Mailing Information:

Contact Information:

University of Maryland

Phone: (410) 706.3136

School of Social Work

Fax: (410) 706.6046

525 West Redwood Street

E-mail: dharrington@ssw.umaryland.edu

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Room: 508 SOL/SSW Building

Education:

BA, University of Maine at Orono

PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Expertise and Research Interests:

Child Maltreatment and Development 

Relationship Between Maternal Substance Abuse, Parenting, and Child Development

Memberships:

American Psychological Association

Council on Social Work Education

Society for Social Work Research

Recent Publications:

Harrington, D., Zuravin, S., DePanfilis, D., Ting, L., & Dubowitz, H. (2002). The Neglect Scale: Confirmatory factor analysis in a low-income sample. Child Maltreatment, 7, 359-368.

Walker, B. L., & Harrington, D. (2002). Effects of staff training on staff knowledge and attitudes about sexuality. Educational Gerontology, 28, 639-654. 

Harrington, D., Bean, N., Pintello, D., & Mathews, D. (2001). Job satisfaction and burnout: Predictors of intentions to leave a job in a military setting. Administration in Social Work 25 (3), 1-16.

Adams, K. B., Matto, H. C., & Harrington, D. (2001). The Traumatic Stress Institute Belief scale as a measure of vicarious trauma in a national sample of clinical social workers. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 82, 363-371.

Fontanella, C., Harrington, D., & Zuravin, S. J. (2000). Gender differences in the characteristics and outcomes of sexually abused preschoolers. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 9 (2), 21-40.

Dubowitz, H., Black, M. M., Kerr, M. A., Starr, R. H., Jr., & Harrington, D. (2000). Fathers and child neglect. Achives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 154, 135-141.

Harrington, D. (1999). Teaching statistics: A comparison of traditional classroom and programmed instruction/distance learning approaches. Journal of Social Work Education, 35, 343-352.

Loewenberg, F. M., Dolgoff, R., & Harrington, D. (2000). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice (6th edition). Itasca, IL: F. E. Peacock Publishers, Inc.

Nair, P., Schuler, M. E., Black, M. M., Kettinger, L.., & Harrington, D. (2003). Cumulative environmental risk in substance abusing women: Early intervention, parenting stress, child abuse potential and child development. Child Abuse & Neglect, 27, 997-1017.

Schuler, M. E., Nair, P., & Harrington, D. (2003). Developmental outcome of drug-exposed children through 30 months: A comparison of Bayley and Bayley-II. Psychological Assessment, 15, 435-438.

Seventh Edition of Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice, published by Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 2004

Co-authored with UMB SSW Doctoral graduates Jodi Jacobson, Sara Sanders, and Laura Ting, “Prevalence of and Reactions to Fatal and Nonfatal Client Suicidal Behavior: A National Study of Mental Health Social Workers,” published in OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying, 49 (3), 237-248.

Smith, C. A., Cohen-Callow, A., Dia, D. A., Bliss, D. L., Gantt, A., Cornelius, L. J., & Harrington, D. (2006).  Motivation, resources, and support as predictors of perceived change due to continuing professional education.  Journal of Social Work Education.

Lawrence-Webb, C., Feild, T., & Harrington, D. (2006).  Permanency for children: An organizational analysis of first year start-up issues in a child welfare managed care organization.  Children and Youth Services Review, 28, 292-305.

Ting, L., Jacobson, J. M., Sanders, S., Bride, B. E., & Harrington, D. (2005).  The Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS):  Confirmatory factor analyses with a national sample of mental health social workers.  Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 11, 177-194.

Jacobson, J. M., Ting, L., Sanders, S., & Harrington, D. (2004).  Prevalence of and reactions to fatal and nonfatal client suicidal behavior: A national study of mental health social workers. OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying, 49(3), 237-248.

Dolgoff, R., Loewenberg, F., & Harrington, D. (2005).  Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice (7^th ed.) – Chinese Translation Edition.  Thomson Learning Asia.

Dolgoff, R., Loewenberg, F., & Harrington, D. (2005).  Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice (7^th ed.).  Belmont, CA:  Brooks/Cole.