Professional Vita
DENNIS R. COGSWELL, MSW, Ed. D., ACSW
Professor Emeritus of Social Work
School of Social Work
Radford University
Radford, Virginia 24142
Founder of Cogswell-Cousert Consulting (2011); Dr. D.'s Domains (2013)
Personal Data
e-mail addresses: [email protected]
[email protected]
Website Owned that are active:
www.thefamilyforever.com
www.The-American-Family.com
Blogs Owned and Developed:
"Quotes, Notes and Commentary"
Located on this website; click on heading above
Academic Degrees Held and Related Credentials
Doctorate in Adult and Continuing Education (Ed. D.) (1985)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Master's Degree in Social Science Administration (M. S. W.) (1968)
School of Applied Social Sciences
Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology (B.A.) (1966)
Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) (2007-2009)
Membership in Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) is a
professional certification available to professional social workers;
certification held since 1970
Honors and Awards
(2000) Outstanding Service Award, Baccalaureate Program Directors
(1999) Virginia Social Work Educator of the Year Award
Virginia Consortium of Social Work Educators
Publications
Presently writing a novellette-textbook for graduate students going into counseling. Projected completion date: January 2016.
2013. Families are Forever: Communication. Dr. Dennis Cogswell
A book for Parents with grown offspring.
Membership in Author’s Groups
*New River Valley Writer’s Project
*James River Writers
*River Teeth. A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative (www.ashland.edu/Riverteeth)
*Word Serve Water Cooler
*digital LITE Member, Chicago Tribune
Roanoke Times Columns Published
“Core classes are the bases for success (August 2012)
“GOP Leaders Don’t Live Up To Ike” (December 2012)
“The Other Christmas Party’ (December 25, 2012)
Other Activities
2011-2013 Design and Publishing of Above List Five Websites using Weebly.com software.
2002 Cogswell, D., Web-based Chapter Summaries and Related Interactive Materials for Karen Kirst-Ashman' s book: Introduction to Social Welfare and Generalist Practice, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Fall 2002.
2002 Cogswell, D. & Templeton, D. Student Manual for WebTutor. (E-Book) for Karen Kirst-Ashman's book: Introduction to Social Welfare and Generalist Practice, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Fall 2002.
2002 Cogswell, D. & Templeton, D. Instructor's Manual for WebTutor. (E-Book) for Karen Kirst-Ashman's book: Introduction to Social Welfare and Generalist Practice, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Fall
2001 Contributor: School of Social Work Self-Study to Council on Social Work Education, MSW Program.
1994 Marson, S., Cogswell, D., & Smith, Marshall. "Commononly asked questions about electronic communication
and computer networking The New Social Worker. Fall.
1993 Marson, S, Cogswell, D., & Vernon, R. " If I write, I Understand ...
Electronic Mail: A 1990's Learning tool for Social Work Education". BSW Education for practice:
Changing Our Vision: Affirming Our Past-Shaping Our Future. The BPD Forum.
Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, pp. 42-47.
1993 Cogswell, D. (Ed.) Proposal to Council on Social Work Education for the
Development of a 2+2 Program in Social Work at Virginia Western Community College
in Roanoke, Va. Dept. of Social Work and Human Development, Radford University
1993 Cogswell, D. Proposal to Virginia State Council on Higher Education
for the Development of a Master's Degree in Social Work (3 volumes).
Department of Social Work and Human Development.
1989 Cogswell, D. Copyrighted Computer Program, "The Adventures of Quest:
Text Adventure Game Occurring Throughout the Annuals of the History of Social Welfare.
Written in a modified Turbo Pascal source code for use on IBM/IBM compatible computers.
1988 Stubblefield, H. & Cogswell, D.
"Assessing the Training and Staff Development Needs of Mental Health Professionals,"
Administration and Policy in Mental Health. Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall
1985 Cogswell, D. "Assessing the Training and Staff Development Needs of Mental Health/Mental Retardation Professionals:
A Multi-Method Framework," unpublished doctoral dissertation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virgina
1984 Miles, L. & Cogswell, D. "Becoming a Social Work Consultant: The Issue of Models,
"Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, Vol. 2(4).
1978 Cogswell, D. "Rural Mental Health Services: Issue in Design and Delivery - Draft One Social Work in Rural Virginia. Richmond: NASW.
Consultations: Baccalaureate Social Work Education Program Development
2007- 1995 Mountain State University (Formerly College of West Virginia)
Beckley, West Virginia
2003-1998 Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1996 Livingston College, Salisbury, North Carolina
1993-1994 Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina.
2001,1993-1991 Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina.
1990-1989 University of North Carolina-Charlotte, North Carolina
1990-1989 Mansfield University, Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
1990-1989 Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia
1988 Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia
Consultations: Graduate Program Development
2010-2008 Mountain State University( Formerly College of West Virginia),
Beckley, West Virginia. Distant Education Technology Based Program Design.
2003-2001 George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia
Consultations: Other:
2002 Wadsworth Publishing Company1 Brooks-Cole Division
WebCT Utilization Regarding -- Pedagogical and Technical Utilization
2001 Christopher Newport University
Spirituality and Social Work Curriculum Development
1995 Council on Social Work Education, Site Visitor Training Committee
Professional Positions Held
2013-2015 Owner and Co-Director. A National Blog Talk Radio Show:
www.The-American.Family.com
2009-2007 I served as an In-home Lead Family Therapist and an Outpatient Therapist for
the New River Valley League of Therapists. I worked with families, adults, parents, teenagers, and children.
2002-2004 Pro Bono Counseling Program, Mental Health Association of the New River Valley.
In this role I provided mental health counseling services to clients in the program
and received weekly LCSW clinical supervision
2002-1998 Webweaver/Webmaster School of Social Work, Radford University.
I coordinated and develop the web pages for the School and for our state organization.
2003-2000 I directed a project entitled "21"' Century MSW Project that involved
an innovative graduate curriculum model that could be delivered via computer
and interactive television technologies conjointly for four different
universities: Radford University, University of Indiana,
James Madison University, and Ferris State University.
2007-1974 Senior Faculty Member, School of Social Work, Radford University
2000-1995 Director/Coordinator BSW Program; School of Social Work, Radford University
1994-1993 Director, School of Social Work, Radford University.
1991-1984 Chairman, Department of Social Work, Radford University
1984-1979 Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Radford University
1979-1976 Chairman, Department of Social Work, Radford University
1976-1974 Program Director, Social Work Program, Department of Sociology & Social Work, Radford University.
In this role I helped develop the present undergraduate social work program to one
that has been nationally accredited/re-accredited by the Council on Social Work Education four times and grown
from 75 majors to 180 on campus majors and eleven full-time faculty. I also provided the leadership to develop an off-campus BSW program at Virginia Western Community College that has approximately 60 majors.
National and State Committee Leadership/Membership
2003-2000 Chair, Distance Education Committee, Baccalaureate Program Directors Association
2000-1998 National Nominating Committee, Baccalaureate Program Directors
2007-1994 Member:Baccalaureate Program Directors: Technology & Distance Learning Committee
2000-1994 Nominating Committee, Virginia Consortium of Social Work Educators
1994-1990 Chair: Virginia Consortium of Social Work Educators
1992 Co-founder: Baccalaureate Program Directors:
Technology & Distance Learning Committee
Radford University Committee Leadership/Membership
I have served on dozens of departmental, college, and university committees, too numerous to list.
However, listed below are some of the special activities of which I have been a part:
2004-2003 Secretary, Member, Executive Council, Radford University Chapter,
American Association of University Professors.
2003- 2002 Member, Waldron College, Radford University, Department of Education Title III
Collaboration Grant Proposal Committee.
2003-2001 Member, Graduate Affairs Council, Radford University.
2003-2001 Chair, Graduate Practice Committee of the School's Graduate Program;
(I teach graduate and undergraduate practice and policy courses).
2001-1999 Chair, Radford University Cyber-University Committee.
2002, 2001-1995 Chair, Personnel Committee, School of Social Work.
2001-1998 Faculty Advisor and Founder, Radford University Chapter
Habitat for Humanity.
2001-1995 Faculty Member in the University 100 Program, Freshman Advocacy
Program Students On the Road To Success, and Draper Hall Technology Project:
Four different but related student retention programs.
2007-2000; 1997-1995 Senator, Faculty Senate, Radford University.
1995-1994 Member of Advisory Board of the Student Transition and Retention Project.
1996-1994 Committee on Retention of Minority Faculty;
project handled by State Department of Higher Education.
1994- 1985 Advisor, Undergraduate Social Work Club.
1985-1981 Advisor, Alpha Delta Mu (National Social Work Honorary).
1981-1979 Student Affairs Advisory Council.
1997-1981 Quest Advisor (Special Advisor to incoming students).
Research and Evaluation
2011-2012 Design and Development of Survey Research
on Parents of Adult Children (18-29) using Qualtrics Software.
2010-1976 Fifty Accreditation Site Team Visitations for Council on Social Work Education;
the majority were as Site Team Chair.
1994-1992 Staff Development and Needs Assessment Grant; Virginia Department of Mental Health,
Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia.
$11,317 NIMH Grant to help develop a multi-method needs assessment model to assess
the training and staff development needs of community mental health professionals.
Carried out in the Norfolk and Suffolk CSB's in Virginia.
1992-1994, 1989, 1987,1986 External Grant Reviewer for Alzheimer's and Related Diseases Research Award Fund,
Virginia Center on Aging, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University.
1987 Multi-Method Needs Assessment Project to Assess the Mental Health Needs of the Elderly
in the New River Valley, Virginia. New River Valley Community Services Board.
1986 Multi-Method Needs Assessment Project to Assess the Training Needs
of the New River Valley Community Services Board Professionals. New River Valley Community Services Board.
1986 Site Visit Team Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Universities;
Leeland Wilson College, Columbia, Kentucky.
Major Paper/Workshop Presentations
2004-1999 "Electronic Toolbox Programs: A Comparison of WebCT and Blackboard; How to Use Them in Teaching";
BPD Annual Program Meetings and CSWE Annual Meetings
2001 "Designing Web Pages Using Netscape Composer and Microsoft Front Page";
BPD Annual Program Meetings and CSWE Annual Meetings
2000 "Spirituality and Social Work"; Virginia Consortium of Social Work Educators/Virginia NASW Retreat
1999 "Interviewing Children Who May Have Been Sexually Abused;
Multiple Workshops Across Virginia for DSS Professionals
1997 "The Basics of Using E-mail and the World-wide Web in Social Work Education."Workshop presented
at the Annual Program meeting, Baccalaureate Program Directors, Philadelphia
1996 "The Basics of Using E-mail and the World-wide Web in Social Work Education" Workshop presented
at the Annual Program meeting, Baccalaureate Program Directors, Portland, Oregon
1993 "Electronic Mail and the Internet: A Workshop for Social Work Educators."
Workshop presented at the 11th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director's Conference, Baltimore, Md
1992 “ If I Write, I Understand…” Electronic Mail: A 1999’s Learning Tool for Social Work
Education. Paper; 10 th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director's Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
1992 Presented on three occasions, a five day sequence on Administration and Supervisory Concepts and Techniques,
Virginia Institute for Social Service Training Activities (VISSTA) .
1991 Workshop: "Community Involvement and Power Assessment;" New River Valley Community Services Board.
1989-1987 Group Psychotherapy/Counseling Training Program. A twenty-four session (1987-88)
ongoing program to train professionals in group psychotherapy/counselingmodels and techniques.
Offered in 1987-88 and repeated in 1988-89 by Mental Health Services of the New River Valley.
1987 Workshop: "Goal Setting and Yearly Work Plan." Annual Meeting of New River Valley Community Services Board.
1986 Workshop: "Use of Nominal Group Method." Officers, Virginia State Jaycee Chapter, Roanoke, Virginia.
1985 Paper: "Needs Assessment, The State of the Art." National Association of Social Workers 1985 Symposium, Chicago
1984 Paper: "More Effective Needs Assessment thru Research. "Third Annual Conference, Sharing What Works:
Continuing Education in Action. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
1984 Workshop: "Use of a Multi-Method Needs Assessment Framework for Assessing Training
and Staff Development Needs of Mental Health Professionals".
Training Directors, Virginia Community Mental Health Centers, Alton Mountain, Virginia.
1983 "Utilizing the First Portion of a Workshop to Obtain a
Learning-Teaching Contract." Second Annual Conference, Sharing What Works:
Continuing Education in Action, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
1983 Paper: "Training and Education for Social Workers: The Early Roots 1860-1920".
Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, San Antonio, Texas.
1982-1974 Workshops
During this time period I presented over twenty plus (20) different workshops in various settings
to a wide variety of professional audiences on many clinical and administrative topics.
DENNIS R. COGSWELL, MSW, Ed. D., ACSW
Professor Emeritus of Social Work
School of Social Work
Radford University
Radford, Virginia 24142
Founder of Cogswell-Cousert Consulting (2011); Dr. D.'s Domains (2013)
Personal Data
e-mail addresses: [email protected]
[email protected]
Website Owned that are active:
www.thefamilyforever.com
www.The-American-Family.com
Blogs Owned and Developed:
"Quotes, Notes and Commentary"
Located on this website; click on heading above
Academic Degrees Held and Related Credentials
Doctorate in Adult and Continuing Education (Ed. D.) (1985)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Master's Degree in Social Science Administration (M. S. W.) (1968)
School of Applied Social Sciences
Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology (B.A.) (1966)
Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) (2007-2009)
Membership in Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) is a
professional certification available to professional social workers;
certification held since 1970
Honors and Awards
(2000) Outstanding Service Award, Baccalaureate Program Directors
(1999) Virginia Social Work Educator of the Year Award
Virginia Consortium of Social Work Educators
Publications
Presently writing a novellette-textbook for graduate students going into counseling. Projected completion date: January 2016.
2013. Families are Forever: Communication. Dr. Dennis Cogswell
A book for Parents with grown offspring.
Membership in Author’s Groups
*New River Valley Writer’s Project
*James River Writers
*River Teeth. A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative (www.ashland.edu/Riverteeth)
*Word Serve Water Cooler
*digital LITE Member, Chicago Tribune
Roanoke Times Columns Published
“Core classes are the bases for success (August 2012)
“GOP Leaders Don’t Live Up To Ike” (December 2012)
“The Other Christmas Party’ (December 25, 2012)
Other Activities
2011-2013 Design and Publishing of Above List Five Websites using Weebly.com software.
2002 Cogswell, D., Web-based Chapter Summaries and Related Interactive Materials for Karen Kirst-Ashman' s book: Introduction to Social Welfare and Generalist Practice, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Fall 2002.
2002 Cogswell, D. & Templeton, D. Student Manual for WebTutor. (E-Book) for Karen Kirst-Ashman's book: Introduction to Social Welfare and Generalist Practice, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Fall 2002.
2002 Cogswell, D. & Templeton, D. Instructor's Manual for WebTutor. (E-Book) for Karen Kirst-Ashman's book: Introduction to Social Welfare and Generalist Practice, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Fall
2001 Contributor: School of Social Work Self-Study to Council on Social Work Education, MSW Program.
1994 Marson, S., Cogswell, D., & Smith, Marshall. "Commononly asked questions about electronic communication
and computer networking The New Social Worker. Fall.
1993 Marson, S, Cogswell, D., & Vernon, R. " If I write, I Understand ...
Electronic Mail: A 1990's Learning tool for Social Work Education". BSW Education for practice:
Changing Our Vision: Affirming Our Past-Shaping Our Future. The BPD Forum.
Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, pp. 42-47.
1993 Cogswell, D. (Ed.) Proposal to Council on Social Work Education for the
Development of a 2+2 Program in Social Work at Virginia Western Community College
in Roanoke, Va. Dept. of Social Work and Human Development, Radford University
1993 Cogswell, D. Proposal to Virginia State Council on Higher Education
for the Development of a Master's Degree in Social Work (3 volumes).
Department of Social Work and Human Development.
1989 Cogswell, D. Copyrighted Computer Program, "The Adventures of Quest:
Text Adventure Game Occurring Throughout the Annuals of the History of Social Welfare.
Written in a modified Turbo Pascal source code for use on IBM/IBM compatible computers.
1988 Stubblefield, H. & Cogswell, D.
"Assessing the Training and Staff Development Needs of Mental Health Professionals,"
Administration and Policy in Mental Health. Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall
1985 Cogswell, D. "Assessing the Training and Staff Development Needs of Mental Health/Mental Retardation Professionals:
A Multi-Method Framework," unpublished doctoral dissertation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virgina
1984 Miles, L. & Cogswell, D. "Becoming a Social Work Consultant: The Issue of Models,
"Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, Vol. 2(4).
1978 Cogswell, D. "Rural Mental Health Services: Issue in Design and Delivery - Draft One Social Work in Rural Virginia. Richmond: NASW.
Consultations: Baccalaureate Social Work Education Program Development
2007- 1995 Mountain State University (Formerly College of West Virginia)
Beckley, West Virginia
2003-1998 Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1996 Livingston College, Salisbury, North Carolina
1993-1994 Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina.
2001,1993-1991 Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina.
1990-1989 University of North Carolina-Charlotte, North Carolina
1990-1989 Mansfield University, Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
1990-1989 Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia
1988 Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia
Consultations: Graduate Program Development
2010-2008 Mountain State University( Formerly College of West Virginia),
Beckley, West Virginia. Distant Education Technology Based Program Design.
2003-2001 George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia
Consultations: Other:
2002 Wadsworth Publishing Company1 Brooks-Cole Division
WebCT Utilization Regarding -- Pedagogical and Technical Utilization
2001 Christopher Newport University
Spirituality and Social Work Curriculum Development
1995 Council on Social Work Education, Site Visitor Training Committee
Professional Positions Held
2013-2015 Owner and Co-Director. A National Blog Talk Radio Show:
www.The-American.Family.com
2009-2007 I served as an In-home Lead Family Therapist and an Outpatient Therapist for
the New River Valley League of Therapists. I worked with families, adults, parents, teenagers, and children.
2002-2004 Pro Bono Counseling Program, Mental Health Association of the New River Valley.
In this role I provided mental health counseling services to clients in the program
and received weekly LCSW clinical supervision
2002-1998 Webweaver/Webmaster School of Social Work, Radford University.
I coordinated and develop the web pages for the School and for our state organization.
2003-2000 I directed a project entitled "21"' Century MSW Project that involved
an innovative graduate curriculum model that could be delivered via computer
and interactive television technologies conjointly for four different
universities: Radford University, University of Indiana,
James Madison University, and Ferris State University.
2007-1974 Senior Faculty Member, School of Social Work, Radford University
2000-1995 Director/Coordinator BSW Program; School of Social Work, Radford University
1994-1993 Director, School of Social Work, Radford University.
1991-1984 Chairman, Department of Social Work, Radford University
1984-1979 Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Radford University
1979-1976 Chairman, Department of Social Work, Radford University
1976-1974 Program Director, Social Work Program, Department of Sociology & Social Work, Radford University.
In this role I helped develop the present undergraduate social work program to one
that has been nationally accredited/re-accredited by the Council on Social Work Education four times and grown
from 75 majors to 180 on campus majors and eleven full-time faculty. I also provided the leadership to develop an off-campus BSW program at Virginia Western Community College that has approximately 60 majors.
National and State Committee Leadership/Membership
2003-2000 Chair, Distance Education Committee, Baccalaureate Program Directors Association
2000-1998 National Nominating Committee, Baccalaureate Program Directors
2007-1994 Member:Baccalaureate Program Directors: Technology & Distance Learning Committee
2000-1994 Nominating Committee, Virginia Consortium of Social Work Educators
1994-1990 Chair: Virginia Consortium of Social Work Educators
1992 Co-founder: Baccalaureate Program Directors:
Technology & Distance Learning Committee
Radford University Committee Leadership/Membership
I have served on dozens of departmental, college, and university committees, too numerous to list.
However, listed below are some of the special activities of which I have been a part:
2004-2003 Secretary, Member, Executive Council, Radford University Chapter,
American Association of University Professors.
2003- 2002 Member, Waldron College, Radford University, Department of Education Title III
Collaboration Grant Proposal Committee.
2003-2001 Member, Graduate Affairs Council, Radford University.
2003-2001 Chair, Graduate Practice Committee of the School's Graduate Program;
(I teach graduate and undergraduate practice and policy courses).
2001-1999 Chair, Radford University Cyber-University Committee.
2002, 2001-1995 Chair, Personnel Committee, School of Social Work.
2001-1998 Faculty Advisor and Founder, Radford University Chapter
Habitat for Humanity.
2001-1995 Faculty Member in the University 100 Program, Freshman Advocacy
Program Students On the Road To Success, and Draper Hall Technology Project:
Four different but related student retention programs.
2007-2000; 1997-1995 Senator, Faculty Senate, Radford University.
1995-1994 Member of Advisory Board of the Student Transition and Retention Project.
1996-1994 Committee on Retention of Minority Faculty;
project handled by State Department of Higher Education.
1994- 1985 Advisor, Undergraduate Social Work Club.
1985-1981 Advisor, Alpha Delta Mu (National Social Work Honorary).
1981-1979 Student Affairs Advisory Council.
1997-1981 Quest Advisor (Special Advisor to incoming students).
Research and Evaluation
2011-2012 Design and Development of Survey Research
on Parents of Adult Children (18-29) using Qualtrics Software.
2010-1976 Fifty Accreditation Site Team Visitations for Council on Social Work Education;
the majority were as Site Team Chair.
1994-1992 Staff Development and Needs Assessment Grant; Virginia Department of Mental Health,
Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia.
$11,317 NIMH Grant to help develop a multi-method needs assessment model to assess
the training and staff development needs of community mental health professionals.
Carried out in the Norfolk and Suffolk CSB's in Virginia.
1992-1994, 1989, 1987,1986 External Grant Reviewer for Alzheimer's and Related Diseases Research Award Fund,
Virginia Center on Aging, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University.
1987 Multi-Method Needs Assessment Project to Assess the Mental Health Needs of the Elderly
in the New River Valley, Virginia. New River Valley Community Services Board.
1986 Multi-Method Needs Assessment Project to Assess the Training Needs
of the New River Valley Community Services Board Professionals. New River Valley Community Services Board.
1986 Site Visit Team Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Universities;
Leeland Wilson College, Columbia, Kentucky.
Major Paper/Workshop Presentations
2004-1999 "Electronic Toolbox Programs: A Comparison of WebCT and Blackboard; How to Use Them in Teaching";
BPD Annual Program Meetings and CSWE Annual Meetings
2001 "Designing Web Pages Using Netscape Composer and Microsoft Front Page";
BPD Annual Program Meetings and CSWE Annual Meetings
2000 "Spirituality and Social Work"; Virginia Consortium of Social Work Educators/Virginia NASW Retreat
1999 "Interviewing Children Who May Have Been Sexually Abused;
Multiple Workshops Across Virginia for DSS Professionals
1997 "The Basics of Using E-mail and the World-wide Web in Social Work Education."Workshop presented
at the Annual Program meeting, Baccalaureate Program Directors, Philadelphia
1996 "The Basics of Using E-mail and the World-wide Web in Social Work Education" Workshop presented
at the Annual Program meeting, Baccalaureate Program Directors, Portland, Oregon
1993 "Electronic Mail and the Internet: A Workshop for Social Work Educators."
Workshop presented at the 11th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director's Conference, Baltimore, Md
1992 “ If I Write, I Understand…” Electronic Mail: A 1999’s Learning Tool for Social Work
Education. Paper; 10 th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director's Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
1992 Presented on three occasions, a five day sequence on Administration and Supervisory Concepts and Techniques,
Virginia Institute for Social Service Training Activities (VISSTA) .
1991 Workshop: "Community Involvement and Power Assessment;" New River Valley Community Services Board.
1989-1987 Group Psychotherapy/Counseling Training Program. A twenty-four session (1987-88)
ongoing program to train professionals in group psychotherapy/counselingmodels and techniques.
Offered in 1987-88 and repeated in 1988-89 by Mental Health Services of the New River Valley.
1987 Workshop: "Goal Setting and Yearly Work Plan." Annual Meeting of New River Valley Community Services Board.
1986 Workshop: "Use of Nominal Group Method." Officers, Virginia State Jaycee Chapter, Roanoke, Virginia.
1985 Paper: "Needs Assessment, The State of the Art." National Association of Social Workers 1985 Symposium, Chicago
1984 Paper: "More Effective Needs Assessment thru Research. "Third Annual Conference, Sharing What Works:
Continuing Education in Action. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
1984 Workshop: "Use of a Multi-Method Needs Assessment Framework for Assessing Training
and Staff Development Needs of Mental Health Professionals".
Training Directors, Virginia Community Mental Health Centers, Alton Mountain, Virginia.
1983 "Utilizing the First Portion of a Workshop to Obtain a
Learning-Teaching Contract." Second Annual Conference, Sharing What Works:
Continuing Education in Action, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
1983 Paper: "Training and Education for Social Workers: The Early Roots 1860-1920".
Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, San Antonio, Texas.
1982-1974 Workshops
During this time period I presented over twenty plus (20) different workshops in various settings
to a wide variety of professional audiences on many clinical and administrative topics.