Gary M. Nelson, DSW
Associate Director for Program Development and Training
Jordan Institute for Families
Professor, School of Social Work
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3550
E-mail: gmnelson@email.unc.edu
Telephone: (919) 962-4370
Background
Education
Bachelor of Science, University of Oregon, Eugene
Doctor of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
Professional and Leadership Experience
Professor. School of Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel
Hill).
Research, teaching, and consultation in community, organizational, and sustainable
development; child welfare; and aging
Associate Director. Jordan Institute for Families at the UNC School of Social Work.
Responsibility for program development and training for public and not-for-profit human
service programs. http://ssw.unc.edu/jordan
Founding Member, Institute for Sustainable Development.
A collaboration between the UNC Center for Global Initiatives, the Duke Center for
International Development, and the Foundation for Sustainable Communities at the Chapel
Hill—Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. http://cgi.unc.edu/programs/institute-forsustainable-development and http://gogreenplus.org/
Founding Member, NC Institute on Aging, housed at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Designed to be a policy, research, and practice resource for North Carolina’s older adults.
http://www.aging.unc.edu
Founder and Former Director, Behavioral Health Care Resource Program (BHRP), Jordan
Institute for Families at the UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill.
Focus on training and capacity building in the areas of behavioral health and substance
abuse policy and practice. http://bhrp.sowo.unc.edu/
Director, Developmental Disabilities Training Institute (DDTI), Jordan Institute for Families at the
UNC School of Social Work at Chapel Hill.
Focus on training, capacity building and research to improve the well-being of those with
learning and developmental disabilities. http://ddti.unc.edu/index.asp
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Director, Family and Children’s Resource Program (FCRP), Jordan Institute for Families at the
UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill.
Focus on child welfare system reform and performance. http://ssw.unc.edu/fcrp/
Director, Center for Aging Research and Educational Services (CARES), Jordan Institute for
Families at the UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill.
Focus on older and disabled adults—system transformation for heightened performance.
http://cares.unc.edu
Director, Accountable Behavioral Care Organization (ABC), Jordan Institute for Families at the
UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill.
Focus on supporting the creation of an outcome-based behavioral care system for NC. Web
site under development.
President and Director, The Middle Space (TMS)
This new project with the Jordan Institute for Families at the UNC School of Social Work at
Chapel Hill will be launched as a non-profit engaged in transferring evidence-based
leadership, policy design, and practice to profit, non-profits and public sector institutions.
Web site under development
Senior Fellow, University of North Carolina Center for Global Initiatives.
Faculty Representative, University of North Carolina’s Council on Engagement.
Leadership and Public Engagement Activities: Highlights
Global
Habitat International. 2007–10. Develop and offer a leadership program for the Regional Vice
Presidents within Habitat International to enhance their engagement skills with internal teams
and operations and host countries and regions of the world.
United Nations Development Program. 2009.
World Bank. 2004–8. Developed and offered a leadership program for to the top leadership and
leadership teams of the World Bank in collaboration with the Duke Center for International
Development. Focus was on developing leadership engagement skills to enhance internal team
work and engagement with host countries and regions.
Romanian Government. 2002. Developed and offered core curricula on leadership,
management, supervision and community engagement knowledge and skills for government
officials in support of creating a responsive child welfare system for the country.
National
US Children’s Bureau. 2008–10. Created and offered the Leadership Academy for Middle
Managers, a curriculum for state child welfare programs across the nation focused on
enhancing child and family safety and well-being.
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US Children’s Bureau. 2003–6. Created a leadership and community engagement program to
recognize and build on the strengths of rural communities for enhanced child and family safety
and well-being.
US Children’s Bureau. 2000–3. Created a leadership and management tool for assessing and
transforming organizational cultures within the nation’s child welfare programs.
Family Support America. 1998–2000. Developed and offered a leadership and community
engagement program to eight states’ efforts, affiliated with Family Support America, a Chicagobased nonprofit dedicated to enhancing family-responsive health and human service systems.
North Carolina
Within the Jordan Institute for Families at UNC’s School of Social Work are several collaborative
work groups that focus on different segments of the state’s human services providers and
policymakers. I established five of them and currently serve as director of four. Here are some
of our projects and accomplishments.
