National survey of school social workers with three reliability-tested scales¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

An anonymous online Qualtrics survey administered to a national sample of school social workers between November 2019 and June 2020 (N = 517), with 11 open-ended questions yielding 1,738 comments. The instrument included three scales: Social Workers' Extent of Action Scale (16 items, Cronbach's α of .878), Social Workers' Perception of the Impact of Immigration Enforcement Scale (nine items, α of .901), and Social Workers' Perception of Local Support Scale (six items, α of .839). Sampling targeted 67 districts where immigrants represented at least 40% of residents.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Multiple imputation was used to handle missing data for valid scale cases

Constraints¶

• The sample is not representative of all SSWs, and findings are not generalizable per the authors' limitations section

Target Learners¶

• School social workers in immigrant-serving K-12 schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• Understanding SSW perceptions and actions supporting immigrant students

Claims¶

• School social workers perceive immigration enforcement as a daily macro-level force producing fear and trauma among immigrant students and families [+W]
• SSWs perceive meso-level community and school contexts, including 287g programs and ICE activity, as shaping immigrant families' fear and access [+W]
• Some SSWs hold deficit-based racial attitudes, conflating structural constraints with immigrant cultural values and misreading trauma responses [+W]

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Rodriguez, Roth, & Villarreal Sosa. (2022). "Immigration Enforcement Is a Daily Part of Our Students' Lives": School Social Workers' Perceptions of Racialized Nested Contexts of Reception for Immigrant Students. AERA Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584211073170