Description

As part of an effort to confront prejudice and discrimination, the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University is using PhotoVoice, an innovative participatory research tool that has become a powerful instrument for social justice to expose and combat prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviors in the lives of people who experience psychiatric disability.

As demonstrated from the images and narratives, PhotoVoice offers an innovative
participatory strategy for including more people with mental illness in research,
education, and advocacy projects. The PhotoVoice process lays out multiple stages for defining the goals of a project, anticipating an audience, taking pictures and telling stories about them, evaluation, and presentation.

This curriculum, consisting of a workbook and a leader’s guide on CD, has been developed and piloted through several rounds of classes. The workbook leads students through the
PhotoVoice process step-by-step, while the leader’s guide provides comprehensive
instruction in leading PhotoVoice workshops. This curriculum will ensure that this PhotoVoice intervention may be delivered easily at outpatient mental health and rehabilitation settings as well as peer-run programs and centers.

The DVD, Beyond the Shadow of Stigma, is included in this curriculum and the video also is available online at:
http://www.bu.edu/cpr/research/ongoing/rtc2009/photovoice/photovoice-load.html

NOTE: The Leader's Guide set includes a copy of the workbook and the DVD.

Citation: Gagne, C., Bowers, A., Russinova, Z., Bloch, P., & McNamara, S. (2010). Combating prejudice and discrimination through PhotoVoice empowerment: Leader's guide. Boston: Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

view excerpts from leader's guide

Companion Product

	Combating Prejudice and Discrimination through PhotoVoice Empowerment: Workbook by Cheryl Gagne, Alexandra Bowers, and Zlatka Russinova © 2010, 38 pages, spiral bound softcover, 8.5" x 11" ISBN 978-1-878512-45-1 Additional copies of workbooks for participants may be purchased separately. Price = $25.00
view excerpts from workbook	Citation: Gagne, C., Bowers, A., & Russinova, Z. (2010). Combating prejudice and discrimination through PhotoVoice empowerment: Workbook. Boston: Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

 

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Sample Class/Group Outline
• Ethical and Safety Guidelines for PhotoVoice
• Photography Permission Form
• Class 1 Overview of the PhotoVoice Class
• Class 2 Stigma: Ignorance, Prejudice, Discrimination, and Mental Illness
• Class 3 PhotoVoice and Photography
• Class 4 Ignorance, Prejudice, Discrimination, and the Power of Stereotypes
• Class 5 PhotoVoice Narratives
• Class 6 Coping with Ignorance, Prejudice, and Discrimination
• Class 7 Recognizing Our Strengths
• Class 8 Planning Our PhotoVoice Exhibitions
• Class 9 Putting It All Together
• Class 10 Celebrating Our Work
• Conclusion
• PhotoVoice Training Self-Evaluation

Authors

Cheryl Gagne, ScD, has been with the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation since 1988 when she joined the Supported Employment Research Project Team.  Since then she has worked in numerous research, training, and service projects at the Center.  Currently, Dr. Gagne is a senior training associate and spends her time training and consulting with mental health programs in the United States and internationally.  She is the associate director of the Services Division of the Center, which develops, delivers, and evaluates innovative services for people with psychiatric disabilities. She has developed many training programs and courses for mental health professionals and people who use mental health services. Since 1994, Dr. Gagne has taught the course, Rehabilitation of Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities, at Boston University.

Alexandra "Sasha" Bowers, MPh, MSW, worked as a Senior Program Specialist in the Recovery Center at Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. She developed numerous presentations about the Recovery Center, working with young adults in the Jump Start program, and PhotoVoice. Ms. Bowers introduced us to the PhotoVoice research and encouraged the use of PhotoVoice at our Center.

Zlatka Russinova, PhD, is a Senior Research Associate at the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Dr. Russinova is a Principal Co-Investigator for the NIDRR funded Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Program in Psychiatric Rehabilitation (2002-2012). She has served as the Principal Investigator for three projects examining employment issues among persons with psychiatric disabilities that have been funded as part of NIDRR’s Field Initiated Projects program. One of these projects was longitudinal study on sustained employment among persons with psychiatric disabilities. The second project examined the factors that determine the vocational recovery of persons with psychiatric disabilities and the third project explores the interrelationships between psychiatric stigma, disclosure at the workplace and vocational recovery. Dr. Russinova has served as Project Director on several research projects over the course of four consecutive NIDRR funded Research and Training Centers (RTC) on rehabilitation of people with long-term mental illness. Dr. Russinova is a clinical psychologist, who has had a Harvard Medical School academic appointment as a Clinical Fellow for several years.

Philippe P. Bloch, M.Ed., is employed as a Research Coordinator at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, having been promoted from his prior position of Research Assistant in November, 2002. His current responsibilities include the administration and coordination of a NIDRR-funded research project designed to evaluate the impact of psychiatric stigma at the workplace, as well as the development, implementation, and delivery of a peer-facilitated intervention intended to help psychiatric consumers cope with the effects of prejudice and discrimination. Mr. Bloch has also been involved in data collection and analysis for two other NIDRR-funded research studies, investigating sustained employment and vocational recovery for individuals who have experienced disabling psychiatric conditions. He has presented findings from his research at conferences on the national level and published in peer-reviewed journals. Prior to joining the Center, Mr. Bloch served as a volunteer Research Assistant for Physicians for Human Rights, where he performed a policy analysis on medical neutrality during times of armed conflict. Mr. Bloch holds a Bachelor's degree cum laude from Harvard University and a Master's degree in Education from Lesley University.

Sue McNamara, MS, began her career in 1978 providing services for people with psychiatric disabilities in community programs, and in 1985 she began teaching the skills of psychiatric rehabilitation to providers in the mental health field. For 15 years, Ms. McNamara worked as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Rehabilitation Counseling Program at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University. She has co-authored several articles and curricula on psychiatric rehabilitation. Currently, Ms. McNamara is the Director of the Professional Development Program, which offers various options for continuing education through the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. She also works as the Product Specialist in the Publications Division at the Center and is involved in developing and marketing products, monitoring inventory and sales, and providing customer service.

Reviews

Currently, there are no published reviews for this product. If you would like to write an endorsement, please send it to Sue McNamara at: suemac@bu.edu

Related Products and Information

• A Recovery & Rehabilitation Newsletter: PhotoVoice
• Book: Voices of Recovery
• Curricula: Enhancing Workplace Inclusion for Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities
• Curricula: Group Process Guidelines for Leading Groups and Classes

Training & Services

• Consultation/In-Service Training
• Recovery Services at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation