Biography
Research Assistant Professor Julie McCrae received a Phd in social work and MSW (both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) as well as a MA from the University of Colorado.
Dr. McCrae is interested in child and family access to mental health and related services, and training for child welfare workers related to children's mental health. At the University of North Carolina, she worked on the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW). Dr. McCrae is principal investigator of Pennsylvania's developmental and mental health screening initiative, and works closely with the state's Child Welfare Training Program and educational stipend programs.
Selected Funded Research
Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s initiative to screen young children for mental health and developmental concerns following contact with child welfare. Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office of Children, Youth and Families. 2008-2011.
Publications
Scarborough, A., & McCrae, J.S. (in press) and toddlers investigated for maltreatment. Children & Youth Services Review.
McCrae, J.S., Lee, B., Barth, R.P., & Rauktis, M.E. (in press). Comparing three years of well-being outcomes for group residential care and nonkinship foster care. Child Welfare.
McCrae, J.S., & Fusco, R. (in press). Family Group Decision-Making with Africa American and Caucasian families: Referrals, satisfaction, and services. Child and Family Social Work.
McCrae, J.S., Barth, R.P., & Guo, S. (in press). Changes in maltreated children’s emotional behavioral problems following typically provided mental health services. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
McCrae, J.S. (2009). Emotional and behavioral problems reported in child welfare over three years. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 17, 17-28.
Scarborough, A., & McCrae, J.S. (2008). Maltreated infants: Reported eligibility for Part C and later school-age special education services. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 28, 75-89.
Barth, R.P., Guo, S., & McCrae, J.S. (2008). Propensity score matching strategies for evaluating the success of child and family service programs. Research on Social Work Practice, 18, 198-211.
McCrae, J.S., & Barth, R.P. (2008). Using cumulative risk to screen for mental health problems in child welfare. Research on Social Work Practice, 18, 144-159.
McCrae, J.S., Chapman, M.V., & Christ, S.L. (2006). Profile of children investigated for sexual abuse: Association with psychopathology symptoms and services. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76, 468-481.
Chapman, M.V., Gibbons, C.B., Barth, R.P., McCrae, J.S., & the NSCAW Research Group (2003). Parent views of in-home services: What predicts satisfaction with child welfare workers? Child Welfare, 82, 571-596.