BUSSW Active Participant in Fall Conferences
The School’s faculty, doctoral and master’s students and graduates will be very active at several conferences this fall. COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION ANNUAL PROGRAM MEETING (CSWE APM)–October 26 to 28, San Francisco –Associate Dean Ruth Freedman: "Healthcare Decision-Making by Adults with Intellectual Disabilities:Ethical and Social Work Perspectives" –Professor Mary Collins (with Paul Stuart, Lorraine Gutierrez, Johnnie Hamilton-Mason and Michie Hesselbrock): […]
Professor Hudson Delivers Keynote Address at Rose Institute Dedication
Professor Rob Hudson delivered the keynote address at the Benjamin Rose Institute in Cleveland, where the Institute’s research center was being named in honor of Sydney Katz, MD. Through his development of the activities-of-daily-living scale for assessing need for chronic care services, Dr. Katz revolutionized the long-term care field. In his September 28 presentation, Hudson […]
BUSSW Alumnae Appointed to Massachusetts Governor’s Commonwealth Readiness Project
BUSSW alumnae Jackie Jenkins-Scott (’73) and Dennie Butler-MacKay (’89) have been appointed to positions with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Commonwealth Readiness Project to improve public education. Jenkins-Scott, who is President of Wheelock College, is a Co-Chair of the Project’s Leadership Council and Butler-MacKay, President and CEO of Leaders of Tomorrow, Inc., has been appointed to […]
BUSSW Announces First 2007/08 Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
The Boston University School of Social Work is pleased to announce its first Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium of the 2007/2008 academic year on Thursday, September 20, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The colloquium–The Organizational Culture, Staff Practices, and Social Capital in Transitional Housing Programs for the Homeless in Los Angeles and Tokyo–will be presented by […]
Visiting Scholars Join BUSSW Community
The School of Social Work welcomes three visiting scholars for the 2007/08 academic year: Dr. Rachel Dekel Rachel Dekel is a social worker and a faculty member at the School of Social Work at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Throughout the last decade she has been studying and working in the area of coping with traumatic […]
BUSSW Faculty Team Releases Research Reports as Part of National Evaluation of Child Welfare Training Grants
The research team of Associate Professor Mary Elizabeth Collins, Principal Invesitagator, Professor Maryann Amodeo, Co-Principal Investigator, and Clinical Professor Cassandra Clay, Co-Investigator, has released two reports as part of its National Evaluation of Child Welfare Training Grants. The reports are a Case Study Report of Independent Living Training Projects and a Review of the Literature on […]
Associate Dean Freedman to Present Teleconference Training on Dual Diagnosis
Dr. Ruth Freedman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, has been invited to present a teleconference training for the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD). She will co-present with Donald Freedman, JD, on “Assessing and Enhancing the Capacity of Individuals with Dual Diagnoses to Make Informed Health and Mental Health Care Decisions,” on September 28. […]
Clinical Assistant Professor Schiller Recognized for Group Development Model
Clinical Assistant Professor Linda Yael Schiller has been invited to present on “New Paradigms in Group Development: Applying The Relational Model of Group Development to Vulnerable Populations.” This workshop features her latest work on stages of group development from a relational model, also known as the Schiller Model. In addition, Professor Schiller’s model of […]
Associate Dean Freedman to Participate in Roundtable Discussion on Advance Care Planning
Dr. Ruth Freedman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, has been invited by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and RAND Corporation to participate in a Roundtable Discussion on advance care planning. The purpose of the Roundtable Discussion is to inform the Secretarial Report […]
Sarah Keenan Elected Student Representative to NASW-Massachusetts Chapter Nominating Committee
Stacy Keenan, a second-year Macro Practice student, has been elected Student Representative by her peers to the NASW-Massachusetts Chapter Nominating Committee. In a letter to Dean ad interim Gail Steketee, Phyllis King, Chapter President, and Carol Trust, Chapter Executive Director, wrote, “This election speaks to the professionalism, competence, and trustworthy reputation Sarah communicated to […]