Cohen, Edward

Bio

Edward Cohen received his M.S.W. and Ph.D. in Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley. He has taught research methods (UC Berkeley) courses in managed care (UC Davis) and has provided training to mental health agencies in improving agency performance through the use of data and evaluation. Practice experience includes over 17 years in senior positions as a clinician, administrator, policy planner and consultant in both private and public mental health and social service agencies. Dr. Cohen was Director of the Center for Social Services Research at the University of California at Berkeley prior to joining the faculty at SJSU. He recently served on the editorial board of the journal Research on Social Work Practice.

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles
Cohen, E., & Angeles, J. (2006). School-based prevalence assessment of the need for mental health services: Survey development and pilot study. Research on Social Work Practice, 16, 200-211.

Cohen, E., & Bloom, J. R. (2000). Managed care and service capacity development in a public mental health delivery system. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 28, 63-74.

Cohen, E., Snowden, L. R., Libby, A., & Ma, Y. (2006). The effects of capitation on the duration of outpatient episodes of care for children. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15, 13-26.

Berzin, S. C., Cohen, E., Thomas, K. L., & Dawson, W. (In Press). Does family group decision making affect child welfare outcomes? Findings from a randomized control study. Child Welfare.

Berzin, S. C., Thomas, K. L. & Cohen, E. (2007). Assessing model fidelity in two family group decision-making programs: Is this child welfare intervention being implemented as intended? Journal of Social Service Research, 36, 55-71.

Invited Articles
Cohen, E., Adams, N., Dougherty, R., Clark, J. D., & Taylor, S. (2007). The intersection of transformation and quality in mental health treatment: Implementing the California Learning Collaborative. International Journal of Mental Health, 36(2), 21-35.

Cohen, E. & Canan, L. (2006). Closer to home: Parent mentoring in child welfare. Child Welfare, 75, 867-884.

Thomas, K. L., Cohen, E., & Berrick, J. D. (2003). California's Waiver evaluation of FGDM: A unique opportunity. Protecting Children, 18(1 &2), 52-57.

Thomas, K. L., Berzin, S. C., & Cohen, E. (2005). Fidelity of Family Group Decision-Making: A Content Analysis of Family Conference and Case Plans In a Randomized Treatment Study. Protecting Children, 19(4), 4-16.

Reports
Cohen, E. & Pfeifer, J. (2008). The Costs of incarcerating youth with mental illness: Final report. Sacramento, CA: Chief Probation Officers of California.

Midgley, J. & Cohen, E. (2007). A Strategic Plan to increase the flow of minority, bilingual and culturally competent professional social workers into California's mental health system. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research.

Research in progress or planned
1. A case study evaluation of seven California county mental health agencies participating in a quality improvement collaborative

2. Analysis of the utilization and quality of mental health services provided to California's Healthy Families (low-cost children's insurance program)

3. Post-emancipation youth outcomes in Contra Costa County's child welfare services

4. An analysis of the mental health services provided to youth in juvenile detention facilities

Links

• Blackboard/WebCT login
• Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research
• SJSU Writing Center
• Society for Social Work and Research
• Strategic Plan for a Diverse Social Work Mental Health Workforce
• The Costs of Incarcerating Youth with Mental Illness--Final Report

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