Victoria Kepler Didato's Schools

• University of Akron , Class of 1984 MA in Development Studies Graduated with Grade Point 4.0. My master’s thesis was published as a book ONE IN FOUR by SocialInterest Press, Inc. in 1983 and later was selected as the official textbook for the University of Kiev in training social workers in the field of child abuse and neglect, translated into Russian. Recipient of Service to Humanity Award by Chi Sigma Iota—Counseling Honorary-1983. Accepted into doctoral program and completed one year of 3 year program in the Graduate School of Educational Guidance and Counseling from 1984 to 1985

• Pennsylvania State University , Class of 1975 Bachelors in Law and Development Studies Graduated with 3.55 grade point Accepted into following Honorary Societies at Pennsylvania State University: Cwens, Parmi Nous, Mortarboard, Scrolls, Lambda Alpha Epsilon (first female accepted) First Woman selected to Board of Directors of LAE, national criminal justice honorary Voted Outstanding Senior by Chi Omega at Penn State – 1974

Victoria Kepler Didato's Affiliations

• AACC-American Association of Christian Counselors Professional Membership

• APA-American Psychotherapy Association Professional Membership: Diplomate Status

Victoria Kepler Didato's Publications

• Social Work throughout History July, 2011 An accomplished counselor, social worker, and current Director of the Child Sexual Abuse Institute of Ohio, “Victoria Kepler Didato:http://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriakeplerdidato possesses more than three decades of experience in the field. Social work refers to a professional discipline that seeks to effect positive societal change and enhance social welfare and justice. In most cases, social workers like Victoria Kepler Didato set out to increase the quality of life for all members of a community. Although social work in its modern form has only existed since the days of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the tradition of extending social services to the poor extends back more than 1,500 years. During the time of Constantine I and his legalization of the Christian Church in the West, the Church established a series of Empire-funded services and facilities such as orphanages, hospitals, poorhouses, and housing for the elderly. By the end of the 6th century AD, many churches established an office of the deacon to organize charitable activities. Throughout the rest of the Middle Ages and on through the Renaissance and Enlightenment, the Christian Church served as the primary distributor of charitable services. With the collapse of feudalism and the onset of the Industrial Revolution, many Western societies began to establish a system of social welfare to care for the poor. In England, the Poor Laws of the late 16th century classified people in underserved areas according to their needs and abilities and attempted to help them as such. During the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, a large-scale migration of people from rural areas to urban hubs took place, which aggravated a number of social concerns and led people to organize. In response to the sudden population growth in large cities, the English government began to establish poorhouses and orphanages to care for those in need. In the United States, the first instances of social work came in the form of hospitals and public health centers during the days of early European settlement. The mass migration of people to urban centers in the 19th century prompted both public and private entities to establish social welfare organizations such as the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children, founded by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell in 1853. In 1905, the Massachusetts General Hospital hired Garnet Pelton, the first professional social worker. Throughout the rest of the 20th century, the social work profession continued to experience growth and was reinvented as an academic discipline to supplement its tradition of addressing social problems. Victoria Kepler Didato on Multiply

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