Intormation about the authors in this volume:
1. Lesley Chenoweth, BSocWk, MSocWk, Ph.D. is the inaugural Prqfessor of Social Work and currently Head of Logan Campus at Griffith University. She has more than 35 years experience as a social work and human service practitioner, academic and activist, chiefly in the disability area.
E-mail:
[email protected]2. Dr. Abraham Francis is a social worker, activist and an academic. He has worked with national and international agencies in India and Australia. He has lectured at University of Delhi and worked as a senior MH social woiker in Adelaide. Currently, he gives lectures in social work with James Cook University, Australia.
E-mail:
[email protected]3. Dr. Venkat Pulla, BSc, BJ, MA, TISS, (VRCD), MASSW (Accredited) is a Tata Dorabji Merit Scholar From the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. Currently, he is teaching social work at Charles Sturt University, Australia. His research interests are in human coping and resilience, spirituality aiid social work, and green social work. He is the founder of the Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice Inc.
Website:
www.strengthsbasedpractice.com.au4. Dr. Kalyanasundaram is an experienced Psychiatrist. He graduated from Madras University and did his MD From NIMHANS, Bangalore. He has long been involved with Psychiatric Rehabilitation. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Richmond Fel10wship Society at Bangalore and the Principal of the Richmond Fel10wship Post Graduate Col1ege.
E-mail·[email protected]
5. Dr. Swami Dharmakeerthi Usha Sundaram is· trained as a psychiatrist at NIMHANS. She practices under the name of Swami Dharamkeerti Saraswati as initiated by her Guru Paramahamsa Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Her message is that
yoga
is a science reaching into your own inner self, and rediscover potential for healirig, wisdom and compassion.E-mail·[email protected]
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experience in social work. His academic interests include immigrant and refugee populations, Asian Indians, Asian families, Asian American elderly, and multi-cultural counselling. Awards received: Fulbright Scholar, India, 2000-2001, 2008-2009. Nx Champaign Urbana International Humanitarian Award (Human Rights), 2007.
E-mail:
[email protected]7. Susana Mariscal is a doctoral candidate at the University of Kansas-School of Social Welfare and the website coordinator of the Strengths Institute. As a Fulbright scholar from Bolivia, her career and research have focused on resilience, violence prevention, strengths perspective, and international social work.
http://www.socwel.ku.edu/strengths/index.shtml
E-mail:
[email protected]; [email protected]8. Dr. Ndungi wa Mungai is a lecturer in Social work at-Charles Sturt University, Australia. Ndungi was born in Kenya where he trained and worked as an Agricultural Officer before training in social work in Australia. Ndungi has written several book chapters, journal articles and conference papers on gender, human rights and migration.
E-mail:
[email protected]9. Dr. Cate Hudson is a qualified social worker, lecturer in social work and
rural
practice and is also the program manager of the Parenting Support Program located on the grounds of the Whyalla Campus of the University of South Australia.E-mail:
[email protected]10. Dr. Kalpana Goellectures in social woFk at the University of South Australia and has practised in community development and MH. Her research includes migration, gender issues, aged care workforce, community engagement, student engagement and assessment feedback in higher education. She is a member of Refugee and Migration Research Network and Centre for Rural Health and Community Development.
E-mail·[email protected]
11. Sonny Jose Ph.D., Associate Prof essor, Loyola College, Thiruvananthapuram. He has undertaken 13 publications in numerous peer-reviewed journals, has written chapters in Books and holds 2 major projects funded by the Indian Council for Social Science Research and the University Grants Commission. He
has
organised international as weIl as national seminars on diverse topies ranging from Life Long Learning (2002), Social Care (2004), Human Rights (2005), Best Practices in Higher Education (2009), Alternate and Holistic Medicine (2011), Livelabs (Fieldwork) (2012).
12. Dr. Saraswati Raju Iyer from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India has presented 36 papers, given 60 sessions, 8 interviews on AIl India Radio, contributed 80 lessons, received 5 prestigious awards, published 37 articles in journals, edited 3 books, offered consultancy, evaluated Il projects, produced 2 M.Phil. degrees and is a life member of professionalassociations.
E-mail:
sarasl_2rajuiyer2003@yàhoo.com13. Prof. P.K Ghosh is the Principal of the Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Visva-Bharati. He teaches Human Resource Management, Philosophy and Development of Social Work. He initiated an exchange program with American universities. He is a volunteer for the Rural Women Entrepreneurs. He founded Rabindranath T agores' initiative at the Institute of Rural Reconstruction.
E-mail·[email protected]
14. S.P. Rajeev has a MSW and HR Management. He teaches Post Graduate Social Work and researches familyand child welfare, Human Rights and MH Practices. He has edited books and has articles published in different journals. He is associated with James Cook and De Paul Universities for collaborative academic . practices and cross cultural programs in Social Work.
E-mail'
[email protected]15. Yolanda G. Ealdama is from College of Social Work and Cotpmunity Development of the University of the Philippines. She is a lifetime member of the Philippine Association of Social Workers and member of Board of the International Consortium for Social Development. She has a Master's in Development Studies and is finishing Ph.D. in Public Administration.
E-mail:
ygealdama@yàhoo.com16. Romana Zidar, M.A. is licensed social worker and Assistarit Lecturer at Chair of Organisation, Community Social Work and Research, Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana. Herwork is focused on social policy, organisation and management in social w6rk, social work in working environment, social economy and social marketing.
