[humanser] Introducing the inception of the Human Service Division Education & Development Committee

[Dr. Mary Chappell]

Greetings Fellow Human Services Division members and interested listserv
members,

 

On August 2, 2015 the Board of Directors of the Human Services Division of
the National Federation of the Blind held a teleconference meeting.  One of
the tasks of This meeting was to organize committees to work on specific
issues on which the Board of the Division have voted  .  The newly formed
Education & Development Committee will be focusing on the processes of
training and development for  students and early career professionals. 

This committee will be co-chaired by HSB Vice President Mary Ann Robinson
and division member Mary Tatum Chappell.

Mary Ann Robinson is a Licensed  Clinical Social Worker. She received a
Masters degree in social work in 1983 and ACSW in 1986.  She became a
certified addictions counselor in 2007. She has  supervised volunteers,
graduate social work students, and social workers preparing to take the ACSW
exam and for licensure.   She is a proponent of thorough training,
supervision, mentoring, and young career professionals, and believes every
developing professional should have   an opportunity to experience a broad
array of situations and clients.

 

 

Mary Tatum Chappell is a psychologist and the Program Coordinator of
Psychotherapeutic Services, Behavioral Health Division at a private training
hospital. She is a  firm believer in the necessity of thorough training,
supervision and experience in all of the disciplines. She asserts, "We are a
microcosm of the population . We must be prepared to work with and within
the fullest spectrum of experience. There must be greater presence of
capable supervisors, mentors and training sites and opportunities to work
with the broadest array of the public beyond blindness and rehab."



About Mary Ann Robinson:

Prior to graduate school she volunteered at a telephone crisis intervention
centerand then served as the center's volunteer and then program coordinator
for some 6 years. Following graduate school Mary Ann worked with juvenile
offenders and their families for more than 5 years. In 1990, she was
employed at a community mental health agency and has  worked in the mental
health arena ever since.  She has  provided crisis intervention and
psychotherapy primarily to adults - the majority of whom have had
co-occurring mental health and substance use issues; and for  the past ten
years she has  done quality management and corporate compliance work. 

About Mary Chappell: Mary was introduced to the mental health arena during
her undergraduate internship at a suicide crisis intervention hotline. There
she transitioned from trainee to trainer and recognized her interest in
acute and critical crisis support and resolution. She has worked in college
counseling, with juvenile offenders in forensic assessment, and is keenly
interested in trauma response and trauma-focused treatment. She currently
works in an acute service training hospital with 380 beds. She is based on
the inpatient Adult Psychiatric unit and provides  psychotherapy, diagnostic
and assessment services and oversight to patients throughout the hospital.
She supervises  a training cohort that includes medical students, psychology
doctoral candidates, social work interns, art therapy interns, and trainees
from the broadest array of disciplines who may interact with the
mental/behavior health component of healing. She uses  the group modality as
a large component of her therapy and consultation intervention. She works
directly with  patients and families in the care continuum. 

Mary is experientially close to the trainees with whom she works as she
recently completed her doctorate in 2012. That said, she is continuing to
grow and develop in her profession and her blindness. She lost her sight in
adulthood and is learning things as she grows  through her process of
reinventing self.  

 

 

 

We invite you to get involved in this important committee and be a part of
what difference means. If you are interested in being a part of this
committee below you will find email addresses to contact:

Mary Ann Robinson at   brightsmile1953 at comcast.net

 

Mary Tatum Chappell at mtc5 at cox.net 

 We are proposing a teleconference on Sunday, September 20 at 8:00pm EST.
Stay tuned to learn more information about our first Education& Development
Committee meeting call-in specifics.

 

 

Looking forward to your participation and involvement!

 

Mary Ann Robinson, and 

Mary Tatum Chappell, Psy. D. 

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