International Conference on Peer Run Organizations to be Held in June 2013

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Breda, College of Saint Rose, Johnson, Mental health, Netherlands, Pulice, Social work, Utrecht

Meeting with staff from Jansen Pharmaceuticals, a Division of Johnson and Johnson, as well as mental health professionals from GGze Breda, and the Rokus Loopik Organization, Dr. Richard Pulice, Professor and Chair of the Social Work Department and Director of the Institute for Community Research and Training at the College of Saint Rose began the planning of an International Conference on Peer Run Organizations to be held in June 2013. This exciting event will be held in Utrecht, The Netherlands and include mental health peers from across the US and Europe. A final date will announced in late August 2012.

For further information email Dr. Pulice at icrt@strose.edu.

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College of Saint Rose, Eindhoven, Mental health, Netherlands, Pulice, Richard Pulice, Social work, Western Europe

Dr. Richard Pulice, Professor and Chair of the Social Work Department and Director of the Institute for Community Research and Training at the College of Saint Rose was in the Netherlands last week and presenting the findings of an ICRT project that examined the quality of life and goals of consumers of mental health services at DeBoei a shared professional and peer run organization in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Commenting on the findings of the report Dr. Pulice stated “DeBoei is an excellent example of a collaboration between peers and professionals, ensuring access to high quality and meaningful programs to persons recovering from a mental illness”.

ICRT has ongoing projects related to mental health care in the United States and in Europe. Dr. Pulice has worked for over 20 years in Eastern and Western Europe providing training and consultation on program development.

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WHY CALL IT AN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING? Written by Marian Schwager

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College of Saint Rose, Mental health, Netherlands, New York, Research, Social work

My affiliation with the Institute for Community Research and Training goes back to its early days when Dr. Richard Pulice had a gleam in his keen set of eyes about extending the mission of the College of Saint Rose to support organizations in its community.  I had known Dr. Pulice for several years because of his involvement with projects of interest to my former employer, the New York State Office of Mental Health.  And, I’d known the College because children, while in younger school years, had enjoyed several science fairs sponsored on campus.  That was about it.  Years later, I’ve come to understand the vital role the College plays in its community, and appreciate Dr. Pulice’s purpose and wisdom in creating an institute within the College that seeks to support students, faculty, and community organizations in understanding and using social science research in a very effective and fairly unique marriage of perspectives.

This marriage of perspectives is what the Research and Training in the Institute’s title is all about.  I’ve had many years of professional management experience with both of those terms but rarely have had them uttered (much less actualized) in combination.  Most research (even research that is billed as “applied” rather than “basic“ science) has a time frame and sense of utility mostly associated with the movement of glacial ice.  I’ve supervised teams of researchers who expressed both horror and disbelief if I suggested that their products a) had to be written so real people could understand them and b) had to be produced BEFORE studied interventions or projects terminated or were deemed beyond their useful life in the field.  And, I’ve supervised human resource development types who were horrified when I suggested that a) training gigs that lasted a few hours and then moved on were never effective and that b) lectures weren’t learning.  Given that both fields are well established, what did I know that they didn’t?

I knew instinctively that they needed to be immediately useful to those who were out in the front lines of human services trying to help people lead more productive and satisfying lives.  Noble, maybe, but also realistic because the agencies who needed both good research products and effective, results oriented training were largely agencies funded through public dollars and all of us as tax payers have a right to expect a return on our investment.  So, when the Institute for Community Research and Training was developed and many community agencies attended meetings and became clients, the “radical” idea of “let’s give folks tools they can actually use” was front and center.   Faculty does studies that clients want and need and promptly provide feedback results.  Training is a tool for quality improvement and focused on performance outcomes, both for staff and for the organization.  Make sense?  Yes, and it’s a model that is unique in academic circles. Integrated and customer focused.  Food for thought.

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Professionals Study Tour to Amsterdam, The Netherlands October 27 – November 4, 2012

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Join in on this exciting opportunity to visit and learn from Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse professionals in the Netherlands. Our group will be based in Amsterdam visiting agencies there and in other parts of the Netherlands.  Visits will be tailored to your needs and interests and lead by our Dutch Liaison Rokus Loopik, a Psychiatric Nurse with over twenty years of experience and by Dr. Richard Pulice , Professor of Social Work at the College of Saint Rose.  Dr. Pulice has also worked in the Netherlands as a consultant to programs for over twenty years.  This will be a “real Dutch Experience”.

The group will depart from Albany, New York and arrive at Schipol International Airport, just outside of Amsterdam.  The cost is $3175.00 (inclusive).

The price includes:

• Round trip airfare to Amsterdam via Delta or United Airlines
• All train and other ground transportation while in Holland
• 8 nights’ accommodation in a 4 Star Hotel in Amsterdam’s Central District
• A guided tour of the famed RED LIGHT DISTRICT provided by a Dutch sociologist
• All agency visits and fees
• Some meals

CEU’s can be arranged (for an additional fee)

Plenty of time will be available for visits to museums, galleries, to cruise the canals and to sample the many fine ethnic and Dutch restaurants.

Please contact Dr. Pulice at pulicer@strose.edu or call him at 518-454-5151 for further details and to enroll in the tour.  The deadline to sign up is July 10, 2012.

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ICRT Awards for Excellence in Research: Presented at Honors Convention, March 2012

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College of Saint Rose, Health care, Mental health, Research, Social work

Undergraduate Awardee: Simone Westerman, Psychology, B.A., 2012

Awarded to an outstanding undergraduate student researcher as demonstrated by the independent or collaborative design and implementation of one or more research projects that resulted in a presentation at a state, regional, national, or international conference and/or the publication of a journal article, monograph, or report.

Graduate Awardee: Samantha Rosetti, School Counseling, M.S. Ed., 2012

Awarded to an outstanding graduate student researcher as demonstrated by the independent or collaborative design and implementation of one or more research projects that resulted in a presentation at a state, regional, national, or international conference and/or the publication of a journal article, monograph, or report.

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Meet John Zogby: Advisor to the ICRT

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John Zogby sat as Chairman of the Board and Chief Insights Officer of IBOPE Zogby International. He was formerly founder, President and CEO of Zogby International.

In 2008, John Zogby authored The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream. His analytical expertise has also been published on the opinion pages of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Christian Science Monitor, Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday and Boston Globe. He is a founding contributor to the popular website, The Huffington Post, and currently writes a weekly column for Forbes.com and a monthly column for Campaigns & Elections magazine.

The New Yorker, Fortune Magazine, Investors’ Business Daily and Inc. have all profiled John Zogby. He is a well-respected, popular lecturer and panelist who has appeared on all four major U.S. television networks, and dozens of U.S. and international cable news programs.

Spoofs of John Zogby can be heard on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the Late Show with David Letterman. Among his favorite appearances are his interviews on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Currently, John Zogby is a Senior Advisor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and serves as the first-ever Senior Fellow of the Catholic University Life Cycle Institute. He also serves as a Commissioner for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Smart power, having previously served as a member of Congress’ Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

John Zogby holds degrees in history from Le Moyne College and Syracuse University. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from State University of New York at Albany, St. Rose College, and the Graduate School of Union University. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Le Moyne College, from which he received the distinguished Alumni Award. He is Chairman of Sudan Sunrise, an organization dedicated to fulfilling the promise by NBA legend Manute Bol to build elementary schools in his native country. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the national Council for International Visitors and Upstate (NY) Venture Connect.

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