UNIVERSITY AT ALBANYSCHOOL OF SOCIAL WELFARE

Global Partnerships and Initiatives--

Evaluating Outcomes

What Should Evaluation Address Viet Nam experience Ireland experience Going beyond educational outcomes Going beyond U.S. university valued

outcomes An action research framework What is too much to ask of a course?

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS•Ireland, Scotland, and other Western European Countries

•Holland

•Peru

•Indonesia

•Russia

•South Korea

•Rwanda

•South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya

The Netherlands:Social Welfare Policy

Past: Study trip to Breda, the Netherlands focusing on social welfare policy

Future: Inter- professional education exchange with Amsterdam, the Netherlands, focusing on university-school-family- community partnerships.

Course Requirements

Attendance at all activities 12-15 page research paper Comparison of a particular policy in U.S. and

in Holland Analysis of underlying issues Implication for service delivery in both

countries Recommendations for SW practice

Lectures

Drug policy in the Netherlands Dutch Social Welfare system Euthanasia in the Netherlands Palliative care system Juvenile criminal justice system Mock court session National refugee policy and its effects

on municipalities

Agency Visits

Addiction center Church serving as a methadone

maintenance clinic Juvenile detention center Family court Refugee center Visit to refugee family from Turkey Dutch parliament Hospital and long-term care facility

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH PERU

Blanca Ramos, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorUniversity at AlbanySchool of Social Welfareramos@albany.edu

Project Outcomes

Provides educational opportunities to UAlbany and Peruvian students.

Facilitates capacity building for social welfare educational programs, NGOs, professional associations, and public services.

Facilitates collaborative research with Peruvian colleagues.

Providing Training for Providing Training for Tsunami Relief in IndonesiaTsunami Relief in Indonesia

Eric Hardiman, Ph.D.Eric Hardiman, Ph.D.University at AlbanyUniversity at Albany

School of Social WelfareSchool of Social Welfarehardiman@albany.eduhardiman@albany.edu

Indonesia--Planning for the Future

Addressing trauma and depression- 4 full days of training in Jakarta - “Train the Trainers” approach- A mix of professionals, volunteers, and University-affiliated individuals

Meeting with representatives of the Indonesian government, including the Director of Child Welfare Services.

International University at Albany students from Indonesia

Future partnerships opportunities

COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY AND HALLYM UNIVERSITY, CHUNCHEON, KOREA

한국 , 한림대학교와의 교류협력사업

Collaborations

Korean student visits to Albany social services

US student/faculty visits to Korea UAlbany faculty workshops in Korea Korean faculty sabbaticals in Albany Korean MSW and Ph.D. students at Albany

Organization for Project RwandaOrganization for Project Rwanda

THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HEALING OF RWANDA

SUNY/Albany SSW Student Service Work

SUNY/Albany SSW Development Project

Identify Coalition Building Strategies for AIDS/HIV Providers

Raise Funds for Survivors with Special Focus on Orphans

Group Activities with Orphans

English Tutoring and Cultural Exchange with University Students

Spirit/Wall Building

U.S.-AFRICAN PARTNERSHIP FOR BUILDINGSTRONGER COMMUNITIES PROJECT

School of Social Social WelfareUniversity at AlbanyRSSW 449 and 705Social PolicyDirector Shirley J. Jones, D.S.W.sjones@albany.edu

South Africa

Project Outcomes

Sensitivity to and better understanding of culture, religion, class, discrimination, diversity and difference.

Better knowledge about international policies and programs.

Skill development in policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation.

Leadership development skills. Collaborative partnerships for effective policy

development and advocacy. Promotion of effective technology for change and

development.

Special Project Outcome

In 2003, Dr. Shirley J. Jones with UAlbany’s Affirmative Action Committee grant support convened the University Consortium on Africa. Faculty, students, and community people

interested in international education and issues related to Africa.

Speakers and activities to help “make Africa matter in a global society.”

Dr. Carol Whittaker (School of Public Health) and Dr. Kwadwo (Joseph) Sarfoh (Department of Africana Studies) are Co-Chairs of the University Consortium.

AMERICA-IRELAND RESEARCH AND TRAINING INITIATIVE IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND DEMENTIA

Center for Excellence in Aging Serviceswww.albany.edu/aging

Initiative Projects

Coordinated Care Alzheimer demonstration project. U.S. Administration on Aging & NYS Department of Health.

Cost implications of dementia-related levels of dependency for persons with developmental disabilities. U.S. Administration on Aging.

Dependency levels among aging persons with intellectual disability (ID) and their care and resource implications. Peamount Intellectual Disability Service.

Longitudinal study of aging among people with intellectual disability

Health Research Board, Ireland Cost effectiveness and quality of life in service delivery for

persons with the dual disability of Down syndrome (DS) and Alzheimer’s dementia (AD).

Health Research Board, Ireland.

Initiative Projects

Palliative care training and Model Development

U.S. Administration on Aging, NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, Health Research Board, Ireland, Irish Hospice Foundation.