Transcript Ireland Readings: Posted: CANVAS

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USF Education Abroad: Ireland
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USF World Office
Contact: Masai Shakong
813-974-9024
Educationabroad.global.usf.edu – Click on Available
Programs = Ireland Global Social Policy…
College of Behavioral & Community Sciences – Dept.
of Mental Health, Law & Policy
Contact: Mark Engelhardt @ [email protected]
Direct Line 813-974-0769 – Program Director
http://mhlp.fmhi.usf.edu
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Ireland Study Abroad: Classes
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USF Faculty: Mark A. Engelhardt, MS, MSW, ACSW
USF Campus – Building MHC Room 2531 (2-5PM)
May 19- Course Overview & Planning – Travel Plans
June 2 – U.S. & Ireland’s Strategic Plans & Progress
June 16 – Dr. Sam Tsemberis – Housing First – SKYPE
June 21 - Noon – Meet @ Trinity College, Dublin
June 22-26 – Dr. Eoin O’Sullivan with host faculty of
Trinity College and community provider site visits
 June 27th- July 3rd West Coast – Galway & Killarney
 July 14th Lessons Learned with Dr. Tsemberis - SKYPE
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Course Framework
 Systems Level – Policies, Strategic Plans, Cultures
 Program Level – Evidenced-based practices – Focus on
Housing First and Permanent Housing Solutions
 Individual Level – Interdisciplinary – Complex issues
of poverty, health, substance use/abuse, mental
health, criminology, populations, recovery, hope
 Student Expectations: Readings, Class participation,
field experiences, observations, journals, essays,
comparative analysis, and meeting new Irish friends
along the way. Cead Mile’ Failte’ to the course.
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Ireland Study Abroad
 Global Social Policy, Planning & Practices:
Interdisciplinary Solutions to Homelessness in the
United States and Ireland (MHS 4931 & MHS 6900)
 The following readings were chosen to give the reader
a framework for understanding the similarities and
differences on how the U.S. and Ireland approach
“ending or eliminating” homelessness. They include
policy level principles, strategic plans, leading models,
target populations and actions at the local level.
 All readings are posted on CANVAS and printed
 Students have required Pre-travel & optional readings
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Ireland Readings: Required
 Dr. Sam Tsemberis (U.S.)– Housing First: Pathways to
Housing Model – Appendix A & C-5 - Research &
Evaluation & Fidelity Model – Essential Ingredients
 Housing First DVD to be shown in class: Discussion
 Dr. Paula Mayock & Dr. Eoin O’Sullivan – Trinity
College, Dublin – Lives in Crisis (pages 7-35) – Chapter
1 – Youth Homelessness in Ireland
 U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness – Opening
Doors 2012 Update – U.S. Federal Strategic Plan to
Prevent and End Homelessness
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Ireland Readings: Required
 Ireland – Dept. of Environment, Heritage & Local
Government - The Way Home – A Strategy to Address
Adult Homelessness in Ireland ( 90 Pages)
 Dr. Eoin O’Sullivan – Ending Homelessness – A
Housing Led Approach – School of Social Work and
Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin (May 2012)
 Ireland – Homelessness Policy Statement (2013) –
Environment, Community & Local Government (2
Pages)
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Trinity College - Classes
 Monday 6/22/15– Homelessness in Ireland – History &
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Contemporary Issues – Dr. Eoin O’Sullivan
Tuesday – Young People in Ireland – Dr. Paula Mayock
Wednesday – European Homelessness – Dr. O’Sullivan
Field Visit – Focus Ireland - Dublin
Thursday – Housing First in Dublin – Dr. Ronni
Greenwood (U. of Limerick)
Friday 6/26/15 - Homeless Strategies and Future
Challenges – Dr. O’Sullivan & Student Led Discussion
Mark Engelhardt will add the U.S. Perspective M-F
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Week 2: Tour & Excursions
 Saturday June 27 – Travel to Galway via Athlone to
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meet with the Midlands Simon Community & AIT
Galway – Jury’s Hotel (3 Nights) Saturday
Sunday – Connemara – Kylemore Abbey – Clifden
Monday – Aran Island Tour Ferry Ride
Tuesday – Ferry - Burren – Cliffs of Moher to Killarney
Wed. – Dingle Peninsula – Site Visits
Thursday – Gap of Dunloe – Lakes – Ross Castle
Friday – 7/3 To Dublin via the Irish National Stud
(horses) /Japanese Gardens to Airport hotel
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Tour Websites
 www.tcd.ie/ Trinity College
 www.dublin.ie/ Dublin
 www.jurysinns.com/hotels/galway Jury’s Hotel
 www.aranislands.ie/ Inishmore – Aran Islands
 www.killarneycourthotel.com Killarney Court Hotel
 www.dingle-peninsula.ie Dingle Peninsula
 www.gapofdunloe.com/ (Kate Kearney’s Cottage)
 www.irishnationalstud.ie/ Irish National Stud - Horses
 www.bewleyshotels.com/dublin_airport Bewley Hotel
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Optional Readings ( A Few)
 Dr. Eoin O’Sullivan (Collaborating Faculty) –
Sustainable Solutions to Homelessness: The Irish
Case, European Journal of Homelessness, 2, 2008,
Pages 203 – 231
 Mental Health Commission (Ireland) Strategic Plan
2013-15, Dublin (PDF) www.mhcirl.ie
 The President’s New freedom Commission on Mental
Health (U.S.) Achieving the Promise: Transforming
Mental Health Care in America, SAMHSA, Publication
SMA03-3831 (Digital Download – PDF)
 www.pathwaystohousing.org Housing First Research
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YOU TUBE – A few clips
 Focus Ireland – Videos (Also Simon Community)
 Sam Tsemberis – Interview with Pat Kenny – Dublin
 Sam Tsemberis – TEDxTalks – Moses Brown School
 FEANTSA – Ending Homelessness campaign in
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Europe Film
The At Home Chez Soi – Canada - Findings
Volker Busch – Gerrtsema – Germany (HF)
Google - Homeless in London, Ireland, America
USICH – Homeless – Policy Meetings - USA
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Collaborating Faculty & Speakers
 The following faculty are planned participants:
 Dr. Sam Tsemberis – U.S. Pathways to Housing
 Dr. Eoin O’Sullivan & Dr. Paula Mayock – Trinity
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College, Dublin, Ireland - Hosts
Dr. Ronni Greenwood – U. of Limerick (guest speaker)
Focus Ireland – Dublin (Staff)
Tony O’Riordan – CEO Midlands Simon Community
Dr. Oliver Hegarty – Athlone Institute of Technology
Michael O’Connor – KilarneyWalks
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Mark Engelhardt (USF)
& Eoin O’Sullivan (Trinity – Dublin)
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Irish National Stud & IRWS
Irish Race Horses- Kildare
Ireland
Irish Red & White Setters
Odessa, Florida (USA)
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