Social Workers and Adventure-
Based Practice
These are social workers who use or are interested in adventure-based
practice. I have hotlinked e-mail addresses, so you can just click
on an e-mail address and send an e-mail to a person if you want
to learn more about what they do. If you are a social worker and
would like to be added to this list, modify an existing entry,
add interests, please go to the submission
form at the end of this list.
In an ongoing effort to increase communication I have taken
advantage of a service provided for free on Delphi. It is a free
forum (and the potential for a chat room) to focus a discussion
on social work and adventure based practice. If you would like
to participate in the forum simply go to the Social
Work and Adventure-Based Practice Forum.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I am beginning to date each entry. I am also going to begin removing
those with non-working e-mail addresses. I will also no longer
post listings which do not have a valid e-mail address (you may
obtain a free e-mail adress on many sites).
Note: Did you know you can search this page using the
find command in your browser? Type in a population, state, or
other search term and you will be taken to that term. I hope to
reorganize this page in the future, but this should help.
Yet Another Note: This site is established for networking
purposes. It is inappropriate to use the contact information on
this list for any other purposes (marketing, research, solicitation)
with out express permission of the owner, Dr.
Christian M. Itin, MSW.
Member, Who's
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Patricia Abbarno
8628 Charles Towne Court
Knoxville, TN 37923
423-690-2938
matthewk@esper.com
Mark Albee
- 911.5 W. Fort St.
- Boise, ID 83702
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- (208) 344-3547
- Areas of Interest:I'm currently in my second year of an MSW at
Boise State University. I've been employed by Outward Bound for
several seasons as well as several other outdoor organizations.
I am currently working with long-term foster placements and am
very interested in adolescents and abc.
David Altizer
- 2832 Monument Ave #10
- Richmond, Va 23221
- 804 355-1181
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- Areas of Interest:I am a BSW from Virginia Commonwealth University.
I have outdoor experience in rock climbing, mountaineering, alpine
and telemark skiing, and mountain biking. I have also been in
recovery from addiction for over 7 years. I am looking for a
program in which I can use my combined knowledge/ experience
in these areas to help other people. If anyone knows of any programs
that fit this criteria, please give me a call or write me at
the address above.
ISRAEL ALTMAN
- noga 5 st' haifa 34407 ISRAEL
- CHALLENGE ASSOCIATION
- TEL AVIV , ISRAEL p.o.b 53169, 61531
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- 972-3-5613585
fax: 972-3-5613586
- Areas of Interest:I'm a s.w who works for "CHALLENGE"
association: israel outdoor sports and recreation association
for the disabled. I'm the head coach for the sailing clubs. our
members, 250, are people with phisical, mental, emotional and
conduct disorders. For some it is competitive for some its rcreational
sailing but for most of the members its rehabilitation' something
for self-growth impowerment and social skills. I'm intersted
in knowing about models aund interventions that use sailing as
the main instrument.
- Tony Alvarez
- 6130 Munger Rd
- U of Michigan School of Social Work,
Ann Arbor, MI.48109
- Ypsilanti, MI 48197
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- home: 734-572-1832
office: 734-936-4949
- aalvarez@umich.edu
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- Areas of Interest:*Adventurework and school social work practice
*Adventure Therapy *Use of adventure in graduate school teaching
*Adventurefacilitation models *Consultation around school programming,
violence prevention or enhancement of peace and connection, *Developing
models for ongoing but brief adventure groupwork *Developing
tools for office and classroom adventurework
- Joe Antonio
- 15001 East Oxford Ave
- Aurora, CO 80014
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- 303-693-1550 Ext.208
- ZLLOCAL@hotmail.com
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- Areas of Interest:I am the Recreation Coordinator for a residential
treatment center for adolescent girls located near Denver Colorado.
We utilize adventure programming and initiative games quite a
bit here with great success. This programming is my favorite
to facilitate and very beneficial to the clients we treat. Please
feel free to call or write if you have any questions my experiences
with this population and adventure programming.
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001
Tanjariitta Anttila van Hoover
- 1107 Greensboro Lane
- Sarasota, FL 34234
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- 941-358-8030
flyin_finn@hotmail.com
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- Areas of Interest:I currently work with art students providing
leadership training and other personal growth programs for them.
I am pursuing my masters degree in Social Work and am very interested
in adventure based counseling. I have experience in low/high
ropes courses, horseback riding, camping, canoeing, and kayaking,
and believe stongly in the therapeutic and healing aspects of
outdoors, incorporating animals into the therapeutic process,
and discovering one's limitless abilities through adventure!
- Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000
Samuel Arthur
- llr hpspital/rcf
- do
- kapurthala, punjab 144602
- 181 55141 (2589)
- samuel_arthur@hotmail.com
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- Areas of Interest:lot of experience in climbing in himapayas,paramedic
and rescue volounteeer would be happy in any suitable place sammY
Becky
Austin
- PO Box 1064
- Albany, OR 97321
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- 541-926-7252
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- sraustin7@aol.com
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- Areas of Interest: wilderness therapy with adolescents, women's
issues,public policy
Roberta Baruzzi
- 78 Russell St
- Woonona NSW 2517
- AUSTRALIA,
bertabee@hotmail.com
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- Areas of Interest:BSW from Flinders University in South Australia.
Would love to get into Wilderness therapy but not sure how to
do it in this country that seems so far away from everything
else. If anyone has information about work experience/placements/training
in Canada or US - even in Australia - please let me know.
- Bart Beattie
- PO Box 269
- Belgrade, ME 04917
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- (207)465-4600 (w)
- bartbeattie@hotmail.com
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- Areas of Interest:I am a recent MSW graduate doing adventure therapy
in a residential setting with sexual abuse-reactive cognitively
delayed adolescents. My focus is to teach these adolescents life
skills through involvement with all levels of planning for and
participation in multi-day wilderness trips while simutaneously
working with them to resolve past trauma and build a more positive
self-concept. Another focus of mine is to use adventure-based
activities in conducting psycho-social assessments of adolescents
and families. If anyone has any literature or experiences to
share in reagrd to these endeavors, please contact me via e-mail
at bartbeattie@hotmail.com. Thanks!
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001
John Beauchamp
- PO Box 93
- West Forks, ME 04985
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- 2076632229
- info@proriverrunners.com
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- Areas of Interest:Adventure-based therapy with youth and families.
I have a special interest in youth suicide. My brother and I
own and operate a recreational whitewater rafting and wilderness
guide company in Maine and New York. I have recently started
another company called Next Step, Inc. which I hope will be successful
in providing adventure-based therapy to youth and families using
whitewater rafting and other activities as a tool for enhancing
positive and productive change.
- Colleen Beck
- 1220 7th St
- Peru, NE 68421
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- 402-872-4445
- evans@bobcat.peru.edu
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- Areas of Interest:I will graduate in December 2000 with a MSW.
I am interested in Adventure Based therapy and using horses in
the therapeutic environment(Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy).
I have experience Backpacking and have just recently completed
a National Outdoor Leadership School Outdoor educator course.
I also have experience teaching beginner and intermediate riders
and training horses. There is very little research available
on Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy. If anyone has any information
or reseach on the topic please let me know. I am interested in
starting an EFP program and would like to incorporate other areas
of adventure based experiences for clients (backpacking, rock
climbing etc.)
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000
Joanna Bettmann
- P.O. Box 750303
- Torrey, UT 84775
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- jbettmann@yahoo.com
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- Areas of Interest:I am an LCSW-Temp. currently working at Aspen
Achievement Academy, a wilderness therapy agency which works
with youth at risk and their families. I would love to hear from
any social workers also working in wilderness therapy.
- Larry Biggs
- 503 Washington
- Monroe, MI 48161
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- 734-241-0772
734-242-5799 x4020
- biggs@monroe.k12.mi.us
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- Areas of Interest:I am a School Social Worker and I have done
adventure education with Middle School students for about 10
years and I am always looking for new activities or ideas for
groups. While I do work in an outdoor setting, most of my work
is within the school/classroom setting, and requires an inventive
use of space.
Karen Boden
- 6208 E. Coral Circle
- Anaheim, Ca. 92807
karmika@aol.com
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- Areas of Interest:I am a MFCC intern who just recently graduated
from Pepperdine University. I am currently employed as a social
worker for a foster family agency. I am very excited to talk
with anyone who is interested in incorporating adventure based
therapy into work with couples, familes or at risk youth. I am
currently trying to start a program locally which will involve
some type of adventure therapy. I would appreciate any feedback
on how to get started!
Bryan Bolger
- 747 N. Taylor Avenue
- Oak Park, IL 60302
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- (708) 763-0407
ActiveLearning@juno.com
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- Areas of Interest:I am creating learning possibilities with individuals
and groups who are interested in using active, experiential based
learning methods to enhance personal and professional growth
and change
- Thomas Borgen
- C/o Dufva, Hvitfeldtsgatan 4
- Gothenburg, S-411 20
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- +4631132362
+46707385836
- r@dufva.com
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- Areas of Interest:Organizing AT with youth at risk in Swedish
wilderness and at sea (sailing).
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000
Lee Bowbeer
409 E. Kingsley St. #14
Ann Arbor, MI 48196
313-930-6898
elbow@umich.edu
- Jordan Bosak
- 12250 S. Kirkwood
- Stafford , TX 77477
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- 281-494-3399
- jordanbosak@yahoo.com
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- Areas of Interest:I recently graduated from the University of
Nebraska-Omaha with my bachelor's degree in social work. I am
interested in learning more about adventure based social work.