Center for Aging Research and Educational Services (CARES). 1987–present.
http://cares.unc.edu/
CARES has partnered with the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services (NCDAAS) to
accomplish federally funded projects and meet required policy goals. Here is a selection.
Adults with Disabilities Resource Centers (ADRCs). 2009–present. Called Community
Resource Connections (CRCs) in North Carolina, this project, funded by the AoA and the US
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) includes development of training for options
counselors and evaluation of the project.
Development of North Carolina’s Senior Centers. 2000–present. CARES collaborated in
developing standards for a voluntary, self-evaluative certification process for senior centers
and continues in ongoing review of applications for certification and in developing and
presenting training to senior center directors through the Ann Johnson Institute for Senior
Center Management and the annual Senior Center Leadership Symposium.
Hospital Discharge Planning. 2008–9. Funded by CMS. Evaluation of the project.
Performance Outcome Measurement Projects (POMP). 2003–9. Funded by the US
Administration on Aging (AoA) to help North Carolina and other states evaluate their
performance and help AoA meet the accountability provisions of the Government
Performance and Results Act.
Developing Senior-friendly Communities in North Carolina. 2004. A state-sponsored initiative
resulting in an online book: Planning basics: A guide for developing community long-term
care options. http://cares.unc.edu/planningbasics.asp
State Aging Services Plans. (1991–2007). Consultation and assistance with the development
and production of these state-mandated multiyear plans.
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Family and Children’s Resource Program (FCRP). 1992–present.
http://fcrp.unc.edu/index.asp
FCRP has partnered with state and national organizations to promote system reform and
ongoing policy development in child welfare. Here is a selection of projects.
Reaching for Excellence and Accountability in Practice (REAP). 2010–present. This is North
Carolina’s new model for creating an achievement-focused child welfare system.
Participating counties receive a monthly Data Dashboard, complete a community
assessment and child welfare achievement plan, and implement a CQI model. FCRP has
contributed to REAP by helping the NC Division of Social Services plan REAP’s
implementation; by offering Becoming an Achievement-Focused Agency , a 3-day classroom
training that builds the capacity of state and county DSS staff to use outcomes data to
improve agency performance; and by developing and implementing the NC Child Welfare
Technical Assistance Gateway (https://nccwta.org), an online system to help the NC DSS
provide child welfare-related technical assistance to county DSS agencies.
Outreach to Tribes. 2008–present. In collaboration with the NC Division of Social Services,
FCRP began working with the Lumbee Tribe and its community partners to enhance
outcomes for Lumbee children and families involved with the child welfare system. FCRP
facilitated a community dialogue event in Robeson County using the model in Nelson’s Selfgovernance in communities and families. The group identified a performance team to
implement strategies. FCRP continues to work with the community to support their
progress.
Welfare of Native American Children. 2010–present. FCRP partners with DSS and the NC
Commission of Indian Affairs Standing Committee on Indian Child Welfare to provide
community engagement and facilitation skills in support of improved outcomes for Indian
children. Additionally, Nelson chairs the subcommittee on legislation and policy in
collaboration with the Attorney General’s Office and the Administrative Office of the
Courts.
Rural Success Project. 2003–7. This project, funded by the Administration for Children and
Families, was designed to increase the capacity of child welfare workers to serve families in
rural communities by developing a competency-based course for rural child welfare
supervisors and line workers, a series of agency and community engagement dialogues, and
a series of summits for rural child welfare professionals. Rural Families in Transition (DVD,
2007, was one product of this project.
Families for Kids. 1995–98. FCRP collaborated with the NC Division of Social Services (DSS),
the County Directors Association, and the NC Child Advocacy Institute to design, implement,
and support a child welfare reform effort funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. This
initiative changed child welfare policy and practice in North Carolina from top to bottom
through improved permanence, safety, and well-being for children in the child welfare
system.
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Developmental Disabilities Training Institute (DDTI). 2006–present.
http://ddti.unc.edu/index.asp
DDTI was established in 1963 by the NC General Assembly to provide training statewide to
increase the knowledge and skills of people working with individuals with intellectual and other
developmental disabilities (I/DD). In 2006, it became part of the Jordan Institute for Families.
