Resume Information on Social Work Education Program Consultant:
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Lawrence E. Ressler, Ph.D., ACSW, CSW
Professor of Social Work
Associate MSW Director and Associate Chair of Social Work and Social Science Division at Roberts Wesleyan College
Education
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1990 |
Case Western Reserve University, Ph.D. |
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1979 |
Temple
University, MSW, Social Work |
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1979 |
Eastern Mennonite College, BA, Sociology; BSW, Social Work |
Employment
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1996-present |
Associate MSW Director, Associate Chair of Social Work and Social Science Division, Director of MSW Advanced Standing, Professor of Social Work, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
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Jan.-May 1999 |
Visiting Professor, Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya, Sabbatical from Roberts Wesleyan College)
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1995-96 |
MSW Curriculum Specialist, Director of MSW Advanced Standing, Professor of Social Work, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
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1993-94 |
Associate MSW Dean, Associate Professor of Church Social Work, Carver School of Church Social Work, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, Leave of Absence from Messiah College
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1991-93, 1994-95 |
Social Work Program Director; Messiah College, Grantham, PA (1986-93, 1994-95); Assistant Professor of Social Work (1986-1990); Associate Professor of Social Work
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1981-86 |
Social
Work Program Coordinator; Assistant Professor of Social Work, Malone College,
Canton
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| 1978-79 |
Executive
Director, York Street Community Services, Philadelphia, PA (1979-81; Assistant
Director, Half-time), Sponsored by Franconia Conference of the
Mennonite Church
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| 1977-78 |
Assistant
Instructor in Sociology, Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, VA
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Research and Consultation Experience
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1999-2000
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CCCU Initiative Grant to Network Christian Scholars recipient for project entitled Coming Full Circle: Devolution of State Delivery of Human Services to Faith-Based Human Service Organizations along with four other scholars from Calvin College, Baylor University, and University of Kentucky
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| July, 1999 |
Served
on the planning committee for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) 2000
Annual Program Meeting
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| July, 1999 |
Served
as a reviewer for spirituality and religion workshop proposals for the Council
on Social Work Education (CSWE) 2000 Annual Program Meeting
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| Jan.-May, 1999 |
Completed
a study of the relationship of street children and AIDS orphans in Nairobi in
cooperation with USAID/Kenya
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| Jan.-May 1999 |
Served
as social work curriculum consultant to Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya to
establish an undergraduate social work program
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| 1998-99 |
Completed
a national survey of 222 religiously-affiliated social workers regarding the
frequency and nature of religious discrimination in social work and compliance
with ethical standards related to religion
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| October 1998 |
Received
site visitor training for the Council on Social Work Education and served as a
MSW accreditation site visitor to Augsburg College
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| 1998 |
Served
as a BSW curriculum consultant to Mt. Vernon Nazarene College for CSWE
accreditation
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| 1993-94 |
Completed
a criterion validity study of family conflict with 180 parents and children
evaluating the therapeutic usefulness of the Rahim Organizational Conflict
Inventory (ROCI II) to assess family conflict
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| 1990-91 |
Completed
a national study of undergraduate consortium social work programs with Dr. Linda
Mauro of Temple University
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| March, 1982 |
Completed
a study of social problems in two Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand
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| 1981 |
Completed
a program evaluation of the Philadelphia Mennonite Council in Philadelphia, PA
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| 1983- 1984 |
Directed
the initial accreditation for bachelor social work at Malone College
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| 1986-87, 1992-93 |
Directed the initial accreditation and reaffirmation at Messiah College
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| 1995-97, 1999-present |
Served as curriculum specialist and associate director at Roberts
Wesleyan College for initial accreditation and reaffirmation of the MSW program
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Accreditation
| August 15, 2000 | Master
of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College Self-Study for Reaffirmation
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| August 15, 2000 | Bachelor
of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College Self-Study for Reaffirmation
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| March, 1999 | Curriculum
for a Major and Minor in Social Work, Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya
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| August 15, 1998 | Master
of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College Interim Report
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| March 25, 1997 | Master
of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College Response to Site-Visit Report for
Initial Accreditation
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| February 15, 1996 | Master
of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College Candidacy Interim Report
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| August 15, 1996 | Master
of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College Self-Study for Initial Accreditation
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| March 24-26 | Master
of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College Response to CSWE , 1996
Commissioner Candidacy Report Visit
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| February 15, 1996 | Master
of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College Interim Report
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| January 1991 | A
Report to the Council on Social Work Education: Application for Messiah College
Reaffirmation
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| January 1991 | A
Report to the Council on Social Work Education: Application for Messiah College
Initial Accreditation
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| July, 1982 | A
Report to the Council on Social Work Education: A Self-Study of the Malone
College Social Work Program
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