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Joanne Corbin, Ph.D.

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Education

B.A., Wellesley College
M.S.S., Bryn Mawr College
Ph.D., Yale University

Professional Interest Areas

One professional area of interest is exploring the effects of forced involvement in armed conflicts on the psychosocial and cultural lives of children and adolescents in Africa.  A second area of interest is assessing the role of school-based social workers in the leadership and policy-making activities of public schools.

Areas of Current Research

Experiences of formerly abducted children returning to their communities: A qualitative study. This study examines the lives of individuals who were abducted during childhood and adolescence by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda, upon their return to their communities.

Exploration of school social work practice in the decision-making activities of public schools. This study examines the work of social workers in schools in influencing decisions about school policies, school budget, school curriculum, and school programming.

Selected Recent Publications and Presentations

Corbin, J. (2006). School-based clinical practice and school reform: Application of clinical social work to the School Development Program. In Lightburn, A. & Sessions, P. (Eds.), Handbook of community-based clinical practice (pp. 322-335). New York: Oxford University Press.

Corbin, J.N. (2005). Increasing opportunities for school social work practice resulting from comprehensive school reform. Children & Schools, 27(4), 239-246.

Corbin, J.N. (2004). Using a group psychotherapy framework to address school violence. Counseling and Human Development, 36(8).

Corbin, J. N. (2005).  Expanding the practice of clinical work.  In J. Daley & C. LeCroy (Eds.), Case Studies in Child, Adolescent and Family Treatment.  Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Corbin, J.N. (2003).  Addressing school violence: Using the framwork of group psychotherapy to explore the impact of the School Development Program on school violence.   In J. Miller, I. Rodrigue Martin, & G. Schamess (Eds.), School violence and children in crisis: school and community strategies for social workers and counselors.  Denver: Love Publishing.

Resettlement Experiences of Children Forced into Armed Conflict, CSWE, Chicago, IL, March 2006.

Addressing the Disparity in Achievement Tests between White Students and Students of Color Using the Six Development Pathways, Hertford County Public Schools, Hertford, NC, March 2005.

Issues of Cultural Diversity Within Public Schools, Rhode Island Association of School Social Work, Providence, RI, October 2004.

Addressing school violence: Using the principles of group psychotherapy to explore the impact of the school development program on school violence.  Child and Family Well Being Conference, Bryn Mawr, PA, March 2004.

What Do Recent MSW Graduates Know About Informed Consent?  National Survey Results.  Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2004.

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