Report on 34th Biannual Congress of International Association of Schools of Social Work (July 20 – 24, 2008; Durban, South Africa)
Prepared by
Lee Geok Ling PhD Candidate Department of Social Work & Social Administration The University of Hong Kong
Date of Submission: 8th August 2008
1 INTRODUCTION This report is a review of the 34th Biannual Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) recently held at the International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa, from 20 to 24 July 2008. The Congress (here, it is also known as the Event) also celebrated the 80th anniversary of IASSW and the 90th birthday of African National icon, Mr Nelson Mandela. The report begins with a brief description of the Event; namely, the main theme and sub-themes of the Event, its programme schedule and the delegates present. It is followed by a personal feedback on the Event programme and Event organisation, and it ends with a conclusion.
Event Programme: The Main Theme and Sub-Themes The main theme for the 34th Biannual Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) was “Transcending Global-Local Divides: Challenges for Social Work Education and Practice”. The sub-themes included: (1) North-South relationships (i.e. globalization, growth, inequality and poverty, race, class and gender); (2) Contextual social work (i.e. development of relevant and appropriate locally specific social work education and practice); (3) The universal and the particular (i.e. social exclusion, human rights and social justice); (4) Innovative pedagogical strategies (i.e. advancing social work education, research, knowledge development and practice); (5) Practice context (i.e. child, youth and family centered work; social work with older persons; health as biopsychosocial well-being; individual, group and community based interventions); (6) Policy context (i.e. social security, welfare policy and social development); (7) Historical context (i.e. influence of history on contemporary social work education and practice); and (8) Special focus interest (i.e. international exchanges and cooperation in the development of social work education and practice; systems of patriarchy, women and gender- mainstreaming; preparing frontline social workers in areas of war and disasters).
It is worthy to highlight here that the main theme and sub-themes for the Event are brilliant articulation of the key purpose of IASSW. As mentioned by the immediate past President of IASSW, Mr Abyse Tasse, the key purpose of IASSW is to promote the development of social work education throughout the world. This can be accomplished by developing standards to enhance the quality of social work education and providing platform for international exchanges of research and scholarship. In addition, IASSW also aims to
2 promote human rights and social development through policy and advocacy activities.
Schedule of the Event Excluding the opening ceremony on 20 July 2008, the subsequent four-day conference ran on a tight and long time schedule. The day began at eight o’clock in the morning with a plenary session, and it was followed by numerous parallel sessions which ended at six o’clock in the evening. In general, the programmes were rich in terms of its scope, topics presented, mode of presentation (oral presentation, workshop, and poster session) and speakers from different countries. Separate sessions were dedicated to Spanish sessions and women issues (Please refer to Appendix A for the detailed programme outline). An effort was made to group the numerous parallel sessions, with more than 550 papers presented, into major categories that centered on social work education and practitice. Under the theme of social work education, presentations made included issues related to: Social work supervision; Different study programmes for undergraduates and postgraduates; International field placements; Student mentoring; Student exchange programme; Creative teaching; Challenges faced by social work educators; Comparative studies on education and training across countries; Training of field instructors; and Students’ skills and competencies.
Under the theme of social work practice, presentations made included: Macro issues (such as social work in relation to cultural sensitivity and competency, empowerment, globalization, humanitarianism, inequality, political conflicts, social justice, and social welfare); Specific issues or topics of interest (such as child welfare and child protection; child sexual abuse, death issues, disabilities, domestic violence, drug and substance abuse, forensic social work, gerontology, HIV/AIDS, mental health issues, natural disaster, poverty, and youth sexuality); Innovative social service programmes/techniques (such as alcohol and drug programme, employment assistance programme, e-intervention, life map techniques, phototherapy, and videography); Social work practice and issues faced in specific countries (such as Canada, China,
3 South Africa, South Korea, United Kingdom, and United States); Experiences of disaster management (such as Hurricane Katrina, Tsunami, and 911 terror attack); and Methodologies used (such as action research, community-based participatory research, ecological approach, evidence-based practice, ethnography, and phenomenological approach).
Delegates Present Approximately a thousand five hundred delegates attended the Event. As expected based on the location of the event, the highest participation rate was Africa region. Other participants came from the regions of Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America and Caribbean. Despite a small number, Hong Kong delegates had made a total of six oral presentations (Please refer to the Appendix B for the details of the presentation made).
PERSONAL FEEDBACK ON THE EVENT PROGRAMME In view of I as the only representative writing the report, limitations faced in evaluating the event needs to be acknowledged. The feedback and observations were mainly based on the sessions I attended (these could be identified in Appendix A, in bold and italics), as well as the two agencies visited.
Opening Ceremony The Event enjoyed a good start with the welcome speeches made by various office bearers from different organizations and government bodies. Of all, Mr David N. Jones, President of International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), impressed me with his concise and sharp speech, highlighting the need for social workers to play a dynamic role in view of the current difficulties faced globally. Specifically, his three key points were: (1) social workers are capable of making more contributions to the social issues that the government from all parts of the world are currently facing (such as high inflation rate, unemployment, financial difficulties); (2) the need for closer international collaborations to help resolving the global issues and this year saw the coming together of IFSW, ICSW and IASSW; and (3) the need to raise professional status of social workers internationally.
The Keynote Addresses and Plenary Sessions The keynote addresses and plenary sessions covered issues at the macro level and they could be grouped into two categories. The first category concerned the historical development of social work and social work education. Three speakers, Katherne Kendall, FNM Mazibuko and Pramdar Ramesar, brought the audiences back to take a retrospective
4 look at the development of social work and social work education in different parts of the world. The second category was about challenges brought about with globalization and the need for advocacy activities for the needy population. For instance, Anfani Okosun raised the issue of socio-political and social injustice; Lena Dominelli emphasized the greater uneven wealth distribution due to globalization, particularly in the case of Africa; and Charles Mbugua talked about how Africa’s economic crisis was affected by historical injustice and political conflicts, and was subjected to global forces. Simultaneously, Linda Briskmanon portrayed how human rights were abused since the occurrence of 911 terror attack, and R. Manorama argued how women’s right was violated from the class, caste and gender perspective. In summary, all the keynote addresses and plenary sessions drew attention to one important point: the existence of inequality and social injustice in the present days; globalization brings about a greater uneven wealth distribution, with the disadvantaged population been further marginalized.
The Parallel Sessions In general, assorted and diverse topics were presented during the parallel sessions, with more than 550 papers presented. Unfortunately, the standard of presentation varied across sessions. I personally felt that some presentations lacked in substance, thus minimizing the meaning and significance of the study considerably. Despite some shortcomings, a session usually ended with an exciting exchange of plausible ideas, questions and responses. Moreover, it increased my level of awareness about social work practice in other parts of the world. Certain topics even created a paradigm shift in my thoughts and views. The followings were several presentations that left me with deep impressions, and which I thought might be good for consideration for Hong Kong context. Firstly, Lisa McGuire introduced a DEAL model (Describe, Examine and Articulate learning) for critical reflection in her workshop on ‘Fostering critical thinking through reflective writing’. Accordingly, the model provides the students with a specific structure to facilitate utilization of critical thinking skills (i.e. relevance, accuracy, precision, clarity, depth, breadth, logic, significance and fairness) through writing assignment and instructor’s feedback. This was personally perceived as having great implications for social work education, particularly in the area of integrating reflection, critical thinking and reflexivity. Secondly, the presentations made by L. Holtzhausen and E. Oliphant (titled ‘Global lessons: Towards multi-cultural content infusion in social work curriculum’), J. Strolin- Goltzman and H. Heft-LaPorte (titled ‘Innovative and experiential approaches to teaching cultural diversity across the social work curriculum’), and S. Oltedal (titled ‘Competence meeting as a reflective practice method’) had introduced the idea of creative teaching as an
5 alternative approach in social work education. For instance, the importance of cultural sensitivity could be learned through role play as presented by Holtzhausen and Oliphant or even a game as introduced by Strolin-Goltzman and Heft-LaPorte. Moreover, teaching might not be teacher-driven but student-driven, using the approach of ‘competence meeting’ presented by Oltedal. Accordingly, the students were supposed to be learning partners for each other, and they conducted their own competence meetings, documented and evaluated their meetings. The aim was to create critical reflection based on dialogues about experiences from practice, and raising new questions and thoughts were more important than providing answers. In brief, creativity in teachings may produce a more enjoyable learning environment for the students, as well as leading to greater appreciation of learning. Thirdly, the presentation made by G. Bradley and her team on ‘Advancing knowledge development and practice’ had illustrated the possibility of raising and cultivating research culture in an agency. In this two-year project collaborated between an academic institution and a busy social services department, it showed that over the years, there was an increase in the number of project initiatives developed and an increase in knowledge gain. The presentation has succeeded in transmitting two crucial points. Firstly, evidence-based practice is a way to promote creative change in practice and advance knowledge development. Secondly, it is important to establish the links between social services agency and academic institution to transfer and transform knowledge, with the academic institution serving as a resource in research methods. Fourthly, the presentation by Elizabeth Lightfoot on ‘Social work practice with parents with disabilities: An overview of individual and community interventions’ succeeded in drawing attention to two critical points about social work practice. Firstly, her presentation informed the need to work for the well-being of parents with disabilities through not only individual interventions, but through community interventions as well. This was because parents still faced social stereotypes and prejudices, and support was necessary. Secondly, Elizabeth accentuated the importance of adopting a developmental approach rather than a pathological approach. In this way, the intervention plans, which are holistic and positive, have potentials for long-term effects.
Closing Ceremony It was a happy occasion when Angelina Yuen-Tsang announced the next conference (titled: 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development; The Agenda) would be held in Hong Kong, from 10 to 15 Jun 2010. She performed the role not only as a representative from Hong Kong, but also in the capacity of the newly elected President of IASSW.
The Agency Visits
6 I had the opportunity to visit two local established agencies – Kwazulu-Natal Society for the Blind and SANCA Alcohol and Drug Centres on 23 July 2008 in the afternoon. The staff members of both agencies had put in a lot of effort to welcome a group of about 20 of us. Colleagues from different departments were gathered to brief us on their work. The Kwazulu-Natal Society for the Blind even arranged for a song performance by a group of children from the day care programme. Unfortunately, we were unable to tour the facilities of both agencies - Kwazulu-Natal Society for the Blind due to the shortage of time and SANCA Alcohol and Drug Centres due to client confidentiality issue. Otherwise, the agency visits would be a perfect experience. Here, the two agencies were briefly described, which was largely based on their verbal presentation and pamphlets gathered. Kwazulu-Natal Society for the Blind provides a holistic range of services for the blind population, ranging from interventions at early childhood (such as day care facility and life skills training for the children), to skills training adults (such as independence training, Braille, employment skills like basketry and basic business skills), to rehabilitation services for adults (such as counseling, optometric assessments, and access to adaptive devices) and to residential services for both visually impaired adults and visually impaired children. What impressed me most was the employment of visually impaired persons as educators and trainers, and spouse of one of their clients as manager for the Residence for visually impaired adults. In this way, the visually impaired persons are not only empowered and helped to reintegrate back into the mainstream population, but they also serve as role models for the cliental population served. Personally, I am very curious to know the admission criteria for their residential facility as only 25 lucky ones could be admitted. SANCA Alcohol and Drug Centres also provides a wide range of services - from preventive to remedial services, from the youth to adult population, from community-based to residential-based programmes. Their community-based programmes include publicity talks, training (such as employee assistance programme and teenagers against drug abuse), seminars and workshops. Their remedial programmes include assessment services, medical treatment, individual and family counseling services, and group therapy. Two treatment centres are operated under the auspices of SANCA Alcohol and Drug Centres; one is Lulama Treatment Centre for the adults and the other is Warman House Adolescent Unit for the youth. Both centres adopted a multi-disciplinary approach in the therapy programme, which comprised of in-patient component and aftercare component. What impressed me was the presence of a core, multi-disciplinary team of dedicated staff who remained in the agency for at least 20 years. A sense of camaraderie among the staff members could be easily detected throughout the presentation.
FEEDBACK OF THE EVENT ORGANISATION
7 Overall, the organizing committee has to be congratulated for putting up a successful event. Special performances were arranged during the opening ceremony, closing ceremony, tea-breaks, lunch-breaks, and even at the beach party. Abundant opportunities were thus created for the foreign delegates to appreciate the arts culture and fun-loving culture of South Africa. Transport was also arranged to ensure that all the delegates could assemble on time at the International Convention Centre for the conference, as well as enjoy a pleasant trip back to the hotels, especially when safety is an issue of concern.
Room for Improvement There are two areas which I would like to raise for consideration so that the next conference could be better organized and well-planned. The first area concerned the organization of parallel sessions which included the need to look into audio equipment (e.g. microphone, loudspeaker) for each seminar room, arrangement of topics for each session and prior notification of absent speakers. There was no arrangement made for the microphone and loudspeaker in each seminar room on the first day of parallel sessions. It resulted in unhappiness among the audiences when they complained that they could not hear the speaker. Some even became hostile towards the speakers even when they had tried their very best to project their voices. Cautious efforts could be made in arranging related topics of interest in a session. Having arranged similar topics in a session would facilitate a more fruitful and exciting discussion of ideas and views. On the other hand, a session which consisted of too varied the topics did not allow a more in-depth discussion during the discussion section. Similarly, adequate time could be allocated to each presenter so that their work could be adequately presented and discussed. In one session, difficulties were encountered when a workshop was not given ample time due to too many presenters arranged in a session. This caused great disappointment to both the presenters and audiences, and the learning impact was drastically reduced too. In addition, it would be good if notices could be put up in advance to inform the absence of speakers so that delegates could decide on alternative session to attend, instead of being disappointed on the spot to find the speaker absent. The second area concerned the arrangement of agency visit. Firstly, one of the key expectations of agency visit is the ability to tour the vicinity and facilities of the agency, so choosing the suitable agencies is needed. If time is an issue, it would be a good idea if the agency representatives could first make a brief introduction to the delegates at the conference through pamphlets, poster or oral presentation. Only those who are interested could follow up with the site visit, to gain better understanding and appreciation of their work. Secondly, delegates were expected to leave for the visit immediately after the closing ceremony, thus there was no time for them to take their lunch (not to mention that there was no lunch provided and food was not easily available around the Centre). It resulted in unhappiness in
8 some delegates as they had to go on hunger since the tea-break in the morning and only had a tea-break at about 3 pm.
CONCLUSION In conclusion, the 34th Congress of IASSW was a success. It had brought together social work educators, practitioners and researchers from all parts of the world for an intellectual sharing of ideas and views. The availability of a wide range of topics had succeeded in attracting and allowed the delegates to learn and share from different perspectives - as administrator, educator, policy maker, practitioner, researcher and even a student. It had also created abundant networking opportunities among the international delegates, which is vital in the 21st century, when information and changes are rapid.
9 Appendix A
Detailed Outline of the Plenary Sessions and Parallel Sessions
Date: 20 July 2008
Opening Plenary 1800-2000 hrs ‘Transforming global trends: The challenging role of social work’ by Anfani Okosun
Date: 21 July 2008
Opening Plenary 0800-0830 hrs ‘A social work educator remembers…’ by Pramdar Ramesar
Panel Plenary Session 0830-1000 hrs A video presentation on ‘Looking back, looking forward: The influence of history on social work’ by Katherine Kendall
Parallel Sessions 1030-1200 hrs Spanish Session 1: ‘Individuality and solidarity: To educate on that and for that…Speeches on autonomy in social work education: A case analysis’ by Perez Mendoza, L ‘Unravelling the connection between social work, race and colonially of power: Some thoughts about the formation of social workers in Colonel Puerto Rico’ by Barreto- Cortez, E ‘Meanings attributed to teachers human development of the University of Guadalajara, as indicators of their potentials’ by De La Mora Melo, MT ‘Towards the construction of quality standards for the education of social work in Chile’ by Briceno, S ‘Development of a new model for social intervention and professional internships’ by Rivas, R
Special Workshop Session 2: ‘The ABC of early intellectual stimulation in children’ by Okosun, TY et al
Oral Session 3: ‘Social work management in the Republic of Ireland: Research indicating the need to establish a management training programme’ by Leinster, J ‘Social work supervision in the directorate of developmental welfare services in Namibia’ by Muinjangue, E ‘An exploratory study to identify some of the issues associated with international migration and empowerment of social workers’ by Lawrence, S et al. ‘Developing the management capacity of CBO’s – A supportive approach’ by Jackson, A ‘Social workers: Post-modernists in a modernist setting’ by Leveridge, M et al.
10 Oral Session 4: ‘Welfare, globalization and developing economies’ by Small, E ‘Developing an institutionalized psycho-social response in disaster management’ by Holder Dolly, J ‘A glimpse of the truth: An evaluation of the effectiveness of “debate” and “role play” as pedagogical strategies and tools in the teaching of sexuality issues on a law and ethics unit in social work education’ by Hafford- Letchfield, T ‘Is an overemphasis on local context ‘otherizing’ indigenous social work models?’ by Bahukhandi, A ‘Employee assistance programmes and social policy: The blurred link’ by Sithole, S
Oral Session 5: ‘Bridging global north and global south in child welfare and child protection research’ by Hessle, S ‘Social work, neo-liberalism and resistance’ by Ferguson, I ‘The universal and the particular in social models for health and social care – The response to difference, suffering and social injustice in international social inclusion policy and its emancipatory alternatives’ by Barnes, H ‘The experience of poverty in Canada and Africa: A comparative study’ by Becker, L ‘Challenging East-West value dichotomies and essentializing discourses on culture and social work’ by Sewpaul, V
Oral Session 6: ‘The impact of catastrophic events on social work practice: Voices from the field’ by Heft LaPorte, H et al. ‘Critical incident stress management: A program to address issues of secondary traumatization among disaster workers’ by Jones N ‘Enhancing student competencies for disaster work’ by Balakrishnan, G ‘Victim empowerment and trauma support work’ by Hussain, F
Oral Session 7: ‘Mental health services and Arab women’ by Hageman, S ‘Social constructions on experiences of disability from the voices of women with different bodies, confronting public policy’ by Velez Vega, C ‘Forced migration and gendered socioeconomic disempowerment of Zimbabwean women and their families: A challenge for social workers’ by Kawewe, S ‘Women’s South, excluded and forgotten?’ by Escartin M et al.
Oral Session 8: ‘Media a portal to helping and healing a nation’ by St. Rose Greavers, V ‘Social work education in rural and northern Alberta: Learning circles program’ by Kreitzer, L et al.
11 ‘Development of strategies and initiatives utilized in working with South Pacific youth within Australia’ by Ravulo, J. ‘Social work education in Indonesia: The relationship between political environment, policy change and cirriculum’ by Pattiasina, C & Laksmono, BS
Oral Session 9: ‘Photography, reflection and photo-elicitation interviews in practice education’ by Orton, D ‘Discovering a common language of field instruction: Promoting mutual aid and understanding through a web- based, interactive program design’ by Kaiteris, R ‘Does a country fieldwork placement for social work students lead to a country social work practice’ by Kennedy, R ‘Student exchange: A new option by the virtual classroom for social work (Virclass) by Olsson, KG et al.
Oral Session 10: ‘Think globally, act locally: Understanding the universal and particular in social justice and social work’ by Brandwein, R ‘Female circumcision: Implications, alternative rites, and advocating for change’ by Murray, P & Blair, R ‘An ethnographic study of female circumcision: Transforming the imperialist discourse’ by Khaja, K et al. ‘Exploring cross-border migration from a postmodern perspective: Implications for social justice’ by Holscher, D.
Oral Session 11: ‘Too young to have sex! – A qualitative study among grade 7 learners in KwaZulu-Natal’ by Dlamini, S et al. ‘North-south relationships in young people’s participation’ by Jupp, V ‘Mental health needs among Vietnamese immigrants in the United States: Changes from 2001 to 2007’ by Cheung, M et al. ‘Vietnamese victims of partner abuse: Prevalence rates between 2001 and 2007’ by Cheung P et al. ‘Chilean child social services reconfiguration: From a social anomaly to a rights’ based perspective’ by Munoz, C
Oral Session 12: ‘Help, I’m going crazy, call the social worker? – Educating social workers for their roles in mental health services’ by Wentzel, J ‘Children’s right to not know/know their fatal diagnosis’ by Karp, LB ‘Youth sexual behaviour in Ethiopia: Risky behaviours and HIV/AIDS social work practice’ by Rogers, T & Mthembu,Mhlongo, M
Oral Session 13:
12 ‘Poverty, public assistance and single mothers: A comparative look at Norway, Russia and the U.S.’ by Brown, P ‘Implementation of a social transformation programme: A case study of central Karoo area in the Western Cape, South Africa’ by Louw, L ‘Advocacy activities in non-profit human service organisations’ by Schmid, H ‘Design for development: An exploratory study in an ethic minority community of Yunan Province, PRC’ by Ku, HB and Yuen-Tsang, A
Parallel Sessions 1300-1430 hrs Spanish Session 1: ‘The social programs of transferences in Mexico, The Case of the program of social coinvestment’ by Cerros Rodriquez, E & Garcia Reynaga, R ‘Communication, prime function in the activity of the social worker’ by Serrano Guerra, LA ‘The effects of the globalization in the local rural space’ by Bracaglioli, G ‘E-intervention: Exploring the application of the new technologies in social work methodologies’ by Raya Diez, E ‘Forensic social work: Contemporary problems and challenges’ by Mitjavila, M et al.
Oral Session 2: ‘Social work and psychosocial care in nursing homes: Staffing patterns and opportunities for global and local cultural change initiatives’ by Gammonley, D ‘Dependency in the old age: The representations of gender and generation’ by Arroyo, MC et al. ‘Working in the presence of death – Routines and rituals in the care for older people’ by Strid, AL ‘Challenges faced by older persons affected by HIV and AIDS’ by Mokone, M & Mashila, I ‘Advocacy in support of elderly rights and responsibilities, in Cameroon’ by Kamden Magne, R
Oral Session 3: ‘Evolving gender-responsive and mass-oriented social administration: A case study on Talikala, Inc. and its women social worker-leaders’ by Templa, MF ‘Care for sale – Governance through the implementation of New Public management in child welfare’ by Hojer, S & Forkby, T ‘Nonprofit board effectiveness: A cross cultural perspective’ by Pahl, K & van Zyl, R ‘Translating knowledge into action: A process evaluation approach to assessing capacity building impact in Limpopo’ by Krantz, I et al.
Oral Session 4: ‘Leveraging social capital: A model to secure employment for a vulnerable population’ by Thomas, R & Medina, C. ‘The transforming model of child care: From institutional care to foster care’ by Zhu, K.
13 Oral Session 5: ‘A critical look at microfinance and microcredit in regard to poverty reduction for women’ by Witmer Sinha, J & Thomas, R ‘Globalisation, growth, inequality and poverty: Consequences for South Africa’ by Triegaardt, J ‘Ecotourism and the wider economic, political, social and cultural structures of society: Case studies of the greater St Lucia Wetlands Park and the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu-Natal’ by Chellan, N
Oral Session 6: ‘Experiential and contextual factors associated with psychological distress in survivors of Hurricane Katrina’ by Rawlngs, L ‘Post-Katrina New Orleans and post-traumatic stress disorder: Advocacy, empowerment, transformation – An intervention strategy’ by Neighbors, IA ‘Trauma – The South African Pandemic: Exploring the social workers contribution’ by Davies, FJ ‘IASC guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings: Implications for global social work’ by Bragin, M ‘Evaluating disaster response in the Caribbean: A Barbados Cave-in’ by Ring, K et al.
Oral Session 7 (Women’s Stream): ‘Malawian women’s political participation – A sociological analysis’ by Kamlongera, AP ‘Does CEDAW achieve gender equality: An examination of success factors through feminist policy analysis’ by Vohra-Gupta, S ‘Villains and virgins: An examination of the gender agenda in social work in South Africa’ by Smith, P
Oral Session 8: ‘Bridging the local-global divide: Social work education and practice with refugees as a locally accessible, mediating approach in the US context’ by Comerford, S & Paolucci-Whitcomb, P ‘Comparative and/or contextual social work education?’ by Lyngstad, R ‘Developmental social work: Education challenges in South Africa’ by Lombard, A ‘Comparing social work education and training across South Africa and Japan’ by Sakaguchi, H & Sewpaul, V ‘Using critical reflection to integrate social work practice and theory – Experiences from a project in social work education in Norway’ by Moe, A & Tronvoll, IM
Oral Session 9: ‘University-Public child welfare partnerships: An example of an interdisciplinary collaboration in Indiana’ by Howes, P & McGuire, L ‘Rural women and undergraduate students collaborate in knowledge building: A case of empowerment’ by Buthelezi, R
14 ‘Re-investing in international development: An empowerment perspective’ by Murray, P ‘Educating social workers in Europe. Challenges and innovative perspectives’ by Frost, E & Campanini, A ‘Building research capacity for a practice based discipline’ by Orme, J & Powell, J
Oral Session 10: ‘Creating ethical environments’ by DuMez, E & Falk, DS ‘Social work, “War on terror” and community cohesion’ by Guru, S ‘Social work perspectives on the human trafficking phenomenon for global and local integration: Human rights, cultural relativism, and eco-systems theory’ by Corbett, C
Oral Session 11: ‘St. Briavels child development programme’ by Maphumulo, J ‘Alternative view of patriarchy among male youth in rural South Afica’ by Sathiparsad, R et al. ‘Relapsing after treatment: Exploring the experiences of chemically addicted adolescents’ by van der Westhuizen, M ‘A developmental framework for addressing the issue of substance abuse’ by Chiba, J & Maistry, M ‘Vulnerable but resilient: The spirituality of children living in difficult circumstances in South Africa’ by Roby, J & Maistry, M
Oral Session 12: ‘Holy water and antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS: Faith healing or medicine in Ethiopia’ by Berhanu, Z ‘Eco-spiritual consciousness as a form of self-care for social workers in the field of loss and trauma’ by Ferreira, S ‘The role of social workers in the rehabilitation of adolescent victims of obstetric fistula in Northern Nigeria’ by Onolemhemhen, D ‘The chronically ill adolescent: Addressing morbidity and mortality’ by Karp, LB ‘Converging epidemics: Intimate partner abuse, drug abuse and HIV risk behaviors among Trinidad and Tobago women receiving emergency care’ by Hadeed, L
Oral Session 13: ‘Building social capital for community economic development: Linking the local to the global’ by Hermoso, JC ‘Making a new working class: A study of collective actions in a dormitory labor regime of South China’ by Lu, H & Pun, N ‘Stressful life events and psychological adjustment in needed and non-needed immigrant population’ by Doron, H ‘Rethinking the roles of African American churches as social service providers’ by Lewis Jr., C & Trulear, HD
Parallel Sessions 1500-1630 hrs
15 Spanish Workshop Session 1: ‘Between de-professionaliza’ by Krmpotic, C & Allen, I
Oral Session 2: ‘Management accounting students mentoring financially needy social service organizations – A study of need and feasibility’ by Smit, A ‘Sustainability and good governance of an NGO “A best practice case model”’ by Harie, L ‘Language and human rights: Why did IASSW delegate Japaneses as an “official language” while other international social work organizations don’t? My interpretation’ by Akimoto, T
Oral Session 3 : ‘Who gets it and who doesn’t” Reflections on the uptake of the child support grant in Bhambayi, South Africa’ by Simpson, B et al. ‘Three development periods of China’s social welfare’ by Bin, F ‘Challenges facing poverty relief programmes in the urban renewable programme of Inanda in the eThekwini Municipality’ by Khan, S ‘Social work and social citizenship in the context of changing welfare state’ by Kokkonen, T ‘The impact of social service provision to marginalized groups: The case of Botswana’s Remote Area Dweller (RADs) by Molefi, K
Oral Session 4 : ‘Let’s get emotional about it! – Race in international development organisations’ by Patni, R ‘Poverty – Myths and facts’ by Costa, A ‘Critical discourse in social work education in the two-thirds world: Post-colonial and neo-liberal considerations’ by Smith, L ‘Globalisation, inequality and social mobility: The key to understanding the context and role of contemporary UK social work’ by Popple, K ‘Poverty reduction to families living in poor neighbourhoods in the Eastern Cape, South Africa’ by Mbandazayo, N
Oral Session 5 : ‘Harmonizing professional, personal and familial life of community level workers in disaster rehabilitation services’ by Jayakumar, C & Sekar, K ‘Psychosocial care in disaster management – Indian perspective’ by Kasi, S ‘Some challenges for social work practice in political conflicts: The case of Kenya’s post election crisis’ by Wairire, G ‘Stress and trauma studies program for BA social work students (STSP)’ by Farchi, M
16 ‘Psychosocial needs of refugees in the context of schools of social work’ by Mubangizi, D
Oral Session 6 (Women’s Stream): ‘Our journey of unfolding the voices of unemployed women in China through collaborative-action research’ by Sung-Chan, P ‘Public attitudes toward rape in South Korea: Implications for prevention programs in South Korea’ by Lim, H ‘Working towards human excellence: Feminist ethics of care, social work and diverse perspectives – Potential and possibilities’ by Graham, M ‘Learners’ perspectives on gender based violence in semi-rural schools: Implications for school social work’ by Mabusela, N & Pretorius, B ‘The influence of culture: African immigrant women’s experiences of their HIV/AIDS status in the United States’ by Green-Smith, D
Oral Session 7 : ‘Globalization – Practice teaching and the implications for the future of social work in the UK’ by McLaughlin, H ‘Role of doctoral study in the development of social work as a profession: Croation experience’ by Ajdukovic, M et al. ‘From learned to learning: Developing local practice model in China’ by Liu, M ‘Community work models under the Mainland China’s conceptualization of community’ by Gu, D ‘The significance of self-awareness and self-value in the education of a social worker’ by Govender, KA
Oral Session 8: ‘Planning, implementation and evaluation of international field placements’ by Cox, S ‘An analysis of human behavior and the social environment (HBSE) syllabi for diversity content in HBSE course in South Korea’ by Lim, H ‘Mentoring in staff development and retention’ by Firth, R ‘Planning, developing, and sustaining international student exchanges: Preparing students for the global future’ by Mathiesen, S & Lager, P ‘Social justice in the field of social work: Bridging field and classroom learning and lessons learned’ by Voshel, E et al.
Oral Session 9 : ‘”Squatting social work” tackling power imbalances through tacit knowledge and professional skills’ by Bergheim, B & Ylvisaker, S ‘A qualitative research study on the impact of 9/11 on Muslims living in Australia, Argentina, Canada and United States’ by Khaja, K et al. ‘Human rights abuses and the role of social work’ by Berhane, S
17 ‘Embracing humanitarianism: Are social work services responsive to the changing demographics of Ireland’ by Veeran, V
Oral Session 10 : ‘Enhancing the quality of substitute care’ by Lindsay, J et al. ‘”Just wash your hands”: Children, water and health in South Africa’ by Shirley, R & Hemson, D ‘Family comparative study between China and the US’ by Zhu, M et al. ‘From apartheid to democracy: The developmental approach to child welfare and well-being in the Eastern Cape, South Africa’ by Roby, J & Maistry, M ‘Family group conferences in child protection: An opportunity for partnership?’ by Saville, V
Oral Session 1 1 : ‘Offshore work in Trinidad and Tobago: The psychosocial impact on husbands and wives because of work absences’ by Le Gendre, R ‘A novel understanding of the narratives of people with mental illness through performance’ by Lit, S ‘Disabled people have Sex! A study of disability and HIV-AIDS within a Caribbean population’ by Maharaj, P ‘Journey through infertility: Gain through loss’ by Lee, GL & Chan, CLW ‘A phenomenological study into infertility and the assisted technologies: USA and Jamaica compared’ by Grinion, PE
Oral Session 1 2 : ‘Working with conflict and restorative justice approaches in social work, with particular emphasis on social work with young offenders, and young people in group care settings’ by Littlechild, B ‘Supported education: Community integration through education for people with psychiatric disabilities’ by Korevaar, L ‘Indebtedness of financially vulnerable people: What do social workers do? ‘Incarceration and unwed fathers in fragile families’ by Lewis, Jr,, C et al.
Parallel Sessions 1630-1800 hrs Spanish Session 1: ‘Development of a formative line in the use of information technology for social work’ by Rivas, D ‘Violence between academic pairs and intrafamiliar violence secondary school “revolution educative”’ by Salas, M et al. ‘Social work and active aging: The professional intervention in the current scenes (stages) of the social well- being’ by Sepulveda Galvez, BA ‘Analysis on the quality of life of patients undergoing intrathoracic transplantation: Psychosocial approach’ by Martinez, L et al.
18 Oral Session 2: ‘The self-forgiveness process of caregivers after the death of care-receivers diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease’ by Jacinto, G ‘An educational paradigm to prepare gerontological social workers’ by Hooyman, N & Watkins, J ‘Socio-economic factors influencing the management and care of the elderly patient in psychiatric hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria’ by Sodeinde, OO et al.
Workshop Session 3: ‘Schools of social work and professional institutions in health and welfare: Brother and sister in the professional education of the students’ by Gijsbers, B. ‘How international collaboration supports the development of culturally-relevant social work’ by Bettmann, J et al.
Oral Session 4: ‘Learning outcomes, a challenge for teaching and quality management’ by Toy, E ‘Social work knowledge base: Contribution, constraints and challenges faced by the social work educator’ by Tirmare, P ‘No intervention without “Presence”: An exploration of presence theory in teaching social workers’ by Bruninx, C ‘Students’ skills and competencies to join the workforce: The case of Sociology and Social Anthropology and Psychology students in Addis Ababa University’ by Mulugeta, E ‘Putting our House in order: Are social work educators modeling good professional practice?’ by Harrison, K & Smith, S
Workshop Session 5: ‘Ethics and social welfare symposium’ by Banks, S et al.
Oral Session 6: ‘Prevalence and correlates of depression among refugee women in Sub-Saharan African: Implications for social work practice’ by John-Langba, J ‘The Meitei upsurge in Manipur’ by Hanjabam, SS ‘A social work response to mental health needs post disaster in Indonesia – ACEH 2005 and JOGJAKARTA 2006’ by Mathewson, P ‘Contemporary death: New challenges for social work’ by Holloway, M ‘Internationalising institutional and professional practices: A case study of Sri Lanka – Relief and reconstruction after the 2004 Tsunami’ by Dominelli, L & Palmer, J
19 Oral Session 7 (Women’s Stream): ‘The lives of Cameroonian women living in poverty: Challenge the “Culture of Poverty” concept’ by Weinger, S & Akuri, J ‘Weaving the threads of peace: Creating gender evaluation methodologies for assessing women’s participation in peacemaking’ by Hermoso, JC ‘Learning and knowledge of women in war, displacement and asylum’ by Munoz, M ‘Defining domestic violence – A case study of a crisis centre in Udmurtia, Russian Federation’ by Jappinen, M
Oral Session 8: ‘Why are they laughing and should I laugh with them? – Transcending global-local divides through the use of interpreters’ by Taplin, A ‘Innovative pedagogical strategies: Developing a community of learners in field education practice’ by Small, A et al. ‘Global/local drivers of workforce diversity and inclusion: Innovative usage of technology and distance learning’ by Mor Barak, M & Maiden, P ‘Professionalization of social work in the Republic of Mauritius: the case of widening participation’ by Rambaree, K & Rambaree, BB
Workshop Session 9: ‘Reconfiguring social work education to fight HIV-AIDS: A model for developmental context’ by Cameron, PJ et al. ‘Postgraduate courses in social work’ by Garcia, R
Oral Session 10: APASWE board meeting
Workshop Session 1 1 : ‘Community-based participatory research as an empowerment strategy for social work with communities’ by Lewis Jr, C et al. ‘Transplanting the local to the global: What is needed to make locally grown programmes work in different soil?’ by Young, S et al.
Oral Session 1 2 : ‘Small international projects funded by International Association of Schools of Social Work – How to apply for and successfully carry out projects?’ by Strauss, H ‘The big gap between social work education and practice: Reflection of social work development in Mainland China’ by Xu, Y
20 ‘Implications of limited resources and infrastructure for social work and social work education’ by de Monchy, M ‘Social welfare: The developments and the current situation’ by Murugaiah, K
Oral Session 1 3 : ‘Forensic social work in the Southern African Police Services’ by Stutterheim, E ‘Social work in Africa: New curriculum for the future’ by Kreitzer, L
Date: 22 July 2008
Regional meetings 0800-0900 hrs
Eileen Younghushand Lecture 0900-1000 hrs ‘Recasting social work: Human rights and political activism’ by Linda Briskman
Parallel Sessions 1030-1200 hrs Spanish Session 1: ‘The evaluation of public policies as a managerial process and tool’ by Lehfeld, N et al. ‘The organizations of the civil society in Monterrey: Contributions to the construction of the citizenship’ by Cerros Rodriguez, E & Rodriguez Onofre, D ‘The study of violence in the education process of the social worker’ by Sigueira de Silva, JF ‘Struggling over health: The feminist movement’s engagement with the AIDS epidemic’ by Rocha, S & Mota, AE ‘To re-visit the disciplinary cosmology: New debates in the formation of the social work’ by Yanez Pereira, V
Oral Session 2: ‘Interaction for integration of housing and care for old people’ by Henning, C & Ahnby, U ‘Community-professional partnerships focus on literacy, loss and inter-generational interaction’ by Solarsh, B & Wolberg, D ‘Working with the wisdom of the elderly’ by De Broeck, G
Oral Session 3: ‘The role of managerial leadership in delivery of developmental social work services’ by Mkansi, R & Makhubele, JC ‘Skills development of middle level managers by the occupational social worker in the workplace’ by Luitjies, R ‘Measuring alcohol and drug programme outcomes – The road towards a new scale’ by Selipsku, L & Roestenburg, W
Oral Session 4: ‘Anti-poverty policy and multilateral agencies: A comparative study between Brazil and Mexico in the XXI century’ by Freitas, RCM ‘Specifics of poverty in the Czech Republic and its relation to unemployment’ by Palounkova, Z et al.
21 ‘The practice of damage reduction to health by the use of drugs: The Brazilian case’ by Carvalho, D ‘Federalism, decentralization and regional inequalities: Impacts for social policy’ by Souza Conceicao, T
Oral Session 5: ‘Globalisation, migration, and elderly African in the USA: Implications for policy and practice; by Mbanaso, M ‘The creation of a third world within a first world country: Canada and the temporary workers programme’ by Carlos-Escamilla, A & Kelly, C ‘Building equitable north-south collaborations: Lessons from social work in the Nigeria project’ by Jeyapal, D et al. ‘Africa’s diasporas and the struggle for survival: The life and times of undocumented Zimbabwe Nationals based in the United Kingdom’ by Mupedziswa, R
Workshop Session 6: ‘Defining international social work for the 21st century’ by Healy, L et al. ‘Voices from around the world: The role of social work journals in developing, promoting and disseminating social work practice’ by Quinney, A et al.