The ARC of North Carolina. For a number of years DDTI provided the ARC with survey and
evaluation assistance in support of its ongoing efforts to evaluate its services to the state’s
population with I/DD.
CQL Quality Assurance. DDTI offers training and technical assistance support to institutions
serving the state’s population with I/DD to ensuring person-centered outcomes.
Managed Care for I/DD Populations. 2008–present. Through the state’s innovations waiver,
DDTI collaborates with the NC Divisions of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and
Substance Abuse Services (MH/DD/SAS) and Medical Assistance (DMA) to provide technical
assistance and consultation to local managed care organizations (MCOs) and lead
management entities (LMEs) in the state’s behavioral care system to improve outcomes for
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (2008 ongoing).
Support Intensity Scale (SIS). Under contract with the NC Division of Medical Services and
associated with the innovations waiver, DDTI offers technical assistance and consultation to
MCOs and LMEs in the assessment of more than 6,000 individuals with I/DD.
Accountable Behavioral Care (ABC). 2010–present.
This project offers leadership development and program design for our state’s behavioral
health care system, which continues to be in turmoil after ten years of largely unsuccessful
reform. In the second year, we will work with key stakeholders to identify indicators of a
successful, “resilient” managed-care system and establish a strategic framework for building
the capacity of such a system.
Resilient Managed Care Organizations. 2012–present. Through DSS, this program continues
to focus on leadership development in the state’s behavioral care system to design resilient
publicly managed care organizations.
Mental Health Leadership Program. 2010–12. Initially funded by the NC legislature through
UNC’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business (2008–10), the Jordan Institute for Families
assumed responsibility in 2010. This program is designed to assist North Carolina in
implementing a successful publicly managed care system.
Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship,
and Sustainable Development
The Middle Space (TMS). 2011–present. This newly created nonprofit is affiliated with the
School of Social Work and university to offer leadership, system design, and technical assistance
and consultation services to public, nonprofit and for-profit institutions committed to
improving social impact and environmental stewardship with a fair economic return.
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Green Plus and the Institute for Sustainable Development. 2004–present. Green Plus, a metric
for certifying sustainable practice for small and medium- size businesses, nonprofits, and public
institutions, was created in 2004. Its goal was to establish a standard of sustainable business
practice for organizations of this size. The Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), a
partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University, was created in 2006 to house Green
Plus for distribution through the nation’s more than 3,000 local chambers of commerce.
Integrative Leadership Program. 2004–6. This program was first created and offered to top
leadership and leadership teams in the World Bank and subsequently to vice presidents of
Habitat International and the UN Development Program. It is now being redesigned so that it
can be offered to leaders from the private, nonprofit, and public sectors associated with the
group, Leadership North Carolina (http://www.leadershipnc.org).
Community Policy Engagement and Reform Initiatives
Family Net. 2000–2004. Family Net was developed in partnership with the NC County Directors
of Department of Social Services and funded by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. It brought
together the policies and practices associated with welfare reform and child welfare in support
of improved outcomes for families.
Community Connections. 2008–13. This project was developed by the Carol Woods Retirement
Center in Chapel Hill and funded by the Duke Endowment. CARES provided critical community
design and evaluation in support of the program, which aimed to improve the transitions that
older and disabled adults make within the state’s long-term care services network.
Outreach to the Human Services Practice Community:
Curriculum Development
The programs within the Jordan Institute for families engage human services providers in a
wide variety of settings across North Carolina and elsewhere and provide access to evidencebased research into interventions. At the same time, through these events, our instructors and
developers gather information about current practice and needs. Here is a selection of the
curricula these programs have developed. Dates indicate when the courses were first
developed, but instructors update the content regularly. Except where noted, these courses are
delivered face-to-face.
FCRP
Since 1992 the Resource Program has developed many curricula for child welfare social workers
and other human services professionals. Each year the Resource Program has trained
approximately 3,000 child welfare professional. Here are some examples of the curricula
developed and being offered across North Carolina.
