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              Contact School of Social Work
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Spring 2008
Connecting with North Carolina
Focusing on our School’s
public service and
engagement
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his issue of Contact focuses on our
School’s public service and engagement
in North Carolina. Engagement is one
of the core components of UNC- Chapel Hill’s
current academic plan. Through its teaching,
research and public service, Carolina connects
with the people of our state every day in ways
that improve lives and build futures.
The fact is, everything we do here at the
School of Social Work is connected to our
state in some way. We’ve selected several key
initiatives to highlight in this issue.
The School Success Profile ( SSP) is a
comprehensive assessment tool for promot-ing
academic performance and closing the
achievement gap that was developed by Gary
Bowen and me. Gary has implemented the
always improving versions of the SSP at the
Durham Nativity School, and recently attract-ed
a delegation of educators from Romania
who want to test the School Success Profile in
their country.
Also benefiting the state’s schoolchildren
is the CareerStart program, led by Dennis
Orthner. CareerStart enriches the existing
middle school curriculum by giving teach-ers
creative ways to illustrate how a student’s
school work applies to everyday jobs and life.
Another innovative endeavor at the
School is our participation in the Institute for
Sustainable Development here in Chapel Hill,
championed by Gary Nelson. This university-community
joint venture helps influence
research, policy and practices in sustainable
development. How does this apply to social
work? Sustainable development is more than
just recycling and “ building green.” It also ap-plies
to building social equity— living wages,
accessible health care and affordable housing.
The School has always placed great
importance on strengthening families. The
Jordan Institute was created 12 years ago for
this purpose. Anne Jones’ Strong Couples-
Strong Children Program has been underway
for a year in Durham, with remarkable results
in helping fragile families stay together.
In addition to educating master’s and
doctoral students, the School is active in
providing continuing education opportunities
for social work professionals. For 21 years,
the School has collaborated with the North
Carolina Area Health Education Center
( NCAHEC), which offers training statewide.
Last year, NCAHEC conducted 520 hours
of continuing education programs in mental
health, substance abuse, and developmental
disabilities to more than 2,500 participants.
Another way the School is here for North
Carolina social work providers is by con-necting
them to resources. The Family and
Children’s Resource Program and the Center
for Aging Research and Educational Services
( CARES) are prime examples of this.
Through our field education, our School
also serves the citizens and communities of
North Carolina. Not only does field place-ment
provide students valuable experience,
agencies across the state and the clients they
serve benefit enormously from our students’
work and service.
Turning now to School news, we have
many reasons to celebrate here.
U. S. News & World Report’s annual list
of “ America’s Best Graduate Schools” is out
and once again, the UNC- Chapel Hill School
of Social Work is ranked among the top 10
schools of social work in the United States.
UNC- Chapel Hill has wrapped up its
eight- year fundraising “ Carolina First” cam-paign,
raising a record $ 21.3 billion. As part
of this campaign, the School of Social Work
raised $ 21.3 million, exceeding our goal.
These funds enable the School to create three
new endowed professorships and 14 new
scholarships. Thank you to our donors for
their profound generosity and dedication to
the School.
The Armfield- Reeves Innovations Fund
was established this year, enabling faculty and
student researchers to engage in innovative
community- based projects. Recently, we
awarded the first grants to seven School of So-cial
Work faculty members and one doctoral
student. Their novel projects will potentially
lead to successful practice innovation.
Here at the School of Social Work, in-novation
isn’t limited to research projects. We
have several exciting initiatives in the works,
including a new curriculum and the develop-ment
of online courses.
Our faculty, staff and students are proud
of our service to the state. We address issues
that North Carolinians are concerned about
and work toward solving problems facing
communities both in and outside of North
Carolina.
People at the School are making a differ-ence
and we celebrate their achievements. As
always, I am thankful for your support and
guidance and pledge our continued commit-ment
to improving the lives of individuals,
families and communities in North Carolina
and beyond.
From the Dean...
Jack M. Richman
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Focus on North Carolina Public Service and Engagement
Strong Couples- Strong Children program helps fragile families • 4
School partners with community to promote sustainable development • 5
School Success Profile delivers results at the Durham Nativity School • 6
CareerStart program helps middle school students succeed • 7
UNC and NCAHEC partner to train state’s mental health professionals • 8
Students, agencies and clients benefit from field placements • 9
Helping the state’s young and old • 10
Jordan Institute helps strengthen North Carolina families • 11
Doctoral students’ research projects benefit North Carolinians • 12
New study shines light on depression in pregnant teens • 13
School News
Faculty spotlight • 14
Mark Fraser given Distinguished Achievement Award • 16
Innovative new curriculum to debut this fall • 16
Winston- Salem Distance Ed MSW students graduate • 16
Florence Soltys honored posthumously with award • 17
Celebrity helps spotlight sex trafficking issue • 17
Career Day connects students with recruiters • 17
Clinical Lecture Series • 17
Students and faculty spend spring break rebuilding in Mississippi and Honduras • 18
2007 Academic Annual Report • 20
Students receive fellowships to pursue summer projects • 28
Greeson named Outstanding Doctoral Student • 29
Alumni and Development News
MSW and doctoral student awards • 28
School raises $ 21.3 million with Carolina First campaign • 29
School awards grants from the Armfield- Reeves Innovations Fund • 30
Three join the School’s board of advisors • 30
Retired social worker gives $ 1.4 million to establish professorship, spotlight poverty issues • 31
Alumni update • 32
Alumni president’s letter • 34
Alumni events pictorial • 35
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“ The scholarship of engagement
means connecting the rich resources
of the university to our most pressing
social, civic and ethical problems.”
- Ernest L. Boyer
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tudies show that children from single- parent households are
more likely to live in poverty and are at greater risk for problems
affecting their health, cognitive development and behavioral
and academic success. But in North Carolina, a UNC School of Social
Work program geared toward strengthening the relationships of un-married,
low- income parents could reverse those trends.
Strong Couples- Strong Children is a five- year, federally- funded
initiative aimed at creating healthy relationships in fragile families by
teaching communication, problem- solving and conflict management
skills. Couples also receive in- home family support services and are
linked to resources such as job training, community college and other
educational options and affordable housing.
“ Everybody needs basic communication skills to successfully
negotiate a relationship,” said Anne Jones, a School clinical associate
professor and the project’s lead investigator. Jones received a grant of
nearly $ 2.5 million to fund the study.
Two Durham County agencies— Public Health and Cooperative
Extension Services— partnered with the School and recruited nine
couples for two pilot classes, including one targeting Hispanic couples.
A second wave of couples recently completed a series of classes and
two more groups started sessions in April.
The project is for unmarried couples who are expecting a baby or
have a child under three months old. Participants attend classes for 12
weeks. Meals, childcare and transportation are provided. In addition to
discussing better ways to communicate, couples also talk about topics
such as building trust, forgiveness, commitment and money manage-ment.
In between sessions, the family care coordinator makes home
visits to help reinforce what the couples are learning in the classroom.
The birth of a child can be stressful for most couples and more so
for those facing financial, educational and other challenges. Statistics
show that more than one- third of unmarried, low- income couples
break up within the first year after their child is born. Still, Strong
Couples- Strong Children recognizes that these parents generally have
high hopes for their future together, Jones said.
“ We want to help couples work on skills together that will help
build stable and healthy relationships,” she said. “ We’re not just trying
to put a Band- Aid on the problem. We’re trying to help families envi-sion
and build a better future together. We know that a steady income,
marriage, and education are strong factors in reducing poverty. “
Jones hopes to have several hundred unwed couples complete the
program over five years. So far, feedback has been positive.
“ We like the program and try to use the skills we learned when we
are upset with each other,” commented one couple, ages 20 and 22.
“ We love that this came along to help us through some troubling
times,” said another couple, ages 31 and 25. “ We are learning better
ways to communicate and that we need to stick together in order to
better understand each other.”
Perhaps even more encouraging— all of the couples from the pilot
classes are still together, Jones said.
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Strong Couples- Strong Children program helps
fragile families stay together By Susan White
Participants celebrate their completion of the Strong Couples- Strong Children
classes at a reception in Durham. Photos by Michelle Bertuglia- Haley.
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hen you see the word,“ sustainability” you most likely think of environmental preservation and eco- friendly phrases such as “ reduce,
reuse and recycle” and “ building green.” But did you know that it also applies to living wages, accessible health care and affordable
housing? At UNC’s School of Social Work, students and faculty have long understood the value of building social equity. Now, they
are helping to educate others.
Last fall, the School joined the Foundation for a Sustainable Community and its umbrella partner, the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of
Commerce, to create a joint venture to help influence research, policy and practices in sustainable devel-opment.
The collaboration, known as the Institute for Sustainable Development, brings together busi-nesses,
educational experts and private investors to promote the importance of investing in resources
that advance the triple bottom line: environmental stewardship, social equity
and economic prosperity.
“ You can’t do one without the other,” said Gary Nelson, a School profes-sor
and an institute founding member. “ Unless you invest in all three,
you’re going to come up short.”
The institute’s partners include other
heavy- hitters, such as UNC’s Center for Global
Initiatives, the Duke Center for International
Development, the Fenwick Foundation and
North Carolina Central University. They, along
with the School of Social Work, are using their
resources and expertise to foster sustainable
development and business practices that meet the needs of the pres-ent
generation without compromising the needs of the next.
Long- term, that means communities that are healthier and safer, economically viable
and more desirable places to live, Nelson said. The institute encourages these efforts through
networking events, seminars and workshops that connect students and faculty to businesses and
groups involved in sustainable activities.
A survey for measuring a community’s sustainability attitudes and practices is also being
developed. The assessment encourages businesses to take a closer look at what they are doing
to preserve water, air quality and fossil fuel. But the survey also examines a community’s social
responsibilities, evaluating, for example, whether businesses offer employees a living wage, paid
leave for volunteer work and opportunities for professional advancement.
“ If we don’t make investments in social equity, we will not be able to compete successfully in a
global economy,” Nelson said.
Graduate students from Nelson’s sustainable development class discussed the survey during
an April meeting with the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and the Foundation for a
Sustainable Community. Businesses that invest in the environment and economy can also invest in
their employees and community through the practice of “ reciprocal equity,” said Lisa Stifler, a
UNC law and social work graduate student who co- authored the survey report.
“ Reciprocal equity asks, ‘ How do you invest in your employees? How
do your employees invest in you? How do you invest in the community
and how does the community invest in you?’“
The survey will be piloted in several counties, including Orange, and is
expected to go out in early summer 2008.
School of Social Work partners with community
to promote sustainable development
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School Success Profile delivers results at the
Durham Nativity School By Susan White
he sixth- grade boys at Durham Nativity School were eager to
impress their Romanian visitors. Dressed in crisp blue shirts,
khakis and black leather shoes, the students stood one by one
to share what they knew about the delegation’s home country.
“ I learned what the Romanian flag looks like,” offered Jose Marti-nez.
“ It’s divided into three colors— blue, yellow and red.”
“ Excellent!” the visiting educators responded.
For the students, it was a chance to show
what they’re learning in the classroom. For the
delegation, it was an opportunity to see what
academic success looks like at the private middle
school, which serves sixth- through eighth- grade
boys from low- income families. Part of that
success, Durham educators say, can be attrib-uted
to results from the School of Social Work’s
School Success Profile ( SSP), an assessment tool
that Durham Nativity has used to identify and
address students’ needs. The visiting delega-tion
plans to model the program to enhance student achievement in
Romania.
“ It’s helped us to develop a learning environment that’s conducive
to our students,” said Ingrid Medlock, Durham Nativity principal.
Gary Bowen, Kenan Distinguished Professor at UNC’s School of
Social Work, and Dean Jack Richman developed the success profile.
The survey has been helping educators nationwide since 1991 to iden-tify
barriers to learning, mainly among at- risk youth. A similar evalua-tion
was recently created for elementary schools and is being tested in
three elementary schools in the Chapel Hill- Carrboro school district.
The Romanian delegation, including members from four universi-ties
and two non- government agencies, arrived in Chapel Hill March
29 for a five- day intensive workshop on the SSP. The research team,
led by Professor Maria Roth from Babes- Bolyai University in Cluj,
Romania, plans to pilot test a Romanian and Hungarian version of the
survey in urban and rural schools. The educators also plan to develop
a national center to provide evaluation services and intervention ideas
to improve student performance. Long- term, they want to enhance
school social work services in Romania and in turn, the overall success
of children, schools, families and communities.
Bowen arranged for the group’s tour of Durham Nativity, which
used the SSP for the first time this year. Unlike most traditional
schools, Durham Nativity offers more individual attention from teach-ers
because classes are small. The learning day is also longer. The 22
enrolled students— capacity will eventually top out at 45 children—
receive tutoring and homework help after school and must participate
in community service.
But Durham educators suspected more could be done to raise aca-demic
performances. So, at the beginning of the school year, students
completed a detailed SSP survey, answering questions about their
support system at home, self confidence, school behavior and general
well- being. Parents, school faculty and staff completed a similar survey.
The SSP helps teachers understand how issues such as neighbor-hood
crime, parental involvement and peer pressure affect academic
performance, Bowen said. Once teachers see what their students face
outside the classroom, they are better prepared to support the youth
with solutions that work, he said.
Creativity is often called for, Medlock said. In one class at the
Durham school, for example, a teacher incorporated baseball batting
averages and player salaries into math lessons. Another used a game of
football toss to encourage students to answer history questions on the
Great Depression, the New Deal and slave narratives.
Many children are visual or auditory learners and by teaching to
those strengths, the greater chance they will succeed, Medlock said. “ It
gives them incentives,” she said. “ These boys have told us that they en-joy
having a relationship with their teachers, but in the public schools,
they didn’t have a teacher who taught them in way that they could
learn.”
Academically, the school has already seen positive results, espe-cially
among sixth- graders, Medlock said. Some students who were
performing below grade level are now achieving at grade level or
above. She expects others to follow.
As an all- male school, Durham Nativity is meeting another need,
Medlock said. “ Boys are the focus because traditionally in our culture,
men are head of the household,” she said. “ We’re trying to teach them
how to become great leaders not just in the home, but in the commu-nity.”
UNC’s collaboration with the school, including the continuing
work on the School Success Profile, also serves a broader purpose,
Bowen said. “ The invitation to become a partner in the Durham Nativ-ity
School’s initiative is consistent with the School of Social Work’s
mission to provide leadership in addressing social problems,” he said.
That commitment is opening the students’ eyes to worlds most
would probably never encounter, Medlock said. Like the chance to
meet and interview a dozen educators from Romania. The brief en-counter
in April gave Joshua Bratcher at least one idea about life after
high school.
“ I learned that most students pay for college themselves because it
only costs about $ 1,000 a year,” he said. “ So if I want to go to college in
Romania, it wouldn’t cost me as much as it would in the U. S.”
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Contact | UNC Members of the Romanian delegation talk with students at the Durham
Nativity School in March
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CareerStart program helps middle school
students succeed By Susan White
elping middle school students understand that what they are
learning truly relates to the real world— especially the work-ing
world— can be challenging. Just ask any educator who
has ever faced the common classroom plea: “ Why do I need to know
this? It’s not like I’m going to use it later anyway!”
Changing that mindset is critical and since 2005, UNC faculty
have been helping North Carolina’s teachers do just that.
CareerStart, a program led by Dennis
Orthner with the School of Social Work, was
designed to increase student interest in school,
boost test performance and reduce dropout
rates. Patrick Akos, an associate professor of
School Counseling in the School of Education,
co- directs the program.
CareerStart launched three years ago in
Winston- Salem/ Forsyth County Schools with
funding from the U. S. Department of Justice. The
program, now supported by the U. S. Department
of Labor and the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in Winston- Salem,
focuses on the core courses of math, language arts, science and social
studies. It has expanded to other school districts in the state and now
serves more than 12,000 students.
CareerStart enriches the existing curriculum by giving teach-ers
creative ways to illustrate how a student’s school work applies to
everyday jobs and life. Take a math lesson on decimals, for example.
Whether a race car mechanic fine- tuning an engine or a nurse cal-culating
the dosage for a medication, one must grasp how decimals
work, said Orthner, the associate director for Policy Development and
Analysis at the Jordan Institute for Families.
“ CareerStart really is about relevance,” he said. “ It’s about trying
to help the classroom teacher explain their content in such a way that
students can tie it to a world that they are interested in.”
The program has shown “ a lot of promise” in getting kids to think dif-ferently,
said Don Martin, superintendent of Winston- Salem/ Forsyth
County Schools.
“ CareerStart is not about choosing a career in middle school,”
Martin said. “ It’s about acquainting you with a whole smorgasbord of
what’s out there.”
Keeping kids, especially those in middle school, interested in any-thing
academic can be challenging. Studies have shown that a growing
number of students are performing poorly because they lack motiva-tion.
According to UNC research, students who lose interest in the
classroom by the sixth, seventh and eighth grades will not likely suc-ceed
in high school. In North Carolina, only 69 percent of students
complete high school in four years. Among children from lower-income
families, fewer than half graduate within the same time period.
Without the skills to compete in today’s job market, young adults
are at risk for poverty, unemployment, delinquency, crime and addic-tions,
Orthner said. Such problems can create a heavy burden for all
taxpayers, he added.
“ If you take the 15 to 20 percent who are under- educated and
under- skilled, these people have become such a significant drag on the
economy,” he said. “ A student who drops out today can become a state
and national liability.”
Long- term, CareerStart and UNC hope to help schools turn these
trends around. Some positive results are already happening.
Since the program began, nearly 6,500 students in the
Winston- Salem/ Forsyth County school system have been
tracked. Of the seventh- graders surveyed, at least one quar-ter
of them said all of their teachers used career examples
in their lessons. As a result, more than half said they looked
forward to learning new things and going to school.
Findings have also shown that students feel more con-nected
to their schools and their peers, value what they are learning
and view school as a place that will help them become successful.
Because of their exposure to CareerStart lessons, some middle school
students said they also were more interested in exploring job oppor-tunities.
Early data has also indicated modest improvements on end- of-grade
math test scores, mainly among girls from low- income families.
No effects have been shown as yet on reading scores.
But a study of the program’s impact is ongoing. Orthner eventu-ally
hopes to learn more about how CareerStart has affected students’
attitudes about school and their desires to further their education or
job skills.
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Dennis Orthner
CareerStart enriches the existing curriculum
by giving teachers creative ways to illustrate
how a student’s school work applies to
everyday jobs and life.
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UNC and NCAHEC collaborate to train state’s
mental health professionals By Sherry Mergner
or more than two decades, UNC’s School of Social Work has
collaborated with the North Carolina Area Health Education
Centers Program ( NCAHEC) to meet the educational and
career needs of the state’s mental health professionals.
The late Dr. Eugene S. Mayer, director of the state’s AHEC from
1978 to 1994, fiercely advocated for strong interdisciplinary programs
and long saw the School as a resource for the mental health workforce.
In 1987, the partnership became the first in the nation between an
AHEC and a school of social work. It remains a
“ unique and important program,” because UNC
faculty provide “ cutting- edge knowledge” to
health professionals across North Carolina, said
School Dean Jack Richman.
“ This 21- year collaboration continues to
bring researchers and practitioners together to
reach our mutual goal of providing more effec-tive
service to the people of our state,” he said.
From the beginning, UNC faculty have
provided valuable leadership, said Thomas J.
Bacon, current director of the NCAHEC. “ I can’t
say enough about the quality of their teaching, their responsiveness to
requests for assistance and most of all, their commitment to improved
services for people with mental illness in the state,” Bacon said.
The partnership’s backbone was established shortly after NCAHEC
received funding to bring educational services, training programs and
information services to state mental health facilities. Previously, the
program had mainly formed alliances with health science schools,
health care agencies and professional health care organizations to ad-dress
the primary needs of the state.
In the early days, the late Florence Soltys, a professor and the first
NCAHEC liaison for the School, fought to keep up with the explod-ing
demand for centers- based mental health training. That demand
expanded to requests for other services within the School of Social
Work, strengthening the partnership. As a result, by 1990 UNC faculty
were collaborating with NCAHEC to provide training and service
programs in aging and in family and children’s research. Many of
these collaborations continue today, including through the Center for
Aging Research and Educational Services ( CARES), the Family and
Children’s Resource Program, the N. C. Clearinghouse on Family and
Children Well- being and the Behavioral Healthcare Resource Program
( BHRP)— all projects within the Jordan Institute for Families.
“ I know of no better example of engaged scholarship than the
AHEC program, whereby the School of Social Work faculty provide
research- based training to professionals in the field and, in turn, hear
ideas which inform their own research,” said Nancy Dickinson, execu-tive
director of the Jordan Institute.
By taking the School’s programs and expertise into communities,
field professionals also get to take advantage of education and training
opportunities that they might not otherwise have. For example, the
advanced standing distance education program that existed in Fayette-ville
from 2000 to 2006 allowed participants to “ live and work in their
communities,” said Karen Stallings, associate director for program
activities at NCAHEC. Such opportunities make “ all the difference for
their families, their practices and their clients,” Stallings said.
The continuing commitment of the School’s faculty, adjunct
faculty, field instructors and Ph. D. students to the NCAHECs is further
illustrated by the 520 hours of continuing education programs in
mental health, substance abuse and developmental disabilities that
were offered to more than 2,500 participants last year. A listing of the
continuing education programs offered to the NCAHECs can be found
on the School’s Web site at http:// ssw. unc. edu/ jif/ ahec/.
The School has also responded to those needing to fulfill the ethics
requirement of the state’s social work certification and licensing board.
Last year, faculty and consultants teamed with NCAHEC to lead nearly
600 people attending 14 ethics workshops. NCAHEC has been instru-mental
in providing valuable forums to discuss ethical dilemmas, said
Kim Strom- Gottfried, Smith B. Theimann Distinguished Professor of
Ethics and Professional Practice. “ It is an emotionally- loaded subject
and there is great demand for these trainings,” she said.
Additionally, NCAHEC has subsidized faculty honorarium and
travel for the crisis intervention in behavioral health care curriculum
and assisted in the development of the School’s certificate program in
substance abuse studies.
More recently, BHRP partnered with four of NCAHECs regional
sites for a 26- session training series to prepare nearly 200 professionals
seeking substance abuse licensure or state certification. Both are criti-cally
needed, especially for workers in rural areas, said Cynthia “ Syd”
Wiford, an assistant clinical professor and BHRP coordinator.
The faculty at UNC’s School of Social Work are a “ rich source of
knowledge and expertise,” and remain committed to addressing the
health care and mental health needs of communities, said Sherry
Mergner, a clinical assistant professor and the school’s NCAHEC
liaison for more than 10 years.
The school’s outreach education has been “ a wonderful service to
the people of North Carolina,” Stallings added.
“ It is impressive that while faculty with the School of Social Work
have gained national and international distinction for their research
and scholarly successes, they have never wavered in their commitment
to educate mental health professionals serving our North Carolina
communities.”
Andy Berner, communications specialist with NCAHEC, contributed to this
article.
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very year, government departments, nonprofit groups and
other agencies in North Carolina partner with UNC’s School
of Social Work to offer internships to MSW students, exposing
them to numerous career possibilities and challenges. For many, the
experience is a first in working with older adults, children and families,
or individuals served within the mental health system.
Ultimately, these field education opportunities
are integral to a students’ whole education, said
Rebecca Brigham, director of the School’s field
education program.
“ Field placements help students to develop
and practice the knowledge and skills they
learn in the classroom in real world situations,”
Brigham said. “ Internships help students to
bring classroom learning into the field to create a
whole picture of the profession.”
In turn, the students help keep employers
current on the latest studies and research in the
social work field and provide a ready workforce
for agencies looking for experienced employees.
That need has grown especially acute for organi-zations
that mainly serve Hispanic clients. Some
of the School’s bilingual students have helped fill
that gap. Alexandra Brandt was among them
this year.
In her first year of the School’s MSW pro-gram,
Brandt was assigned to the Orange Coun-ty
Head Start and Early Head Start program. The
agency serves 180 children under the age of five,
more than half of whom are Spanish speakers. Eight years ago, fewer
than 10 of the program’s enrolled children were Hispanic.
Though almost a third of the agency’s 43 employees are bilingual,
retaining such well- qualified workers is not easy, partly because of the
amount of documentation that must be completed in two languages,
said Ennis Baker, early childhood manager and mental health special-ist
at the Orange County agency. But Brandt, who grew up learning
Spanish in California, jumped quickly into her new role, Baker said.
For most of the year, she worked closely with families enrolled in
a program that targets stay- at- home pregnant women and parents of
children up to age three. The program offers family support, parent
education and parent- child activities in the home so that the parents
can better prepare their children for elementary school.
As a Spanish- speaker, Brandt found it easier to assess and com-municate
a family’s needs. Sometimes, the solutions were simple, like
helping a mother with limited English gain the confidence she needed
to call in a prescription refill for her son. Brandt practiced the conver-sation
with the mother, even preparing a script for her that she could
reference if necessary.
Other problems were more complex. Many families, Brandt said,
were grappling with intense isolation and stress. “ They struggle with
feeling unwanted and a fear that they could be deported at any time,”
she said. “ But they also want to raise their kids and give them the best
opportunity they can.”
Baker, who is not bilingual, valued Brandt’s experience and occa-sionally
called on her to act on Baker’s behalf during home visits with
clients. If Baker accompanied staff to check on a family’s progress, a
translator would be needed. But Brandt bridged that gap, serving as
“ another pair of eyes,” Baker said. In one visit, a mother admitted to
Brandt that she was using physical punishment with her children and
wondered if there was a better way to discipline. Brandt discussed
other alternatives with her.
“ I think that conversation probably would have gone differently if
it had been translated,” Baker said.
Long term, Brandt hopes to one day work for a school system or
nonprofit. During their first year in field education, MSW students are
exposed to many organizations to give them a broad look at avail-able
social work careers. In their second year, they are matched more
closely with agencies within the field of practice they are interested in.
Students must also decide if they want to continue working directly
with clients or pursue careers in program development or research,
working on behalf of agencies, organizations and communities.
The internships are a great training ground for students, but the
men and women also revitalize tenured social workers. Such rewards
are one of the main reasons why Baker said she’s happy to partner with
the School’s field education program.
“ For me professionally, it’s rejuvenating,” she said. “ To hear the
students’ focus on ethics, diversity, family well- being and mental
health— it’s good to have a student who can anchor me to that.”
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Students, agencies and the clients they serve
benefit from School’s field placements By Susan White
Rebecca Brigham
Alexandra Brandt
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NC’s School of Social Work serves as a valuable connector to
North Carolina’s communities. Faculty and staff link social
work providers to resources that help children lead happier,
healthier lives and programs that improve the long- term care and qual-ity
of life for older adults.
Those efforts continued this year with the launch of a new Web
site designed to strengthen families, while the number of certified
senior centers in the state increased thanks to a partnership between a
School- based aging center and the North Caro-lina
Division of Aging and Adult Services.
In April, the Family and Children’s Resource
Program— a child welfare support organiza-tion
within the Jordan Institute for Families—
launched the North Carolina Clearinghouse on
Family and Child Well- being, ( www. clearing-housenc.
org). The Web site was created with a
grant from the Governor’s Crime Commission
and connects individuals and state agencies
such as schools, courts and human services,
with training opportunities and information to
prevent and respond to child maltreatment and
family violence.
“ Before, there were 20 different places one
had to look to find available training,” said Cathy
Purvis, advisory committee member and direc-tor
of Children’s Advocacy Centers of North
Carolina. “ Now there is a centralized source for
this information.”
The Web site features a searchable calendar
of training opportunities for the general public
and professionals. Users can find courses on subjects such as autism
and domestic violence prevention as well as relevant publications,
agencies, community groups and links to state Web sites and databases
on children and families.
“ We hope information from the Clearinghouse will add to com-munity
conversations about how to make a meaningful difference in
the lives of children and families,” said Tiffany Price, the project coor-dinator
for the site and a clinical instructor and education specialist
with the School’s Family and Children’s Resource
Program.
Faculty and staff within the
Center for Aging Research and
Educational Services ( CARES)
are equally concerned about
improving the lives of North
Carolinians— specifically seniors—
and they provide professional
development to people who work
with older adults. Among other
projects, CARES also works with
senior centers, which serve as
community focal points, offering educational, recreational and health-promoting
activities to older adults and their families.
“ Active senior center participants not only volunteer to help within
the center but do everything from delivering meals to people who
are homebound to mentoring children,” said Mary Anne Salmon,
a CARES research specialist and clinical associate professor at the
School of Social Work. “ I am particularly touched when I hear the far
too common stories from widows and widowers who tell me that they
had become isolated and depressed after losing a spouse. But through
the senior center, they found not only an end to their loneliness but
reasons to get up in the morning.”
In 1999, CARES assisted the Division of Aging and Adult Services,
aging services professionals, consumers and others in creating a vol-untary
certification process to improve the state’s 149 full- time senior
centers. To find a senior center, go to www. ncdhhs. gov/ aging/ scenters/
sccty. htm.
The certification helped set a high standard for the centers, ensur-ing
that they all have adequate space and provide services, such as
health screenings, fitness and health promotion, insurance counseling,
tax counseling and preparation, and legal assistance. CARES and the
state division consult with centers, review applications for certification
and conduct site visits.
“ We’ve approached the certification process as a learning oppor-tunity,”
said School professor Gary Nelson, who established CARES
in 1987. Nelson also serves as the Jordan Institute’s associate director
for program development and training initiatives. “ We’re helping to
improve what they’re doing.”
Another four centers were certified recently, bringing the state
total to 62.
CARES is currently using an online survey to assess how the
centers have changed since the certification process began. A similar
survey was completed in 2002. With more than 1 million adults, age
65 and older, now living in the state and a population shift expected
within the next two decades, there will be an increasing need to serve
seniors. According to a report from the state Department of Health
and Human Services, by the year 2030, 75 of the state’s 100 counties are
projected to have more people age 60 and older than people age 17 and
younger.
CARES will continue to work closely with state
agencies and city and county centers to ensure
that today’s seniors and tomorrow’s maintain
self- sufficiency, get quality health care if they
need it and lead productive lives, Nelson
said.
Family and Children’s Resource Program and
CARES help state’s young and old By Susan White
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Tiffany Price
Mary Ann Salmon
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or 12 years, the Jordan Institute for Families has invested in a
clear vision: To strengthen families and engage communities by
serving as the research, training, and technical assistance arm of
the School of Social Work. By partnering with foundations, state and
national human services systems, as well as community programs, the
staff and faculty of the Jordan Institute have been instrumental in shap-ing
policies in North Carolina, nationally and abroad. Moreover, the
institute has addressed North Carolina’s needs, concerns and priorities
by creating programs in all 100 counties that help families become
healthy and maintain stability. To see a list of
programs in your county, go to: ssw. unc. edu/ jif/
commeng_ index. htm.
The Rural Success Project and the Child Wel-fare
Staff Recruitment and Retention Project are
two programs that illustrate the Jordan Institute’s
ongoing engagement with the state.
The Rural Success Project began in 2003 and
attempts to identify and share the strategies rural
communities are using to protect children and
help families succeed. Fourteen counties and the
Eastern Band of the Cherokee are participating in the program, which
is funded by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Preliminary results show that these rural and remote counties have
achieved child welfare outcomes that are just as good as and some-times
better than their metropolitan counterparts.
This project relies on the approach of “ appreciative inquiry,” or
the idea of building on what already works, rather than trying to fix
what’s wrong. The project applies this thought by putting a human face
on the success stories in the state’s rural communities. It explores the
multifaceted system of child welfare through the eyes of clients and the
workers who serve them.
Over the years, participants from each of the project’s counties
have shared numerous stories on how their child welfare agencies
operate, including one family’s adoption of a large sibling group of
children. Others have discussed the loss of a child and efforts made
to reunite the families. These stories are used to develop and enhance
training for social services workers and supervisors in rural communi-ties.
The information is also used to galvanize communities around the
tasks of achieving child safety, permanence and well- being.
This engagement process has given social workers and clients the
opportunity to reflect on their successes and challenges. Participants
have also learned more about their communities and have helped to
educate project staff and researchers. Through the collaboration, they
have developed ownership of the research and pride in their successful
outcomes.
For more on the Rural Success Project, please see:
www. ruralsuccess. org.
The Child Welfare Staff Recruitment and Retention Project began
as an effort to stem the loss locally and nationally of qualified child
welfare workers. In North Carolina, 44 percent of workers, on average,
will leave the field annually, with many making the decision based on
low pay, a growing concern about workforce safety and the general
negative image of child welfare employment.
The project, which is funded by the U. S. Children’s Bureau,
identifies strategies that will promote the recruitment, selection, and
retention of expert and committed workers— those who understand
the nature of the job and who embrace its challenges and opportuni-ties.
Seventeen North Carolina counties are participating as project
intervention counties, and their outcomes will be compared with 17
control counties.
The project has already produced a DVD to assist departments of
social services in recruitment. Entitled “ An Invitation to Choose: A
Realistic Job Preview of North Carolina Child Welfare Work,” the DVD
addresses unrealistic career expectations a potential job applicant may
have.
According to 2005- 06 research from 33 North Carolina coun-ties,
child welfare workers who had an unrealistic understanding of
their jobs were more likely to leave than workers who had realistic job
expectations. The DVD attempts to identify critical issues and answer
prospective employee questions. The goal is to balance the challenges
with the fulfilling aspects of the job.
Visit http:// ssw. unc. edu/ jif/ rr for more information.
Jordan Institute helps strengthen North Carolina
families By Nancy S. Dickinson
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Doctoral students’ research projects benefit
North Carolinians By Susan White
At the School of Social Work, our doctoral students are completing a
variety of research projects designed to assist and strengthen North
Carolina agencies and communities and to improve the overall well-being
of all families.
Rachel Foster: helping prevent child abuse and neglect
Studies have shown that adults who were abused as children
are at risk of becoming abusers themselves. But what about other
possible factors? Could growing up in a single- parent home or hav-ing
a history of depression also lead to child maltreatment? And if
these risks are known, could child abuse and neglect be prevented?
Rachel Foster, a third- year doctoral student, is attempting to
answer those questions through her work with the research consor-tium
Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect ( LONGSCAN).
Foster is a licensed clinical social worker in the Air Force and was
given permission by the consortium to use LONGSCAN data for her
dissertation after receiving a scholarship from the Air Force Institute
of Technology.
LONGSCAN was established with grants from the National
Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and has operated through a co-ordinating
center at UNC since 1990. It has satellite sites in Chicago,
Baltimore, San Diego and Seattle, each of which is conducting sepa-rate
research projects that look for the common causes and impacts
of child maltreatment.
In North Carolina, researchers with LONGSCAN examine the
extent to which family stress and social support predict child abuse
and neglect as well as subsequent child outcomes such as school
failure, adolescent pregnancy, substance abuse, and criminal or
violent behaviors. Foster��s study focuses on developing a typology
of risk using eight variables: single- parent status, income, history of
childhood victimization, age, alcoholism, drug use, history of
domestic violence and history of depression.
Though Foster is still completing her dis-sertation,
the study has produced some early
results, she said. One evaluation shows
that a parent’s sensitivity influences or
is associated with child maltreatment
outcomes. The conclusions are
based on a survey that assessed
parents’ empathy toward their
children’s needs.
Often, parents who didn’t
receive enough attention and
support while growing up
will display a lack of empathy
for their own children, Foster
said. “ This challenges the
idea of rugged individual-ism
in our culture. Children
really do need to be at-tended
to.”
Long- term, Foster said
the study is attempting to
break negative family cycles.
“ We’re trying to help people
see that what they didn’t get as a child is what they don’t want to
repeat,” she said.
Through her work with LONGSCAN, Foster also hopes to further
her research into how parents can influence the mental health of
their children before they are born. That research draws partly from
Foster’s interest in hypnosis, which she has used clinically to help
clients recall memories.
Foster, who plans to graduate this summer, will continue her re-search
in Texas. She expects to receive orders reporting to the family
advocacy headquarters at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio.
Other doctoral projects focused on North Carolina
Keesha Dunbar, third- year student, is working with Anne
Jones, clinical associate professor, on Strong Couples– Strong Chil-dren.
This study focuses on unwed, expectant parents in Durham to
help strengthen their support for one another and nourish bonds
with their children to create a better, sustainable future for families
( see story on p. 4).
Marcie Fisher- Borne, fourth- year student, with Peter Leone and
Lisa Hightow- Weidman of the UNC Center for Infectious Diseases, is
leading a study that evaluates the design, execution and effects of
statewide cultural competency training for North Carolina Disease
Intervention Specialists ( DIS). These specialists are the “ first respond-ers”
in HIV diagnosis and play a vital role in connecting HIV- infected
persons to care. The training concentrates on increasing the effec-tiveness
of these healthcare providers’ interactions with clients who
are MSM or gay, bisexual, and transgender ( GBT) identified clients.
Sharon Parker, fourth- year student, is working with Catherine
Fogel, professor with UNC’s School of Nursing, on Adapting Project
SAFE: an intervention designed to prevent HIV infection in women
prisoners through reducing risk sexual behaviors and
enhancing sexual protective factors upon release
from prison.
Adam Walsh, fifth- year student,
worked with Dean Duncan, research
associate professor; Laurie Selz-
Campbell, research assistant
professor; and Jennie Vaughn,
clinical instructor, on the cost
effectiveness of supportive
housing. They assessed the
success of an affordable
apartment complex in
Wake County that houses
low- income residents,
many of whom were
formerly homeless. The
permanent supportive
housing provides case
management services
to residents, many of
whom suffer from seri-ous
mental illness and
have a disability or his-Rachel
Foster tory of substance abuse.
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New study shines light on depression in
pregnant teens By Susan White
etsy Bledsoe always thought that her research would focus
on intimate partner domestic violence. Then, in 2001, while
pursuing her MSW at the University of Pittsburgh, Bledsoe
found herself working at a homeless shelter for single women with
children.
Professionally, it was a twist of fate. She soon discovered that
many of the shelter’s youngest mothers shared a common problem:
depression. “ But I didn’t see that the shelter
staff had an understanding of it,” said Bledsoe,
an assistant professor in the School of Social
Work.
She is hoping to change that. Starting this
summer, Bledsoe will direct a pilot project that
focuses on early intervention treatment of
perinatal depression in low- income pregnant
youth. Prenatal clinics in Wake and Alamance
counties will participate in the 18- month study,
called “ Better Beginnings.” The research will
target minority youth, ages 20 and under, who
are considered at or below 185 percent of the poverty line. Bled-soe’s
project is being funded by a $ 25,000 grant from the Armfield-
Reeves Innovation Fund and a $ 4,000 Jane H. Pfouts Research Grant.
The participating clinics are good partners, Bledsoe said, be-cause
both have seen increasing numbers of pregnant adolescents.
In North Carolina, nearly 6 percent of youth, ages 15 to 19, become
pregnant each year. Pregnancy rates among minority adolescents
are higher at 8.2 percent. In 2005, minority girls under 20 accounted
for about 45 percent of the live births reported in Wake County and
for about 29 percent of the births in Alamance County, according to
state health statistics.
Many of the women, especially the pregnant teens, seeking
health care in Alamance County’s maternity and family planning
clinics, show signs of depression, said Kathleen Shapley- Quinn,
Alamance County’s medical director. “ Their mental heath needs are
significant, and it’s hard in the public system sometimes to really be
able to meet those needs.”
Bledsoe’s research could shine a brighter light on a subject that
hasn’t received a lot of attention. Studies have shown that the rate
of depression in pregnant adolescent mothers, especially among
low- income minorities, is higher than depression rates among other
economic classes and among adult pregnant women. Evidence of
effective mental health treatment for pregnant youth, however, is
lacking, she said.
As a result, these young women are more at- risk for developing
depression later, especially immediately after childbirth. Research
has shown that untreated postpartum depression can lead to dif-ficulties
in mother- infant bonding and cognitive and emotional
delays for children.
Providing pregnant adolescents early resources is key, Bledsoe
said. “ Especially when they’re already facing so many challenges
anyway,” she said. “ Maybe we can prevent postpartum depression
and give them a better shot at being a successful family.”
Bledsoe’s study will evaluate whether perinatal depression in
young mothers can be reduced through interpersonal psycho-therapy,
which targets a patient’s relationships and roles in those
relationships. The therapy examines the causes of depression by
looking more closely at interpersonal disputes, such as conflicts
between the mother and father. Role transitions are also explored,
including how adolescents are coping with the idea of motherhood.
For many, being a mom so early in life was not part of their original
plan.
“ As adolescents, they’re not fully through their own develop-ment,”
Bledsoe explained. “ So they may or may not be prepared to
be parents and they may or may not be independent.”
Interpersonal psychotherapy also addresses complicated or unre-solved
grief that may cause personal problems later.
Participants in the study will receive treatment during an impor-tant
time in their lives, Bledsoe said. Often, women are reluctant to
take medications during pregnancy, but they are more receptive to
programs and other therapies, she said.
“ They’re more open because they recognize that programs
aimed at improving their health and mental health can also improve
the overall health of their unborn children,” she said.
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Travis Albritton
We extend a warm welcome to Travis Albritton, who
joined our faculty as the director of our Triangle
Distance Education MSW Program. Albritton is an
alumnus of the UNC School of Social Work ( MSW ‘ 03)
and Duke Divinity School ( M. Div. ‘ 01). The Triangle
program, formerly located at N. C. Central University in
Durham, moves to the UNC - Chapel Hill campus starting this Fall.
Oscar Barbarin
Barbarin, the L. Richardson and Emily Preyer
Distinguished Professor of Strengthening Families,
released research findings showing that preschoolers
can benefit from mental health screening. The research
suggests that 11 to 15 percent of children under the age
of 18 have a diagnosable mental disorder and that up
to a third of high- risk children may experience difficulty. Nationally,
only 21 percent of children who might benefit from a mental health
screening and evaluations actually receive them. This research shows
that programs can improve their effectiveness in serving at- risk
children by using a simple and inexpensive mental health screening
process to identify and provide early intervention services.
Gary Bowen
Bowen traveled to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
February 17- 24 as part of a UNC- Chapel Hill delegation
working on research collaboration with the University
of San Francisco Quito ( USFQ), a private university in
Ecuador. The delegation met with leaders of the Charles
Darwin Research Station and the Galapagos National
Park. They also visited Isabela Island, where invasive species of plants
and animals, increasing tourism, and rapid immigration have begun to
threaten the natural environment. As a result of this rapid transforma-tion,
Isabela could be a likely spot for research into the interaction of
humans and the environment, an area strength of UNC- Chapel Hill.
Bowen’s activities included meetings with social work faculty at USFQ
and with public school officials in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island.
Iris Carlton- LaNey
Carlton- LaNey was interviewed on the NPR radio
program “ The State of Things” on Jan. 21. She shared
childhood memories, her personal journey to becoming
an advocate for social change and discussed her book,
“ African- Americans Aging in the Rural South.” On Feb.
28, Carlton- LaNey spoke at S. C. State University and
signed copies of her book, “ African American Leadership: An Empow-erment
Tradition in Social Welfare History.”
Joanne Caye
Congratulations to Caye, who moved into a full- time
clinical faculty position and is currently teaching three
courses. She was previously a faculty liaison with the
N. C. Child Welfare Education Collaborative, where she
taught a child welfare class and advised students in the
field. Caye also recently received the 2008 Child Welfare Innovative
Teaching and Learning Award from the state Child Welfare Education
Collaborative. She developed a Law School/ Social Work mock court
experience that students participate in each year.
Mimi Chapman
Chapman was selected as a Faculty Engaged Scholar as
part of a new program created by the Carolina Center
for Public Service and the Office of Vice Chancellor for
Public Service and Engagement. The initiative aims to
strengthen faculty involvement in scholarship that meets
the highest academic standards, while also building
university- community relationships and contributing to the common
good. The faculty selection committee was especially impressed with
Chapman’s “ Latino Adolescent Migration, Health Adaptation Project.”
The Faculty Engaged Scholar program is a two- year commitment that
includes an annual stipend of up to $ 7,500.
Michal Grinstein- Weiss
Grinstein- Weiss was profiled in the inaugural issue
of “ Research in Focus,” a newsletter published by The
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Office of University Partnership. The article discusses
her extensive research assessing the effectiveness of
Individual Development Accounts ( IDAs), which help
low- income participants save for home ownership. Grinstein- Weiss
recently received a $ 50,000 grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation
to study the long- term effects of IDAs and asset building on social and
economic well- being. She also presented her research on “ The Impact
of Low- and Moderate- Wealth Homeownership on Parental Attitudes
& Behavior: Evidence from the Community Advantage Panel” at the
Ford Foundation Self- Help annual summit in Durham. Her co- authors
on this paper include Johanna Greeson, Yeong Yeo, Susanna Bird-song,
Matt Despard and Roberto Quercia.
In October, Grinstein- Weiss was a featured speaker at the North
Carolina Financial Education and Asset- Building Conference in Cha-pel
Hill. She spoke on “ IDAs in the United States: Evidence from the
American Dream Demonstration.”
Matthew Howard
Howard has received a $ 4,000 grant from the UNC
School of Public Health to travel to Canada to continue
his research on inhalant abuse treatment centers. The
funding is part of the Global Health Faculty Research
Partnership Grants program through the Office of
Global Health and is designed to foster the development
of interdisciplinary research projects and partnerships in global health.
Howard is the Frank A. Daniels Distinguished Professor for Human
Services Policy Information. He was also invited to present the results
of his research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse Neurosci-ences
Center on March 4 and 5 in Bethesda, Md. His talk was entitled,
“ Inhalant Abuse Among Children, Adolescents, and Adults: A North
American Perspective.”
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Rebecca Macy
Macy’s research evaluation of the Mothers Overcom-ing
Violence through Education and Empowerment
( MOVE) project was awarded a $ 648,893 grant by The
Duke Endowment. The project is a collaborative effort
with two human services agencies in Wake County—
SAFEChild, which provides child abuse prevention ser-vices,
and Interact, which provides domestic violence services. These
agencies have reported an increase in the number of women commit-ting
domestic violence acts and receiving court- mandated services.
The agencies determined that these women were also domestic vio-lence
survivors and most were defending themselves or their children
during the incidents that brought them into the judicial system. The
project includes a 12- week parenting program that will be coordinated
with therapeutic support group services for children. On November
16, Macy also made a presentation to the Crime Victims’ Services
Committee of the North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission,
entitled “ Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services: Knowledge,
Challenges and Promising Developments.” The presentation was about
research she conducted in 2005- 07 funded by the GCC.
Sarah Naylor
Naylor was promoted to Assistant Dean for Student
Affairs. In this newly- created position, she will take a
primary consultative and liaison role in the distance
education programs, dual degree and certificate/ licen-sure
programs, and services for enrolled students. In
addition, she will engage in research regarding advising
and other aspects of social work education.
Susan Parish
In October, Parish was a featured speaker at the North
Carolina Financial Education and Asset- Building
Conference in Chapel Hill. Parish spoke on “ Material
hardship in families raising children with disabilities:
Evidence beyond the federal poverty level.”
Kelly Reath
Reath, director of our Asheville Distance Education
MSW Program, and Tina Souders, director of our
Winston- Salem program, presented recently at the
Council on Social Work Education conference in San
Francisco. Their project was “ Marketing Distance Educa-tion:
Hybrid Strategies for Today’s Applicant.”
Amelia Roberts
Roberts spoke on “ Crafting a Research Career” to the
Minority Fellows Program at the Society for Social Work
and Research on January 19. Roberts thanked faculty
and doctoral students at UNC- Chapel Hill for providing
numerous comments, which helped make her talk perti-nent
and relevant to those planning to enter academia.
Paul Smokowski
Smokowski was selected as a Faculty Engaged Scholar as
part of a new program created by the Carolina Center
for Public Service and the Office of Vice Chancellor for
Public Service and Engagement. The initiative aims to
strengthen faculty involvement in scholarship that meets
the highest academic standards, while also building
university- community relationships and contributing to the common
good. The faculty selection committee was especially impressed with a
plan to expand his work to American Indian communities. The Faculty
Engaged Scholar program is a two- year commitment that includes an
annual stipend of up to $ 7,500.
Smokowski presented a seminar in Chapel Hill on Oct. 26, entitled
“ Acculturation, youth violence, and suicidal behavior in minority
adolescents: A review of the empirical literature.” He reported that
about 80 percent of studies found that assimilation is a risk factor of
higher youth violence. There is also evidence, especially in Asian/ Pa-cific
Islander studies, that youth are less stressed and less likely to be
involved with violence if they are actively involved in their culture of
origin or ethnic identity. Family dynamics also appear to mediate the
link between acculturation and youth violence. However, Smokowski’s
findings show that little is known about suicide in minority youth and
that more studies are needed. Smokowski also gave this presentation at
the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control on Oct.
24.
Tina Souders
Souders, director of the School’s Winston- Salem
Distance Education MSW Program, was elected 2008
president of The Adam Foundation, Inc. The foundation
raises money in Forsyth and nearby counties and distrib-utes
the funds to Piedmont- Triad agencies that provide
HIV/ AIDS direct client services, education and preven-tion.
The Adam Foundation also supports organizations that promote
the identity, strength, and well- being of the local gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgender community. Souders also recently presented at the
annual program meeting of the National Association of Social Workers
Mississippi Chapter in Natchez. She conducted a four- hour workshop
on “ The Ethical and Legal Considerations of Clinical Supervision.” She
also spoke at the closing plenary session for the conference on “ Shades
of Gray: Exploring the Nuances of Professional Ethics and Boundary
Issues.”
Kim Strom- Gottfried
Strom- Gottfried is the author of a newly- published
book, “ The Ethics of Practice with Minors: High Stakes,
Hard Choices.” Strom- Gottfried is the Smith P. Thei-mann
Distinguished Professor for Ethics and Profes-sional
Practice.
Marty Weems
Weems presented at the Oxford Roundtable in England
in March. The Oxford Roundtable is a not- for- profit
educational organization that provides an interdisciplin-ary
forum to explore current issues that affect the public.
This session focused on substance abuse and addiction.
Over 60 delegates from around the world gathered to
share their knowledge and experience. Weems’ presentation, “ Innova-tive
Instruction: Preparing Social Workers for Careers in the Field of
Addictions,” focused on the School of Social Work’s Substance Abuse
Certificate Program.
Cynthia “ Syd” Wiford
Wiford was included in a group that received an award
from the Louisiana Office of Addictive Disorders for
service following Hurricane Katrina. Wiford spent nine
days in Louisiana helping with financial requests to
FEMA to re- establish their public addiction service sys-tem,
which was destroyed by the Katrina/ Rita disasters.
In November 2007, Wiford’s team was invited back to Louisiana for an
honorary luncheon and award ceremony.
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ark Fraser has been named the
2008 Distinguished Achievement
Award winner by the Society for
Social Work and Research, an organization
dedicated to the advancement of social work
research. The prestigious award recog-nizes
Fraser’s outstanding contributions to
advancing the art of social work research, its
utilization, and its integration with prac-tice,
through his exemplary scholarship and
research.
Fraser, the UNC School of Social Work’s
John A. Tate Distinguished Professor for
Children in Need and the associate dean for research, received the
award during the society’s annual conference in Washington, D. C.,
earlier this year.
“ Mark has done sterling research over the course of his lifetime,”
praised Maeda Galinsky, a Kenan Distinguished Professor at the
School and a longtime colleague of Fraser’s. “ He’s dedicated to using
the most advanced methods and is really committed to evidence- based
practice.”
Fraser is also extremely supportive of his students because he
wants them “ to reach their potential,” she added.
A member of the editorial board for the Social Work Book Series
and the editorial review group for Criminology and Public Policy,
Fraser has authored or co- authored eight books and written numerous
chapters and articles on risk and resilience, child behavior, child and
family services, and research methods.
Fraser credited his recent recognition to “ the collective efforts of
many people here at the School of Social Work,” and to his other col-leagues
in the field.
Mark Fraser given Distinguished Achievement
Award by Society for Social Work and Research
Mark Fraser
bout two years ago, a dialogue was started among faculty
raising the possibility of revising the School’s curriculum.
This came about due to external factors, such as reforms in
mental health care, welfare and managed care which have placed new
demands on social work professionals; planning for the self- study pro-cess
for the Council on Social Work Education; and internal feedback
from students, faculty and field instructors.
In end- of- course evaluations and focus groups, students have said
that they want more depth in their practice skill base.
Given the changing environment for social workers, faculty see
the need for our curriculum to include more leadership training and
evidence- based interventions.
Some field instructors and faculty have suggested that all students
should have a working knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM), an industry- standard classifica-tion
guide.
“ All of this led to conversations about what we could do differ-ently,”
said Anna Scheyett, associate dean for Academic Affairs.
This has been a major undertaking for all involved. After much
discussion and debate, a new and improved curriculum design is
nearing completion. The foundation year is approved to begin in Fall
2008, the structure of the advanced year is in place, and new advanced
courses are in development for Fall 2009.
Currently, the School offers two concentrations— management
and community practice and direct practice. The new curriculum will
add a third concentration— student- directed. In this option, students
create their own plan of study, with guidance, based on their individual
professional goals. In all three concentrations, students will have more
choice and flexibility in their plans of study.
In order to increase flexibility within the concentrations, new
courses will have to be added and these are in development. Innovative
half- semester courses, with in- depth focus on particular topics, will be
offered.
Ultimately, the goal of the new curriculum is to allow students to
choose a concentration that makes sense for them and meets their aca-demic
needs and professional interests. “ It’s about giving our students
good academic choices, flexibility and the support they need to make
those decisions,” said Scheyett.
Innovative new curriculum to debut this fall
A By Michelle Rogers
By Susan White M
Amy Fisher and daughter Karissa
Winston- Salem Distance Ed MSW students graduate
he School of Social Work started a new tradition on Dec. 15,
2007 when students of our Winston- Salem Distance Education
MSW program had their own hooding ceremony in the Tate-
Turner- Kuralt building auditorium.
Associate Professor Vanessa Hodges gave the commencement ad-dress.
Tina Souders, director of the Winston- Salem program, hooded
the graduates.
Congratulations to the class of 2007: Catherine Virginia Alexander,
Andrea Dalporto, Erin S. Dennis, Lauren Doyle, Amy Eades Fisher,
Melissa Kraskouskas, Sirlena Pinnix, Daniel Platt, Kristi Brim Rakes,
Ava Letitia Ramseur, Lisa Dannette Scott, William Reid Smithdeal,
Christopher Elijah Solomon and Sherry Stepp.
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Clinical Lecture Series
Monday, September 15, 2008
Cultivating Mindfulness as Therapeutic Practice and Lifestyle
John Mader, MA, LMFT
Monday, October 13, 2008
Effective Treatments for Anxiety, Obsessions and
Compulsions
Jon Abramowitz, PhD
Monday, November 17, 2008
The Crucial Role of Psychotherapy in Treating SPMI Adults:
Creating New Narratives
Marilyn Ghezzi, MSW, LCSW
Two contact hours available for each lecture.
All take place at the School of Social Work
from 12: 00- 2: 00 p. m. Online pre- registration
is required. For more information, visit:
http:// ssw. unc. edu/ jif/ cls/
Florence Soltys honored
posthumously with award
The American Society on Aging ( ASA) honored deceased faculty
member Florence Soltys with the ASA Leadership Award at its
annual conference on March 26 in Washington, D. C. This award is
presented to an ASA member who has made significant contribu-tions
to the growth and development of ASA and the field of aging.
In addition to this honor, a scholarship will be set up in her
name for students seeking financial assistance to attend future ASA
conferences. Soltys, who retired in June 2007 and was a nationally
recognized expert and advocate for the needs of older adults, died
unexpectedly in September 2007 of complications following a car
accident. She was 72.
School of Social Work faculty member Kerri Patrick, along
with three second- year MSW students who are in the aging concen-tration,
attended the conference and accepted the award on behalf
of Soltys’ family.
Florence Soltys MSW students Amanda Blackwell,
Megan Manuel and Fiona O’Neill
Celebrity helps spotlight
sex trafficking issue
Every year, about 800,000
people are trafficked world-wide
across international
borders and exploited through
forced labor and commercial
sex work. Nearly 20,000 of
these victims enter the United
States; an estimated 23 percent
arrive in the Southeast.
A UNC conference was
held on April 3 and 4 at the
Friday Center to provide
training to first responders,
educators, medical staff and
the legal community, to begin
developing a working plan for
North Carolina and beyond
to help victims, raise global
awareness, and put a stop
to sex trafficking. Actress and activist Sharon Lawrence, a UNC
alumna and Raleigh native who starred in “ NYPD Blue,” was among
the speakers.
The Jordan Institute for Families and the School of Social Work
were sponsors of this annual event.
Actress Sharon Lawrence with Jeff
Smith, a member of the School of
Social Work board of advisors, at the
Friday Center on April 4.
The School of Social Work hosted its annual Career Day and Job Fair
on April 7. The event attracted 58 recruiters, nearly 70 students from
BSW programs across the state, and about 90 UNC- Chapel Hill MSW
students.
Organized by the student services staff, Career Day encompassed
several floors of the Tate- Turner- Kuralt building with recruiters’ job
fair displays and career workshops for students.
Tina Souders, clinical assistant professor and director of our
Winston- Salem Distance Education MSW program, conducted a con-tinuing
education workshop for recruiters and alumni entitled “ The
Ethics of Silence.”
The day wrapped up with an alumni/ student networking recep-tion
in the lobby.
Career Day connects
students with recruiters
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Students and faculty spend spring break
rebuilding in Mississippi and Honduras
tudents and faculty with UNC’s School of Social Work traveled
to Mississippi and Central America during March, forgoing
traditional spring break trips to help others in need. The relief
missions were organized, in part, with Habitat for Humanity.
Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf
Coast, recovery is still ongoing, said Joanne Caye, a clinical assistant
professor with the School and one of the faculty members who accom-panied
students to Biloxi and Pearlington, Miss. This was the second
year that social work students and faculty have joined a group from
UNC’s School of Nursing to provide hurricane assistance.
“ From what we saw, a lot of houses have been brought back, but
they’re still not back to where they would like them to be,” Caye said.
“ You still have people living in FEMA trailers.”
The Mississippi contingent helped rebuild homes and spent part
of the week gutting a community health clinic of outdated medication
and equipment. They also joined fellow nursing students on home
visits to assess residents’ health and stability.
Zumrad Ahmedjanova, a first- year MSW student from Uzbeki-stan,
jumped at the volunteer mission and the opportunity to give
back. It was her first trip to the Gulf Coast. “ It was like another world,”
Ahmedjanova said, referring to many of the destroyed communities.
Having grown up in Florida, Alicia Colombo, who is completing
her master’s in social work this year, was very familiar with a hur-ricane’s
devastation and was eager to help with Mississippi’s rebuild-ing
efforts. “ Despite long, sweaty, dusty days, our contribution felt so
small,” Colombo said. “ We worked on a few homes out of the many
hundreds that remain in various states of disrepair.”
Both women admired the residents’ support and concern for one
another. “ If we asked, what do you need— food, clothing, drugs, any-thing?
Many people said, ‘ I’m fine, but please check on my neighbor’.’’
Ahmedjanova recalled. “ Many were just really happy to talk to us
about their own experiences.”
During the same week, about a dozen social work students trav-eled
to Honduras to assist with home building efforts near the coun-try’s
capital of Tegucigalpa. Honduras remains one of the poorest and
least developed countries in Latin America. Suzie Aragona was among
the group of first- year MSW students who constructed a house for a
grandmother and her three grandchildren.
“ We worked for five days moving dirt, gravel and stones and hand
mixing cement,” Aragona said. “ Their housing is simple, but most
people need a lot of support to have their basic housing needs met.”
This was the fourth year that social work students have organized
a trip with Habitat for Humanity International. Though construction
activities kept them busy, the group also had fun visiting craft villages,
hiking through a cloud forest and attending a lively soccer game. “ The
people were really warm and inviting and really embraced us,” Aragona
said.
The alternative spring break trips gave students and faculty a
chance to learn more about one another outside of the classroom, Caye
said. But participants also returned from the relief missions with a
greater appreciation for the communities they served, she added.
“ I think I was reaffirmed in my belief that people are resilient be-cause
I get there and I wonder how would I have dealt with this,” Caye
said. “ You quickly realize that the little stuff makes a difference. Many
didn’t have a house but they still planted flowers and mowed their grass
because it gave them a sense of hope. They could still say, ‘ This is my
home.’ ”
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Honduras
Mississippi
Photos by Darcy Tashlein van Heuveln
Photos by Suzanne Aragona
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Invited Presentations
Barrett, D. ( 2007, September 25). How to be of
service to individuals with chronic pain. Presented
to the UNC Department of Physical Therapy.
Carlton- LaNey, I. ( 2007, March 20). Keynote
Presentation: The Fourth Distinguished Social Work
Black Family Lecture Series. Presented at Fayette-ville
State University.
Carlton- LaNey, I. ( 2007, April 10). Keynote Pre-sentation:
Aging Colloquium. Presented at North
Carolina State University.
Carlton- LaNey, I. ( 2007, August 8). Keynote
Presentation: Sister of the Academy. Presented at
Auburn University, Alabama.
Carlton- LaNey, I. ( 2007, June 1). Keynote Pre-sentation:
Gerontology Conference. Presented at
Morgan State University, Baltimore.
Carlton- LaNey, I. ( 2007, June 8). Training: Basic
Social Work Practice. Presented to Another Choice
for Black Children, Inc. Wilmington, N. C.
Carlton- LaNey, I. ( 2007, September 18, and April
12 & 18). Invited Guest Lecturer. Presented at North
Carolina Central University Social Work Program.
Despard, M. ( 2007, February 13). What to do
about the uninsured: Local solutions. Presented at
the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke
University.
Grinstein- Weiss, M. ( March 11, 2007). IDAs and
asset building in the United States: Innovations in
poverty alleviation. Presented at the Israeli Min-istry
of Social Affairs Conference, New Programs
to Alleviate Poverty— The Role of the Ministry of
Social Affairs.
Grinstein- Weiss, M. ( December 5, 2007). IDAs
in the United States: Evidence from the American
Dream Demonstration. Paper presented at the
North Carolina Summit on Youth and Families.
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Howard, M. O. ( 2007, August). Emerging drug
trends. Presented at the U. S. Department of Edu-cation,
Office of Safe and Drug- free Schools 2007
National Conference, Washington, D. C.
Howard, M. O. ( 2007, May 9). Teaching Evidence-
Based Practice in Schools of Social Work. Presented
at the School of Social Work, University of Ne-braska
at Omaha.
Howard, M. O. ( 2007, June 15). Current findings in
relation to inhalant use. Presented at the National
Institute on Drug Abuse, 2007 International Fo-rum:
Technological Innovations to Build Research
Capacity, Quebec, Canada.
Macy, R. J. ( 2007, November). Domestic violence
and sexual assault services: Knowledge, needs and
innovations. Presented at the North Carolina State
Governor’s Crime Commission, Victim Services
Committee, Raleigh, N. C.
Macy, R. J. ( 2007, October). Domestic violence
and sexual assault services: Knowledge, needs and
innovations. Presented at the Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation Funder’s Roundtable, North Carolina
Community Foundation, Cary, N. C.
Orthner, D. K., & Sabah, C. ( 2007, January 19).
Implementing organizational learning in schools.
Presented workshop to the Winston- Salem/ For-syth
County School Board and School Leadership
Team.
Orthner, D. K. ( 2007, January 31). CareerStart:
Changing the educational trajectory for children at
risk. Presented to the North Carolina State Confer-ence
of Communities in Schools, Pinehurst, N. C.
Orthner, D. K. ( 2007, March 9). Addressing poverty
through human services in North Carolina. Pre-sented
to the Leadership North Carolina Forum,
Asheville, N. C.
Orthner, D. K. ( 2007, March 12). Challenges facing
youth in North Carolina. Presented to the North
Carolina Newspaper Editors Association, Chapel
Hill, N. C.
Orthner, D. K. ( 2007, June 11). Technology and
social work practice: Evolution or revolution?
Presented to the Learning Fair Social Work Confer-ence,
Tel Aviv, Israel.
Orthner, D. K. ( 2007, June 12). CareerStart: Ad-dressing
the needs of middle school at- risk youth.
Presented to the Ministry of Social Affairs and the
Joint Development Committee, Jerusalem, Israel.
Orthner, D. K. ( 2007, September 12). Effects of
separation and deployment on the adjustment of
Army families. Presented to the Family Advisory
Council, Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg,
N. C.
Orthner, D. K. ( 2007, September 26). CareerStart:
Preparing the next generation for the workforce
of tomorrow. Presented to the Regional Confer-ence
of the U. S. Department of Labor Workforce
Innovations Grantees, Greensboro, N. C.
Parish, S. L. ( 2007, October). Material hardship in
families raising children with disabilities: Evidence
beyond the federal poverty level. Presented to
the North Carolina Financial Education and
Asset- Building Conference: Pathways to
Wealth, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Parish, S. L. ( May 2007). [ Invited Panelist for the
special Symposium: State of the Science in Ag-ing
with Developmental Disabilities: Charting
Lifespan Trajectories and Supportive Environ-ments
for Healthy Community Living, Atlanta, Ga.
Price, T. ( 2007, January 31). The North Carolina
Clearinghouse on Family & Child Well- being. Pre-sented
to the North Carolina Child Maltreatment
Prevention Leadership Team, Raleigh, N. C.
Price, T., & Cooke, L. ( 2007, August 7). The North
Carolina Clearinghouse on Family and Child Well-being.
Presented to the North Carolina Network
of Grantmakers Roundtable meeting, Research
Triangle Park, N. C.
Price, T. ( 2007, October 26). The North Carolina
Clearinghouse on Family and Child Well- being.
Presented to the State Collaborative for Children,
Youth and Families, Raleigh, N. C.
Richman, J. ( 2007, June 21). The future of social
work practice: The role of intervention research. Pa-per
presented to the Department of Social Work,
Veterans Hospital, Durham, N. C.
Richman, J. ( 2007, June 7). Social work interven-tion
with at- risk youth and their families. Paper
presented at the International Conference on
Social Work Practice at East China University of
Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Richman, J. ( 2007, January 17). Trends in social
work practice. Paper presented at the UNC Hos-pitals
Department of Nursing and Social Work,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Rounds, K. ( 2007, October). Collaborative best
practice models in MCH education and service.
Presented at the Maternal and Child Health ( MCH)
Federal/ State Partnership Meeting, Building
Blocks 4 Promising Practice Models. Sponsored
by the U. S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Health Resources and Services Adminis-tration
( HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau,
Alexandria, Va.
Rounds, K. ( 2007, April). MCH Public Health Social
Work Leadership Training Program Highlights. Pre-sented
at the Region IV Public Health Social Work
Directors Meeting, Atlanta, Ga.
Scheyett, A. ( 2007, December). Re- entry and HIV.
Presented at the National Association of Social
Faculty Presentations
2007 Academic
Annual Report
At the UNC School of Social Work, our faculty members continue to produce
exemplary work through their research, publications, presentations, service
and leadership. In this report we present a selection of the work produced by
our faculty members and doctoral students in 2007.
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Workers Conference, Re- Entry: Impact on the Re-
Entry Work- Force.
Scheyett, A. ( 2007, November). North Caro-lina
jails and individuals with mental illnesses.
Presented at the NAMI- NC ( National Alliance on
Mental Illness– N. C.) Fall Conference.
Scheyett, A. ( 2007, May). Psychiatric advance
directives: What every social worker needs to know.
Webcast presenter for the National Resource
Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives.
Scheyett, A. ( 2007, February). Consumers and
social work students in dialogue. Presented at the
National Training Teleconference, National Anti-
Stigma Campaign: Building Partnerships that
Work. Sponsored by the Addressing Discrimina-tion
and Stigma Center of the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration.
Smokowski, P. R. ( 2007, January). Entre Dos
Mundos/ Between Two Worlds: Cultural assets and
risk factors in the lives of Latino adolescents. Paper
presented at the Mandell School of Applied
Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Conferences and Meetings
Bowen, G. L. ( 2007, November). Military families:
Lunch with legends. Invited round table discussion
at the National Council on Family Relations 69th
Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bowen, G. L. ( 2007, November). Evidence- based
practices and bridging research to practice. Invited
Leadership Panel at the Communities In Schools
National Conference, Leadership for Change: A
Nation Without Dropouts, Atlanta, Ga.
Bowen, G. L. ( 2007, December). Considering the
big picture: Educational excellence in North Caro-lina.
Invited Panel Presentation at the 2007 North
Carolina Summit on Youth and Families, North
Carolina State University, Durham.
Bowen, N. K., & Kossor, S. A. ( October 2007). Do
YOUR services work in schools? Introduction to
evalution for service providers. Workshop present-ed
at the 12th Annual Conference on Advancing
School- Based Mental Health, ChampionsGate,
Orlando, Fla.
Chapman, M. V., Livas- Stein, G., & Perreira, K.
( 2007, January). Cultural understandings of mental
illness in adolescents: Connections to service
use and attitudes towards help- seeking. Paper
presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco.
Barth, R. P., Lloyd, C., Christ, S. Chapman, M. V. &
Dickinson, N. ( 2007, January). Child welfare work-ers:
Predictors of job satisfaction. Paper presented
at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Social Work Research, San Francisco.
Bledsoe, S. E., Bellamy, J. L., Fang, L., Manuel, J.,
Crumpley, J., Jean- François, J., & Mullen, E. ( 2007,
October). Implementing evidence- based practice
in social agencies: An overview of the BEST training
with practitioner responses. Paper presented at the
Council on Social Work Education 53rd Annual
Program Meeting, San Francisco.
Despard, M. ( 2007, November 17). Money mat-ters:
Helping our clients build financial mastery.
Presented at the National Association of Social
Workers – North Carolina 2007 Fall Conference,
Asheville, N. C.
Despard, M. ( 2007, November 3). Community
health plans. Presented at the 2007 Durham
Health Summit, Durham, N. C.
Dickinson, N. S. ( 2007, January 12). Improving the
child welfare workforce: National estimates, valida-tion
of key constructs, and a randomized clinical
trial. Symposium organizer for the 11th Annual
Conference of the Society for Social Work and
Research, San Francisco.
Dickinson, N. S., Painter, J. S., & Lee, J. ( 2007,
January 12). Child welfare worker turnover:
Understanding and predicting who actually leaves.
Presented at the 11th Annual Conference of
the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Francisco.
Duncan, D. F., Flair, K. A., Kum, H. C. ( 2007, Au-gust
21). North Carolina Food Stamp Web site – A
county tool for targeting underserved populations.
Presented at the 47th Annual National Associa-tion
for Welfare Research and Statistics Workshop
and Conference, Charleston, W. Va.
Flair, K. A., Duncan, D. F. ( 2007, August 20).
Moving into work: How effective are employment
programs at moving TANF participants into jobs?
Presented at the 47th Annual National Associa-tion
for Welfare Research and Statistics Workshop
and Conference, Charleston, W. Va.
Fraser, M . W., Rose, R. A., Galinsky, M . J.,
Smokowski, P. R., Day, S. H., & Kupper, L. I.
( 2007, January). Social information skills process-ing
training to prevent aggressive behavior in the
third grade: Six- month follow- up findings from a
concatenated cohort study of the Making Choices
program. Paper presented at the 11th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Re-search,
San Francisco.
Grinstein- Weiss, M. ( 2007, January 11). Gender
and ethnic differences in formal and informal help-seeking
among Jewish and Arab Israeli adolescents.
Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference
of the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Francisco.
Grinstein- Weiss, M. ( November, 2007). IDAs
in the United States: Evidence from the American
Dream Demonstration. Paper presented at the
North Carolina Financial Education and Asset-
Building Conference: Pathways to Wealth, Chapel
Hill, N. C.
Grinstein- Weiss, M., Lee, J., & Charles, P. ( 2007,
January 12). Asset building among African
American single mothers: A multilevel analysis.
Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference
of the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Francisco.
Lee, J- S., & Bowen, N. K. ( 2007, January). Parent
involvement, cultural capital, and the achievement
gap. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Confer-ence
of the Society for Social Work and Research,
San Francisco.
Macy, R. J., Strom- Gottfried, K., & Crosby,
C. ( 2007, October). Partner violence: Teaching
social workers to walk the ethical tightrope. Paper
presented at the 53rd Annual Program Meeting
of the Council on Social Work Education, San
Francisco.
Macy, R. J., Martin, S. M., Kupper, L., Casanueva,
C., Guo, S., Crosby, C., & Sangster, T. K. ( 2007,
January). Partner violence changes across preg-nancy
transitions: Implications for social workers.
Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference
of the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Francisco.
Manuel, J., Bledsoe, S. E., Bellamy, J. L., Fang,
L., Coppolino, C. F., Crumpley, J., et al. ( 2007,
January). Implementing evidence- based practice
in social service agencies through a university-agency
partnership. Paper presented at the 11th
Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work
Research, San Francisco.
Manuel, J. I., Martinson, M., Bellamy, J., & Bledsoe,
S. E. ( 2007, January). Chronic stress, social support,
and depression among new birth mothers in urban
cities. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Confer-ence
of the Society for Social Work and Research,
San Francisco.
Mullen, E., Bellamy, J., Bledsoe, S. E., Fang, L., &
Manuel, J. ( 2007, October). Preparing social work
practitioners to use evidence- based practice: A
comparison of experiences from an implementa-tion
project. Paper presented at the Conference
2007 Academic Annual Report
“ In teaching about community organizing, I like
to draw upon my experiences as a volunteer with
Durham Congregations, Associations and Neigh-borhoods
( CAN), an Industrial Areas Foundation
affiliate. As a member of the Health Care Action
Team, I have been able to offer Durham CAN
perspective about our community’s uninsured
residents and the health care system. However,
when I volunteer with Durham CAN, I am not an
“ expert” but a member of a grassroots, multi-racial,
multi- faith coalition that seeks to improve
the quality of life in Durham. In addition to being
involved in my community, this experience richly
informs my teaching.”
Mat Despard, Clinical Assistant Professor
profiles in service
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on Implementation and Translational Research,
Lejondal Castle, Sweden: Institute for Evidence-based
Social Work Practice, Swedish National
Board of Health & Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden.
Natale, A., Urada, L., Scheyett, A., Biswas, B. ( 2007,
October). HIV/ AIDS challenges and opportuni-ties:
Desperately seeking social workers. Paper
presented at the 53rd Annual Program Meeting
of the Council for Social Work Education, San
Francisco.
Orthner, D. K. ( 2007, June 20). Military family
stress and coping among African- American
families. Presented to the African- American
Healthy Marriage National Research Conference,
Chapel Hill, N. C
Orthner, D. K. ( 2007, November 7). Essential life
skills for military families: Program design and
implementation. Presented at the annual meet-ing
of the National Council on Family Relations,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Parish, S. L., & Grinstein- Weiss, M. ( 2007,
January). Evidence of the asset and income gap
in U. S. households with adults with disabilities.
Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference
of the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Francisco.
Parish, S. L., Rose, R. R., Andrews, M., & Grinstein-
Weiss, M. ( 2007). Material hardship in families
raising children with disabilities: Evidence beyond
the Federal Poverty Level. Paper presented at the
11th Annual Conference of the Society for Social
Work and Research, San Francisco.
Parish, S. L., Grinstein- Weiss, M., & Yeong, Y. H.
( 2007, January). Using income and asset measures
to understand disability- based inequalities in the
financial well- being of adults in the U. S. Paper
presented at the 11th Annual Conference of
the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Francisco.
Parish, S. L., Magaña, S., & Cassiman, S. ( 2007).
Policy lessons from low- income mothers with
disabilities: A primer on inadequate incomes, work
disincentives, and bureaucratic insensitivity. Paper
presented at the 11th Annual Conference of
the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Francisco.
Scheyett, A., Parker, S., Pettus Davis, C., Haley,
D., Wohl, D., Golin, C., et al. ( 2007, November).
HIV+ inmates and mental illness: Description and
implications for release planning. Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the American Public
Health Association, Washington, D. C.
Scheyett, A., Parker, S., Wohl, D., Golin, C., Haley,
D., & Kaplan, A. ( 2007, January). HIV- infected
prison inmates and mental illness: Considerations
for release planning. Paper presented at the 11th
Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work
and Research, San Francisco.
Scheyett, A., Kim, M., Swanson, J., Swartz, M.,
Elbogen, E., Van Dorn, R., Ferron, J. ( 2007, Janu-ary).
Psychiatric advance directives: What do ( and
should) social workers know? Paper presented at
the 11th Annual Conference of the Society for
Social Work and Research, San Francisco.
Shattuck, P. & Parish, S. L., ( 2007, January).
Financial burden in families with a child with special
health care needs: A multilevel analysis of child and
state policy predictors. Paper presented at the 11th
annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and
Research, San Francisco.
Smokowski, P. R. ( 2007, October). Acculturation
and violence in minority adolescents: A review of
the empirical literature. Paper presented to the
Division of Violence Prevention, National Center
for Injury Prevention and Control, U. S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.
Smokowski, P. R. ( 2007, October 26). Accultura-tion
and violence in minority adolescents: A review
of the empirical literature. Paper presented to the
Injury Prevention Research Center, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Smokowski, P. R. ( 2007, February). Acculturation
and youth violence [ Roundtable Facilitator]. Pre-sented
at the Centers for Disease Control Confer-ence
for the Academic Centers for Excellence in
Youth Violence Prevention, Riverside, Calif.
Smokowski, P. R. ( 2007, January). Acculturation
and adaptation in Latino families: Using diverse
methods to investigate cultural involvement and
family processes in the Latino Acculturation and
Health Project [ Symposium Organizer]. Presented
at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Social Work and Research, San Francisco.
Smokowski, P. R., & Rose, R. A. ( 2007, January).
Acculturation and family adaptation: How Cultural
involvement influences cohesion, adaptability, and
familism in Latino families. Paper presented at the
11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social
Work and Research, San Francisco.
Smokowski, P. R., & Bacallao, M. L. ( 2007, Janu-ary).
Entre Dos Mundos/ Between Two Worlds: Youth
violence prevention for acculturating Latino fami-lies.
Paper presented at the 11th Annual Meeting
of the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Francisco.
Stewart, C. J., Duncan, D. F., & Li, J. ( 2007,
November 9). Projecting staffing needs for program
evaluation and budget planning in public social
services. Paper presented at the annual confer-ence
of the American Evaluation Association,
Baltimore.
Strom- Gottfried, K. J. with Macy, R. J., & Crosby,
C. ( 2007, January). Partner violence: Helping social
workers to walk the ethical tightrope [ Refereed
Paper Presentation]. Presented at the 53rd Annual
Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Educa-tion,
San Francisco.
Terzian, M. A., Fraser, M. W., Galinsky, M. J.,
Smokowski, P. R., Day, S. H. ( 2007, January).
Evaluating an elementary school based program to
prevent conduct problems: Do theoretical mediators
account for program effects on overt aggression?
Paper presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of
the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Francisco.
Weller, B., Lee, J., & Bowen, N. K. ( 2007, January).
Profiles of social environmental risk and protection
in elementary schools. Paper presented at the 11th
Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work
and Research, San Francisco.
Zipper, I. N. ( 2007, July). Supporting families with
children who have special needs. Presented at Lud-wig
Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
Zipper, I. N., Leach, B., & Gentry, C. ( 2007, May).
OneStop for strengthening families: Using informal
resources to support the family system. Presented
at the ADD Technical Assistance Meeting, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Zipper, I. N. ( 2007, May). Sustainability and
systems change: Planning for the future of your
family support 360 Project. Presented at the ADD
Technical Assistance Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Zipper, I. N. & Haggerty, J. ( 2007, April). Program
evaluation at the Family Support Network of North
Carolina. Presented at the Frank Porter Graham
Child Development Institute Seminar Series,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Poster Sessions
Lee, J- S., & Bowen, N. K. ( 2007, January). The
effect of peer rejection on adjustment and academic
achievement. Poster session presented at the 11th
Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work
and Research, San Francisco.
Shattuck, P., Parish, S. L., & Bier, D. ( 2007, July).
Utilization of Medicaid funded intervention for
children with autism. Poster session presented at
the 19th Conference on Mental Health Services
Research, Washington, D. C.
2007 Academic Annual Report
“ I was recently elected president of The Adam
Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization
that raises money in the Piedmont Triad area
and distributes those funds to local agencies
that provide HIV/ AIDS direct client services,
education, and prevention. Engaging in
meaningful community service provides a
valuable opportunity for me to apply and
enhance the skills and knowledge I teach to
the students in the Winston- Salem Distance
Education MSW Program.”
Tina Souders, Clinical Assistant Professor
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Book
Strom- Gottfried, K. J. ( 2007) Straight talk about
professional ethics. Chicago: Lyceum Books.
Book translated and reprinted
Richman, J. M., & Fraser, M. W. ( Eds.). ( 2007).
The context of youth violence: Resilience, risk, and
protection. Peoples Republic of China National
Population and Planning Commission Press
( translated and reprinted in Chinese).
Special Publications
Bowen, G. L., & Woolley, M. E. ( 2007). Assessment
tools and strategies. Special issue of Children &
Schools, 29( 4). Washington, D. C.: NASW Press.
Book Chapters
Barrett, D. ( 2007). Population. In R. Robertson &
J. A. Scholte ( Eds.), Encyclopedia of globalization
( pp. 976- 983). New York: Routledge Press.
Bowen, G. L. ( 2007). Social organization and
schools: A general systems theory perspective. In
P. Allen- Meares ( Ed.), Social work services in schools
( 5th ed., pp. 60- 80). Boston: Pearson Education.
Bowen, N. K. ( 2007). Validation. In W. A. Darity, Jr.
( Ed.), International encyclopedia of social sciences,
Vol. 8. ( 2nd ed., pp. 569- 572). Detroit: Macmillan
Reference.
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Orthner, D. K. ( 2007). Public schools: Building
capacity for hope and opportunity. In J. Edwards,
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New Press.
Articles
Bacallao, M. L., & Smokowski, P. R. ( 2007). The
costs of getting ahead: Mexican family systems
after immigration. Family Relations, 56, 52- 66.
Bledsoe, S. E., Weissman, M. M., Mullen, E. J.,
Ponniah, K., Gameroff, M., Verdeli, H., et al. ( 2007).
Empirically supported psychotherapy in social
work training programs: Does the definition of
evidence matter? Research on Social Work Practice,
17, 449- 455.
Bowen, G. L., & Woolley, M. E. ( 2007). Assess-ment
tools and strategies. Children & Schools, 29,
195- 198.
Bowen, G. L., Ware, W. B., Rose, R. A., & Powers,
J. D. ( 2007). Assessing the functioning of schools
as learning organizations. Children & Schools, 29,
199- 208.
Bowen, N. K., Lee, J- S., & Weller, B. ( 2007). Child-report
social environmental risk and protection: A
typology with implications for practice in elemen-tary
schools. Children & Schools, 29, 229- 242.
Ellett, A. J., Ellis, J., Westbrook, T. & Dews, D. G.
( 2007). A statewide qualitative study of 385
professionals: Toward a greater understanding of
employee retention and turnover in child welfare.
Children and Youth Services Review, 29( 2), 264- 281.
Freedenthal, S., Vaughn, M. G., Jenson, J. M., &
Howard, M. O. ( 2007). Inhalant use and suicidal-ity
among incarcerated youth. Drug and Alcohol
Dependence, 90, 129- 133.
Fujiura, G. T., & Parish, S. L. ( 2007). Emerging
policy challenges in intellectual disabilities. Mental
Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Research
Reviews, 13, 188- 194.
Grinstein- Weiss, M., Irish, K., Parish, S. L., &
Wagner, K. ( 2007). Using Individual Development
Accounts to save for a home: Are there differenc-es
by race? Social Service Review, 81, 657- 681.
Grinstein- Weiss, M., Curley, J., & Charles, P.
( 2007). Asset building in rural communities: The
experience of Individual Development Accounts.
Rural Sociology, 72 ( 1), 25- 46.
Grote, N. K., & Bledsoe, S. E. ( 2007). Predicting
postpartum depressive symptoms in new moth-ers:
The role of optimism and stress frequency
during pregnancy. Health and Social Work, 32,
107- 118.
Grote, N. K., Bledsoe, S. E., Larkin, J., Lemay, E. P.,
Jr., & Brown, C. ( 2007). Stress exposure and de-pression
in disadvantaged women: The protective
effects of optimism and perceived control. Social
Work Research, 31, 19- 34.
Grote, N. K., Zuckoff, A., Swartz, H. A., Bledsoe, S.
E., & Geibel, S. L. ( 2007). Engaging women who
are depressed and economically disadvantaged
in mental health treatment. Social Work, 52, 295-
308.
Howard, M. O., Balster, R., Cottler, L. B., Wu, L., &
Vaughn, M. ( 2007). Inhalant use among incarcer-ated
adolescents: Prevalence, characteristics, and
predictors of use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence,
93, 197- 209.
Howard, M. O., Meares, P. A., & Ruffolo, M. ( 2007).
Teaching evidence- based practice: Strategic and
pedagogical recommendations. Research on
Social Work Practice, 17, 561- 568.
Kim, M., Scheyett, A., Elbogen, E., Van Dorn, R.,
McDaniel, L., Swartz, M., et al. ( 2007). Front line
workers’ attitudes towards psychiatric advance
directives. Community Mental Health Journal.
On- line first.
Kim, M., Van Dorn, R., Scheyett, A., Elbogen, E.,
Swanson, J., Swartz, M., et al. ( 2007). Understand-ing
the personal and clinical utility of psychiatric
advance directives: A qualitative perspective.
Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes,
70( 1), 19- 29.
Macy, R. J. ( 2007). A coping theory framework for
understanding and preventing revictimization.
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 12, 177- 192.
Macy, R. J. ( 2007). Sexual revictimization: Implica-tions
for social work practice. Families in Society,
88, 627- 636.
Macy, R. J., Martin, S. M., Kupper, L., Casanueva,
C., & Guo, S. ( 2007). Partner violence before, dur-ing,
and after pregnancy: Multiple opportunities
for intervention. Women’s Health Issues, 17( 5),
290- 299.
Macy, R. J., Nurius, P. S., & Norris, J. ( 2007). Latent
profiles among sexual assault survivors: Implica-
2007 Academic Annual Report
Faculty Publications
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tions for defensive coping and resistance. Journal
of Interpersonal Violence, 22, 543- 565.
Macy, R. J., Nurius, P. S., & Norris, J. ( 2007). Latent
profiles among sexual assault survivors: Under-standing
survivors and their assault experiences.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22, 520- 542.
Martin, S. L., Macy, R. J., Magee, M., & Sullivan,
K. ( 2007). Pregnancy associated violent deaths:
The role of intimate partner violence. Trauma,
Violence, & Abuse, 8( 2), 135- 148.
Mullen, E. J., Bellamy, J. L., Bledsoe, S. E., &
Francois, J. J. ( 2007). Teaching evidence- based
practice. Research on Social Work Practice, 17,
574- 582.
Parish, S. L., & Ellison- Martin, J. M. ( 2007). Health
care of low- income women Medicaid benefi-ciaries:
Evidence of disability- based disparities.
Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 18, 109- 116.
Parish, S. L., & Fujiura, G. T. ( 2007). Policies that
shape the intellectual disabilities service system.
Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities
Research Reviews, 13, iii- iv.
Perron, B. E., Vaughn, M. G., & Howard, M. O.
( 2007). Reasons for using inhalants: Evidence for
discrete classes in a sample of incarcerated ado-lescents.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
[ Published online July 2007].
Price, T., & Phipps, L. ( 2007). A step forward:
Positive behavior support and school social work
practice. NASW School Social Work Specialty Prac-tice
Section, 2, 1- 4.
Roberts, A., & Jackson, M. ( 2007). Guest editorial:
Expanding knowledge and competencies to
reflect our diversity: A special section by alumni
scholars of the Minority Fellows Program. Journal
of Social Work Education, 43( 1), pp. - 3.
Sabah, Y., & Orthner, D. K. ( 2007). Implementing
organizational learning in schools: Assessment
and strategy. Children & Schools, 29, 243- 247.
Scheyett, A., Kim, M., Swanson, J., & Swartz, M.
( 2007). Psychiatric advance directives: A tool for
empowerment and recovery. Psychiatric Rehabili-tation
Journal, 31( 1), 70- 75.
Swartz, H. A., Zuckoff, A., Grote, N. K., Spielvogle,
H., Bledsoe, S. E., Shear, M. K., et al. ( 2007). Engag-ing
depressed patients in psychotherapy: Inte-grating
techniques from motivational interview-ing
and ethnographic interviewing to improve
treatment participation. Professional Psychology,
38, 430- 439.
Vaughn, M. G., Perron, B. E., & Howard, M. O.
( 2007). Variations in social contexts and their
effect on adolescent inhalant use: A latent profile
investigation. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 91,
129- 133.
Vaughn, M. G., DeLisi, M., Beaver, K. M., Wright, J.
P., & Howard, M. O. ( 2007). Toward a psychopa-thology
of self- control theory: The importance of
narcissistic traits. Behavioral Sciences and the Law,
25, 1- 18.
Vaughn, M. G., Freedenthal, S., Jenson, J. M., &
Howard, M. O. ( 2007). Psychiatric symptoms and
substance use among juvenile offenders: A latent
profile investigation. Criminal Justice and Behavior,
34, 1284- 1295.
Woolley, M. E., & Bowen, G. L. ( 2007). In the
context of risk: Supportive adults and the school
engagement of middle school students. Family
Relations, 56, 92- 104.
Wu, L., & Howard, M. O. ( 2007). Is inhalant use
a risk factor for heroin and injection drug use
among adolescents in the general population?
Addictive Behaviors, 32, 265- 281.
Wu, L. T., & Howard, M. O. ( 2007). Psychiatric dis-orders
among inhalant users: Findings from the
National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and
Related Conditions. Drug and Alcohol Dependence,
88, 146- 155.
Zhan, M., & Grinstein- Weiss, M. ( 2007). Educa-tional
status and savings performances in Indi-vidual
Developments. Journal of Policy Practice, 6
( 1), 27- 46.
Reports and Policy Briefs
Chang- Keun, H., & Grinstein- Weiss, M. ( 2007).
Asset accumulation beyond saving in Individual
Development Accounts: A randomized experimental
study. ( Working Paper). St. Louis, Mo.: Center for
Social Development, Washington University.
Grinstein- Weiss, M., Greeson, J., Yeo, Y., Despard,
M., Birdsong, S., & Quercia, R. ( 2007). Parental in-volvement
and expectations among low- income
homeowners and renters: Evidence from the
Community Advantage Panel. ( Working Paper).
Center for Community Capital, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Grinstein- Weiss, M., Yeo Y., Irish K., & Zhan, M.
( 2007). Parental assets: A pathway to positive child
educational outcomes. ( Working Paper). St. Louis,
Mo.: Center for Social Development, Washington
University.
Grinstein- Weiss, M., Yeo, Y., Despard, M., & Zhan,
M. ( 2007). Differences in saving outcomes and
program participation in Individual Development
Accounts by bank account ownership. ( Working
Paper). St. Louis, Mo.: Center for Social Develop-ment,
Washington University.
Grinstein- Weiss, M., & Irish, K. ( 2007). Frequently
asked questions: Individual Development Accounts.
( CSD Perspective). St. Louis, Mo.: Center for Social
Development, Washington University.
Grinstein- Weiss, M., Jung- Sook, L., Irish, K., &
Chang- Keun, H. ( 2007). Fostering low- income hom-eownership:
A longitudinal randomized experiment
on Individual Development Accounts. ( Working
Paper). St. Louis, Mo.: Center for Social Develop-ment,
Washington University.
Orthner, D. K. & Rose, R. ( 2007). Family readiness
group involvement and adjustment among Army
civilian spouses. Washington, D. C.: Army Research
Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Vaughn, J., & Scheyett, A. ( 2007). A study of pro-cedures
for identification and treatment of inmates
with a mental illness or developmental disability in
the jails of North Carolina. Raleigh: North Carolina
Governor’s Advocacy Council for Persons with
Disabilities.
Electronic Materials
( Note on Bledsoe – People who bought the book
Research Methods got a code to access the follow-ing
materials electronically via a Web site.)
Bellamy, J. L., & Bledsoe, S. E. ( 2007). Electronic
materials chapter 1: An introduction to scientific
inquiry in social work. For A. Rubin & E. R. Babbie,
Research Methods for Social Work ( 6th ed.). Bel-mont,
Calif.: Thompson. Brooks/ Cole.
Bellamy, J. L., & Bledsoe, S. E. ( 2007). Electronic
materials chapter 22: Inferential data analysis:
part two. For A. Rubin & E. R. Babbie, Research
Methods for Social Work ( 6th ed.). Belmont, Calif.:
Thompson. Brooks/ Cole.
Bledsoe, S. E., & Bellamy, J. L. ( 2007). Electronic
materials chapter 2: Evidence- based practice. For
A. Rubin & E. R. Babbie, Research Methods for Social
Work ( 6th ed.). Belmont, Calif.: Thompson. Brooks/
Cole.
Bledsoe, S. E., & Bellamy, J. L. ( 2007). Electronic
materials chapter 6: Problem formulation. For A.
Rubin & E. R. Babbie, Research Methods for Social
Work ( 6th ed.). Belmont, Calif.: Thompson. Brooks/
Cole.
Bledsoe, S. E., & Fang, L. ( 2007). Electronic materi-als
chapter 10: Causal inference and correlational
designs. For A. Rubin & E. R. Babbie, Research
2007 Academic Annual Report
“ I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in
1998. Since then, I’ve volunteered with the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society locally and
now nationally as a member of the board of
directors. This has had a profound impact on
my ability to impart knowledge and skills to my
students about sensitivity, acceptance, inclusion,
and advocacy for people with disabilities. My
volunteer experience enables me to illustrate
the value of client and family direct services
to students, and reinforces the importance of
the social work perspective in an organization’s
vision, planning, fundraising, advocacy and
evaluation of effectiveness.”
Vanessa Hodges, Associate Professor
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Methods for Social Work ( 6th ed.). Belmont, Calif.:
Thompson. Brooks/ Cole.
Bledsoe, S. E., & Manuel, J. ( 2007). Electronic ma-terials
chapter 12: Single- case evaluation designs.
For A. Rubin & E. R. Babbie, Research Methods for
Social Work ( 6th ed.). Belmont, Calif.: Thompson.
Brooks/ Cole.
Bledsoe, S. E., & Orellana, R. ( 2007). Electronic
materials chapter 11: Experimental designs. For A.
Rubin & E. R. Babbie, Research Methods for Social
Work ( 6th ed.). Belmont, Calif.: Thompson. Brooks/
Cole.
Fang, L., & Bledsoe, S. E. ( 2007). Electronic materi-als
chapter 8: Measurement. For A. Rubin & E. R.
Babbie, Research Methods for Social Work ( 6th ed.).
Belmont, Calif.: Thompson. Brooks/ Cole.
Fang, L., & Bledsoe, S. E. ( 2007). Electronic materi-als
chapter 13: Program evaluation. For A. Rubin &
E. R. Babbie, Research Methods for Social Work ( 6th
ed.). Belmont, Calif.: Thompson. Brooks/ Cole.
Manuel, J., & Bledsoe, S. E. ( 2007). Electronic
materials chapter 19: Qualitative data analysis.
For A. Rubin & E. R. Babbie, Research Methods for
Social Work ( 6th ed.). Belmont, Calif.: Thompson.
Brooks/ Cole.
Doctoral Student Publications
Arnold, E. M., Walsh, A. K., Oldham, M. S., & Rapp,
C. A. ( 2007). Strengths- based case management:
Implementation with high- risk youth. Families in
Society, 88, 86- 94.
Barth, R. P., Greeson, J. K. P., Guo, S., Green, R. L.,
Hurley, S., & Sisson, J. ( 2007). Outcomes for youth
receiving intensive in- home therapy or residen-tial
care: A comparison using propensity scores.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77, 497- 505.
Barth, R. P., Greeson, J. K. P., Guo, S., Green, R. L.,
Hurley, S., & Sisson, J. ( 2007). Changes in family
functioning and child behavior following inten-sive
in- home therapy. Children and Youth Services
Review, 29, 988- 1009.
Bowen, N., Lee, J., & Weller, B. ( 2007). Social envi-ronmental
risk and protection: A typology with
implications for practice in elementary schools.
Children and Schools, 29, 229- 242.
Charles, P., & Perreira, K. M. ( 2007). Correlates of
intimate partner violence during pregnancy and
1- year post- partum. Journal of Family Violence, 22,
609- 619.
Cusack, K. J., Morrissey, J. P., & Ellis, A. R. ( 2007).
Targeting trauma- related interventions and im-proving
outcomes for women with co- occurring
disorders. Administration and Policy in Mental
Health. ( Published online November 13.) Avail-able
at http:// dx. doi. org/ 10.1007/ s10488- 007-
0150- y
Garland, E. ( 2007). The meaning of mindfulness:
A second- order cybernetics of stress, metacogni-tion,
and coping. Complementary Health Practice
Review, 12( 1), 15- 30.
Goldston, D. B., Walsh, A. K., Arnold, E. M.,
Reboussin, B. A., Daniel, S. S., Erkanli, A., et al.
( 2007). Reading problems, psychiatric disorders,
and functional impairment from mid- to late
adolescence. Journal of the Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 25- 32.
Grinstein- Weiss, M., Curley, J., & Charles, P. ( 2007).
Asset building in rural communities: The experi-ence
of individual development accounts. Rural
Sociology, 72( 1), 25- 46.
Landis, S. E., Gaynes, B. N., Morrissey, J. P., Vinson,
N., Ellis, A. R., & Domino, M. E. ( 2007). Generalist
care managers for the treatment of depressed
Medicaid patients in North Carolina: A pilot study.
BMC Family Practice, 8( 7). Available at http:// www.
biomedcentral. com/ 1471- 2296/ 8/ 7
Thomas, K. C., Ellis, A. R., McLaurin, C., Daniels,
J., & Morrissey, J. P. ( 2007). Access to care for
autism- related services. Journal of Autism and
Developmental Disorders, 37, 1902- 1912. Available
at http:// dx. doi. org/ 10.1007/ s10803- 006- 0323- 7
2007 Academic Annual Report
Faculty Awards and Service
Deborah Barrett
Chair of Screening Committee, North Carolina
Psychoanalytic Foundation. Charged with ex-panding
NCPF programing, including provision
of psychotherapeutic services in the community
to under- served populations ( e. g., survivors of
sexual violence, military families with young chil-dren
in which a parent is currently deployed).
Sarah E. Bledsoe
• Elected by the doctoral program committee
to speak at the School of Social Work Com-mencement
Ceremony as representative of the
graduating doctoral class. School of Social Work,
Columbia University ( May 2007)
• Consulting Editor, Social Work, 2007- 2010
• Reviewer, Children and Youth Services Review,
2007- Present
• Member, Scientific Program Committee for
the International Society of Interpersonal Psycho-therapy
biennial meeting, 2007- 2008
• Co- Chair, Maternal Depression Workgroup,
Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, 2007- Present
Natasha Bowen
• Reappointed for second two- year term as
consulting editor for Social Work Research
• Abstract reviewer in 2007 for the Society for
Social Work and Research’s 2008 annual
conference
• Member, Minority Student Achievement
Team, Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools
• Member, Board of Directors of Gaston College
Preparatory School, Gaston, N. C.
Iris Carlton- LaNey
• President, Social Welfare History Group
( SWHG)
• Chair, Book Committee for National Associa-tion
of Social Workers Press
• Member Delegate, Assembly of the National
Association of Social Workers
• Editorial Boards: Affilia: Journal of Women &
Social Work, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare,
Journal of Teaching & Social Work
Mimi Chapman
Faculty Engaged Scholar Award, UNC- Chapel Hill
Mark Fraser
Best Edited Policy Book for 2006- 2008, Society for
Research on Adolescence ( given for Social Policy
with Children and Families: A Risk and Resilience
Perspective, published in 2006 by Sage Press, ed-ited
with Jeffry M. Jenson at the Univ. of Denver)
Michal Grinstein- Weiss
Nominated as a faculty fellow, UNC Center for
Community Capitalism
Susan Parish
��� Guest edited an issue of a journal: Parish,
S. L. & Fujiura, G. T. ( 2007). Public policy related
to intellectual disabilities. Mental Retardation &
Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 13
( 2).
• Associate editor of the journal Intellectual &
Developmental Disabilities
Paul Smokowski
Faculty Engaged Scholar Award, UNC- Chapel Hill
Kim Strom- Gottfried
Strom- Gottfried, Smith P. Theimann Distinguished
Professor for Ethics and Professional Practice, was
named an associate director of the UNC Institute
for the Arts and Humanities and will direct the
Institute’s Academic Leadership Program. The
Institute for the Arts and Humanities, part of
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s
College of Arts and Sciences, offers programs and
activities that support UNC faculty at every stage
of their careers. The Institute funds individual and
collaborative research projects, showcases faculty
work, develops faculty leaders and teachers, and
facilitates the formation of collaborative, interdis-ciplinary
communities that promote intellectual
exchange.
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2007 Academic Annual Report
Title Amount
Primary
Investigator
Sponsor
Getting Ready: A Program for Reaching out to Families of African
American Males in Preschool $ 42,200 Oscar Barbarin A. L. Mailman Family Foundation
Improving the Prospects of Males of Color $ 197,989 Oscar Barbarin W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Getting Ready: A Program for Reaching out to African American
and Latino Males $ 39,534 Oscar Barbarin A. L. Mailman Family Foundation
SAFE Home Study Evaluation $ 240,029 Richard Barth Consortium for Children
Child Protective Services Project $ 137,951 Richard Barth ISED Solutions
Foster Care and Employment $ 75,000 Richard Barth The Urban Institute
National Longitudinal Study of Children & Families - Phases I- IX $ 2,140,107 Richard Barth Research Triangle Institute
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the School Success Profile ( SSP)
Evidence- Based Practice Strategy on School- and Student- Level
Performance
$ 400,000 Gary Bowen John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the School Success Profile ( SSP)
Intervention Package on School- and Student- Level Performance $ 185,505 Gary Bowen William T. Grant Foundation
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the School Success Profile ( SSP)
Intervention Package on School- and Student- Level Performance $ 169,072 Gary Bowen William T. Grant Foundation
Longitudinal effects of the Elementary School Success Profile
( ESSP) $ 375,000 Natasha Bowen Strowd- Roses Foundation and
Triangle Community Foundation
Phase II Development of the Online SSP and ESSP $ 561,776 Natasha Bowen National Institute on Drug Abuse
PPP: Gerontology Leadership Training Program $ 25,000 Rebecca Brigham New York Academy of Medicine
PPP: Gerontology Leadership Training Program $ 25,000 Rebecca Brigham New York Academy of Medicine
Violence- Related Injury Prevention Research:
Promoting Biculturism to Prevent Youth Violence $ 829,059 M