Robert M. Ortega, Associate Professor of Social Work
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Robert M. Ortega 
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BA, Psychology, 1977, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
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MSW, Families and Groups, 1983, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
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MA, Social Psychology, 1987, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
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PhD, Social Work and Social Psychology, 1991, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BioSketch
Associate Professor Robert Ortega has been on faculty at the University of Michigan School of Social Work since 1991. He teaches foundation and advanced interpersonal practice courses and is clinical consultant to the School of Social Work's Family Assessment Clinic. In terms of research, he specializes in the areas of mental health and child welfare, relationship development, group work practice, treatment interventions and service utilization. Professor Ortega has presented and written extensively on these topics with a special focus on diversity and multiculturalism in research and practice. He has published specifically in the areas of mutual aid, group work practice, multicultural issues in research, child welfare permanency planning and family preservation. He was the principal investigator of the first national study of Latinos and child welfare, and co- researcher with Lorraine Gutierrez on the international study of Latino child well-being. He is currently involved in several national research projects and organizations focusing on child welfare, adoption and child well-being issues.
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University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
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