Trauma-Informed Behavior Management for Child Welfare. 2012. A two-day classroombased curriculum focused on supporting families in developing effective behavioral
management strategies. This training covers concepts of contributing factors and functions
of problematic behaviors with emphasis on the effects of trauma.
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Becoming an Achievement-Focused Child Welfare Agency. 2012. This three-day classroombased curriculum builds the capacity of staff in state and county department of social
services to use outcomes data to improve agency performance.
Reasonable Efforts—What Supervisors Need to Know. 2012. Self-paced on-demand online
course. This course is designed to enhance the ability of department of social services
agencies to provide and document reasonable efforts on behalf of families receiving child
welfare services.
Foster Home Licensing: The Keys to Success. 2011. Self-paced on-demand online course. This
course is designed to reduce the rate of incorrect or incomplete foster home licensing
paperwork and to improve the assessment and screening of licensing applicants.
Money Matters—Foster Care Funding Basics. 2011. Self-paced on-demand online course.
This reviews various funding streams that support foster care placement and the technical
systems that reimburse costs to the agencies that provide the services.
Train-the-Trainer for Becoming a Therapeutic Foster Parent. 2010. This self-paced ondemand online course prepares child welfare professionals from Therapeutic Foster Care
organizations to teach a course that meets the requirements for organizations that
supervise therapeutic foster parents.
Understanding and Intervening in Child Neglect. 2010. This course, previously offered as a
two-day classroom-based course (2002-2009), it was converted into a self-paced online
course. This course helps child welfare workers to understand neglect and poverty, how it
affects children and families, and innovative interventions.
Understanding Child Mental Health Issues. 2010. This course, previously offered as a fourday classroom-based course (2002-2009), it was converted into an online course (self-paced
and live online session). This course focuses on the causes, symptoms, prognosis, risks,
treatment and interventions for pediatric depression, juvenile bipolar disorder, ADD,
reactive attachment disorders, oppositional-defiant and conduct disorder, and post
traumatic stress disorder. This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the
childhood mental health problems most commonly seen in child welfare settings.
Introduction to the Monthly Foster Care Contact Records. 2008. Self-paced on-demand
online course. This course introduces child welfare professionals to North Carolina’s
Monthly Foster Care Contact Record.
Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention Clinic. 2008. The Foster Parent Recruitment and
Retention Clinic is a one-day specialized curriculum. Participants who attend this training
will learn about current state and national trends that impact their own agency’s
recruitment and retention efforts and about best practices and ideas from across the
country and the state.
Staying Power! Supervisor’s Guide to Coaching and Developing Child Welfare Staff. 2009.
Supervisory coaching is an essential skill supervisors use to support family-centered practice
and to develop and retain valuable child welfare staff. This three-day classroom-based
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event that introduces supervisors to coaching methods and practices that enhance staff
motivation and effectiveness.
Motivating Substance Abusing Families to Change: An Advanced Practice Course. 2008. This
is a one-day classroom training on working with families where children are endangered by
a caretaker’s alcohol or drug abuse. The course focuses on effective ways to motivate
families to engage in substance abuse treatment.
Methamphetamine: What a Social Worker Needs to Know. 2007. Blended online course
(self-paced and web-based seminar). This course familiarizes DSS workers with the signs of
methamphetamine (meth) use and production and the hazards meth poses to families.
Adult Mental Health Issues Which Impact Families Served by Child Welfare. 2007. This
course previously offered as a three-day classroom-based course (2001-2006) was
converted into an online course (self-paced and live online session). This course is designed
to address the mental health issues of parents and caretakers involved with the child
welfare system and the impact of mental illness on permanency planning.
Child Development in Families at Risk. 2006. This course, previously offered as a two-day
classroom-based course (1996-2006), it was converted into an online course (self-paced and
live online session). This course is designed for child welfare workers in their first year of
employment to provide them with the necessary skills to conduct a comprehensive
assessment of children and families in order to determine the risk for maltreatment.
Cornerstone IV: Working with Other, Working with Outcomes. 2005. This curriculum is one
of several aimed at county DSS child welfare professionals (directors, managers,
supervisors, line staff) to teach skills needed to partner with others to measure
performance and achieve successful outcomes for families and children. Participants also
learn to gather and evaluate data related to North Carolina's child welfare services.
