Field Instruction: A Guide for Social Work Students Paperback - 2011

David Royse, Ph.D., MSW, B.A., earned his B.A. in psychology at the University of Kentucky, his M.S.W. from the University of Louisville, and his Ph.D. in social work from Ohio State University. He joined the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky in 1985 and is currently a full professor and Director of the Ph.D. program. He began his teaching career at Alice Lloyd College (Pippa Passes, KY), worked as a research analyst at the Human Services Coordination Alliance, taught at the University of Dayton, and was employed as the Director of Research and Evaluation for the Greene-Clinton Mental Health Board. As a college student he worked as a college switchboard operator, a cottage parent at a juvenile detention facility, and as a librarian and pharmacy assistant in the Addiction Research Center (known variously as the Narcotics Hospital and Narco ). Dr. Royse is the author or co-author of these seven books: Royse, D., Staton-Tindall, M., Badger, K. & Webster, J. M. (2009). "Needs Assessment." Oxford University Press. Royse, D., Thyer, B. & Padgett, D. "Program Evaluation: An Introduction." Brooks/Cole (5th edition 2009) Royse, D. "Research Methods in Social Work." Brooks/Cole (6th edition, 2010) Royse, D., Dhooper, S. S. & Rompf, E. L. "Field Instruction: A Guide For Students." Allyn & Bacon (6th edition 2010) Montcalm, D. & Royse, D. (2002). "Data Analysis for Social Workers." Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. (1st edition) Royse, D. (2001). "Teaching Tips For Collge And University Instructors: A Practical Guide." Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Royse, D. "How Do I Know It's Abuse?." Springfield, IL: CC Thomas, 1994. Additionally, he has authored or co-authored approximately 70 peer-reviewed articles in professional journals. Recent research interests have included projects involving cancer screening and burn survivors. He has also chaired 12 Ph.D. dissertations on a variety of topics. Elizabeth Lewis Rompf earned her B.A. in sociology from St. Mary s College, Notre Dame, IN., her M.S.W. from the University of Kentucky, and her doctorate in Higher Education at the University of Kentucky. She joined the College of Social Work as an instructor, eventually attaining Associate Professor. Dr. Rompf served as Director of the Undergraduate Program and as Field Director. As Field Director she led efforts to create a Field Advisory Board, implement a Practicum Review Board, develop guidelines for student study abroad initiatives, establish evaluative criteria for Field Professors and Field Instructors, and write the College of Social Work Handbook and Field Education Manual. Dr. Rompf has co-authored the book "Field instruction: A guide for social work students," (5th ed.), presented at national and regional conferences, and published in peer-reviewed journals on topics such as open adoption, family-friendly workplaces, spousal abuse and the criminal justice system, and teaching social work practice. She holds certification in Aging from the Ohio Valley Appalachia Regional/Geriatric Education Center, Open Adoption Counseling, and Child Birth Education. She completed the Council on Social Work Education s Curriculum Development Institute Program on aging and participated as Resource Faculty for the UK Gerontology Center. She co-evaluated the Gerontology Certificate at Sanders Brown Center and presented at the National Conference for Gerontological Social Work Education. Since 1987, Dr. Rompf has been the PI for the Public Child Welfare Certification Program. She co-leads the College initiative, funded by the Hartford Foundation, to integrate gerontological research and practice across the curriculum and she reviews for the journal of "Gerontology and Geriatrics Education." She engages in research on future KY nursing home care. Dr. Rompf co-chairs the College s Faculty Appointment and Tenure Committee and serves on the College s Curriculum Committee and the Undergraduate Committee. She has participated in fifteen doctoral committees, both as member and outside reviewer. She teaches undergraduate practice, field education, and the capstone M.S.W. course. The College elected her to the University Senate and to the University Undergraduate Council. The President appointed her to the Initiative on Undergraduate Education Committee, and the Provost to the Review and Evaluation Committees for the Center on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, and the Office of Minority Affairs. The Provost also appointed her to two Dean Search Committees. She is past treasurer of the Kentucky Association for Social Work Educators, former director of the Lexington Catholic Social Services Bureau and Birthright of Lexington. She volunteered on the Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation for nine years. Dr. Rompf was appointed to a six year term on the Lexington Diocesan Commission for Women. Surjit Singh Dhooper is Professor Emeritus, College of Social Work, University of Kentucky. His professional experience, spread over 40 years, included both practice and teaching. He had was involved with direct practice as well as administrative and community organizational work in health care settings for 18 years and taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels for over 22 years. He also held academic administrative positions such as Director of the Ph.D. Program and Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Social Work. He was awarded an endowed professorship - Constance Wilson Professor of Mental Health in 2000 which he occupied until his retirement. He was among 250 nationally prominent, most published, social work scholars in the 1980s in a study by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. He authored or coauthored five books, about 50 journal articles, and over 20 book reviews, and presented papers at many national and international conferences. Besides "Field Instruction: a Guide for Social Work Students," his books include "Social Work and Transplantation of Human Organs" (1994), "Social Work in Health Care in the 21st Century" (1997), and "Social Work Practice with Culturally Diverse People" (2001). He was a consulting editor and/or book reviewer for many professional journals including "Journal of Social Work Education," "Social Work," "Health and Social Work," "Journal of Gerontological Social Work, " "Journal of Social Service Research, "and"Journal of International & Comparative Social Welfare." He served as amember of several university, community, and national committees and boards, such as the National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, the Board of Trustees of the Legal Defense Service, and the Aging Practice Section Committee of the National Association of Social Workers. He also served as a Site Visitor on behalf of the Commission on Accreditation, Council on Social Work Education. "