Oral Session 7: ‘User participation in social work programme’ by Wolmesjo, M ‘Historical context: That speaks to the influence of Libera’s history on contemporary social work education and practice and how NALSOW plans to work with schools on both national and international levels to address change and development’ by Parwon, S et al. ‘Reflections on burnout, self care and management in social work’ by Partab, R ‘Learning by developing (LbD) – A new pedagogical strategy to advance social work education in Finland’ by Tiikkainen, R ‘Research synergies in social professions’ by Michailidis, M & Fargion, S
Oral Session 8: ‘The utilization of attachment theory by social workers in foster care supervision’ by Botes, W & Ryke, EH ‘Research: The life experience of adolescent sexual offenders: Factors within the family that contribute to offending behaviour’ by Naidoo, L ‘Employee assistance programme (EAP) and wellness: A theoretical perspective’ by Terblanche, L ‘Innovative teaching: University of KwaZulu-Natal programme, South Africa’ by Mathe, S & Gathiram, N ‘Social work and sociology of modernity’ by Moussu, G
Oral Session 9: ‘Health service delivery by learners of a university to a disadvantaged community: Experiences of involved
22 parties’ by Strydom, C et al. ‘Knowledge production in social work: The “Gold Standard” of mode 2?’ by Gray, M ‘Using practice based research with older people living with dementia in the community to inform undergraduate students’ learning’ by Waugh, F & Napier, L ‘Training field instructors in supervision of international students’ by Leta, H ‘Supervision – A bridge between experience and evidence in social work’ by Hojer, S
Oral Session 10: ‘Narratives of dual heritage young people: Implications for practice’ by Lambeth, UV ‘Cultural traditions and children’s right’ by Fernandes, G ‘Social authorities and the rights of children: A cross discipline perspective: Law and social work’ by Olsson, K & Sung, LG ‘The European Union-Canada displaced persons project – A social work field education exchange that bridges cultural and community divides’ by Kreitzer, L et al.
Oral Session 11: ‘Working with family – From a reparative to an empowering perspective’ by Campanini, A ‘Sexual exploitation of children in Amazon: The approach from the actors of the protection networks’ by Fernandez, C ‘Changes in social child care system in Poland and its influence for professional social work’ by Kantowicz, E ‘Introducing a practice model in child welfare for the delivering of goal-directed, measurable services: Towards the enhancement of person-in environment fit’ by Swanzen, R
Oral Session 12: ‘The psychosocial impact of HIV Serodiscordance on marital relations and sexual practices’ by Dano, B ‘Oppression and mental health within African lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) communities’ by Majied, K ‘Reds: Answering HIV and AIDS affected educators’ plea for support’ by Kupa, P et al.
Workshop/Oral Session 13: ‘Managing diverse cultural beliefs and practices in medical social work settings’ by Merighi, J & Wong- Kim, E ‘Social work practice with parents with disabilities: An overview of individual and community interventions’ by Lightfoot, E ‘Creation of a therapeutic community for school-aged children in rural China’ by Lee, GL & Chan, CLW ‘Global lessons: Towards multi-cultural content infusion in social work curriculum’ by Holtzhausen, L & Oliphant, E
23 Parallel Sessions 1300-1430 hrs Spanish Session 1: ‘Social service: What it should be and what it actually is’ by Tavares, M ‘Poverty and social policy issues in Mexico’ by Lopez-Estrada, RE & Ribeiro, M ‘History as an open way to new proposals and new things to do’ by Arias Rojas, J ‘’The prisonal system of Brazil and the struggle for the effective rights of the convicted women’ by Hilario da Silva Oliveira, CA ‘The popular classes in the outskirts of the world capital: Between the need of organization of the struggle for emancipation and the need of assistance policies’ by Batista Lopes, J et al.
Workshop Session 2: ‘Educating for social innovation through eportfolios: Embodied knowledge, leadership and social change’ by Zappella, N et al. ‘Continuing professional development: The developing agenda for social work’ by Walker, J & September, R
Oral Session 3: ‘International social work practice: An Indian experience’ by Alphonse, M ‘Social work management – Dilemmas in a “new” experience’ by Wolmesjo, W ‘A research study examination of the professional identity of social workers engaged in inter-professional work’ by Keeping, C
Oral Session 4: ‘Social and economic justice and social work education in the United States: Inserting ourselves in the mix’ by Simmons, L ‘1968 and its impact on social work in West Germany’ by Sunker, H ‘Double jeopardy: The impact of Neo-Liberalism on care workers in the United States and South Africa’ by Zelnick, J & Abramovitz, M ‘Education for migrant children – Problem and policy’ By Koo, A ‘Implications of shifting paradigms in social policy reforms in Uganda’ by Asingwire, N et al.
Oral Session 5: ‘Globalization: The new form of neo-colonialism and imperialism, coupled with poor leadership, the cause and sustenance of poverty in Africa’ by Musinguzi, B ‘The social work HIV/AIDS partnership for orphans and vulnerable children in Tanzania’ by Linsk, L et al. ‘A new type of global cities and its transformation of the welfare regime: The case of Busan in South Korea’ by Hwang, B
24 Oral Session 6: ‘Stress of children in public care in Croatia: Implications for social workers’ by Branica, V & Rajhvajn, L ‘Domestic violence in a black rural community’ by Wessels, C & Lentswe, KS ‘Forensic social work as a specialized field in social work’ by Scheepers, E & Wessels, C ‘The forensic social worker as an expert witness in a specialized field’ by Smith, S & Wessels, C ‘Adolescents’ experiences of parental reactions to the disclosure of child sexual abuse’ by Spies, G & Smit, A
Oral Session 7 (Women’s Stream): ‘One man’s pursuit of social justice: Jim Griptons’ social work career’ by Valentich, M ‘A historical comparison of the social work profession and education: Colombia, Japan and the United States’ by Madrigal, C & Ando, S ‘The paths of the social work history research in Croatia’ by Ajdukovic, M
Oral Session 8: ‘An alternative for preventing the isolation of elderly people – Senior day centers (A qualitative research)’ by Stanciu, C ‘Rethinking social work education for first nations and Inuit communities’ by Ives, N et al. ‘Gaps in social services and needs of newcomers to a Central Canada city: Supporting inclusion’ by Heinonen, T & Blum, E ‘From student to practitioner: Crossing the divide in health social work’ by Joubert, L ‘The evaluation of assertive behaviour in social workers’ by Calitz, T & Roux, A ‘Developing relevant social work practice: Technique of masks applied in two countries’ by Oliphant, E et al.
Oral Session 9: ‘”So what are you asking?” How to explore complex concepts with young people’ by Bolzan, N et al. ‘Developing post qualifying education and training in Northern Ireland’ by Taylor, B ‘Technology enhanced learning: Staff and social work student experiences of a virtual community to support inter-professional learning’ by Quinney, A et al. ‘Using persona dolls as an anti-oppressive technique in the South African social work curriculum’ by Bozalek, V & Smith, C
Oral Session 10: ‘Social work and human rights: Contemporary challenges’ by Cetingok, M ‘Unequal citizenships: The poor and the non-poor, passive citizenship and protagonist citizenship’ by Leite, IC ‘Indigenous organizational response to the need for culturally appropriate services in Canadian cities’ by Sookraj, D ‘Should local views take precedence over universal theory when applying social work programming with
25 indigenous groups’ by Neckoway, R & Brownlee, K
Oral Session 11: ‘Community family care intervention model for families living with severe mental illness in a community in the Ethekwini district in KwaZulu-Natal’ by Engelbrecht, C & Kasiram, MI ‘”Complicated” issues and “mixed feelings” associated with parental migration: A collective case study of three Jamaican female adolescents’ by McLean, WC ‘Polygamous marriage in the Middle East stories of success and failures: The Bedouin-Arab case’ by Al- Krenawi, A et al. ‘Contributory factors to substance use among children in rural areas: Development of a psycho-social culturally sensitive tool’ by Noganta, N et al. ‘Children in danger: A critical evaluation of the New South African approach to emergency care removals’ by Zaal, N
Oral Session 12: ‘Attention system in mental health in Espirito Santo/Brazil’ by Garcia, ML ‘The biopsychosocial factors influencing adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART)’ by Carbonatto, C & Spies, M
Oral Session 13: ‘Creating the right role models: A male gender adviser in humanitarian action in Colombia’ by Medrano Bohorquez, M ‘Asibavikele, let’s protect them – Evoking community involvement in the care and protection of children
Parallel Sessions 1500-1630 hrs Spanish Session 1: ‘Aging and social policy’ by Ribeiro, M & Lopez, RE ‘The diversified local production in the midst of monocultural production of global markets – The social integrated management of small rural producers from the Northeast region of the State of Sao Paulo (Brazil)’ by Milinski, CC et al. ‘The development of human rights practice – What are the possibilities and limitations for emancipatory social work?’ by Cemlyn, S ‘A transforming social education and continued education: Limits and possibilities’ by Farinelli, MR & Soares, N
Oral Session 2: ‘Authentic-based learning – Able’ by Wolmesjo, M et al. ‘Empowerment and globalization in a Nordic social work education context’ by Johansson, IM et al. ‘Preparing graduate students for study abroad: Mutual responsibilities of home and host institutions’ by Thomas, S & Hodges, V
26 ‘Fundamental issues behind the concepts surrounding foreign aid: A Freirian perspective’ by Lee, ES ‘Modelling developmental social work education in Southern and East Africa’ by Hochfeld, T et al.
Oral Session 3 : ‘Linking government, community agencies, and the academy through a capacity building project’ by Schmidt, G & Hemingway, D ‘A study of children in welfare development residential care institution’ by Yunus, F ‘Development of social work professions in the French-speaking part of Switzerland: The new profession of “socio-educational assistant”, professional profiles, political, economic and social stakes’ by Perriard, V et al. ‘Democracy, participation and social rights: The Brazilian experience of the participatory budgeting and the public policy councils’ by Vitale, D
Oral Session 4 : ‘Implementing change: The role of social workers in South Africa’s welfare policy framework’ by Dutschke, M ‘Stretching the South African old age pension to meet the needs of households in Bhambayi’ by Raniga, T et al. ‘The elderly and people with disability in Brazil: A study of a social program directed to them’ by Gois, J et al. ‘Educating for what? Maintaining social work expertise when ‘Anyone can do it’’ by Postle, C & Lymbery, MEF ‘Clash of the Titans?: A discourse analysis of the interface between social policy, social inclusion and lifelong learning on older people using social care services in the UK and the challenges for social work practice’ by Hafford-Letchfield, T
Oral Session 5 : ‘Global social policy and civil society: Social responses to the negative effects of globalization’ by Hong, P ‘Partnering with faith communities: International social welfare cooperation supporting the millennium development goals’ by Morazes, J ‘In search of a motherland: An investigation of Caribbean college students’ perceptions of affiliation’ by Warren, S & Cooke, L ‘North-South relationships: Social work and cultural values in complex emergencies’ by Charnley, H ‘Capacity building in a remote rural community: The contribution of social work to a social responsibility programme’ by Green, S
Oral Session 6 : ‘Foster care-monitoring through social group work based on the life map technique’ by Visser, E et al. ‘Social parenting: The perspective of same-sex parents in Slovenia’ by Sobocan, A ‘Formalising the informal: A case for family meetings in social services in Africa’ by Ramsey, G et al. ‘Strengths in families and how they survive’ by Motshedi, M et al. ‘The influence of HIV/AIDS on poverty stricken families in rural families’ by Lekgetho, P et al.
27 Oral Session 7 : ‘Gay youth: Experiences of violence and solidarity’ by Gois, J & Soliva, TB ‘When grief comes to class: Exploring the impact of parental bereavement on primary school children’ by Jackson, M ‘Contextual impacts on caseworker decision-making in child welfare: A cross-national comparison’ by Collins, M & Duffy, J
Oral Session 8: ‘Practitioners’ and students’ views about how schools of social work can contribute to advocacy development’ by Reeser, L & Weinger, S ‘Promoting social justice through community-based learning in social work course’ by Farwell, N ‘RPL, social inclusion and redress: Idealism or real opportunity?’ by Dykes, G ‘Advancing macro social work education through gendered ‘Inquiry-based’ learning and teaching – A South African contextual case study’ by Minnaar-McDonald, ML ‘Correctional programs: A South African corrections perspective’ by6 Van Wyk, L
Oral Session 9 : ‘Using an adventure based program to empower 1st year social work students at a South African university’ by Reyneke, R ‘Gatekeeping in social work education: Multicultural and international issues’ by Goodman, E et al. ‘The challenges to social work supervision: Building a critical framework’ by Nobie, C & Jude, I ‘A comparative approach to social work education’ by Guru, S & River, D ‘Supervision as a reflective and evaluated practice in multi-professional working contexts: A study of social work in the health sector’ by Geissier-Piltz, B & Gerull, S
Oral Session 10 : ‘The segregated community: Homelessness in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’ by Hagos, BA ‘The research of social welfare system for physical disabilities in China’ by Zhang, J et al. ‘Does teaching change the beliefs and attitudes of students?’ by Prendergast, K ‘The effect of divorce on women and their children: A comparative approach’ by Bekele, S
Oral Session 1 1 : ‘The role of social work in kinship foster care placements’ by Delport, J & Roux, A ‘High risk behaviour analysis of children placed into the children’s diagnostic residential centre’ by Pesatova, I ‘Social protection for children in difficult situations: Lessons from Indonesia’ by Suharto, E
28 Oral Session 1 2 : ‘Caring for carers: Reality or fantasy for social work in South Africa’ by Khoza, V ‘Social work in adolescent psychiatry: Challenges for preventive and promotive interventions’ by Karp, LB ‘Investigating the role of media advocacy in framing accessibility of antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia: A social work perspective’ by Tafesse, M ‘Social work services to families affected by HIV and AIDS’ by Roux, A et al. ‘Practice context: Health as biophysical wellbeing’ by Beytell, AM
Oral Session 1 3 : ‘Corporate social responsibility and HIV/AIDS’ by Chatterjee, A ‘Benefit of psych-social rehabilitation’ by Paruk, S ‘Empowering personnel with effective conflict management and assertiveness skills: An occupational social work example’ by Williams, M & Weyers, ML ‘Addressing race discrimination through the use of human rights legislation: Implications for social work practice’ by Sangha, D & Edwards, N
Date: 23 July 2008
Plenary Session on Globalisation, women and children 0800-1000 hrs ‘Strengths and resilience: Women and children reclaiming their places in the world’ by Lena Dominelli ‘Africa sieged by global forces: Women and children caught in the quagmire’ by Charles, Mbugua ‘Women living in poverty and globalisation’ by Ana Elizabete Fiúza Simôes de Mota
Parallel Sessions 1030-1200 hrs Spanish Session 1: ‘Analysis of testimonies of wall s in prison under a Gestaltic direction (signboards, engravings and paintings) attest of life in prison’ by Plascencia Vazquez, C ‘Social capital and women’s participation in the labour force in a Mexican neighbourhood’ by Martinez, ML & Lopez, R ‘Work in the context of the contemporary changes: Particularities in a peripheral region of the world accumulation of capital’ by Abreu, M ‘The professional experience in the field of the social work in communities formed by housing developments in the city of Franca (San Paulo)’ by Pereira Barbosa, CA ‘Brazilian children assistance politics and the work of social workers in the homes for children’ by Rodrigues Alves de Andrade, MA & Hilario da Silva Oliveira, CA
Special Workshop Session 2: ‘Towards a social work of resistance’ by Ferguson, I & Smith, L
29 Workshop/ Oral Session 3: ‘Social work in political conflict: The problematic road towards optimizing human rights, social justice and social inclusion’ by Ramon, S ‘The harmony of illusions in relationship building: Making and unmaking diverse realities within social work education’ by Siddique, S
Oral Session 4: ‘Social policy against hegemonic social development: Achieving a universal society’ by Mohan, B & Allen, P ‘The problems and solutions to the development of social pension system in rural China’ by Zhang, J et al. ‘From project to policy – Factors affecting the survival of social programs’ by Spiro, S & Savaya, R ‘Citizen participatory model in new institutional framework to deliver welfare services in Nigeria’ by Omabegho, S
Oral Session 5: ‘Transcending the divide through student exchanges’ by Snyder, L ‘An international collaborative model for social work education in China’ by Whitsett, D et al. ‘Using elearning to study comparative international social work practice’ by Fraser, S & Bozalek, V ‘The European Union – Canada project: Challenges and opportunities of international social work practicum exchange’ by Klassen, M
Oral Session 6: ‘Using narrative for interdisciplinary learning in health and social care’ by Balen, R et al. ‘Advancing knowledge development and practice’ by Bradley, G et al. ‘Moving towards evidence informed practice’ by Buchanan, A ‘Competence meeting as a reflective practice method’ by Oltedal, S
Oral Session (Women ’ s stream) 7: ‘Patriarchy, women’s social problems in developing countries and social work, is social work the solution?’ by Kaluwa, C ‘How do young women experience a trafficked life: The case of Ethiopian women trafficked to the Middle East’ by Minaye, A ‘The impact of body image and ethnic identity on adolescent African American females’ global self-esteem’ by Turnage, B ‘Teaching psycho-social development of women and men from a global perspective’ by Leavitt, R & Zeiger, S ‘Challenges in providing psychosocial intervention for married women with mental illness in India: Evidence- based case reports’ by Jaganathan, A & Sekar, K
30 Oral Session 8 : ‘Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana: A picture is worth a thousand words’ by Boateng, A ‘Social work expertise based on critical reflection: How a Norwegian social worker developed locally specific practice highlighting user participation in an urban context’ by Tronvoll, IM & Moe, A ‘Social work practices in the ‘21st century’: The case of social workers’ interventions in Azania (South Africa)’ by Mthembu, N ‘The seedling theory: A groundbreaking theory of children’s spiritual beliefs and the usage of these mechanisms to empower social work students’ by Neely-Goodwin, S & Jones-Nickens, J ‘Contextualising social work education and developing social work profession in China: Reflections on western social work theories and models’ by Xiong, Y & Yuen-Tsang, A
Oral Session 9 : ‘Narratives and art in social work education’ by Herbst, A ‘Developing collective practical reasoning among undergraduate students: Towards a new pedagogy based on Socratic dialogue’ by Pullen, A ‘Selection tests and social justice: A profile of students applying for admission to the social work undergraduate degree at a South African university’ by Ross, E ‘Teaching social work values in an international context: Immersion and service learning in Mexico’ by Silva- Martinez & Murty, S ‘The bologna process in European higher education as a frame for competence based learning and supervision in social work education’ by Agten, J
Oral Session 10: ‘Questioning the idea of human rights?’ by Hugman, R ‘The marginalized self: Exploring the identity construction of persons with disabilities’ by Wilson, S ‘Can social workers and clients be allies? Worrying findings from Swedish and Australian disability research’ by Jarhag, S et al. ‘Learning disability and social inclusion in Scotland’ by Maclntyre, G
Oral Session 11: ‘Race, ethnicity and child welfare: A fine balancing act’ by Barn, R ‘Protective factors associated with depression among immigrant Muslim youth’ by Tirmazi, T & Abu-Bader, S ‘Escaping abuse: Exploring the strengths, skills and strategies used by women leaving long-term abusive relationships and creating new lives’ by Bond, S ‘Co-parenting and parenting plans: Helping children through parental divorce’ by Prinsloo, R & Le Roux, L ‘The effects of parental monitoring on alcohol, drugs and sexual risk behaviours among adolescents in Malawi’ by John-Langba, J
31 Oral Session 12: ‘Social networks and HIV status among women in Ethiopia’ by Kebede, W ‘Integrated social work services for alcohol dependent older persons’ by Geyer, S ‘Pre-abortion counseling: The role of the social worker’ by Strydom, H & Humpel, HS ‘The effectiveness of the resilient educators (REDS) programme’ by Malan, H & Strydom, H ‘Profile of illicit drug use and sexual behaviour of KwaZulu-Natal, South African secondary school students’ by Taylor, M et al.
Oral Session 13: ‘The Nordic welfare state and social work’ by Hutchinson, GS ‘Islam and the social work profession: Religious and cultural considerations in working with Muslim clients’ by Abdullah, S ‘Value-based holistic community development model in rural China: A case study on Heifer project’ by Wu, SY & Chen, T ‘Community self-management: A social work-related alternative for promoting development’ by de la Cruz, G et al.
Parallel Sessions 1300-1430 hrs Spanish Workshop Session 1: ‘A difficult but possible mission in DR Congo: Building a better world with human rights and democracy’ by Mutambala, AD
Workshop Session 2: ‘Fostering critical thinking through reflective writing’ by McGuire, L & Lay, K ‘Innovative and experiential approaches to teaching cultural diversity across the social work curriculum’ by Strolin-Goltzman, J & Heft-LaPorte, H
Workshop Session 3: ‘An indigenous model of working with street children: The LEAP centre in Jamaica’ by Clarke, B ‘Is true child participation possible? Reflections on experiences with street children’ by Mbhele, S et al.
Workshop Session 4: ‘Developmental social work: The South African experience’ by Patel, L et al.
Oral Session 5: ‘A multiple entangled process of educating, counseling, supporting and developing: Action and reflection on social work education in China’s context’ by Lu, X
32 ‘Transformative learning in the context of international social work education’ by Marks, R ‘A joint African-European social workers training in Tanzania’ by Knockaert, J et al. ‘Education in international humanitarian work – Call for partner’ by Haugland, R & Eriksen, E
Oral Session 6: ‘Developing social workers in Palestine: Evaluating 10 years of programme development’ by Lindsay, J & Baidoun, N ‘Transdisciplinary theoretical convergences – Community development and conflict resolution’ by O’Brien, C ‘The development of APLS – Local productive arrangements, through social entrepreneurship’ by Campanhol, E ‘When North and South join efforts’ by Bolden, E
Workshop Session 7 : ‘Culture, kinship and HIV: A comparative study of the psychosocial impact of diagnosis, disclosure and treatment in Kenya and Trinidad and Tobago’ by Jones, A. ‘Ethical dilemmas and partnerships in qualitative social work research exploring the use of youth-centered methodologies with adolescents living with HIV/AIDS’ by Rogers, T ‘To tell or not to tell, disclosing your psychiatric disabilities’ by Korevaar, L
Workshop/ Oral Session 8: ‘The community participatory evaluation tool: Towards efficacy and empowerment in violence transformation for children and youth’ by Bragin, M ‘Violence and the social worker in Jamaica: Training and policy implications’ by Williams, L
Oral Session 9: ‘Overcoming barriers to educational access: A case study of a social work cohort/intensive program for rural Alaska native students’ by Shepherd, J & Black, J ‘Distance learning: Global citizenship or ticking boxes on the internet? Are online learning technologies new opportunities or the same old…?’ by Spolander, G ‘Incorporating and evaluating internet resources in social work education’ by Weiner, A & Lorber, KR ‘Involving users in social work education – Mutual learning and teaching’ by Urbanc, K ‘Teach to mentor and mentor to teach: Teaching group work through academic service-learning’ by Prinsloo, R
Oral Session 10: ‘The debate on international social work – Some normative reflections’ by Trygged, S ‘Actualising multiculturalism policies: A Canadian case study’ by Sangha, D et al. ‘Embracing humanitarianism: Are social work services responsive to the changing demographics of Ireland’ by Veeran, V
33 ‘Human rights of persons with mental illness: Need for psychos-educational training module for budding mental health professionals in India’ by Jagannathan, A & Rao, VN
Workshop Session 11: ‘Nurturing success: Peer-mentoring adolescents within a divers urban setting’ by Vanderkooy, S ‘Research study on the prevalence of alcoholism and drugs in South Africa’ by Mbandazayo, N
Oral Session 12: ‘Students’ attitudes towards reproductive health and rights: Social work perspective – The case of North-West University (Mafikeng Campus)’ by Makhubele, J & Mkansi, BR ‘Transcending global and local divides in addressing HIV/AIDS within the African Diaspora’ by Teasley, M & Noel, LT ‘The factors that influence social workers’ attitudes towards children with HIV/AIDS’ by Burns, L
Oral Session 13: ‘Teaching people how to manage their money effectively: Lessons from a money management programme in an occupational social work setting’ by Huisamen, A & Weyers, ML ‘Measuring social work interventions’ returns on investment (ROI): An occupational social work example’ by Weyers, M et al. ‘Social and economic impacts of casinos’ by Maharaj, B & Pillay, K
Poster Sessions 1500-1630 hrs
Parallel Sessions 1630-1800 hrs Spanish Session 1: ‘Ethnography in virtual environments’ by Hernandez, Gallardo, SC & Durban, H ‘Social work: Education and bioethics’ by Anguiano Molina, AM et al. ‘The continuum of violence against women within the family: Understanding to intervene’ by Munoz, L ‘A holistic framework to analyse foster-care services in South Africa’ Boning, A
Workshop Session 2: ‘Research governance and impacts on social work research: An exploration of the current situation in higher education institutions (HEIS)’ by Pullen, A et al.
Oral Session 3: ‘Engaging social work students in the great events of their time’ by Cooney, D & Brown, D ‘Socialisation to professional practice: An innovative model for graduate social work education’ by Khaja, K et al. ‘Action research: An empowering approach to social work practitioner inquiry’ by Burton, J ‘Field instruction in policy practice in a government agency’ by Hare, I & Ettinger, A
34 Workshop Session 4: ‘Transcending divides with partnerships: Social workers across nations (SWAN)’ by Briar-Lawson, K & Snell, C ‘Changing the lens’ by Dean, Y & Anderson, C
Oral Session 5: ‘Considering the complexities of global citizenship: A southern partnership perspective’ by Heron, B ‘Negotiating worldviews: Cross-national social work education and differing policy contexts’ by Liddell, M & Liddell, M ‘Facing diversity: Risks or opportunities for social work development’ by Flem, AL et al.
Oral Session 6: ‘Effects of exposure to environmental hazard on the mental health symptoms of African American youth living in urban public housing projects’ by Nebbitt. V ‘A model for teaching social work students content on globalization in social work policy courses’ by Sealey, B ‘Celebrating, cultivating and creating research: A grassroots initiative’ by Harrison, K ‘Evaluating the one-year block placement in field instruction’ by Ring, K & Rock, L
Oral Session 7: ‘The strengths of enduring marriages: Overcoming severe stress’ by Rautenbach, J ‘The international children-centered family mediation within the framework of social work generalist practice’ by Aboul-hassan, N ‘Missing people and social work: Finding hope for the future’ by Clark, J ‘Exploring the anomalies: Sexual behaviour and values amongst Anglican youth’ by Erasmus, J & Hendriks, E ‘Presenting factors in child protection in the Indo-Canadian Community’ by Chan, A & Wolfson, G
Oral Session 8: ‘How can a treaty of Waitangi article based approach be applied through indigenous social work models to meet the standards of social work competency, registration and care and protection legislation?’ by Watkin, P ‘Interactive teaching and learning in social work: Expectations regarding the lecturer’ by Von Schlicht, H ‘Loyalty to professional faith – The unique development path of China’s social work education’ by Zhou, XB ‘A socialist colonial’s perspective on social work education and social services in the Caribbean’ by Baker, PA & Simey, TS ‘Antenarratives in families’ stories’ by Weich, H et al.
Oral Session 9: ‘Case studies in failing and marginal placements: Exploring the student experience’ by Parker, J
35 ‘Helping students understand the worldwide implications of HIV/AIDS’ by Lorber, K & Weiner, AP ‘Community, self and identity: Learning about differences and inequalities across disciplines and higher education institutions in South Africa and Europe’ by Bozalek, V & Smolders, T
Oral Session 10: ‘Sexual minorities, bullying and education’ by Henrickson, M ‘Realities of deportation: The impact of the U.S. 1996 immigration act on the lives of Caribbean women’ by Gomes, M ‘The universal and the particular: Establishing and implementing a model for rights based practice in Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian contexts’ by Moshe Grodofsky, M ‘Social work education in the US and the UN Convention on the rights of the child’ by Ritter, J & Ritchie, D ‘A post qualifying study, capacity building north-south: A survey about the impact of an international internship of six months for European social workers’ by Raymaekers, P & Van Loock, K
Oral Session 1 1 : ‘New South African alternative care solutions for children: Implications for social work practice’ by Matthias, C ‘Reading the files: Reporting from cross agency audits of child protection files in Glasow and the Western Isles Scotland’ by Green Lister, P ‘The best interest of the child: A qualitative analysis of the impact of Latvian child welfare policy on large families; in comparison to liberal, conservative and social democratic regimes’ by Mcintyre, B & Rodgers, J ‘Homicide and suicide in Yorkshire and Humberside’ by Gregory, M ‘Corporate social responsibility and social development in Brazil: A case study of the bank sector’ by Gois, J & Duarte, JFM
Oral Session 1 2 : ‘The role of pregnancy intention in HIV prevention in South Africa’ by Sable, M et al. ‘Bridging the social work practice context between HIV/AIDS in South Africa and the United States’ by Edwards, B ‘Cultural consultation in psychiatric practice – A model for effective understanding of mental health symptoms’ y Jones, R et al.