My primary areas of interest are medical social work (hospital
setting), hospice, and school social work. I recently moved to
the Houston area and am searching for a social work job. Anyone
have any suggestions???
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001
Eric Brosch
- Ann Arbor, MI
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- ebrosch@umich.edu
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- Areas of Interest:I am interested in working with/developing an
adventure therapy program for at risk youth (hopefully expanding
to encompass other populations such as the elderly in time).
I will be graduating in December of 2000 with a MSW degree. I
would love to hear about others experiences working in this field,
suggestions for program development, and any other pertinent
information for working in this field (such as special training
suggested or required...etc).
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000
Betsy Brown
- 44 B Clermont Crossing Ct.
- St. Louis, MO 63146
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- (314) 205-0241
(314) 980-1521
Eabrown422@aol.com
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- Areas of Interest:I am a MSW working as a prevention/crisis counselor
in the public schools. I have been trained in adventure based
counseling and have some outdoor and rock climbing experience.
I am interested in ways to integrate AT into the school setting
as a prevention and tx method with atrisk youth, outdoor/AT training
opportunities, and any info on funding and how to develop an
AT program.
Brett Bruyere
- 622 Remington
- Ft Collins, CO 80524
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- 970-498-7482
bruyere@lamar.colostate.edu
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- Areas of Interest:Juvenile delinquency
Robert Burford
- 119 West Shore Dr.
- Richardson, TX 75080
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- 972 / 644-1958
214 / 351-3490
- bburford@metronet.com
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- Areas of Interest:High Risk Adolescents, with & without Chemical
Dependency, Families of Adolescents, Ropes (fixed & mobile),
Low impact wilderness trips (on environment & participants),
sailing,
John Bushway
- 2 Park Place
- Saranac Lake, NY 12983
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- 518-891-6140
528-523-4300
- bushway@northnet.org
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- Areas of Interest: adolescence,mental health, incorporating experiential
therapy and neurolinguistic programming
Kevin Byrne
- 201 Husson Ave.
- Apt. O-7
- Bangor, ME 04401
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- 207 947-4186
- KJEByrne@aol.com
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- Areas of Interest:I'm a MSW/LCSW presently working crisis intervention,
previously home health and hospice, but very interested in possible
uses of adventure-based and experiential therapy in working toward
positive change and enchancement in individuals and groups.
- Russell C. Chamberlain, MSW, CADCII
- Tualatin Valley Centers
- 4531 SE Belmont, Suite 300
- Portland, OR 97215
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- 503-797-0040 ext. 220
fax: 503-233-9424
- russellc@tvcenters.org
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- Areas of Interest:Dually Diagnosed teens and there families. Using
motivational interviewing/stages of change, functional family
therapy, harm reduction, intensive case management and dialectical
behavioral therapy in an intensive outpatient program with primarily
juvenile justice and child protective services referred clients.
And of course the usual adventure based array of challenge course,
portable challenge, etc.. I also run trainings for facilitators
and provide consultation for programs.
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000
- Noel Chatroux
- 75 Nursery street
- Ashland, OR 97520
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- noel@mind.net
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- Areas of Interest:Wilderness/adventure-based therapy for kids
and their family. At this time, I'm interested in short interventions,
maybe repeated over a long period of time, so I can keep having
a life.
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001
- Nancy Chan
- arsenal9@netvigator.com
- INTERESTS: Adventure-based programmes for adolescents
and experiential training. Recently, I'd like to have more readings
and acquire more understanding on debriefing concepts and skills.
Any suggestions?
Date: Thu Jan 10 2002
- Timothy Chen
- Hong Kong, SAR, China,
- 852-2487-98972
- ymc2250@netvigator.com
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- Areas of Interest:Adventure Therapy; Christian faith and ABC;
Life education in school setting and ABC; ABC and adolescence
empowermnet
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001
Karen Childs
2858-15 University Avenue
Morgantown,, WV 26505
304-599-1805
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- childs@JAN.ICDI.WVU.EDU
- Yawn Ching
- Hong Kong
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- littletortoise@hongkong.com
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- Areas of Interest:Tasks of ABC
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000
- Zarine Chinvala
- 40(1)Jannat Galli, Baina Beach, Baina
- Vasco da Gama, Goa 403802
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- 91 0832 51 5353
91 9832 51 99 51
- arz_goa@yahoo.com
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- Areas of Interest:Working with Children, Women and Men living
in and around red-light area.Includes persons in prostitution,
vulnerable to prostitution and those who have left prostitution.
Really want to know experiences where Adventure Therapy has worked
with similar groups.
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001
Elise Cianciola
- 5830 Plum Hollow #17
- Ypsilanti, MI 48197
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- (734) 528-9396
(734) 721-4757
ciancioe@romulus.k12.mi.us
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- Areas of Interest: School Social Work
Tim Clark
- 964 Webster Lane
- DesPlaines, IL 60016
-