Integration Seminar Week 13 Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson

Integration Seminar Week 13

Jackie Robinson • • • • Jackie Robinson 1919 – 1972 b. Georgia d. Connecticut Mom – Mallie, very religious & hard worker moved to CA in 1920 Mom and 5 kids Pasadena Junior College UCLA – basketball, football & baseball Drafted by Army 1942 Officer in 1943 (rule change in 43) Bus incident, HD in 44 Married Rachel Robinson KC Monarchs 1945 Branch Rickey 4/15/47 – MLB, kept quiet for 3 years ROY – 1947 MVP – 1949 World Champ – 1955 Retired – 1956 HOF – 1962 activist 42 retired – 1997 non-drinker, non-smoker

Frank L. Greenagel Jr. MPAP, MSW, LCADC ACSW, CJC, ICADC, CCS NJ Governor’s Council on Drug Abuse & Alcoholism Adjunct Professor – Rutgers School of Social Work Instructor – Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies 1 st LT – PA Army National Guard greenage@rci www. greenagel. com Greenagel Counseling Services on Facebook @Frank. Greenagel on Twitter

Tell ‘Em What You’re Going to Tell’Em • • Presentations Success Revisited Resiliency Systems Theory/Arrows Fair Fighting Topics for next few weeks Further Reading Journals

Presentations

Success in Bangladesh

Failure in Bangladesh Efforts to bring clean water to Bangladesh by installing tube wells appeared to be a huge success, but over time they led to epic failures: widespread arsenic poisoning and a projected increase in diarrheal diseases as villagers resume using groundwater.

Success • Welfare: GOP vs. DEM views • Relativity • Problems w/goals from journals – Too big • Eliminate cancer • End substance abuse • Perfect holidays – Too vague • Establish independence • Improved well-being

Success – Can’t measure or follow-up – Faulty measures • Client satisfaction surveys • Anecdotal evidence • Best measures of success – Specific behaviors • • • 90 days clean (measure by weekly urines) GED 12 months of housing in same place, they pay rent Reunification w/children for 2+ years 6 months steady employment Consistent medication

Resiliency • Problems: addiction, loss of a loved one, loss of a job, health problems, raising children, facing prejudice, moving to a new school, rejected by a club/sport/social group, stop smoking, losing weight • Risk Factors: Academic Problems, Social Problems, Family Problems, Community Problems

Resiliency • People with Resiliency: Jackie Robinson, Richard Pryor, Abraham Lincoln, FDR, Ruben Carter, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr. , Mark Twain, Elie Wiesel, Frank Mc. Court, Casey Stengel, Eric Clapton, Elizabeth I, Helen Keller, Maya Angelou, Edward Shakleton • Adaptive Distancing, Individual Attributes, Affectional Ties, External Support Systems

Systems Theory • Systems looks closely at the interactions between family members, romantic partners, workers at a company, groups of friends, team members, and/or people that live together.

Systems Theory • Relationships are huge factors in psychological health. Problems often arise because of the way members of a system interact (or fail to interact) with each other. While attention is paid to the problem that brought someone intro treatment, one must look at the system(s) they are involved in. Specific attention is paid to communication, assertiveness, conflict and time spent together.

Systems Theory • Circle • Typical Roles • Arrows (this is Prof. Greenagel’s)

Topics the last 2 weeks • • Romance Finance Sleep Options: Avoiding religious bias, CBT Skills, Group work, multi-family therapy, advocacy, Questions to ask clients, Break ups and break up recovery, group exercises, genograms, relapse prevention, sexuality and STDs

Readings • • Defining Success President Obama’s Criminal Justice Reform New Jack Follow Up – NY Prison System Jacqueline Jackson

Journals 9) List 5 role models and why. Pick one of them and write about them in detail. Or 9) What skills have you learned at the RU SSW and your internships. Be specific in their definition and how you learned them.