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Education:

B.A. (English, Art History) Kent State University 1969; MSW (Gerontology and Health) Kent School of Social Work, 1979.

Courses Taught:

Social Policy and Aging (SW226); Introduction to the Profession of Social Work(SW103); Field Study in Social Welfare (SW104); Field Work Integration seminar (SW401).

Experience in the Field:

Barrie Robinson has had extensive experience in a wide variety of agencies serving older adults including adult day health care, nursing home ombudsman, skilled nursing, a continuing care retirement community, and HUD senior housing. She has participated in several special research and training projects including the development of standards for long term care case management, and geriatric interdisciplinary team training. Most recently, she was a co-PI for a four year grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation's initiative in strengthening social work training in aging, and the project coordinator for the Consortium for Social Work Training in Aging which developed an innovative curriculum for training social workers in public sector aging services through this grant.