Rural Life Conference Presentations

The 25th National Institute on
Human Services in Rural Areas
July 19-22, 2000

Rural Conference 2000 Presentations

Daily Workshop Schedule

These proposals fall under eight broad categories. The following is a list of presentations planned for the conference:

Children, Adolescents & Families

Ensuring a Continuum of Behavioral Health Services for Children in Rural Area
Innovative Training For Public Child Welfare Workers in Rural Eastern Kentucky
Post Adoptive Services in Rural Communities: Innovation for the Next Millennium
Public-Academic Partnerships: Strengthening Services to Emotionally Disturbed Children in Rural Areas
Serving Rural TANF Recipients in New Hampshire: Needs & Barriers Identified Through an Evaluation of A Family Lifeskills Program
Farm Safety with Migrant & Non-migrant Farm Families
Television and Today's Rural Families
The Social Work Researcher in the Rural Community: Qualitative Research on Farm Safety with Migrant & Non-migrant Farm Families
Women as Abusers
Youth Development & Community Development in Rural Communities: Lessons and Resources for the Field
Rural Streetwork, Outreach & Service Delivery Practice Models for Working with Homeless Youth
Lesbian Mothers in Rural Areas
Assessment of Attention Deficit Disorder in Children in a Rural Area
Locally-Based Rural Programs to Confront Domestic Violence

Elderly

Aging & Managed Care: Challenges for Rural America
Assisting the Elderly in a Rural Residential Care Setting
Building Healthier Lives for Rural Elders Through Group Empowerment
Freeing the Prisoners: A Community Project to Return Homebound Seniors to Community Participation
In Search of a System to Support Senior Self Sufficiency
Should Seniors be in Charge of Their Own Lives?
Social Work With Rural Elderly in Stepfamilies
Summer Camps for Seniors: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Successful Aging

Health, Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Changing Trends in Community Mental Health Services Rural America
Developing, Implementing & Evaluating an Innovative Rural Substance Abuse
Drug Prevention in Aroostook County
"I Want to Kill Myself": Suicidal Statements by Children of Rural Battered Women
Life Experiences of Gay Men Living in Rural West Virginia: Managing Internalized & Externalized Homophobia
Meeting the Challenges of Rural Service Delivery for Individuals with Serious & Persistent Mental Illness
Northeast Maine Telemedicine Network
Women as Abusers
Sexual Assault in Rural Communities

Social Work Education

Adding the Human Touch to Distance Education for Social Work Students
An Honors Social Welfare Course: Educating For Future Leadership in Rural Communities
Conceptualization of Stability & Change in Generalist & Advanced Generalist Social Work Education: The North Dakota Model
Faculty Boundary Issues in Rural Programs: Preventing Problems Through Developing Departmental Policies
Information Technology & Field Instruction: Benefits for Small Rural Programs
Partnering to Provide School Social Work Services in a Rural Southern Community
Public-Academic Partnerships: Strengthening Services to Emotionally Disturbed
Children in Rural Areas
Super-Education on the Superhighway: Fostering Collaboration between Rural Social Work Practitioners & Academic Communities
World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers: A Role in Rural Social Work?
Assessment of Attention Deficit Disorder in Children in a Rural Area

Diversity

Bridging Urban & Rural Diversity
Life Experiences of Gay Men Living in Rural West Virginia: Managing Internalized & Externalized Homophobia
Providing Effective Services to Diverse Client Populations in Rural Areas
The Browning of Rural America: A Research Agenda For the Growing Hispanic Population
The Kmihqitahasultipon Project: Culturally Competent Services for Native American Families
The Social Work Researcher in the Rural Community: Qualitative Research on Farm Safety with Migrant & Non-migrant Farm Families
Lesbian Mothers in Rural Areas
The Same Both Sides of the Border? Educating Rural Social Workers in Canada and the US
Attitudes of Rural Allied Health Students Towards Persons with Disabilities
Delivering Psychosocial Care to Rural Veterans

Social Welfare Policy

Aging & Managed Care: Challenges for Rural America
Examining the Civilian Conservation Corps Through a Contemporary Lens
Innovative Training For Public Child Welfare Workers in Rural Eastern Kentucky
Leading & Changing Human Services Organizations in the Rural Environment
Meeting the Challenges of Rural Service Delivery for Individuals with Serious & Persistent Mental Illness
Parents as Scholars: Rural/Urban Comparisons in the Experiences of TANF Participants Receiving Post-Secondary Education in Maine
Planning Successful Rural Transportation Services for Welfare Reform
Post Welfare Reform Experiences in a Rural State
Rural Cleavers: A Focus Group Analysis of TANF Recidivism
Serving Rural TANF Recipients in New Hampshire: Needs & Barriers Identified Through an Evaluation of A Family Lifeskills Program

Social Work Practice

Creating an Environment for Learning: Social Work Practice in Rural School Systems
Ethical Boundary Dilemmas of the Rural Social Service Provider (Dueling Roles - Which One Wins?)
How to Write It So Your Clients Can Read It
Partnering to Provide School Social Work Services in a Rural Southern Community
Rural Researcher as Detective: Unearthing Elusive Respondents in the Second Year of a Longitudinal Study
Self-Care Issues
The Centennial Video Project: A Brief History of Social Work in West Virginia
Welfare Reform in West Virginia: A Preliminary Exploration of Policy
Outcome
World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers: A Role in Rural Social Work?
Rural Streetwork, Outreach & Service Delivery Practice Models for Working with Homeless Youth
But What Does "Clear" Mean?: Traits of Effective Written Description
Delivering Psychosocial Care to Rural Veterans
Professional Liability Insurance For Social Workers

Communities

An Exploration into Individual Development Accounts as an Anti-Poverty Strategy: A Call For Resurrecting Community Development Skills in Social Work
Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Areas: Overview of "Non-Profit Collaboratives" to Facilitate Rural Community Networking
Bridging Urban & Rural Diversity
Examining a Rural & Urban Continuum
Examining the Civilian Conservation Corps Through a Contemporary Lens
Freeing the Prisoners: A Community Project to Return Homebound Seniors to Community Participation
Leading & Changing Human Services Organizations in the Rural Environment
Partnering to Provide School Social Work Services in a Rural Southern Community
Rescue Me - It's a Disaster
Resort Development: A Lift up or Double-Diamond Downhill for Rural Communities?
The Browning of Rural America: A Research Agenda For the Growing Hispanic Population
Utilizing the Town Hall Format to assess the Needs of Rural Communities
Youth Development & Community Development in Rural Communities: Lessons & Resources for the Field
Learning & Creating the Story: Towards a New Model of Helping in Rural Communities