Conference Information

Federal Support for Social Service Issues
Opening Plenary - Thursday, July 29 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Social Work Auditorium, College of Social Work, University of Utah
Congressman Matheson will offer an update on issues ranging from welfare reform, to mental health parity and the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention Act. During two terms in the House of Representatives, Congressman Matheson has prioritized social service issues important to Utah families.

James Matheson, MBA was sworn in for a second term in January 2003, representing Utah’s Second Congressional District, which includes all of Southern Utah - most of the rural areas of the state. As a member of the House Transportation Committee, Matheson sits on the subcommittees that oversee highways, transit, and aviation. He is also a member of the House Financial Services Committee, which deals with banking, real estate, insurance, housing and the securities market, and serves on the House Science Committee, which covers federal funding of research and development and NASA. During his time in Washington, Matheson has championed bipartisanship, looking to “reach across the aisle” for common sense solutions to issues. Congressman Matheson is a sixth-generation Utahn who was born and reared in Salt Lake City. He received his BA in Government from Harvard University and his MBA from UCLA. Congressman James Matheson will present the Opening Plenary, Congressional schedule permitting.

The Challenges and Rewards of Rural Social Work Practice
Keynote Address - Friday, July 30 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Social Work Auditorium, College of Social Work, University of Utah

Dr. Farley will discuss the difficult times rural areas of the United States are currently facing. Boom and bust cycles - combined with high inflation and lower land prices - have created stress and unhappiness for rural residents. Rural social workers understand the functioning of rural communities and can have a positive impact by creatively solving common problems.

O. William Farley, PhD is the director of the School of Social Work at Brigham Young University and the director of the W.D. Goodwill Initiatives on Aging at the University of Utah College of Social Work. He has served on the faculty of the University of Utah College of Social Work since 1962. He earned his PhDs in Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley, and in Educational Psychology at the University of Utah. He has taught social casework, human behavior and the social environment, and research. Dr. Farley’s research has focused on attention deficit disorder in children, psychiatric problems of children, problems of the blind, mental health clinics, aging, Alaska Native school dropouts, and Alaska Village Council contracts. He has served as director of the College of Social Work’s master and doctoral programs, and the College of Social Work Social Research Institute.

Rural Conference Presentations

Social Work Education
Extended Campus Program: Providing a full SW curriculum to rural residents in the Appalachian mountain region
Presenter: Marlene Belew Huff, LCSW, PhD, Eastern Kentucky University
Technological Enhancement of Rural Social Work Education and Practice
Presenters: Michelle Emery Blake, PhD, and Suzie T. Cashwell, PhD, Western Kentucky University
Picking up our Pickaxes: The Lessons of Josephine Strode for the Rural Social Worker in the 21st Century
Presenter: Barry L. Locke, PhD, West Virginia University
Dealing with Boundary Issues in Rural Social Work Programs
Presenter: Peggy Pittman-Munke, PhD, Murray State University
Formative Evaluation of Social Work Education: Why Wait?
Presenter: Monte Miller, PhD, University of Wyoming

Administration
Volunteering by African-American Young Adults Compared to Caucasian Young Adults
Presenter: Wade Siebert, DSW, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Supervisors’ Expectations of Skills Students Must Master Before Entering Field
Presenters: Robert H. Keefe, PhD, and Sandra D. Lane, PhD, Syracuse University
Transformational Leadership: Reinventing the Rural Human Services Agency
Presenter: John Cox, DSW, MacMurray College, Illinois
Leadership in Rural Areas: Breathing New Vitality into Rural Communities
Presenters: Freddie Avant, LMSW-AP, ACSW, and Sam Copeland, LCSW, PhD, Stephen F. Austin State University
NISWHSRA Participants’ Suggestions for Effective Rural Practice: Focus Groups’ Findings
Presenter: Joanne Riebschleger, PhD, Central Michigan University

Children and Families
The Role of Supervision in Rural Child Welfare Settings
Presenters: Pat Conway, MSW, PhD, Chad Shaver, and Pam Bennett, University of North Dakota
Social Workers in Rural Schools
Presenters: Pat Conway, MSW, PhD, Ben Hale, MSW, and Joanne Theobald, MSW, University of North Dakota
A Strengths-based Model for Serving High Risk Rural Youth
Presenters: Sandi Marshall, LCSW, and Thomasine Heitkamp, LICSW, PhD, University of North Dakota
A Rural State Response to Managed Behavioral Health Care
Presenter: Warren B. Galbreath, PhD, Ohio University-Eastern Campus
Child welfare investigations: Using each contact to encourage change
Presenter: Bonita K. Lantz, LCSW, University of Utah