E-mail·[email protected]
17. Mrs. Prathima S. Mohite has MSW and M. Phil in Psychiatrie Social Work. Her experience includes social work, program planning and implementation in health and development. Currently, a full time guest of the Faculty of Social work, Bangalore University. She
has
submitted her thesis for an award of Doctoral degree in Department ofStudiesin Social Work, University of Mysore.E-mail:
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UNFP A and the UN International Institute on Ageing, Malta, he successfully pursued a Post Graduate Diploma in Gerontology and Geriatries at the Institute ofGerontology, University of Malta.
E-mail:
[email protected]19. Dr. C. Usha
Rao
is an Associate Prof essor and Guide in the Department of Studies in Social Work, Manasa Gangothri, University of Mysore, Mysore.20. Dr. James Mugisha has a Ph.D. in Suicidology From the Norwegian University of Science and T echnology. He published his work on the meaning of suicide in Uganda. In addition he is a Principle Behavioural Scientist with Uganda Ministry of Health and a part-time Lecturer with Makerere University Department of Social W ork and Social Administration.
E-mail:
[email protected]21. Dr. Sheeja Remani B. Karalam is an Associate Prof essor in the Department of Social work, Christ University, Bangalore, India. She holds Masters in Sociology, Social work and Ph.D. in Social work. ShePossesses 19 years of experience in research and teaching. She has co-authored a book and published 12 research articles.
E-mail·sheejabkaralâ[email protected]
22. Dr. (Ms) Prakashi Rajaram, Additional Prof essor in Psychiatrie Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India is specialist in Neuro-Psychiatric Social Work for more than three decades. She has guided many Ph.D
.lM.
Phil. scholars. Her research work includes strength based and evidence based clinical social work.E-mail:
[email protected]23. Matilda Branson works for the Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO) in Nepal, in gender and organisational development. With a background in anthropology and gender, Matilda has worked with UNDP, Amnesty International and community-based projects in Australia, Brazil, Mozambique and Malaysia and has particular interest in·gender-based violence and resiliency.
E-mail·[email protected]
24. Isobel (Ruth) Bailey teaches social work practice and mental health in Charles Sturt University. Ruth's interests are, broadly, in the role of therapy, personality theory, and leadership/influence in the scope of social work. She is interested in the 'dark triad' (narcissism, machiavellianism and psychopathy). A further interest is the social work response to the expressions of class and social dominance currendy operating in Australian society.
25. Eva Vani Kaufman is Social Worker by training with experiences in social housing communities in inner-city Sydney to 'sIum' area in India. She is currently working at the Nepal School of Social Work under the Australian Youth Ambassador for Development (AYAD Ausaid) and is nominated by the Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Institute.
E-mail·[email protected]
26. Raj Kumar Yadav is working with Nepal School of Social Work as research and field work coordinator. He has also contributed to
drafr
BSW and· MSW syllabus for Mid-Western University, Nepal. His book entitled 'Integrated Social Work' is in press.E-mail·[email protected]
27. Enni Mikkonen is Ph.D. student of University of Lapland (Finland), Faculty of Social Sciences. Her research interests are social justice and human rights in tension of global and local perceptions. The ongoing doctoral thesis concerns the social justice and human rights of women and children living in Nepalese communities.
E-mail:
[email protected]28. Kaushalendra Pratap Singh is a Research and Teaching Assistant in School of Social Work, IGNOU, New Delhi and is pursing Ph.D. Otl elderly. He began his professional career in developmental sector. He has published two journals. He is a life member of National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI).
E-mail·[email protected]
29. Wendy Hillman is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at CQ University, Australia. Currently, she is teaching the Australian Society, Social Research Methods and Community Analysis. She previously held the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Queensland, Australia, She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from James Cook University, Australia.
E-mail·[email protected]
30. P. Udhaya Kumar is Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Social Work, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India.
E-mail·[email protected]
31. Stefan Bakaj is Stefan Bakaj, BSW (Hons lst Class), MAASW is a senior social worker, providing staff supervision and training in the disability sector. He has contributed to guidelines in the disability services and to textbooks in social work. He is Secretary, Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice Inc. and is associated with Alumni of the University of Queensland Social Work.
Author Index
A Kaufman, Eva Vani ... 102
Mseer, K.P ... 267 M B Mariscal, E. Susana ... 191
Mathew, Jyothi Ann ... 236
Mikkonen, Enni ... 213
Mohite, Prathima S ... 225
Mugisha, James ... 310
Balley, Isobel Ruth ... 34
Balgopal, Pallassana R. ... 52
Branson, Matilda ... 202
c
Mungai, Ndungi Wa ... 112Ch an a, . atts ... .
dr
P S . h 236 Mustaffa, Faheema ... 267Chenoweth, Lesley ... 66 N
E
Nair, Lekshmi V. . ... ; ... 267Ealdama, Yolanda G ... '1' ••••••••••••••••••• 93 P Ponnuswami, Ilango ... 150
Pulla, Venkat ... 1, 75 Francis, Abraham ... 19, 150,257 F R G Rajaram, Prakashi ... 236
Ghosh, P.K ... 125 Rajeev, S.P ... 248
Goel, Kalpana ... 297 Rao C Usha
, .
.
... ..
225H
s
Hillman, Wendy ... 286 Sekhar, Niveditha ... 176Hudson, Cate ... 297 Singh, Kaushalendra Pratap ... 137
Sundaram, Dharmakeerti Usha ... 43
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Iyer, Saraswati Raju ... 162 UJ
Udhayakumar, P ... 150Jose, Sonny ... 267 Y K Yadav, Raj Kumar ... 276
