Education
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
- MPA, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- MA, Yerevan State University
Areas of Expertise
- Child Welfare and Child Protection in Developing Countries
- Multidisciplinary Practices in Child Protection
- Program Evaluation
- Practice-Based Research
Courses Include
- Social Policy
- Research Methods
- International Social Work Policy
- Social Work Administration
Current Scholarship
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Lalayants, M. (forthcoming). Parent engagement in child safety conferences: The role of parent representatives. Child Welfare.
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Lalayants, M. (2013). Differential program evaluation model in child protection. Child Welfare, 91(4), 9-40.
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Lalayants, M., Epstein, I., & Adamy, D. (2011). Multidisciplinary consultation in child protection: A clinical data-mining evaluation. International Journal of Social Welfare, 20(2), 156-166.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2397.2010.00741.x/abstract -
Tripodi, T., & Lalayants, M. (2008). Research overview. In T. Mizrahi & L.E. Davis (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th Ed. (pp. 512-520). NY: Oxford University Press.
http://www.naswpress.org/publications/reference/encyclopedia.html -
Lalayants, M. (2008). Bridging disciplines in child protection: Guidelines for successful collaboration. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 2(5), 147-155.
http://iji.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.88/prod.372
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