Dr. Cara Kelly has her master's and doctoral degrees in social work. Her primary area of work has included child maltreatment prevention and intervention, child welfare risk and safety assessments, child well-being, and outcome measurements for child and family services. Dr. Kelly currently studies risk assessment across child welfare domains, with a specific focus on the application of epidemiological methods to improve the surveillance of child abuse and neglect.
Dr. Kelly is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), whose social work practice includes over 15 years as a practitioner in child welfare services including foster parent licensing and training, family preservation, child abuse and neglect investigations, and hospital pediatric social work. Currently, Dr. Kelly works for the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect at the Children's Bureau in Washington, DC.
Dr. Kelly maintains her Arizona roots through community child welfare efforts including child maltreatment research at Phoenix Children's Hospital, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Consortium, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Prevent Child Abuse Arizona, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and the Infant and Toddler Mental Health Coalition of Arizona (ITMHCA).
Ph.D Social Work MSW Social Work B.I.S. Family Studies & Child Development. Sociology
Courses
2024 Summer
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SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
2024 Spring
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SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
SWG 633 | Child Welfare Policy and Prog |
2023 Fall
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SWU 181 | Econ: Social Issue Perspective |
SWU 182 | Soc Serv Perspective Gov't |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
SWG 633 | Child Welfare Policy and Prog |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWU 181 | Econ: Social Issue Perspective |
SWU 182 | Soc Serv Perspective Gov't |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWU 181 | Econ: Social Issue Perspective |
SWU 181 | Econ: Social Issue Perspective |
SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 633 | Child Welfare Services |
SWU 182 | Soc Serv Perspective Gov't |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
2021 Spring
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SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
SWU 295 | Found of Social Wk Practice |
2020 Fall
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SWG 633 | Child Welfare Services |
SWU 303 | Micro Human Behav Social Envir |
2020 Spring
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SWU 182 | Soc Serv Perspective Gov't |
SWG 519 | Research Methods/Social Work |
2019 Fall
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SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
SWU 394 | Special Topics |
2019 Spring
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SWG 609 | Adv Prac Child Welfare Fam |
SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |