Sue McNamara, MS, CRC, CPRP

suemac@bu.edu
Director, Professional Development Program

Product Specialist
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Publications

Areas of Expertise

• Creating and coordinating continuing education options.
• Teaching and performing the skills of psychiatric rehabilitation.
• Creating activity descriptions and protocols for practitioners to facilitate the psychiatric rehabilitation process with individuals or small groups.
• Creating lesson plans for practitioners to teach skills to individuals or small groups.
• Marketing publications for the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Publications

Spaniol, L., McNamara, S., Gagne, C., & Forbess, R. (2009). Group process guidelines for leading groups and classes. Boston: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

McNamara, S. (Ed). (2009). Voices of recovery. Boston: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

BCPR Consulting, Inc. (2004). Psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner tools: Achieving valued roles (Skills version). Boston: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

BCPR Consulting, Inc. (2003). Psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner tools: Choosing valued roles. Boston: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Furlong-Norman, K. & McNamara, S. (2003). Rehabilitation readiness concepts and resources. Recovery & Rehabilitation Newsletter, 2(3).

BCPR Consulting, Inc. (2002). Psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner tools: Achieving valued roles (Compendium version). Boston: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

BCPR Consulting, Inc. (2001). Consumer participation skills: Evaluation modules & lesson plans. Boston: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

BCPR Consulting, Inc. (2001). Psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner tools: Assessing readiness. Boston: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

BCPR Consulting, Inc. (2001). Psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner tools: Developing readiness. Boston: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Farkas, M., Cohen, M., McNamara, S., Nemec, P., and Cohen, B. (2000). Psychiatric rehabilitation training technology: Assessing readiness for rehabilitation. Boston: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Nemec, P. B. and McNamara, S. (2000). Psychiatric rehabilitation. Directions in Rehabilitation Counseling, II(1), 1-13.

Eldredge, G.M., McNamara, S., Stensrud, R., Gilbride, D., Hendren, G., Siegfried, T., & McFarlane, F. (1999). Distance education: A look at five programs. Rehabilitation Education, 13(3), 231-248.

Nemec, P.B. and McNamara, S. (1998). Do we need to meet our students face-to-face? Rehabilitation Education, 12(4) 361-365.

McNamara, S., Nemec, P.B., and Farkas, M.D. (1995). Distance learning at Boston University. The Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, 19(4), 291-297.

Kennard, W.A., O'Brien, W.F., Cohen, M.R., Forbess, R., Mynks, D., Winarski, J., Farkas, M.D., McNamara, S., and Anthony, W.A. (1993). Training for a new system of care, Psychiatric Rehabilitation & Community Support Monograph, 1(2), 5-14.

Nemec, P.B., McNamara, S., and Walsh, D. (1992). Direct Skills Teaching. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 16(1), 12-25.