Session 1 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

1-A Dealing with Boundary Issues in Rural Social Work Programs
Peggy Pittman-Munke, PhD, Elise Fullmer, PhD, Murray State University
Ethics

1-B A Strengths-based Model for Serving High Risk Rural Youth
Sandi Marshall, LCSW, PhD, and Thomasine Heitkamp, LICSW, PhD, University of North Dakota
Children and Families

1-C The Emergence of Indigenous Leaders in Rural Communities
Wilma Cordova, MSW and Michael O. Doughty, PhD, Stephen F. Austin State University
Community Service

1-D The Treatment and Management of Sex Offenders in the Rural Community
Steven L. Hartsock, PhD and Karen Harper-Dorton, PhD, West Virginia University
Clinical Practice

Session 2 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

2-A Relatives Raising Relatives in Rural Communities: Corporations Sponsoring
Community Workshops
Judson Morris, MSW, State Development Manager; Scott Hanauer, MA; and James Laugen, AA, Children’s Home Society of Washington
Community Education, Fund Development

2-B A Model for Collaborative Continuing Education for Rural Social Workers
Patricia M. Christopherson, MSSW, LICSW, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Clinical Practice

2-B Rural Social Work Practice: An Integrated Approach for the 21st Century
Suzie T. Cashwell, CSW, PhD, and Saundra H. Starks, LCSW, EdD, Western Kentucky University, Texas A&M University - Commerce
Clinical Practice

2-C Rural Faith Leaders, Professional Mental Health Counseling and Social Work Linda Openshaw DSW, Cynthia Harr, PhD, Texas A&M University, Commerce
Spirituality

2-D Rural Music as an Instrument for Teaching Rural Behavior
Michael R. Daley, PhD, and Sam Hickman, LCSW, Stephen F. Austin State University, and National Association of Social Workers, West Virginia Chapter
Diversity

2-E Issues Related to Same Sex Marriages in Rural Communities
Baxter B. Wright, PhD and Freddie Avant, LMSW-AP, ACSW, Frostburg State University, Department of Social Work and Stephen F. Austin State University
Community Service

Session 3 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

3-A Dual Relationships and the Social Work Code of Ethics
Warren B. Galbreath, PhD, Ohio University, Eastern Campus
Ethics

3-B The Role of Supervision in Rural Child Welfare Settings
Pat Conway, MSW, PhD, Chad Shaver, MSW, and Pam Bennett, University of North Dakota
Children and Families

3-C Preparing Students for Culturally Competent Practice in Rural Areas
Sam Copeland, LICSW, ACSW, PhD, and Freddie Avant, LMSP-AP, ACSW, Stephen F. Austin State University
Diversity

3-D Spiritual Approaches to Rural Human Services Practice
David Derezotes, LCSW, PhD, University of Utah
Spirituality

3-E Community-Campus Partnerships for Rural Health
Rebecca Hunter, MEd, University of North Carolina
Health

Session 4 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

4-A Child Welfare Investigations: Using Each Contact to Encourage Change
Bonita K. Lantz, LCSW, University of Utah
Children and Families

4-B Technological Enhancement of Rural Social Work Education and Practice
Michelle Emery Blake, PhD, and Suzie T. Cashwell, PhD, Western Kentucky University Social Work Education

4-C La Comunidad Unido: How Student Organizations Learn Community Skills and Cultural Competence
Wilma Cordova, MSW, Sheree Stutzman, Cindy McReynolds, Stephannie Johnson, John Johnson and Toni Peterson, Stephen F. Austin State University
Community Service

4-D Supervisors Expectations of Skills Students Must Master Before Entering Field
Robert H. Keefe, ACSW, PhD, Sandra D. Lane, PhD, Syracuse University
Administration/Management

Session 5 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

5-A Family Involvement in a System of Care
Tracy Johnson, New Frontiers for Families
Clinical Practice

5-B Volunteering by African-American Young Adults Compared to Caucasian Young Adults
Wade Siebert, DSW, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Administration/Management

5-B NISWHRSA Participants’ Suggestions for Effective Rural Practice: Focus Groups’ Findings
Joanne Riebschleger, ACSW, PhD, Central Michigan University
Administration/Management

5-C Evidence-Based Practice Utilizing Single Subject Design
Reiko Hayashi, PhD, Cheryl Haws, MSW, Marcia Nielson, MSW, Cheryle Wolfe, MSW, University of Utah
Community Service

5-D Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Application of a Community Building Model to Serve the Elderly in Rural Areas
Nancy Kelley-Gillespie, PhD, and O. William Farley, PhD, University of Utah Elderly

5-E Rural and Urban Hispanic WIC Participants: Similarities and Differences
Judith Davenport, LCSW, PhD, Margie Sable, MSW, PhD, Anne Dannerbeck, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia
Health

Session 6 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

6-A Civilian Conservation Corps: An Experiment in Individual and Community Development
Robert O. Rich, PhD, Eastern Washington University
Community Education/Fund Development

6-B Leadership in Rural Areas: Breathing New Vitality into Rural Communities
Freddie Avant, LMSW-AP, ACSW, and Sam Copeland, LCSW, PhD, Baxter B. Wright, PhD Stephen F. Austin State University
Administration/Management

6-C Area Development Approach: An Assessment of Experiences in Rural China
Saundra Starks, PhD, Mike Pierce, Lashannon Hunt, Muh Bi Lin, PhD; author, Western Kentucky University
Community Service

6-D Slamming the Door on the Safety Net: Lessons From Those Who Have Exhausted Their TANF Eligibility
Barry L. Locke, PhD, and Eleanor Blakely, PhD, West Virginia University
Public Welfare

6-E A Rural State Response to Managed Behavioral Health Care
Warren B. Galbreath, PhD, Ohio University – Eastern Campus
Health

6-E Social Workers in Rural Schools
Pat Conway, MSW, PhD, Ben Hale, MSW, Joanne Theobald, MSW, University of North Dakota
Children and Families

Session 7 9:00 am – 10:30 am

7-A Public Welfare Policy: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Mary Beth Vogel-Ferguson, MSW, University of Utah
Public Welfare

7-B Community Strategies for Addressing Regional Impacts of Destination Resort Development
Lynne Clemmons Morris, PhD, Eastern Washington University
Community Service

7-B The Chicago Experience: A Rural-to-Urban Service Learning Project
Tim G. Reytebuch, PhD, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Community Service

7-C Picking up our Pickaxes: The Lessons of Josephine Strode for the Rural Social Worker in the 21st Century
Barry L. Locke, PhD, West Virginia University
Social Work Education

7-C Formative Evaluation of Social Work Education: Why Wait?
Monte Miller, University of Wyoming
Social Work Education

Session 8 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

8-A The Effect of the Olmstead Decision on Rural Communities
Jerry Costley, MSW, and Reiko Hayashi, PhD, Disabled Rights Action Committee and University of Utah
Diversity

8-A Indirectly Measured Attitudes of Allied Health Students Toward Disability
Monte Miller, University of Wyoming
Diversity

8-B Rural and Urban Differences Among Mental Health Consumers in One Midwestern State: Implication for Policy, Practice, and Research
John Q. Hodges, PhD, Martha Markward, PhD, Dong Pil Yoon, PhD, and Carol J. Evans, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia
Policy

8-B Ecological Theory: As a Tool for Planning Rural Social Work
Harrell Weathersby, PhD, Southeastern Louisiana University
Policy

8-C Listening to the Voices of the Fishing People: How Fishermen Make Sense of Their Lives in Today’s World
Lena Williams Carawan, PhD, East Carolina University
Community Service