Community Practice
Area Development Approach: An Assessment of Experiences in Rural China
Presenter: Muh Bi Lin, PhD Social Work, Western Kentucky University
Civilian Conservation Corps: An Experiment in Individual and Community Development
Presenter: Robert O. Rich, PhD, Eastern Washington University
Bridging the Learning Gap: Developing Community Skills with Rural Populations
Presenter: Wilma Cordova , MSW, Stephan F. Austin State University
Evidence-Based Practice Utilizing Single Subject Design
Presenters: Reiko Hayashi, PhD, Cheryl Haws, MSW, Marcia Nielson, MSW, and Cheryle Wolfe, MSW, University of Utah
Community Strategies for Addressing Regional Impacts for Destination Resort Development
Presenter: Lynne Clemmons Morris, PhD, Eastern Washington University
The Chicago Experience: A Rural-to-Urban Service Learning Project
Presenter: Tim G. Reytebuch, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Learning Service/Community Awareness: Social Work Students Illuminating Rural Poverty
Presenter: James P. Winship, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
The Emergence of Indigenous Leaders in Rural Communities
Presenters: Wilma Cordova, MSW, and Michael O. Doughty, PhD, Stephen F. Austin State University
Listening to the Voices of the Fishing People
Presenter: Lena Williams Carawan, PhD, East Carolina University

Health
Community-Campus Partnerships for Rural Health
Presenter: Rebecca Hunter, MEd, UNC School of Medicine
Rural and Urban Hispanic WIC Participants: Similarities and Differences
Presenters: Judith Davenport, LCSW, PhD, Margie Sable, MSW, DrPH, and Anne Dannerbeck, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia

Ethics
Dual Relationship and the Social Work Code of Ethics
Presenter: Warren B. Galbreath, PhD, Ohio University-Eastern Campus

Public Welfare
Slamming the Door on the Safety Net: Lessons from Those Who have Exhausted their TANF Eligibility
Presenters: Barry L. Locke, PhD, and Eleanor Blakely, West Virginia University
Public Welfare Policy: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Presenters: Mary Beth Vogel-Ferguson, MSW, Mary Jane Taylor, PhD, and Dianne Cunningham, MEd, Univ. of Utah

Clinical Practice
Rural Social Work Practice: An integrated approach for the 21st Century
Presenters: Suzie T. Cashwell, CSW, PhD, and Saundra H. Starks, LCSW, EdD, Western Kentucky University
Long-Term Care: Issues of Consumer Self-Directed Services in Rural Utah
Presenter: Kelly Van Noy, MS, Weber Human Services, UtahThe Treatment and Management of Sex Offenders in the Rural Community
Presenters: Steven L. Hartsock, PhD, and Karen Harper-Dorton, PhD, West Virginia University
Family Involvement in a System of Care
Presenter: Tracy Johnson, New Frontiers for Families
A Model for Collaborative Continuing Education for Rural Social Workers
Presenter: Patricia M. Christopherson, MSSW, LICSW, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Policy
Ecological Theory as a Planning Tool for Rural Social Work
Presenter: Harrell Weathersby, PhD, Southeastern Louisiana University
Rural and urban differences among mental health consumers in one Midwestern state: Implications for policy, practice, and research
Presenters: John Q. Hodges, PhD, Martha Markward, PhD, Dong Pil Yoon, PhD, and Carol J. Evans, PhD, University of Missouri

Spirituality
Rural Faith Leaders, Professional Mental Health Counseling and Social Work
Presenters: Linda Openshaw, DSW, and Cynthia Harr, PhD, Texas A & M University-Commerce
Spiritual Approaches to Human Services Practice
Presenter: David Derezotes, LCSW, PhD, University of Utah

Diversity
Preparing Students for Culturally Competent Practice in Rural Areas
Presenters: Sam Copeland, LCSW, ACSW, PhD, and Freddie Avant, LMSP-AP, ACSW, Stephen F. Austin State University
Rural Music as an Instrument for Teaching Rural Behavior
Presenters: Michael R. Daley, PhD, and Sam Hickman, LCSW, Stephen F. Austin State University

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

Community Education
Relatives Raising Relatives in Rural Communities: Corporations Sponsoring Community Workshops
Presenters: Judson Morris, MSW, Scott Hanauer, MA, and James Laugen, AA, Children’s Home Society of Washington

Disibility
The Effect of the Olmstead Decision on Rural Communities
Presenters: Jerry Costley, MSW, Disabled Rights Action Committee, and Reiko Hayashi, PhD, University of Utah
Indirectly Measured Attitudes of Allied Health Students Towards Disibility
Presenter: Monte Miller, PhD, University of Wyoming