ROSEMARY D. CAOLO, PhD, LCSW

**** **** ****** ****** 570-***-**** (work)

Scranton, PA 18510 570-***-**** (fax)

570-***-**** (home) advzav@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Fordham University

Graduate School of Social Services; New York, NY 10023

Ph.D. in Social Services in April, 2009

Dissertation: “I lost all principles all morals”: A case study analysis of the personal documents of a sexually abused adolescent female through the feminist lens of Gilligan’s moral development theory

Received Nicholas Langenfeld Award for outstanding dissertation

Marywood University School of Social Work

Marywood University, Scranton PA 18509

MSW in May, 1996

Awarded Notari Professional Development Grant from Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA

Marywood University

Scranton, PA 18509

Received B.S. in Sociology and Psychology, Cum Laude

Honor Societies: Delta Epsilon Sigma and Pi Gamma Mu

Received Eugene Raymond Scholarship for graduate studies in psychology

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Marywood University School of Social Work

Scranton, PA

Assistant Professor, September, 2010—May, 2011

Taught Administration in Social Work Practice; Theory and Practice for Individuals, Families and Groups; Theory and Practice with Organizations and Communities; Concepts and Issues in Georontology

Member of Curriculum and Admissions Committees, Women’s Studies

Committee; Advisor to 25 graduate students; Faculty Advisor to the Weekday Social Work Student Association

The Commonwealth Medical College

Scranton, PA 18503

Guest lecturer, 2009

Presented orientation seminars to incoming students on Stress Management and Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse

Marywood University School of Social Work

Scranton, PA 18509

Adjunct Professor, August, 1998—August, 2010

Taught Theory and Practice I, Human Behavior in the Social Environment I and

II, Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice and Supervision

Field Instructor at Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA; September, 2003- August, 2004

Community Medical Center

Scranton, PA 18510

Conducted seminars on stress management and psycho-social aspects of trauma to nursing personnel and paramedics, 1994-1998

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Submission of book proposal (in process) based on 2009 dissertation to Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY.

Abstract accepted for presentation at the upcoming Seventh International

Congress of International Inquiry, Qualitative Inquiry and the Politics of Advocacy, to be held at the University of Illinois in May, 2011.

Abstract accepted for presentation at the 19th Annual Colloquium of the American

Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) to be held in Philadelphia in July, 2011.

Received Research Initiation Grant ($3,550) for the project GoodGuides Youth Mentoring Program, to examine the impact of mentoring on the moral development of at-risk youth.

Abstract accepted for the conference Trauma: Intersections among Narrative, Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis, held in March, 2010 at GW University, Washington, D.C.

Abstract accepted for the Sixth International Congress of International Inquiry, Qualitative Inquiry for a Global Community in Crisis, held at the University of Illinois in May, 2010.

Abstract accepted for the COMET 2010 Eighth Interdisciplinary Conference:

Communication, Medicine & Ethics, held in June, 2010, at Boston University.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

2/06-Present Phoenix Rising Counseling Services

1512 E. Gibson Street; Scranton, PA 18510

Independent practice providing psychotherapy to individuals of all ages,

couples and families; EAP; consulting services, and critical incident

debriefings; specializing in physical and/or sexual abuse with a focus on trauma recovery

4/06- 6/07 Keystone Community Resources

406 N. Washington Avenue; Scranton, PA 18503

Therapist for adolescents in group and individual settings

5/96- 2/06 Advanced Community Service Associates

Charles Luger Center; Scranton, PA 18508

Member of private behavioral health group providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families, EAP services and critical incident debriefings

Scranton Counseling Center

326 Adams Avenue; Scranton, PA 18510

2/03-8/04 After-hour crisis worker based at Community Medical Center

5/93-2/03 Therapist in Child and Adolescent Department

1997-5/02 VNA Hospice of Lackawanna County

301 Delaware Street; Olyphant, PA 18447

Social worker based at Inpatient Unit at Community Medical Center

1998-1/00 La Vida Adoption Agency

1265 Drummers Lane, Wayne, PA 19087

PRN social worker serving as adoption consultant

1992-2/00 Community Medical Center

1800 Mulberry Street; Scranton, PA 18510

Medical social worker based in Emergency Department, Intensive Care

Unit and Trauma Department; trained as liaison with Gift of Life in working with organ donation and donor families; MSW thesis completed regarding the impact of Act 102 on medical personnel regarding organ donation; organized the first NEPA SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) conference in 1998

1996 Hospice Preferred Choice

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

Staff social worker and bereavement counselor; did individual and group therapy; represented agency in community

1991-1992 Mental Health Association in NEPA

Scranton, PA 18501

Patient Rights Advocate at Clarks Summit State Hospital; served on numerous committees evaluating and implementing policy regarding abuse allegations and investigations, patient rights and treatment issues

1986-1992 Mercy Hospital

Scranton, PA 18501

Staff social worker and on-call emergency worker

1990 HHL Financial Services, INC.

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Outreach medical assistance caseworker; established first office in NEPA

1981-1985 Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging

Scranton, PA 18501

Casework manager of Domiciliary Care Unit; provided in-service training and seminars on interpersonal skills and home management to providers

1980-1981 Bureau of Employment Security

Scranton, PA 18501

Employment counselor

1975-1980 Lackawanna County Children and Youth Services

Scranton, PA 18501

Caseworker in Protective Service Unit; provided training seminars for foster parents; represented agency on WVIA panel promoting foster care and at inter-agency meetings

1971-1975 Lackawanna County Department of Welfare

Scranton, PA 18501

Caseworker with ongoing caseload and intake worker

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS AND HONORS

Employee of the Month at Community Medical Center, March, 1995

Pennsylvania State License as Social Worker in May, 1996

Disaster Mental Health Specialist certificate from Scranton Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1997

Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work, February, 2002

PA State License as Clinical Social Worker in March, 2002

Scranton Division PA-NASW Social Worker of the Year Award for 2002

Certificate of Specialized Training in Mass Disasters and Terrorism from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, 2003

Certificate in Trauma-Informed Treatment from Drexel University College of Medicine, July, 2013

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Published “Starting Over” in The New Social Worker, Summer, 1998

Poster presentation: Organ Donation: The Impact of Act 102, at the Pennsylvania Public Health Association Conference, November, 1998 (based on MSW thesis)

Presentation at NASW Conference, 2002: Social Work and Political Activism: Ideal vs. Reality (based on doctoral research project)

Served with Red Cross Mental Health Disaster Team in Pittsburgh after September 11, 2001 terrorist attack and ongoing member of Scranton Chapter Disaster Team; represented agency on WVIA panel and at various local presentations

Provider for Crisis Care Network to conduct critical incident debriefings

Provider for Give an Hour, volunteer organization providing mental health services for American troops and their families

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Association of Social Workers

NEPA Critical Incident Stress Management Team

International Critical Incident Stress Foundation

NEPA Coalition on Organ Donation

Red Cross Scranton Chapter Mental Health Disaster Team

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