SDSU Department of Child and Family Development Behana Vita

Elinor (Nory) Behana
Department of Child and Family Development
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4502
(619) 594-3643

EDUCATION

University of Oklahoma Continuing Education, post-M.S. workshop, Creative Training Techniques, 1991
San Diego State University, Sociology Department, 12 post-M.S. graduate units, Interdisciplinary Child Abuse Training Program, 1989-1990
Pacific Oaks College Extension, 16 post-M.S. graduate units, Staff Development, Adult Learning and High/Scope Curriculum, 1989-1990
San Diego State University, M.S. in Child Development (Home Economics) - 1988
Grossmont College - Child Development courses - 1979-1981
San Diego State University, Secondary Teaching Credential (Life) - 1966
San Diego State University, B.A. in Social Science - 1961-1965 (with Honors and Distinction in Social Science)
Chula Vista High School, Chula Vista, California - 1961
GPA: Graduate, overall 3.9 Graduate, Child Development, 4.0

WORK EXPERIENCE

1983-present:

Grossmont College, Instructor, Child Development Program

1/93-6/93:

Interim Dean of Business and Professional Studies

1990-1993:

Child Development Program Coordinator

1983-present:

Instructor and project coordinator duties

Coordinator Activities: Scheduled all classes, hired and evaluated instructors, managed the budget, assisted other faculty in developing grants and special programs, developed course curricula, planned and implemented faculty meetings and retreats, planned and presided over Child Development Advisory Committee meetings, communicated between administration and faculty, etc.

INSTRUCTOR ACTIVITIES: Taught from 3-9 units a semester including: Child Development 125; Child, Family, Community; Infant-Toddler Development; Child Abuse: Detection, Intervention and Prevention; Child Abuse for Law Enforcement; High/Scope classes; Health, Safety and CPR. Several of these classes were in cooperation with other departments on campus and I developed a good working relationship with Administration of Justice and The ROP Nanny Program.

Campus Committees:

Ad Hoc Committee for Development of Contract Education, 1985

Faculty Senate, 1988-present, Nominations Committee

Room Utilization Committee, 1990-1992.

Institutional Effectiveness Advisory Group, 1991-93

Student Services Program Review Committee, 1991-92

Search Committee, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Grossmont College, 1991-92

Council of Chairs and Coordinators, 19901993

Educational Development and Innovation Committee, 1996-present
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program, Coordinator, 1985-1991

Developed and managed this program which delivered training programs to local schools for teachers, parents and children in the area of child sexual abuse prevention. Helped write a puppet script and book to accompany the children's presentation along with two other professionals, a psychologist and a preschool teacher.


We were invited back to Michigan to present this program to Resource and Referral representatives from all over Michigan by the Detroit Department of Social Services. The program was featured in the Detroit Press and is currently given in about ten cities in Michigan. A Master's Degree Thesis out of the Psychology Department of The University of Michigan had positive findings on the effects of the program which are to be written up into a journal article in the future.
Child Development Training Consortium, Coordinator, 1985-1993
Worked under a grant from the State Department of Education Child Development Division to provide special classes for employees of State Funded Child Development programs. The grant was approximately $18,000 per year (the total for the eight years was approximately $144,000). As coordinator, planned program procedures, scheduled (and in many cases created) classes, hired instructors, administered budget, counseled students in the program and represented Grossmont College to the Child Development Division in Sacramento.
Through this project many extras were available to the Child Development Program. Special classes could be developed expanding our offerings to students. Equipment purchased by this project and still in use in the CD department include a computer, an electric typewriter, books, films, etc.
Foster Care Education Program, San Diego County Consortium (consisting of Grossmont/Cuyamaca, San Diego, Southwestern and Mira Costa City College Districts) Project Manager, 1985-present
Regional Coordinator for Southern Region (consisting of Orange, San Diego, Imperial, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties), 1987-96.
This program is funded by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's office at $54,375 a year (for a ten year total of approximately $550,000). The first two years the program was housed at the San Diego Community College District, but since then it has remained at Grossmont. The program offers training to foster parents, social workers, and foster children. It requires a great deal of community involvement with the Department of Social Services, Foster Parent Associations, and many other child abuse agencies. As project manager, I have been in charge of all grant writing, budget operations, hiring personnel, and overseeing interactions among the various agencies involved. Community Advisory Committee involvement is required and an active committee meets quarterly.
Group Home Training Program, Project Manager, 1987-89
This project was funded by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office for $16,000 (for a total of approximately $32,000 for the two years) to offer training for childcare staff in residential group homes.
Independent Living Skills Program, Project Manager, 1987-present
This program is funded by the California Community College Foundation for $30,000 per year (for a eight year total of approximately $240,000). It is designed to offer training to foster parents, group home staff and foster teens in Independent Living Skills. The same duties apply as Project Manager above for the Foster Care Education Program.
Summer Independent Living Skills, 1988, Project Manager
The County of San Diego granted $22,000 to have our program deliver extra services in the training of ILS to teens. The same Project Manager duties as above were involved.
In-Service Training Grant funded by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office Economic Development section in the amount of $5,000 in June, 1992 which involved me working at Hillcrest Receiving Home and developing curricula for Grossmont College classes.
ROP Group Home Training Program funded in 1990 by the local ROP program provides training for childcare staff working in residential care facilities for children. I wrote the proposal and oversee this program although another part-time instructor teaches the classes. It has a budget of approximately $12,000 per year and teaches 18 units of CD 195 a new Child Development course created for the project.
Fund for Instructional Improvement Grant: A Model Child Develotment Articulation Program Funded by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office in 1994 to work with our program and SDSU's program to develop a smooth transition for Child Development majors. This proposal was written with Sheridan DeWolf, current CD Coordinator.

1989-present:

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY: Child and Family Development Department, Adjunct Faculty, Taught Child Development, Individual, Family and Society, Violence in Families, and Child Abuse.

1986-1987:

CUYAMACA COLLEGE: Part-time Instructor: Taught CD 125 and Psychology Telecourse on Child Development.

1986, Summer:

GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT ADULT SCHOOL: Teacher for Parent Participation Two-year old class.

1981-1986:

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, FAMILY STUDIES AND CONSUMER SCIENCES PROGRAM Graduate Reasearch Assistant.

Worked for Drs. Sally Koblinsky, Francine Deutsch and Dorothy Hewes. Assignments included helping to write Dr. Koblinsky's Manual; helping with arrangements for and write up of Dr. Hewes' workshop on Employer Sponsored Child Care; and reasearch for Dr Deutsch's Life Span Human Development text.

1966-1972:

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ADOPTIONS SECTION: Senior Social Worker

Elaboration of special work activities while a Children's Social Worker for Adoptions:

Regular duties included working with individual children ages from infancy to teens to counsel them about separation from their natural parents and preparation for adoption. The majority of children in my caseload were from 2 to 8 years old. Also counseled with foster parents and adoptive parents about child development and child behavior.
Created the first child involvement scrapbook with a foster child awaiting adoptive placement. This process became agency policy eventually.
Acted as liaison to the El Cajon Child Protection Unit at the request of the Chief of Adoptions. In this role, I came to the El Cajon CPS one day a week participating in their unit meetings, etc. My job was to search for long term foster care placements which might be referred for Freedom from Custody and Control Hearings.
Led several child play therapy/support groups for latency age children who were awaiting adoptive placement.
Led foster parent training and support groups to discuss handling special needs children in foster placement.
Was invited to speak on a regular basis to evening meetings of prospective adoptive parents about the process of incorporating an older child into the home.
Volunteered as a Speaker's Bureau member who gave talks to community groups explaining adoption.
Was sent with expenses paid to the Child Welfare League of America State Conference to report back to staff on workshops attended.
Was on local and national television frequently as a representative of the Adoption Agency presenting "hard-to-place" children to the public.
Supervised field placement of one Master's of Social Work Graduate Student who was assigned to help me with one of my childrens' groups.

1962-1966:: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, TEST OFFICE: Student Assistant.

