The 2004 ~FAST Tex projects
School of Social Work

Title:
Social Work Practice from a Risk and Resilience Perspective

Faculty Client:
Kathy Armenta, karmenta@mail.utexas.edu

Student Developer:
Chok Ooi

Project Description:
This project continued the development of curriculum, text, and video resources for teaching future social work professionals how to meet crises and promote resilience in their clients. These materials are designed to complement the text “Social Work Practice from a Risk and Resilience Perspective” and this year’s project created videos of social workers who use a risk and resilience perspective, as well as videos of older adults who have overcome discrimination. The videos that capture the views of elders focus on the question of “why”, despite the risk of racism and discrimination, many people do not surrender to the effects of oppression.

Title:
Enhancing the Classroom Experience on Substance Abuse, Ethnicity, and Culture

Faculty Client:
Dr. Diana DiNitto, ddinitto@mail.utexas.edu

Student Developer:
Paromita Roy

Project Description:
This project developed enhancements to a book chapter titled “Ethnicity, Culture, and Substance Use Disorders” that was already published by Allyn and Bacon on the Internet. For each of the five major chapter sections (American Indians, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Jewish Americans), two audio or video segments were developed, a powerful example of which is an African American woman describing how her spirituality served as a source of strength during her recovery. This chapter and its enhancements illuminate a problem that affects millions.

Title:
Social Work Practice from a Risk and Resilience Perspective

Faculty Client:
Dr. Roberta R. Greene, rgreene@mail.utexas.edu

Student Developer:
Chok Ooi

Project Description:
This is the second year of a project to develop curriculum, text, and learning materials including videos on CD for teaching future professionals to meet crises and promote resilience. Each chapter of the text, entitled "Social Work Practice from a Risk and Resilience Perspective," follows a standard outline, and is supplemented by competency-based modules. This year's project added four additional chapters to the existing materials. Each chapter contains a statement of learning plan and goals, two engagement exercises, two research questions, two self-awareness exercises, ten self-scoring quizzes and a glossary of terms.

Title:
Lifespan Development: The Theoretical Connection

Faculty Client:
Tammy Linseisen, tlinseisen@mail.utexas.edu

Student Developer:
David Marquez

Project Description:
This project developed a web-based complement to the in-class experience of the course SW 381R - Development through the Lifespan: Individuals and Families. The course is dense with theoretical content and its applications, and the instructor found it necessary to make resource materials and additional content available via the web. These materials are organized along the lines of five separate developmental psychology theories and include video and audio clips as well as Blackboard discussions and link libraries.