TIMOTHY B. CONLEY, Ph.D., M.S.W., L.C.S.W., C.A.S.
Timothy.Conley@UMontana.edu
(w) 406-243-5557
(h) 406-240-6617
EDUCATION
| Ph.D., Social Work Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | 2001 |
| Masters of Social Work Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York | 1987 |
| Bachelor in Arts, Liberal Arts Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts | 1985 |
| Associate in Arts, Liberal Arts Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, Massachusetts | 1983 |
LICENSES & CERTIFICATION
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (MT# 697-LCSW)
- Certified Addiction Specialist, American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (1996 to present)
- Licensed Certified Independent Contractor, State of Montana
DIRECT SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
| FULL TIME PRIVATE PRACTICE | Danvers and Newburyport, Massachusetts |
| Position | 1991-2003 |
| Providing individual and group psychotherapy to addicted and mentally ill clients. Functioned as a consulting clinical and social work field placement supervisor to a non-profit agency. Secured a three year contract with the U.S. Postal Service for EAP case management and provided services for up to 15 postal workers per week. Held a 6 year contract with ComPsych Inc. of Chicago to provide full EAP services to 5500 General Electric Aircraft Engine Division employees, Lynn, MA; consulting drug free workplace coordinator. | |
| NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ADDICTIONS | Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Program Development Consultant | 2001-2002 |
| Supported development of a non-profit education and training library. Stimulated and coordinated growth of education and training programs for addiction treatment professionals and the community. Hired and supervised support staff. | |
| OPTUM EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (Formerly IHR) | Baltimore, MD |
| New England Regional Coordinator | 1991-1996 |
| Administered complete Employee Assistance Programs to several accounts with employee populations exceeding 3500. Provided work place wellness and stress management seminars and conducted supervisory training and consultation. Conducted assessment, evaluation and referral for clients with a wide range of clinical issues. | |
| BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATES, THE DELPHI CENTER | Danvers, Massachusetts |
| Director | 1989-1991 |
| Managed a behavior therapy practice's business including: accounting, hiring clinicians and consultants, marketing, and coordinating quality assurance policies. Provided individual and group psychotherapy for chemically dependent individuals. | |
| MIDDLESEX COUNTY HOSPITAL | Waltham, MA |
| Position | 1987-1989 |
| Senior Counselor at a fourteen day court ordered inpatient treatment program for multiple offender drunk drivers. Clinical responsibilities included assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis of chemical dependency and facilitating short term group therapy. Developed and taught new psycho-educational classes. Served as a member of the Treatment Review Team formulating special clinical interventions for non-compliant cases. This became the site of my dissertation work in 2001. | |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA | Missoula, Montana |
| Associate Professor, School of Social Work | 2003 to present |
| Full time, tenure track. Providing teaching, research and service for the department. Member of Admission committee, Program Evaluation committee and Drug and Alcohol Advisory committee. Developed Schools first fully on-line course: Addictions Practice, graduate level. Received Merit Award pay increase 2006; promotion to Associate Professor in 2007. Recognized by Division of Student Affairs for generous support of students, activities and programs, 2004 & 2005. Developed State approved Licensed Addiction Counselor training program (and affiliated practicum sites) in the School of Social Work for BSW an MSW students. Teaching graduate courses: SW with Individuals and Families; SW with Groups and Communities; Advanced integrated Practice; Foundation Research; Practicum Seminar I. and II. Taught undergraduate courses: Introduction to SW Practice; SW with Individuals and Families; Practicum Seminar. Faculty field liaison to addiction and mental health practice sites. Secured and co-investigated an $83,433 program evaluation research grant for the Montana Department of Corrections studying rates of addiction and mental illness in pre-release center participants while developing a predictive model for recidivism. Secured additional $118,000 contract for statewide on-line training of parole and probation officers. | |
| SALEM STATE COLLEGE | Massachusetts |
| Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Social Work | Spring 2002 |
| Teaching Social Work Research (SWK707) for Spring 2002. | |
| ENDICOTT COLLEGE | Massachusetts |
| Adjunct Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences | 2001-2003 |
| Developed and implemented original new curriculum for undergraduate statistics courses fall and spring. Conducted senior seminar concurrent with 12 credit field placement for psychology and criminal justice students. | |