Professional Activities:National Association for the Education of Young Children and California and San Diego chapters of same: Member, Conference Presenter, Listed as Resource Person on several subjects by NAEYCCalifornia Community Colleges Early Childhood Educators: Vice President, Membership 1991-93Phi Upsilon Omicron (Honor Society in Home Economics) Beta Phi Chapter, SDSU: Member, Vice President, 1983-84San Diego State University School of Family Studies and Consumer Sciences: Member of Search Committee for Chair of Department at invitation of the Dean of Professional Studies upon recommendation by the faculty, 1985.San Diego Community Child Abuse Coordinating Council: Member, Professional Education Committee, 1996, Vice PresidentSan Diego County Commission on Children, Youth and Families: CommissionerHolt, Rinehart, and Winston: Book reviewer for Child, Family, Community textSan Felipe del Rio Foundation and Oregon Children's Services Division, Nationwide Advisory Committee to the development of a video training series eventually picked up by Child Welfare League of America as "The Ultimate Challenge-Fostering in the 90's"San Diego County Local Childcare Planning Council: Appointed by County Board of Supervisors to represent Community Colleges on this Advisory Board to develop guidelines for allocation of Federal Block Grant monies coming to this county, 1991-92San Diego County Department of Social Services, Children's Services Bureau, contract to serve as "Expert Witness" as needed in Juvenile Court, 1991-presentSan Diego County Department of Social Services, Training and Development Center, provide workshops in the area of "The Effects of Child Abuse on Child Development" for new Child Protective Social Workers, 1989-93United Nations International Year of the Family Planning Council, Panel of Professionals for San Diego County, 1992Southern California High/Scope Educators, Executive Board and Endorsed Trainer, 1990-presentCalifornia Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, Foster Care Education and Independent Living Skills Statewide Advisory Committee, 1991-presentCalifornia Communtiy Colleges Chancellor's Office, Child Development Program Statewide Advisory Committee, 1990-93 and 1996-present.The

Following is a Partial Listing of Workshops and Papers Presented at Conferences:

1982, November:: National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Conference in Washington, D.C. "Beyond Warning Children about Strangers with Candy: Effective Strategies for Preventing Child Molestation."
1983, March:: San Diego Association for the Education of Young Children, local conference: "Child Sexual Abuse Prevention"
1984, November:: Neighborhood House Association Grantee In-Service Conference, San Diego, CA: "Child Sexual Abuse"
1985, November:: National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Conference, New Orleans, LA: "Teaching Preschool Children about Sexual Abuse: A Critical Look at New Curricula and Classroom Programs"
1985, March:: California Association for the Education of Young Children, State Conference, San Diego, CA: "Child Sexual Abuse: The Educator's Role in Prevention, Detection and Intervention" (This workshop was taped and made available for sale.)
1985, May:: Preschool Association of Southern California, Regional Conference, Los Angeles, CA: "Preventing Child Sexual Abuse"
1986, February:: Guest Speaker on KPBS radio station on Panel discussing Sexuality Education
1987, May:: California Department of Drug and Alcohol Problems, State Conference, San Diego, CA: "Parent Training: A Prevention Strategy Whose Time Has Arrived" Invited Workshop Discussion Leader
1987, June:: California Community Colleges Foster Care Education Program, Train the Trainers Conference, Oakland, CA: "How to Manage Childcare for Foster Parent Education"
1987, June:: National School District, In-Service Training for Preschool Teachers, National City, CA: "Conducting Parent Meetings and Conferences"
1987, October:: California Foster Parent Association, State Conference, Sacramento, CA: "Promoting and Nurturing Foster Parent Support Groups"
1988, February:: Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Parent Training Conference, San Diego, CA: Invited Workshop Discussion Leader
1988, May:: National Foster Parent Association, National Conference, Los Angeles, CA: "How Foster Parents Perceive Agency Support"
1988, October:: California State Foster Parent Association, State Conference, Sacramento, CA: "Promoting and Nurturing Foster Parent Support Groups"
1989, May:: California Home Economics Association, San Diego District, San Diego, CA: Recognition Brunch Keynote Speaker, "Consider the Children"
1988, October:: California State Foster Parent Association, State Conference, Irvine, CA: "Building Teamwork among Foster Parents and Social Workers"
1989, April:: National Association of Court Appointed Special Advocates, National Conference, San Diego, CA: "Foster Parents and Independent Living Skills"
1989, August:: International Foster Care Organization, International Conference, Ypsilanti, MI: Workshop: "Promoting and Nurturing Foster Parent Support Groups" Paper: "Foster Parents' Perception of Agency Support"
1989, October:: California State Foster Parent Association, State Conference, Ontario, CA: "Normal vs Deviant Child Development"
1989, May:: California Community Collecres Foster Parent Education, Train the Trainers Conference, Sacramento, CA: "How to Advocate for Foster Parent Training"
1990, November:: National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Conference, Washington, D.C.: "Implementing Anti-Bias Curriculum in Preschool Settings"
1990, November:: NHA Headstart Training Conference, San Diego, CA, "Recognizing Child Abuse and Understanding Your Reporting Responsibilities"
1991, March:: Imperial Valley College Foster Care Education Program, El Centro, "Communication a Two Way Street"
1991, September:: San Diego County Child Abuse Coordinating Council Training Conference, "Child Abuse Treatment as Prevention," Panel Moderator for program
1992, March:: California Association for the Education of Young Children, Sacramento, CA, "Effects of Child Abuse on the Whole Child, the Whole Adult and the Whole World"
1992, September:: California Department of Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Branch Conference, San Diego, "Health and Safety in Child Care: Creating Basic Curricula and Training Providers," panel member representing California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
1995, January:: California Assocation of Children's Homes, Coronado, CA: "Foster Pride/Adopt Pride Curriculum."
1996, May:: National Foster Parent Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA: "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: What do we know? What can we do?"

