[Nfbnet-members-list] New Education and Development Committee of Human Service Division
Dr. Mary Chappell
mtc5 at cox.net
Tue Aug 18 06:06:46 UTC 2015
Greetings Fellow Human Services Division members and interested
listserv members,
On August 2, 2015 the Board of Directors of the Human Services
Division of the National Federation of the Blind held a
teleconference meeting. One of the tasks of This meeting was to
organize committees to work on specific issues on which the Board of
the Division has voted . The newly formed Education & Development
Committee will be focusing on the processes of training and
development for students and early career professionals.
This committee will be co-chaired by Human Service Division Board
Vice President Mary Ann Robinson and division member Mary Tatum Chappell.
Mary Ann Robinson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She received
a Masters degree in social work in 1983 and ACSW in 1986. She became
a certified addictions counselor in 2007. She has supervised
volunteers, graduate social work students, and social workers
preparing to take the ACSW exam and for licensure. She is a
proponent of thorough training, supervision, mentoring, and young
career professionals, and believes every developing professional
should have an opportunity to experience a broad array of
situations and clients.
Mary Tatum Chappell is a psychologist and the Program Coordinator of
Psychotherapeutic Services, Behavioral Health Division at a private
training hospital. She is a firm believer in the necessity of
thorough training, supervision and experience in all of the
disciplines. She asserts, "We are a microcosm of the population . We
must be prepared to work with and within the fullest spectrum of
experience. There must be greater presence of capable supervisors,
mentors and training sites and opportunities to work with the
broadest array of the public beyond blindness and rehab."
About Mary Ann Robinson:
Prior to graduate school she volunteered at a telephone crisis
intervention centerand then served as the center's volunteer and then
program coordinator for some 6 years. Following graduate school Mary
Ann worked with juvenile offenders and their families for more than 5
years. In 1990, she was employed at a community mental health agency
and has worked in the mental health arena ever since. She
has provided crisis intervention and psychotherapy primarily to
adults - the majority of whom have had co-occurring mental health and
substance use issues; and for the past ten years she has done
quality management and corporate compliance work.
About Mary Chappell: Mary was introduced to the mental health arena
during her undergraduate internship at a suicide crisis intervention
hotline. There she transitioned from trainee to trainer and
recognized her interest in acute and critical crisis support and
resolution. She has worked in college counseling, with juvenile
offenders in forensic assessment, and is keenly interested in trauma
response and trauma-focused treatment. She currently works in an
acute service training hospital with 380 beds. She is based on the
inpatient Adult Psychiatric unit and provides psychotherapy,
diagnostic and assessment services and oversight to patients
throughout the hospital.
She supervises a training cohort that includes medical students,
psychology doctoral candidates, social work interns, art therapy
interns, and trainees from the broadest array of disciplines who may
interact with the mental/behavior health component of healing. She
uses the group modality as a large component of her therapy and
consultation intervention. She works directly with patients and
families in the care continuum.
Mary is experientially close to the trainees with whom she works as
she recently completed her doctorate in 2012. That said, she is
continuing to grow and develop in her profession and her blindness.
She lost her sight in adulthood and is learning things as she
grows through her process of reinventing self.
We invite you to get involved in this important committee and be a
part of what difference means. If you are interested in being a part
of this committee below you will find email addresses to contact:
Mary Ann Robinson
at <mailto:brightsmile1953 at comcast.net>brightsmile1953 at comcast.net
Mary Tatum Chappell at <mailto:mtc5 at cox.net>mtc5 at cox.net
We are proposing a teleconference on Sunday, September 20 at 8:00pm EST.
Stay tuned to learn more information about our first Education&
Development Committee meeting call-in specifics.
Looking forward to your participation and involvement!
Mary Ann Robinson, and
Mary Tatum Chappell, Psy. D.
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