Campus: Parkville, Mo.
Region: Midwest
Contact: gary.bachman@park.edu
Gary E. Bachman, MSSW, LSCSW, is an associate professor and field director in Park's Department of Social Work.
Bachman is an expert in generalist social work practice. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in family & child development and social work from Kansas State University, and a master of science in social work from the University of Texas at Austin.
He has taught behavioral sciences for 23 years through the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City. He has also received extensive training and experience in the mental health and behavioral aspects of emergency services and disaster work, including work in Oklahoma City following the terrorist bombing of the Murrah Federal Building, in New York City in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, and as a member of the FEMA Stress Management Cadre."
Bachman has developed several packaged presentation that could be adapted easily to a variety of audiences:
• "The Man Who Planted Hope" is based upon the viewing and discussion of the animated video of the same name. The session encourages the examination of human resilience and of how the small acts we routinely perform can have a significant and lasting positive impact upon other individuals and upon society in general.
• "Ageist Angst" is an examination of common issues of ageing and social justice. Features the artwork of Elizabeth Layton.
• "Divining the 3 D's" covers differential diagnosis of confusion in elderly patients (dementia, delirium and depression).
• "When Adoption is the Option" is appropriate to professional and student health and social service audiences. It covers the critical analysis of legal issues related to teen pregnancies and adoption. Depending on audience composition, this can be presented in a problem-based learning format.
• "Domestic Violence" is appropriate to professional and student health and social service audiences, and is an examination of prevalence, predictors, patterns, prevention and interventions.
• "Mandated Reporting and Initial Response to Suspicions of Child Abuse" is appropriate to professional and student health and social service audiences. It covers a strengths-based focus on legal and ethical responsibilities and complications related to allegations of child endangerment. This presentation is readily expandable to the issue of elder mistreatment.
• "Disaster Mental Health: Mitigation and Response" has several variations on this theme appropriate to diverse populations from high school social studies classes, to the general population, to military personnel, emergency management personnel and medical personnel (including psychiatric first aid)
Degrees and Qualifications:
• National Institute of Health Fellowship / Adolescent Health Training Project, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas
• Masters of Science in Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
• Bachelors of Science in Family & Child Development and Social Work, Kansas State University
• Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker
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