| BOSTON COLLEGE | Massachusetts |
| Graduate Research Assistant, Social Work | 2000-2001 |
| Assisted Ph.D. students with statistical data set management. | |
| NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Massachusetts |
| Instructor | 1989-1992 |
| Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counselor Training Program | |
| Employer | New England |
| Continuing Education Trainer | 1990-2002 |
| Created and conducted new training seminars for professional Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) for Social Workers, Nurses and Psychologists throughout New England. | |
FUNDED RESEARCH & CONTRACTS
| Department of Corrections: Elkhorn and Nexus programs | 2007 |
| Collaboratively funded program evaluation consultation for two ‘methamphetamine related crime’ prison programs; $10,000 | |
| Department of Corrections, Parole and Probation, State of Montana | 2006-2007 |
| Developing and conducting four, 16-hour on-line training modules: addictions, mental illness, diversity and violent offender management strategies. Principal developer. $131,600 | |
| Department of Corrections, Community Corrections, State of Montana | 2005-2007 |
| Program evaluation research study predicting outcomes for pre-release center program participants, 5 sites state wide. Co-Principal Investigator; $83,433 | |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services, Addictive and Mental Disorders Division, State of Montana | 2005-2006 |
| Revision of the Assessment, Course and Treatment (ACT) Instructor Manual for persons convicted of OUI; statewide training of licensed OUI program counselors. Co-funded by Montana's Department of Transportation. Sole Author; $10,000 | |
| Department of Labor and Industry, State of Montana | 2006 |
| Designed and conducted an internet survey of private adolescent treatment programs statewide to help develop regulatory board policy. Principal Investigator; $2500 | |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services, Addictive and Mental Disorders Division, State of Montana | 2004-2005 |
| Program evaluation research design for the Meth-Free Montana prevention program. Principal Investigator; $5,000 | |
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Conley, T., Schantz, D., Aronson, S. Schwanfelder, S. (Under review). Exploratory factor analysis of the Index for Training Need's interest scale with practicing rural Social Workers. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.
Conley, T. (in press). The Big Book. Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. New York: Sage
Conley, T. (in press). The Twelve Steps. Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. New York: Sage
Conley, T., Schantz, D., Schwanfelder, S. & Vaillancourt, M., (2006). Meeting the addiction education and continuing training needs of rural master’s level social workers: Workforce development through social work education. The International Journal of continuing Social Work education, 9 (1) Spring 2006, p. 24-34.
Conley, T., (2006). Court ordered multiple offender drunk drivers: The validity and reliability of rapid assessment. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, Vol. 6 (3) p. 37-51.
Conley, T., O'Hare, T. (2006). Factorial validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: Drunk drivers vs. college students. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 6 (3) p. 25-36.
Conley, T. (2006). Review of the book: Walsh, J. (2006). Theories for direct social work practice. Belmont, CA: Thomson, Brooks Cole Publishing. Research on Social Work Practice, 16(5) p. 544-545.
Conley, T. & Schantz, D. (2006). Review of the book: Holcomb, Z.C. (2006). SPSS Basics: Techniques for a first course in Statistics. Glendale, CA: Pyrczak Publishing. Research on Social Work Practice, 16(5) p. 547-548.
Conley, T., (2005). Evaluating rapid assessment instruments' (RAI's) in a practice setting: Use of Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) analysis, The Journal of Evidence Based Social Work, 2 (1/2), p. 137-154. Published simultaneously in: Hilarski, C. (ed.) (2005). Addiction, assessment, and treatment with adolescents, adults, and families. Binghamton, NY Haworth Social Work Press.
Conley, T. (2001). "Construct Validity of the MAST and AUDIT with multiple offender drunk drivers" Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 20 (4), June 2001, p. 287-295.
ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Conley, T., and Evers, J. (2007). Racial Justice Pre-Test: Survey Results. Statistical report on file with the Missoula, MT, YWCA Racial Justice Task Force, p.1-7.
Conley, T. Schantz, D., (2006). "Predicting and Reducing Recidivism: Factors Contributing to Recidivism in the State of Montana Pre-release Center Population & the Issue of Measurement: A report with recommendations for policy change." On file with Montana Department of correction and the University of Montana School of Social Work. November 20th, 2006. p. 1-20.
Conley, T., (2006). "Findings from the NASW 2005 Membership Survey...or everything you always wanted to know about NASW, but were afraid to ask." Montana News: The official Newsletter of the Montana Chapter National Association of Social Workers.
