specialized training. To address this, the eLearning was developed. This evaluation assesses whether attitudes and behavioral intentions regarding LGBTQ+ youth improved as a result of this training.

Development and Implementation of a Child Welfare Workforce Strategy to Build a Trauma-Informed System of Support for Foster Care.

Effective strategies that increase the extent to which child welfare professionals engage in trauma-informed case planning are needed. This study evaluated two approaches to increase trauma symptom identification and use of screening results to inform case planning. The first study evaluated the impact of training on trauma-informed screening tools for 44 child welfare professionals who screen all children upon placement into foster care.

Agrobacterium T-DNA mutation causes the loss of GUS expression in transgenic tobacco.

A new freezer stock of an Agrobacterium tumefaciens clone of LBA4404/pBI121, designated 8999, was found to contain a mutation in the T-DNA region. GUS activity in Agrobacterium 8999 was reduced to levels in negative controls of LBA4404. Additionally, GUS activity in T1 seedlings from tobacco plants transformed with 8999 was reduced to that of untransformed plants.