Awards and Honors

1965 -- Graduated from San Diego State University with Honors and Distinction in Social Science1982 -- San Diego State University Scholarship recipient for the School of Family Studies and Consumer Sciences upon recommendation of the faculty1983 -- Phi Upsilon Omicron National Candle Scholarship recipient1988 -- Outstanding Foster Care Education Project Director
Award given by the State Project Director of the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to two out of 66 such project directors statewide.1989 -- Award of a Training Program worth $5,000 given by the Child Development Division of the State Department of Education: Training the Trainers for the High/Scope Foundation1989 -- Award of $1,000 stipend from the National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect to attend the Interdisciplinary Child Abuse Training sponsored by San Diego State University, UCSD Medical School, Cal Western Law School and the Center for Child Protection1991 -- Professional Action Grant, California Community Colleges Early Childhood Educators: Award of $500 to disseminate the Grossmont College Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program to all Community College Child Development Programs1991 -- Award for Outstanding Performance as a Coordinator, Division of Business and Vocational Education, Grossmont College1993 -- Award for Outstanding Service on Behalf of Abused and Neglected Children, San Diego Community Child Abuse Coordinating Council1995 -- Professional in Residence Award consisting of a week stay to observe the Betty Ford Alcohol Rehabilitation Program valued at approximately $2,000. Awarded by COACH, an organization to prevent child abuse.1996 -- Distinguished Chair/Outstanding Faculty Member, Grossmont College--This award is made to a faculty member demonstrating excellence in teaching, college involvement, and community service. one person per year is selected by the faculty. It involved a $750 award to attend the NISOD Conference.

Publications

Cited as contributing author in: Sexuality Education for Parents of Young Children, Sally A. Koblinsky, Ed-U Press, Fayetteville, New York, 1983. (Wrote sections on Adoptions and Child Sexual Abuse)Hewes, Dorothy and Behana, Nory. Families and Employers. Strategies for Mutual Benefit, ERIC/ECE Clearinghouse, 1984.Koblinsky, Sally A. and Behana, Nory. "Child Sexual Abuse: The Educator's Role in Prevention, Detection and Intervention." Young Children, 39, 6, September, 1984, pp. 3-15.The above article has been reprinted as chapters in several other major publications such as:Brown, Janet R., Ed., Administering Programs for Young Children, Washington, D.C.: NAEYC, 1984.Dushkin, Readings in Education, 1985, 1986, and 1987 editionsIt was also abstracted in Family Life Educator, 1985, 3, (3), 34-35.It was most recently published as a chapter in Promoting Health in Schools by Randy M. Page, Ph.D., University of Idaho, 1990Behana, N. and Dixon, D. (in progress). Child Abuse: Detection, Intervention, and Prevention.Community ActivitiesUnited Methodist Church: 1974-80 -- volunteer work within the church which developed, organized and implemented two social programs: The "Up From Grief Group" (a grief therapy/support group for people who have had a family member die) and the "Extended Family Program" (designed to provide extended family support and activities or people who need it). Both groups functioned for years after I left area.Vista Grande Elementary School PTA: President, 1981-82 -- Due to the excellence of the educational and cultural experiences offered for both parents and children during this year, the unit was recognized by the California State PTA as one of the top ten units in the state out of several thousand.Cajon Valley School District; Member: -- Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Committee, 1985. Member -- Ad Hoc Planning Committee for Special Education, Learning Disabilities, 1989Red Cross of America -- Volunteer Standard First Aid and CPR InstructorGirl Scouts of America -- Leader, 1980-81Boy Scouts of America -- Leader, 1987-90