Leaders in Transition Program. 2004. This is a five-day child welfare leadership course for
new director of county Department of Social Services. The course is designed to capture the
leadership skills and practices that support the goals and practices, and outcomes
associated with the Multiple Response Services implemented by the NC Division of Social
Services.
Emotional Aspects of Termination of Parental Rights (TPR). 2001. This two-day classroombased training helps child welfare workers better understand the effects of TPR on children,
birth/adoptive/foster parents, and workers themselves.
In the Best Interest of the Child: Making the Most of Visitation. 2001. This two-day training
assists child welfare workers in improving the quality of parental visiting of children in outof-home care.
Introduction to Child Sexual Abuse. 1999. This six-day classroom-based training provides
child welfare workers with a foundation for identifying and assessing child sexual abuse
cases.
Introduction to Substance Abuse for Child Welfare Services. 1999. This event focuses on
families and children affected by alcohol and other drug abuse. Participants enhance their
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understanding of addiction and how it develops, how substance abuse affects parenting and
child development, and intervention techniques for case management in child welfare.
Effects of Separation and Loss on Attachment. 1996. Participants who attend this two-day
training leave with an understanding of the attachment process between children and their
caregivers, outcomes of secure and insecure attachments, the impact of loss and grief on
child development, and specific practice skills for forming and enhancing attachments.
Capturing Best Practice in Foster Care and Adoption for North Carolina. 1994. This six-day
curriculum is designed for less-experienced social workers who work with birth, foster, and
adoptive families involved in the child welfare system.
CARES
Since 1995, when NCSWLearn.org was established, approximately 5,000 participants (not an
unduplicated count of people) attended CARES training. The Ann Johnson Institute and the
Senior Center Certification training, whose registration is managed by NC DAAS, account for at
least another 1,600 participants since 2003.
Options Counseling. 2012. This self-paced online course introduces human services
personnel of Community Resource Connections (federally, ADRCs) to the scope of work of
options counselors, and provides strategies for interviewing, resource identification,
assessing health literacy, and culturally sensitive practice.
Ethics in Everyday Adult Services Practice. 2012. This blended online course (self-paced and
web-based seminar) reviews the basics of the National Association of Social Workers’ Code
of Ethics and how use of this code and associated tools can help human services providers
recognize ethical pitfalls and make decisions in ethically challenging situations.
Home Instead Senior Care New Hire Training. 2012. Developed for Home Instead Senior
Care, a private international company specializing in nonmedical support for adults with
disabilities living at home. Trainers’ notes and materials are made available to
approximately 900 franchise holders serving 65,000 families. CARES consulted in the
development of Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias in 2011.
Secrets to Creating Person-centered Service Plans. 2011. This two-day event gives
participants practice in using person-centered tools to help clients develop more effective
plans of action and care.
Person-centered Thinking with Older Adults. 2010. This two-day event introduces personcentered tools as a method of working with older adults to identify supports needed to
remain as independent as possible in the face of disability.
Senior Center Leadership Symposium. 2008. Graduates of the Ann Johnson Institute
requested an annual two-day event to continue the education they gained from the
Institute. This event is managed by the Senior Center Alliance of the NC Association on
Aging and staffed by NCDAAS and CARES.
Beginning with the End in Mind. 2005. This one-day event prompts human services workers
to start work with clients by helping them identify the outcomes they wish to see.
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Ethics in Everyday Practice. 2005. This one-day event was the source of the material
developed into the online module currently being offered.
Substance Abuse and Older Adults. 2005. Substance abuse and misuse are responsible for
increased death and illness rates among older adults, yet human services and medical
providers rarely screen for these problems. This one-day event covers assessment strategies
and provides information on sources of treatment.
Cognitive Impairments: It’s Not Just Alzheimer’s. 2005. This two-day event reviews cognitive
impairments and their causes, teaches strategies for assessments, and provides
opportunities to practice communication skills with clients. It also addresses the needs of
family caregivers, and suggests ways to support and assist them in their caregiving
relationships.
