Greetings and Very Best and Kind Wishes to All!

My name is Doug Dunlap

 

I am Professor of Rehabilitation

at the University of Maine at Farmington

 

 

Send me email at dunlap@maine.edu!

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Hi! That is I on the right, University President Theodora Kalikow on the left - We are about to climb Sugarloaf Mountain (Maine's second highest, second only to Katahdin) as one of the optional activities of new Student Orientation, September 1998.

Oh yes - the green?- armbands to help students identifyUMF guides on the mountain that day, as it is a popular climb, and many other people were on the mountain that day.

By the way, instead of the climb, some students choose to hike along the Carrabassett River; some chose volleyball or Frisbee; and others hung out at the indoor pool...

Sugarloaf is a 40 minute drive from the campus!

 

 

 

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What's Up/What Matters to Me?

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Helping people to move ahead with their lives while facing major losses,

illness, disability, grief, bereavement ...

 

Therefore ... I teach, do research, and engage in clinical work, related to disability...

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Celebrating the abilities and strengths of people -

within individuals, families, groups, and communities...

 

Therefore ... in my work I endeavor to help people to identify and develop their strengths

as the foundation out of which to base their growth and change ...

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Exploring and developing spirituality as a dimension of health, and of recovery ...

 

Therefore... I have been studying the spiritual dimension of health,

and teaching, speaking, and leading programs on spirituality...

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Promoting the potential of people to find, cherish, and extend their strengths and abilities...

toward the creation of communities of caring people...

 

Therefore, I have been working with others in the local community

to build a community supportive of people with disability,

and people with limited income

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Some of My Favorite Web Sites:

 

(What are Yours? Email me!)

 

Favorite Search Engine;

Good Sites for: Spirituality; Theology; Ability and Disability; Palliative care/end of life care;

Psychology; Rehabilitation

 

Some Fun Sites:

Appalachian Trail; Red Sox

 

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What Am I up to These Days?

 

Community Response to Individual Loss -

An interview-based study, collecting oral history of how people in a rural region have responded to others in times of death, trauma, serious illness, or disaster....

 

 

Rural Poverty Initiatives -

Joining with others in Western Maine to create educational and economic resources and opportunities .. through a new consortium the "Rural Institute on Poverty" ... and training service providers for respectful and crreative service to rural families...

 

 
Rehabilitation and Recovery from Mental Illnesses -

Co-authoring a text for direct service providers on the essential skills and values for helping people to move ahead with their lives...

 Ethics -

Writing a guide to ethical practice for student in field work and service projects...
 

Spirituality -

Leading one or more groups on spiritual growth

 

 

 Multiculturalism -

Developing university coursework - teaching a new multicultural course in 2000!

Loving Life:

Canoes: Build 'em, paddle 'em... Kayak: Expedition type-kayakpacking Hiking: AT and beyond
XC ski: Skiing with the wind... Country stuff: Farm animals, fixing up the old homestead... Spirituality: Contemplation and Poetry
Kids! Fly-fishing Story-telling

 

Pedigrees/Mini-Vita

 

B.A. History, Amherst College; Ed.M. Counseling, Harvard; Ed.D. Counseling, Maine

Candidate for Master of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School

 

Licensed Psychologist; Credentialed FamilyTherapist;

Credentialed Trainer in Psychiatric

Rehabilitation

 

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Reach Me as Follows

 

Doug Dunlap

Dept. of Health and Rehabilitation

University of Maine at Farmington

88 Main Street

Farmington, ME 04938-1911

207-778-7095

FAX 207-778-7045