Biography

Ann Carrellas is a doctoral student in the School of Social Work at Wayne State University. She is currently working on analyzing quantitative and qualitative data bases related to the health concerns of youth transitioning from foster care. She has presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, the International Association of the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities World Congress, the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Conference, and the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

As a research assistant at the Developmental Disabilities Institute, she manages several projects related to the inclusion of persons with disabilities and their families in all facets of society and their quality of life. Currently, she is the project director for Project TEAM (Teens making Environmental and Activity Modifications), an intervention study of an empowerment model for teens with disabilities in their transition years from school to adult life. She also serves as a collaboration partner on a project to form a model program that addresses the needs of persons with developmental disabilities who have experienced domestic and sexual violence. Ann has a long history of advocacy, partnering with individuals, families and systems to enhance the civil and human rights of persons with disabilities. She has extensive administrative and direct service experience in programs serving adults with developmental disabilities. Additionally she served for four years as a rural health Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, West Africa.
 

Academic Experience

• Quantitative
• Qualitative phenomenological analysis

 

Education

M.S.W. University of Michigan, School of Social Work
M.A. Learning Disabilities, Madonna University
M.A. Elementary Education, University of Michigan
B.A. Sociology, Boston University
 

Teaching Experience

• Interpersonal Practice Methods
• Federal Welfare Policy (Social Security, Medicaid, Foster Care, TANF)
• Macro theory (organizational and systems change)
• Social justice and issues related to race, gender, class, and other oppressive social structures
• Statistics

 

Office Location

4809 Woodward Avenue, Suite 268 Detroit, MI 48202

Areas of Expertise

SUBSTANTIVE AREA EXPERTISE

•  Screening individuals for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
•  Foster care and developmental disabilities related policies and practice
•  Health care needs of transitioning foster youth 

Office Phone

313-577-8562

Projects

• Oral Health Care Needs of Youth Transitioning from Foster Care
• Policies Related to Youth with Disabilities Aging Out of Foster Care and Access to Transition Services

 

Courses Taught

SW 8115 Application of the DSM Assessment System in Social Work Practice

SW 7040 Methods of Social Work Practice

SWRK 200 Human Diversity and Social Justice
 

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