Child Abuse Prevention Studies
Distinguished Alumni, 1992-2002
1992
1997
1998
1999
Paula Donnelly
Gloria Ferguson
Deb Jones
Candy Kragthorpe
Jill Simon
Level I
Twin Cities
Elizabeth Abbene
Nicole Albaugh
Meg Becker
Sharon Erler Buntin
Nancy Elmquist
Tiffany Foster
Shawn Friberg
Linda Gerr
Michele Henry
Gena Johnson
Nicholas Juarez
Miriam Maples
Shayne Miller
Linda Phelps
Michelle Grabanski-Pohlad
Robbin Rosen
Christin Seirup
Tammy Shefelbine
Christne Sorenson-Ford
Jileen Wehling
Level I
Twin Cities
Martha Stutsman
Jessica Mathwig
Eric Ziegler
Keeva Hartley
Lani Shapiro
Joy Johnson
Lisa Krogman
Jemel Aguilar
Bobby Wigfield
Elizabether Gardner
Kate Amundson
Marian Saksena
Ingrid Hofmann
Sara Howk
Heidi Sandmeier
Candice Mohammad
Denise Rene Wollenberg
Betty Vaughan
Vicky Kath
Molly Cornelius
Brian Muler
Jim Truesdell
Lori Bessinger
Level I
Twin Cities
Michael Belton
Lisa Cavanagh
Paul Dale
Kirk Fjellman
Karin Fritz-Staley
Jennifer Hines
Katherine Hogberg
Rudolph Holmes
Julia Hupperts
Robin Mathy
Mary Miesen
Paula Sanan
Molly Sheperd
Patricia Snow
Linda Snyder
Stacy Swenson
Doreen Ulrich
Julie Watts
Suzanne Witte
1994
Elizabeth Bonestroo
Annalies Hagemeister
Judith Kind
Lyra Jorenby Peterson
Beth Lillevold
Julie Nelson
Lisa Woods Rahn
1996
Level I
Twin Cities
Donna Allard
Joyce Arendt
Sherry Bianchi-Knod
Andrea Cuene
Judith Havlicek
Elizabeth Jamieson
Donna Jorgensen
Phyllis Kieffer
Lori Kuenn
Sharon Moeller
Laura Navrestad
Barbara O’Neil
Andrea Ostenson
Francisco Silva-Craig
Mark Sinclair
Chimezie Ukaonu
Alfred Zdrazil
Marshall
Constance Caron
Lamberta Doll
Shawna Ehlenback
Cynthia Nelson
Jennifer Krekelberg
Morris
Linda Campbell
George French
Lee Heinecke
Rochester
Linda Billman
Cathy Burns
Dawn Kroening
Debra Nelson
Dawn Schenk
Alice Kyverson
Pat Worden
Gaylord
Marina Brandt
Linda Hoechst
Tamra Rovney
Sigrid Ruhland
Level II
Twin Cities
Donna Allard
Joyce Arendt
Serry Bianchi-Knod
Andrea Cuene
Laura Navrestad
Barbara O-Neil
Michelle Grabanski- Pohlad
Marshall
Constance Caron
Cynthia Nelson
Lamberta Doll
Shawna Ehlenback
Jennifer Krekelberg
Morris
George French
Lee Heinecke
Rochester
Linda Billman
Cathy Burns
Dawn Christie
Debra Nelson
Dawn Schenk
Rochester
Julie Harris
Mary Kivi
Joan Wogen
Moorhead
Cory Heit
Grant Bauer
Michele Lunder
LaTelle Edwards
Leanne Johnson
Sharon Freeman
Phyllis Thompson
Tanya Helmstetler
Duluth
Lisa Follett Pollack
Susanna Miller
Mike Raschick
Vicki Andrews
Level II
Twin Cities
Elizabeth Abbene
Jemel Aguilar
Molly Cornelius
Sharon Freeman
Shawn Friberg
Mickey Henry
Nicholas Juarez
Al Zdrazil
Level II
Twin Cities
Lori Bessinger
Ingrid Hofmann
Sara Howk
Vicky Kath
Mary Kivi
Robin Mathy
Candice Mohammad
Lyra Peterson
Sheila Walker
Bobbi Wigfield
Duluth
Susanna Miller
Lisa Pollak
Mike Raschick
CAPS Distinguished Alumni, 1992-2002 (continued)
2000
2001
2002
Level I
Suzie Andrade
Phyllis Barke
Shawn Holmes
Stacey Larsen
Sandra Laski
Angela Nabakooza
Barbara Richardson
Victoria Shaw
Alison Pluntz
Melissa Sweeney
Alexis Underwood
Heather Ward
Level I
Lynda Anderson
Kim Baender
Trish Falvey
Michael Franz
Mimi Getachew
Helen Hayes-Jirak
Robin Nadeau
Ed Perusse
Terina Peterson
Jennifer Shwabe
Shelly Simon
Level I
Carrie Asmus
Erin Forsman
Wendy Gartman
Amanda Rong
Kelly Tech
Stephanie Tribby-Walbridge
Level II
Jamie Aussendorf
Tammy Kincaid
Alison Pluntz
Level II
Victoria Shaw Carlson
Michael Franz
Shawn Holmes
Stacey Larson
Sandra Laski
Robin Nadeau
Barbara Richardson
CAPS History
In 1989, faculty throughout the University of Minnesota, including the departments of social work, educational psychology,
nursing, public health, education, and home economics responded to the need for specialized child abuse prevention training by
forming the Child Abuse Prevention Studies (CAPS) certificate program. The project began with a roundtable of community leaders
in child abuse prevention and a statewide survey about professional training needs. The faculty created the initial CAPS curriculum in
1990 and the program was housed within the School of Social Work.
The first cohort of students began in January 1992. Since that time, CAPS has offered courses via classroom teaching and
interactive television, with sites in Duluth, Moorhead, and Rochester. Between 1989 and 2000, CAPS awarded over 165 certificates
and provided specialized training for over 350 students. In 1998, MINCAVA funded an interdisciplinary scholarship program that
now helps to provide tuition for prospective CAPS students. Beginning with the 1999-2000 academic year, the CAPS home was
moved within the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA), a Center supporting education, research, and access to
information about all types of violence. CAPS faculty and program staff continue to stay actively connected to community leaders
and service providers in order to provide the most current curriculum possible. The Child Abuse Prevention Studies program has
remained one of few graduate-level certificate programs designed for professionals and approved by the Board of Regents at the
University of Minnesota.
The Future of CAPS
On July 1st, 2002, the academic home of the Child Abuse Prevention Studies (CAPS) certificate program will be moving to
the College of Continuing Education (CCE) from the School of Social Work, where it has been housed for most of the past ten years
since its inception. The program will now reside entirely within CCE, which will provide outreach and marketing, registration
assistance for students, and curriculum development. CCE is currently working with a group of faculty from throughout the
University of Minnesota to create a more interdisciplinary focus for the CAPS program and revise certificate requirements. Plans are
underway to offer the first two courses (SW5481: Research and Theory and SW5482: Program Development, Implementation and
Evaluation) online in a web-based format during Fall and Spring semesters, 2002-2003.