Proceedings for NACSW Convention 2011

Building Bridges: Fostering Healing & Connections in Our Communities

Welcome to the Resources from NACSW’s 68th Annual Convention

Charlotte, NC • November 2-5, 2017

Below you will find a sampling of materials presented during workshops and poster sessions during NACSW’s Convention 2017.

The papers and PowerPoint presentations in these proceedings did not undergo a formal editing process. Entries are arranged according to the convention tracks used to organize the program at Convention 2017. Not all presenters submitted materials to be included on this page.

Views expressed by presenters are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of NACSW. Being selected to present a workshop in no way implies NACSW’s endorsement or certification of presenters’ qualification, ability, or proficiency to practice social work or integrate faith and social work.

Direct Practice: Individual

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Counseling & Maintenance for Opioid Addiction: A Pragmatic Perspective	Aaron Brown
Assessment of Inherent Motivation: A Layman Tool for Effective Intervention (Part One) Assessment of Inherent Motivation: A Layman Tool for Effective Intervention (Part Two) Assessment of Inherent Motivation: A Layman Tool for Effective Intervention (Outline)	Ronald Brown
Social Workers Can Suffer from Moral Injury Too	Lanny Endicott
Creating, Optimizing, Practices for Endurance (COPE)	Dezette C. Johnson & LaSonya Townsend
Poverty: Lubbock Impact Free Clinic Reaching Toward Social Justice	Debra Lavender-Bratcher
The Genesis of Helping: A Biblical Integrative Perspective	Muh Bi Lin, Leslie Wuest & Yongqiang Zheng
Effective Psychotherapy Techniques for Learning Disordered Clients Effective Psychotherapy Techniques for Learning Disordered Clients (Handout)	Jennifer D.Massey
Saving Pieces of Me: Compassion Satisfaction Saving Pieces of Me: Compassion Satisfaction (Handout)	Sally Moore
Secondary Trauma of Frontline Child Welfare Work Secondary Trauma of Frontline Child Welfare Work (Handout)	Kimberly N. Mudd-Fegett
Nursing Facility Social Work: Resident Behavioral Challenges and Responses Nursing Facility Social Work: Resident Behavioral Challenges and Responses (Handout)	Dennis R. Myers, Harold H. LeCrone, & Hannah Eaton, ,
Moral Injury and the American Veteran: Addressing the Moral Wound of War	Tim Olsen
Holistic Case Management for Victims of Trafficking	Rachel Parker
Helping Couples with Emotional and Spiritual Healing after Infidelity	Janice M. Rasheed & Mikal N. Rasheed
Promoting Emotional Intimacy: The Blessing of Marriage and Family Therapy Promoting Emotional Intimacy: The Blessing of Marriage and Family Therapy (References)	Jonathan C. Robinson & Margaret M. Robinson
Giving Voice to Pain: Using Psalms of Lament to Address Suicide Grief	Terry Smith
Use of Spirituality in Healing and Recovery in Substance Abuse Treatment	Amandia Speakes-Lewis
Universal Substance Use Screening in Faith-Based Work?: An SBIRT Overview	Annette Ward
Opioid Use in Pregnancy: An Evidence-based Approach	Cayce Watson & April Mallory

Admin & Work

Title of Presentation

Presenter's Name

Leading Dispersed Teams

Sharlene Allen Milton

Developing Spiritually Sensitive Human Service Organizations

Developing Spiritually Sensitive Human Service Organizations (Handout)

Jim Dudley

Direct Practice - Groups

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Veterans Care Ministry: Ministry Practices Focused on Moral Injuries of War Veterans Care Ministry: Ministry Practices Focused on Moral Injuries of War(Brochure)	Tommy Goode
Good Grief: The Power of Groups in Bereavement	Rhonda Hudson
Conflict Resolution & Recovering Human Trafficking Victims: A Pilot Program	Kay Julien
Empowering Local Churches to Care for Families in Developing Nations	Rebecca Moore & Jeffrey Moore
Christian Community Development and the Gentrification of the Inner City Christian Community Development and the Gentrification of the Inner City (Handout)	Christopher Thyberg

Empowering Communities

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Thinking Outside the Box Reaching Inner City Children	Desiree Davis
Project: Human - Creating Dialogue, Embracing Change	David R Edwards & Tristi Ogden
The Peak Performers Program: Empowering At-Risk Youth Through Life Skills	Joseph Holland
Interreligious Dialogue and Social Work: Who is my neighbor?	Julia Pizzuto-Pomaco
Creating Culturally Responsive Emotional Care Ministries in Black Churches Creating Culturally Responsive Emotional Care Ministries in Black Churches(Handout)	Jennifer Shepard Payne
The Church without Frontiers: Accompanying Churches Welcoming Refugees The Church without Frontiers: Accompanying Churches Welcoming Refugees (Bibliography) The Church without Frontiers: Accompanying Churches Welcoming Refugees (Handout)	Stephanie Spandl
Individual Development Accounts through Local Congregations Individual Development Accounts through Local Congregations (Handout 1) Individual Development Accounts through Local Congregations (Handout 2) Individual Development Accounts through Local Congregations (Handout 3) Individual Development Accounts through Local Congregations (Handout 4) Individual Development Accounts through Local Congregations (Handout 5) Individual Development Accounts through Local Congregations (Handout 6)	Terry A. Wolfer & Janessa Steele
Theoretical Perspectives and Models of Community Empowerment	Stephen W.Stoeffler