Adult Services Practice. 2004. Six courses redeveloped for Wisconsin’s Department of Social
Services through the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
The Ann Johnson Institute for Senior Center Management. 2003–6. This six-module
curriculum (2.5 days per module) provides training in nonprofit management for senior
center personnel. Topics include organizational leadership, developing human resources,
operations and financing, governance and community outreach, planning and evaluation,
and marketing and advocacy.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. 2001. This event reviews the special concerns of
kinship caregivers, identifies resources, focuses on cross-cultural issues, and identifies
opportunities for collaboration among agencies.
Applications in Family-centered Practice in Adult Services. 1997. This event was developed
as a follow-up to Family-centered Practice in Adult Services, to help county department of
social services workers identify and overcome barriers to family-centered practice in their
day-to-day work.
Family-centered Practice in Adult Services. 1996. This event was developed to promote the
Principles of Family-centered Practice in Adult Services, an initiative of the Adult Services
Branch of the Division of Social Services.
Working with Older Adults. 1996. (Formerly An Introduction to Aging.) This event was
developed originally as cross-training for providers in different human services settings to
raise awareness of issues specific to work with older adults.
Developing Effective Helping Relationships. 1992/2004. (Formerly Counseling.) This event
was designed to increase the interviewing and interaction skills of human services workers.
Effective Supervision and Management in Adult Services. 1992. Originally similar to the Ann
Johnson Institute in scope, this eight-day event focuses on leaderships skills for middle
managers in county departments of social services.
Serious Mental Illness. 1992. This event provides basic information on the principle mental
health diagnoses of adults, treatment, and community support.
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A Multidisciplinary Look at Geriatric Mental Health. 1991. This event, originally cosponsored
by the Area Health Education Centers, focuses on mental health issues specific to an older
population.
Effective Social Work Practice in Adult Services: A Core Curriculum. 1990. The first of the
curricula developed by CARES, this six-day event introduces line workers in county
departments of social services to principles of social work practice: person- and familycentered practice, ethics, effective communication, assessment strategies, and helping
clients and families set goals and develop plans of support. It should be noted that line
workers in DSSs are not required to have previous training in social work, so this event was
designed to serve as a beginning indoctrination to the principles and methods of social work
practice.
DDTI
Application of the POMs®. In-depth training that provides experiential practice in the POM
assessment process. Additionally, participants practice using the assessment, are expected to
defend the results of the assessment findings and consider the value and use of individual
findings as a measure of quality. Assessment data also serves to inform the agency when
examined and compared against the findings of a larger number of assessments.
Ethics and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. In development for 2013.
Guardianship Training. This event reviews NC’s GS 122C, Chapter 35 A, guardianship statute
including guardian of person, of estate, general guardian and limited guardianship. This event
reviews options prior to seeking adjudication of incompetence. Additionally, the training
reviews the expectations and role of guardian in the life of the ward.
Human Rights Training. This training provides a thorough overview of the state of NC
requirements regarding human rights and confidentiality standards. Reporting of incidents,
health and safety plans and risk mitigation strategies are also reviewed. Training may be
customized to address the specific issues regarding any violations received by an organization
as a result of surveys conducted by the Division of Health Service Regulation.
Person Centered Thinking Training. Person Centered Thinking training fosters the involvement
of the person for whom the planning is occurring by focusing on their input and authority in the
process of the development of their person centered plan.
Personal Outcome Measures® (POMS®) Overview. Personal Outcome Measures are what
people consider most important in life. This event provides an overview of 21 specific outcome
measures and the associated criteria about each of the measures. In addition, the event
reviews the expectations and criteria of formal and informal supports for each of the measures.
These measures lead to consistency in learning whether or not people are achieving personal
outcomes and inform the person centered process.
Reliability in the Use of Personal Outcome Measures® Assessment. Personal Outcome
Measures® represent what people consider most important in life. This event builds on the
earlier training experiences of the overview of 21 specific outcome measures and the
associated criteria about each of the measures and the follow up experiential event during
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which participants practice in the use of discovery and implementation of the criteria of formal
and informal supports for each of the measures in group settings.
Supports Intensity Scale and the Individual Support Plan. The SIS assessment helps inform the
individual support plan or ISP. Information gathered for the SIS assessment with an individual
with IDD can be used in the establishment of goals and objectives.
Overview of Developmental Disabilities. This event introduces the definition of intellectual and
developmental disabilities, characteristics of various disabilities, and history of the evolution of
services and supports for people with intellectual and or other developmental disabilities.
Using the Supports Intensity Scale. The Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) is an assessment tool that
measures practical support needs of a person with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. This
training provides information about the development of the SIS and the various components of
the assessment instrument and process.
W ebinars. DDTI provides periodic webinars to line practitioners and policy makers who work
with North Carolina I/DD population around issues as assessment, Medicaid waiver policy,
guardianship and other topics as needed.
The individual programs produce a variety of publications whose principal audience is human
services providers. These include:
ASPN: Aging and Adult Services Practice Notes (CARES), http://cares.unc.edu/publications.asp
Children’s Services Practice Notes (FCRP), http://www.practicesnotes.org
Fostering Perspectives (FCRP), www.fosteringperspectives.org
Training Matters (FCRP), http://www.trainingmatters-nc.org
MRS! http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dss/mors/index.htm)
Publications
In Progress
Nelson, G. M. The New State: Direct Democracy and a Culture of Innovation. Expected
publication, January 2013.
Nelson, G. M. Sustainability and Social Work: Late to the Movement but with Much to Offer.
Expected publication 2013.
Books and Monographs
Nelson, G. M. (2012). Integrative leadership: Innovating from The Middle Space. Monograph.
Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Nelson, G. M., & Abels, J. (2008). Integrative leadership. Monograph developed for the World
Bank. Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina and
the Duke University Center for International Development.
Nelson, G. M., Salmon, M. A., & Howell, C. B. (2002). Assessing the human services culture.
Open system management, Vol. 1. Victoria, BC: Trafford.
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Nelson, G. M., & Cooke, L. G. (2002). Samuel’s story: Creating a community safety net for
families. Open system management, Vol. 2. Victoria, BC: Trafford.
Nelson, G. M. (2002). Shifting an organization’s culture: A self-assessment guide. Open system
management, Vol. 3. Victoria, BC: Trafford.
Nelson, G. M., & Salmon, M. A. (2002). The agency’s story: Fostering collaboration within. Open
system management, Vol. 4. Victoria, BC: Trafford.
Nelson, G. M. (2000). Self-governance in communities and families. San Francisco, California,
Berrett-Koehler.
Nelson, G. M., Eller, A. C., Streets, D. W., & Morse, M. L. (1995). The field of adult services.
Washington, D.C.: NASW Press.
Articles
Salmon, M. A., & Nelson, G. M. (2010). The need for paid long-term care in North Carolina: 2010
to 2020 and beyond. North Carolina Medical Journal, 71, 143–147
Salmon, M. A., Nelson, G. M., & Rous, S. G. (1993). The continuum of care revisited: A rural
perspective. The Gerontologist, 3, 658–666.
Nelson, G. M., & Streets, D. W. (1993). Adult home specialists: Roles, responsibilities, and
training needs in adult foster care. Adult Residential Care Journal, 7, 116–124.
Nelson, G. M. (1992). Training adult-service social workers in the public sector: A core
curriculum in effective geriatric social work practice. Educational Gerontology, 18, 163–176.
Nelson, G. M. (1988). Personnel and training needs in geriatric social work. Educational
Gerontology, 14, 189–203.
Nelson, G. M. (1983). How states distribute Title XX funds to the elderly poor. Social Work
Research and Abstracts, 19, 3–10.
Nelson, G. M. (1983). Gerontological social work: A curriculum review. Educational
Gerontology, 9, 307–322.
Nelson, G. M. (1983) Tax expenditures for the elderly. The Gerontologist, 23, 471–478.
Nelson, G. M. (1983). A comparison of Title XX services to the urban and rural elderly. Journal of
Gerontological Social Work, 6, 3-23.
Nelson, G. M. (1982). Social class and public policy for the elderly. Social Service Review, 1, 85107.
Nelson, G. M. (1982). A role for Title XX in the aging network. The Gerontologist, 22, 18–25.
Nelson, G. M. (1982). Services to status offenders and delinquents under Title XX. Social Work,
27, 348–353.
