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Terra Nevrencan

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Student Intervention Specialist / Administrative Departments - Student Development and Services
Instructor / Faculty of Education and Professional Studies - School of Social Work - Social Work
Position
Administration
Part-time Faculty
Extension
4605
Website
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About
Terra currently works within Student Development and Services at Nipissing University. She is a Registered Social Worker and a member of the Canadian Association of Play Therapy. Terra also has a private practice within the community. With over 20 years of experience within children’s mental health, developmental services, child welfare and counselling services she has been very active in violence against women issues and prevention of child abuse. Terra sits on multiple service committees including the Violence Against Women Coordinating Committee where she has held various executive positions, Nipissing Service Collaborative, and is a Director with the Nipissing Transition House. She works from a strength-based perspective wanting people to achieve their optimal level of functioning.
Education
MSW, Laurentian University
BA Hons Psychology, Nipissing University
RSW, Play Therapist Intern (CAPT)
Research

Terra currently is certified to teach Mental Health First Aid for Adults who work with Youth (MHFA) and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). She has taught part of the new worker curriculum within Child Welfare and was part of helping deliver changes to the Child and Youth Family Services Act. She has taught Risk Resiliency and Complexity and has been an External Field Supervisor and Field Liaison within Nipissing’s Social Work Department. Terra’s research has included helping devise a diagnostic screening tool for adult psychiatric patients who were abused as children. She also completed an ecological study on the needs of grandparents who were caring for their grandchildren where one of the biological parents had an addiction issue. Her research interests continue to be diverse. Often wanting to help provide a stronger connection between the needs of service users and current policy development.

Publications
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