Conley, T (2001 to present). Electronic essay publications for the practice community at: http://drconley.wellplace.com
- "The Distorted Face of Drunk Driving"
- "Pain Medication and Recovering Addicts"
- "The Addict as Scholar: Recovering Persons in College"
- "Alcoholism and Underlying Causes"
- "The story of the Moral"
- "Recovering Alcoholic, Stressful Winter Holiday"
- "Meetings Make Me Want to Drink"
- "Sexual Abuse and Recovery from Alcoholism"
- "The Summertime of Recovery"
- "Relapse"
PAPER AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Schantz, D. and Conley, T. (2007). Evidence based workforce assessment and training: A government-university continuing education partnership. Scheduled for presentation at the Annual Program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, San Francisco, October, 2007.
Conley, T. and Schantz, D. (2007) Report to the Montana State Legislature Joint Committee on Corrections and Public Safety. One hour legislative testimony concerning our program evaluation research study predicting outcomes for pre-release center program. Thursday, January 11, 2007.
Conley, T, (2006). "Social work assessment of Substance Use Disorders for the non-specialist." A 1/2 day training presented at the Montana State Chapter of NASW Annual Conference, April 8,th 2006 Fairmont Hot Springs, MT.
Conley, T. & Ewan, M. (2006). "NASW Survey 2005: Guide for the vitality and effectiveness of the Montana Chapter." Montana State Chapter of NASW Annual Conference, April 8th, 2006 Fairmont Hot Springs, MT.
Conley, T. & Schantz, D., (2006). Surveying Rural LCSW's Using the Index of Training Needs. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, San Antonio TX, January 2006.
Conley, T. & Schantz, D., (2006). Meeting the Addiction Education and Training Needs of Rural Master's Level Social Workers. Presented at the Annual Program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Chicago February, 2006.
Conley, T. (2004) "Membership Survey Results," a brief report to the Montana Association of Addiction Service Providers, annual conference of the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors in West Yellowstone, MT.
Conley, T. & Schantz, D. (2004). "Speaking Out on Addiction," results of a statewide survey of LCSW's in Montana presented at the Annual Conference of the State Chapter of NASW in Helena, Montana November 13, 2004.
Conley, T. & Mullaly, R., (2004). "Role Challenges for EAP in Violence in the Workplace Cases," Training presented at The Summer Institute for Addiction and Prevention Studies, sponsored by The Mountain West Addiction Technology Transfer Center, LasVegas, NV, July, 2004.
Conley, T. (2003). "Establishing Optimal Cut Points for Rapid Assessment Instruments in a Practice Setting: Effective Use of Receiver Operating Characteristics," poster presented at Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, Washington, D.C., January 2003.
Conley, T. (2002). "Factorial validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) with drunk drivers emergency room patients, and colleges students," oral presentation at Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, San Diego CA, January 2002.
Conley, T. (2001). "Construct validity of the MAST and AUDIT with multiple offender drunk drivers: Results of a preliminary analysis," oral presentation at Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, Atlanta GA, January, 2001.
"SPSS: an overview for beginning and intermediate users," presented at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Boston, MA, fall 1999 & 2000.
Conley (1991). "Critical issues in treating the substance abuser: Existentialist philosophy and the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous," Drug and Alcohol Use Disorders Conference sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society, 1991.
Conley (1990) "Issues in self disclosure: The recovering counselor in the treatment process," National Organization of Human Services Education, Annual Conference, 1990.
EDITORIAL BOARDS, TASK FORCES & MEMBERSHIPS
Assistant Editor: Research on Social Work Practice
Assistant Editor: Journal of Evidence Based Social Work: Advances in Practice, Programming, Research and Policy
Assistant Editor: Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
Building Partnerships in Rural Mental Health Workforce Development, a workshop in Phoenix, AZ (March 4-5, 2005)
President, board of directors, Community Care underage substance abuse treatment program
President, Board of directors, Western Montana Addiction Services (Turning Point)
Governors methamphetamine task force, Billings, MT (Summer 2004; appointed)
Missoula County DUI task force, Missoula, MT, (2004 – present)
Society for Social Work and Research (member since 1998)
Council on Social Work Education (member since 1998)
National Association of Social Workers (member since 1987)
Life Member: Massachusetts Chess Association
PERSONAL INTERSTS, HOBBIES, ACTIVITIES
Tennis: USTA level 3.5
Up-hill mountain bike climbing
Open water swimming, ocean and lakes
Wilderness area front country day hiking
United States Chess Federation, past member
Massachusetts Chess Association, Life Member
International internet chess club member, active