Nelson, G. M. (1982). Support for the aged: Public and private responsibility. Social Work, 27,
137–143.
Nelson, G. M. (1980). Contrasting services to the aged. Social Service Review, 3, 376–389.
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Nelson, G. M. (1980). Elder benefit reassessment needed: Title XX and fiscal authority.
Generations, 4, 30, 51.
Nelson, G. M. (1980). Social Services to the urban and rural aged: The experience of Area
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Book Chapters
Norburn, J. K., Rabiner, D. J., Nelson, G. M., & Salmon, M. A. (1996). Informal caregiving
networks and community resource infrastructure serving elderly rural populations: Making
the macro-micro link. In W. M. Gesler, G. DeFriese, and D. J. Rabiner (Eds.), Approaches to
rural health and aging research: Theory, methods and practical applications. Amityville, NY:
Baywood.
Nelson, G. M. (1995). The field of adult services. In G. M. Nelson, D. W. Streets, A. C. Eller, & M.
L. Morse, The field of adult services. Washington, D.C., NASW Press, 3-16.
Nelson, G. M. (1995). Adult services: An empowered learning community. In G. M. Nelson, D.
W. Streets, A. C. Eller, & M. L. Morse, The field of adult services. Washington, D.C., NASW
Press, 17–32.
Nelson, G. M. (1995). Adult services social work: The family assessment and change method. In
G. M. Nelson, D. W. Streets, A. C. Eller, & M. L. Morse, The field of adult services.
Washington, D.C., NASW Press, 35–56.
Nelson, G. M. (1995). Access and intake. In G. M. Nelson, D. W. Streets, A. C. Eller, & M. L.
Morse, The field of adult services. Washington, D.C., NASW Press, 57–69.
Nelson, G. M. (1995). Functional assessment of adult clients. In G. M. Nelson, D. W. Streets, A.
C. Eller, & M. L. Morse, The field of adult services. Washington, D.C., NASW Press, 70–87.
Nelson, G. M. (1995). Case management. In G. M. Nelson, D. W. Streets, A. C. Eller, & M. L.
Morse, The field of adult services. Washington, D.C., NASW Press, 88–103.
Nelson, G. M., Salmon, M. A., Leibson-Hawkins, R. M., & Scheyett, A. M. (1995). Cultural
diversity. In G. M. Nelson, D. W. Streets, A. C. Eller, & M. L. Morse, The field of adult
services. Washington, D.C., NASW Press, 194–211.
Atkinson, V. L., & Nelson, G. M. (1995). Adult protective services. In G. M. Nelson, D. W. Streets,
A. C. Eller, & M. L. Morse, The field of adult services. Washington, D.C., NASW Press, 215–
230.
Atkinson, V. L. & Nelson, G. M. (1995). Guardianship. In G. M. Nelson, D. W. Streets, A. C. Eller,
& M. L. Morse, The field of adult services. Washington, D.C., NASW Press, 231–247.
Streets, D. W., & Nelson, G. M. (1995). Public oversight of board and care. In G. M. Nelson, D.
W. Streets, A. C. Eller, & M. L. Morse, The field of adult services. Washington, D.C., NASW
Press, 317–336.
Nelson, G. M., & Cooke, L. G. (1995). Program development. In G. M. Nelson, D. W. Streets, A.
C. Eller, & M. L. Morse, The field of adult services. Washington, D.C., NASW Press, 356–371.
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Nelson, G. M. (1994). In-home services for rural elders. In Raymond T. Coward (Ed.), Health
Services for Rural Elders. New York: Springer, 65–83.
Nelson, G. M., & Salmon, M. A. (1993). The rural factor in developing state and local systems of
home and community care. In C. Neil Bull (Ed.), Aging in Rural America. Newbury Park, CA:
Sage, 189–202.
Nelson, G. M. (1985). Funding and monitoring services for the elderly. In Abraham Monk (Ed.),
Handbook of Gerontological Services. New York: Van Nostrand-Rheinhold.
Nelson, G. M. (1982). Social class and public policy for the elderly. In Bernice L. Neugarten (Ed.)
Age or need? Public policies for older people. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage
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