Workshop Session 1 3 : ‘Transcending the local/global divide: The challenges for social work education and practice of local and global health inequities’ by Giles et al.
Date: 24 July 2008
Parallel Sessions 0830-1000 hrs
36 Spanish Session 1: ‘Public health care to chronically ill people. The perspective of health professionals and lay people’ by Ruiz, Gomez, A & Perea Aceves, MB ‘State’s policy to prevent, penalize and eradicate violence against women’ by Oceguera, A ‘Elder abuse: Riske factors associated to family violence in Monterry, Mexico’ by Mancinas, SE & Ribeiro, M ‘Influence of life styles of hypertensive patients for adherence to its treatment’ by Calvo Vargas, AL ‘Impact of the shares of community participation for health that makes the social worker at the primary care centers and the necessities of people’ by Perea Aceves, MB & Ruiz Gomea, A
Special Session 2: ‘Rebuilding people’s lives after disaster network’ by Dominelli, L
Oral Session 3: ‘Against difference and diversity in social work’ by Webb, S ‘Chilean repatriated political exiles as a Diaspora’ by Askeland, GA & Sonneland, AM ‘The standards we expect’ by Fleming, J
Workshop Session 4: ‘A method for contextualizing and transferring disability services’ by Cox, S et al.
Oral Session 5: ‘Bridging hemispheres through the use of technology’ by Rautenbach, J & Black-Hughes, C ‘Seeking meaning in the experiences of international field placement’ by Mercure, D ‘The self extended: An analysis of ‘use of self’ in social work practice in Trinidad and Tobago among professional social workers’ by Wiliams-Peters, K ‘Social work training for North South integration in Korea’ by Park, Y
Oral Session 6: ‘Alternative parenting as a tool to empower foster families’ by Jonker, G ‘Intermediary services for child witnesses testifying in criminal court proceedings in South Africa’ by Jonker, G ‘Videography for social workers: An innovative approach’ by Lim, E ‘Ethics, deontology and law. An exploratory attempt at conceptual delineation within the social work field’ by Van Kerckhove, C ‘Ethical issues in involving young service users in researching social work provision in the UK’ by McLaughlin, H
Oral Session 7: ‘Family practice and child and family poverty: Historical perspectives and recent advances’ by Frankel, S &
37 Frankel, H ‘The role of self-esteem on the relationship between social support and depression among youths in residential group care in South Korea’ by Lim, H & Soo, YS ‘Identifying risk and protective factors for behavioural problems in primary schools within the Laventille East District in Trinidad’ by Taylor, M & BartholomeW, T
Oral Session 8: ‘The changing face of the social work student: It’s implications for the classroom and the practicum – Insights from the Jamaican experience’ by Hinds, K ‘Bridging the generation gap in the education of young social workers’ by van der Walt; A ‘Social work: The overdue benchmarking of the profession – The case of Botswana’ by Tebogo, J & Motsedi, MM ‘Child rights in Ethiopia: Discussion of Ethiopian realities and implications’ by Minaye, A
Oral Session 9: ‘Cultural competence and field work education: An assessment of social work professionals in training to become field instructors’ by Sacristan, D & Kaiteris, R ‘Nothing about us without us. Pedagogies for diversity and empowerment in social work education’ by Kristiansen, A et al. ‘Dawn of the dead: A student narrative on collective classrooms’ by Janer, F ‘An integrated approach for social work students’ field education’ by Torres, J
Oral Session (Women’s stream) 10: ‘Living with rape, or who am I after rape?’ by Toy, E ‘Motherhood and womanhood in the investigation processes of suspected child sexual abuse (CSA) cases’ by Laitinen, M
Oral Session 11: ‘The experience of families successfully caring for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): Research on facilitative factors and challenges in their social environments’ by Frankel, S & Frankel, H ‘Orphans and vulnerable children – Are they victims of human rights abuse: The case of Walmer Township, Nelson Mandela Bay (SA)?’ by Mashologu-Kuse, TM ‘Phototherapy and the therapeutic treatment of adolescents’ by van Wyk, C ‘An evaluation of the Isolabantwana/Eye on the children project in the North West province’ by Rankin, P et al.
Special Interest Meeting 12:
38 National Association of Social Workers (South Africa)
Workshop Session 13: ‘Social assessment: A participatory approach to policy development and implementation’ by Shillingford, A & Baker, PA
Parallel Sessions 1030-1200 hrs Spanish Session 1: ‘Anti-oppression, ethic and social work in the Dominican Republic: An alternative program from the autonomous university of Santo Domingo’ by Duval, M et al. ‘Problems in the social offer: A criticized factor in juvenile delinquency’ by Munizaga, AM ‘Citizenship and social welfare’ by Castro Ortega, N & Villarroel, I ‘Tendencies of the professional work market of the social worker and professional identity issue’ by Abreu, M et al.
Workshop Session 2: ‘Surveilling the fathers: The State implicates mothers in controlling fathers’ by Dominelli, L et al.
Workshop Session 3: ‘IASSW World Census 2010: Are we asking the important questions? ‘Exploring children’s perceptions of natural disasters (hurricanes) and the use of drama-in-education techniques to increase resilience: A study of children in Grenada’ by Joseph, L
Workshop/Oral Session 4: ‘Global group work: Culture, context and defining moments’ by Cohen, C et al. ‘Public health care to chronically ill people. The perspectives of health professionals and lay people’ by Cohen, C et al.
Oral Session 5: ‘Local perspectives and issues of social work education in the era of globalisation’ by Ghandi Doss, LS ‘Balancing tensions between the global and the local: Challenges and opportunities confronting the development of social work education in China’ by Yuen, A; Ku, HB & Wang, SB ‘Towards a global perspective on young people leaving State care – An illustration of conceptual modeling to aid international comparison’ by Pinkerton, J
Workshop Session 6: ‘Transcending global-local divides: A critical analysis of global inequities in Alzheimer care’ by Faul, A et al.
39 Oral Session 7: ‘Increasing student social worker’s awareness of their role in economic oppression’ by Leyva, V ‘Simulated case conferences – A valuable teaching tool for beginning social workers’ by Nathaniel-deCaires, K ‘Sensitive topics and experimental learning in social work education – A case study of confronting child sexual abuse (CSA) issues in the class room context’ by Rantalaiho, U & Laitinen, M ‘Making a joyful noise: Creating positive field experiences for social work students’ by Williams, T ‘Developing experiential social work education in Uzbekistan’ by Murphy, T & Kim, L
Oral Session 8: ‘The complexities of the correctional system: Positioning social work practice to prison population’ by Moruane, SD Reflections on human rights and social justice within a correctional system: The complexities of managing the “prison” community’ by Moruane, SD
Workshop Session 9: ‘A social work response to New Jersey’s public child welfare crisis’ by Falk, D
Oral Session 10: ‘The necessity of a life skills programme for social workers’ by Taute, F ‘Service user and carer involvement in the new social work degree in England’ by Macintyre, G et al. ‘Optimizing international practicum experiences: Field-based lessons learned’ by Diaconu, M & Pittman, S ‘Analyses of social work students’ choices of research projects: Study areas, populations and designs’ by Mogorosi, LD
Oral Session 11: ‘Reconciling multiculturalism and human rights and social justice in child welfare services’ by Maiter, S ‘Why do young people drop out of upper secondary school?’ by Lundgren, M ‘Photo-voice: Rural migrant workers’ survival strategy and capacity building in urban China: A case study in Haidian district, Beijing’ by Wu, SY & Chen, T
Oral Session 12: ‘The impact of HIV/AIDS to TB on the Bhambayi households, South Africa’ by Zambuko, O et al. ‘A cultural approach to working with families impacted by HIV/AIDS from a social work practice perspective’ by Poitier, V & Burton, J ‘HIV/AIDS and widows in Manipur’ by Kipgen, J ‘A model for complicated grief intervention’ by Drenth, N et al. ‘The views of primary caregivers on life skills HIV/AIDS programme offered in schools’ by Mfeka, SH
40 Oral Session 13: ‘Moral dilemmas in social work’ by Rommelspacher, B et al. ‘Human rights – The dilemma between universality and contextual diversity’ by Staub-Bernasconi, S ‘Justice versus care – A dilemma of ethics’ by Grossmass, R
Closing ceremony 1200-1315 hrs ‘Transcending global-local divides: Challenges for social work education and practice from class, caste and gender perspective’ by Manorama, R
41 Appendix B
A Summary of Presentations made by Hong Kong Representatives
Date & Time Title Presenters 21 July 2008, Design for development: An exploratory study in an Ku, HB and Yuen- 1030-1200 hrs ethic minority community of Yunan Province, PRC Tsang, A
21 July 2008, A novel understanding of the narratives of people with Lit, S 1500-1630 hrs mental illness through performance Journey through infertility: Gain through loss Lee, GL & Chan, CLW
22 July 2008, Creation of a therapeutic community for school-aged Lee, GL & Chan, 1030-1200 hrs children in rural China CLW
22 July 2008, Education for migrant children – Problem and policy Koo, A 1300-1430 hrs
23 July 2008, Contextualising social work education and developing Xiong, Y & Yuen- 1030-1200 hrs social work profession in China: Reflections on Tsang, A western social work theories and models
24 July 2008, Balancing tensions between the global and the local: Yuen, A; Ku, HB 1030-1200 hrs Challenges and opportunities confronting the & Wang, SB development of social work education in China
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