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 COMING SOON!!

Many Hats of Supervision Workshop - Summer 2010

in beautiful Galveston Island, Texas

The Many Hats of Supervision, an enjoyable 40-hour interactive workshop, focuses on the functions, strategies, and logistics of supervision in social work and counseling practice. Professionals may also take this course strictly for 40 hours of continuing education, including three hours of ethics. 

Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (TSBSWE) and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors have approved the Texas State School of Social Work to offer The Many Hats of Supervision to prospective board-approved supervisors. 

For more information, contact Ms. Lydia Longoria at (512) 245-2584 or if you would like to be added to our mailing list, please click here.   

Ethics Workshop

For CPS/Title IV-E Foster care and Adoption Workers and Their Supervisors

Fall 2009 and Spring 2010

Study Social Work in England:

Texas State to Canterbury Study Abroad 2010

For more information please visit:

The School of Social Work

Social work has been a part of Texas State's curriculum since the Department of Sociology first offered a social work course in 1975.  Initially, social work was a curriculum sequence in the sociology major, but it later became an academic minor, and finally an academic major.  The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)  was first accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) in 1978, an accreditation that was reaffirmed in 1985, 1992, 2000, and 2004.  The Department of Social Work was organized in 1995 and joined the College of Health Professions.  It was designated a School in 2001. 



The Purpose, Mission, and Vision of the School of Social Work

Through an educational program which is consistent with the standards approved by the Council on Social Work Education, the Texas State University-San Marcos School of Social Work graduates 1) BSW students who are well prepared for professional entry-level generalist social work practice, and 2) MSW students who are equipped for advanced, specialized practice (in  the generalist model) in either direct practice or administration.

The School of Social Work at Texas State University-San Marcos aims to educate skilled, competent social workers prepared to practice in a dynamic, diverse social environment.  The School prepares social workers who can effectively and ethically lead human service efforts to enhance human well-being and productivity, help alleviate poverty, and strengthen social justice.  The School aims to create and refine useful intervention technologies while enhancing services, especially for people who are disadvanteged and often forgotten.

The School of Social Work at Texas State is committed to empowering our students and faculty to be ethical leaders, skilled in both creative and critical thinking who will be at the forefront of creating positive change and improving the lives of the most vulnerable members of society.
 
 

 

NEW FACULTY MEMBERS:

Dr. Christine Norton
Assistant Professor
 
Christine Lynn Norton, Ph.D., LCSW, Assistant Professor, received her Master of Arts in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago and her Master of Science in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She earned her PhD in Clinical Social Work from Loyola University Chicago in 2007. She has over 15 years experience working with high-risk youth in a variety of settings including therapeutic wilderness programs, juvenile justice, schools and mentoring organizations. She has taught as adjunct faculty at The University of Denver, Prescott College, and Naropa University. Her areas of practice and research experience and interest are in adolescent development, treatment and empowerment; wilderness and adventure therapy; youth mentoring; juvenile justice, alternative sentencing and restorative justice; experiential education; and international social work.
Dr. Amy Russell
Assistant Professor
 
Amy Russell, Ph.D., LMSW, earned her MSW and Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Houston. Dr. Russell has ten year’s practice experience in public community mental health services working with persons with severe and persistent mental illness. She presently teaches graduate level research methods and policy courses and has taught ethics, advocacy research, behavioral statistics, and individual and group social work practice. Her research skills and interests comprise cultural oppression and liberated identity, lesbian feminism, social capital, social welfare policy and economics, and lesbian and women’s health and mental health needs. This agenda includes a special interest in research methods that utilize visual ethnography and classic grounded theory. Dr. Russell is involved state-level political advocacy and frequently presents on lobbying and advocacy ethics.
Dr. Betsy Wisner
Assistant Professor
 
Dr. Wisner, PhD, LMSW, holds degrees from the State University of New York College at Cortland, Syracuse University, and The University of Texas at Austin. She worked in the mental health field for many years specializing in work with adolescents and their families. She has worked as a clinical social worker in family mental health and school settings. Betsy currently teaches developmental and research courses and her research interests involve using meditation as a coping strategy for adolescents and adults.
School of Social Work; Health Professions Building, 150A; Phone: 512-245-2592; Fax: 512-245-8097