Faith and Justice

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Reparations as a Key to Reconciliation with Communities of Slavery Descent	Pamela A. Bridgeman & Debbie Kemp
Finding Strengths in the Midst of Human Devastation: A Study of Strengths in New Refugees in Greece	Katherine Diehl & Gaynor Yancey
Reflections of Christian Social Workers on LGBT Advocacy Work	Rene Drumm
The Audacity of Mercy and Hope in Christian Social Work Practice	Dorothea Epple
An Intergeneration Perspective on Black Women and Police Brutality An Intergeneration Perspective on Black Women and Police Brutality (Bibliography) An Intergeneration Perspective on Black Women and Police Brutality (Handout 1) An Intergeneration Perspective on Black Women and Police Brutality (Handout 2) An Intergeneration Perspective on Black Women and Police Brutality (Handout 3)	Sheila Joyner-Pritchard, Freddy Minnifield, & Minna Pritchard
2.7 Million Reasons to Integrate Faith & Justice with Children of Prisoners 2.7 Million Reasons to Integrate Faith & Justice with Children of Prisoners (Handout 1) 2.7 Million Reasons to Integrate Faith & Justice with Children of Prisoners (Handout 2) 2.7 Million Reasons to Integrate Faith & Justice with Children of Prisoners (Handout 3) 2.7 Million Reasons to Integrate Faith & Justice with Children of Prisoners (Handout 4)	Brenda McGowan
Moving from Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces: Faith Based Social Justice	Sonyia Richardson & Vanessa Drew-Branch

Human Development

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Designing Spiritually-Sensitive Death Education to Promote Peace Designing Spiritually-Sensitive Death Education to Promote Peace (Handout 1) Designing Spiritually-Sensitive Death Education to Promote Peace (Handout 2)	Jana Donahoe
Moral Injury and Soul Repair Moral Injury and Soul Repair (Handout 1) Moral Injury and Soul Repair (Handout 2) Moral Injury and Soul Repair (Handout 3)	Harry Quiett
Companioning Federal Employees Deployed to Major Disaster A Pioneer Model	Jon R. Wallace

Professional Relationships

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Maintaining Your Social Work Christian Faith	Barbara Anderson
Binding up our Nation's Wounds: An Ethic of Inclusion	Mari Ann Graham
Working through varying professional viewpoints on controversial issues	Charles Seitz
Supervision!: It's More Than You Think	Kenneth Smith
The Dignity of Work: Is Prostitution Work or Exploitation? The Dignity of Work: Is Prostitution Work or Exploitation? (Handout 1) The Dignity of Work: Is Prostitution Work or Exploitation? (Handout 2) The Dignity of Work: Is Prostitution Work or Exploitation? (Handout 3)	Hope Wilson

Public Administration

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Staying at a Pet-Friendly Shelter for Homeless Adults, With Their Pet	Sandra Harp

R&P with Ethnically Diverse Populations

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Training Social Work Students as Mentors for Advocacy with Children at Risk	Denise Anderson & Brynn Williams
Fruitful Inspirations	Lucinda Blue
Meaning Making of Spirituality Among African American Youth: A Gender Focus	Dennis Corbin
"Colorblind" Christian Social Work: Combating or Contributing to Racism	Anthony Harris
Interpersonal Violence Among African American Young Adult Women	Wachell McKendrick
Developing an Empowering Model of Refugee Resettlement: A Qualitative Study Developing an Empowering Model of Refugee Resettlement: A Qualitative Study (Handout)	Elizabeth Patterson Roe

Social Work Education

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Transformative Narratives: Using the Expressive Arts	Joyous Bethel & Leonora Foels
Moral Entanglements for Christian Students entering Field Education	Alex Colvin & Angela Bullock
Integrating Faith into Practice: A Professor and Student View Integrating Faith into Practice: A Professor and Student View (Handout)	Elke Cox & Michaela Frantz
Faith and Field	Linda Darrell & Thelma Rich
How in the World Do We Integrate Faith & Social Work Education?!	Sheri Duffy
Teaching Mindfulness to Social Work Students	Stephanie Hamm
Strengthening Critical Thinking in Social Policy	Jane Hoyt-Oliver
Retention and Persistance in Online BSW Programs: Related or not?	Robert Jesiolowski, Twyla Lee & Jesse Pablo
Integrating Faith in Substance Use Risk Assessment: An SBIRT Model	Mary Rawlings & Rachel Castaneda
Planning and Implementing a Short-Term Community Service Learning Project	Bobbye Roberts
Teaching Mindfulness to Social Work Students	Michael Sherr
Developing the Mindset and Practices for Productive Scholarship & Research	David Skiff
Social Work Goes to Hollywood: Using Movies to Teach Clinical Concepts	Bob Zylstra

Student

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Black Social Workers Matter. Influences of Black Pioneers on the Profession	Amittia Parker

Social Work Research

Title of Presentation	Presenter's Name
Qualitative Study of MSW Student Scripture Reflections/Ethics Integration	Randy J. Baxter & Dorothea Epple
Religion, Spirituality and HIV/AIDS in NGOs and FBOs in Sub-Saharan Africa	Sung Ah Choi
Cross-Cultural Experiences of Widowhood: American and Ghanaian Akan Widows	Rose Korang-Okrah, Amanda Keys, Tiffany Havlin, & Regina Russell
The State of Foster Care: The Ohio Study	Kenneth Larimore
Factor Analysis of the BMMRS among people with TBI from the US and India	Dong Yoon

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