Sibyl Beaulieu
Sibyl Beaulieu
PRIMARY SPECIALTY
Social Work
Biography
Sibyl Beaulieu earned her Bachelor of Social Work from Oakwood College in 1991 and Master of Social Work from Loma Linda University in 1995. She has a dual practice focus of clinical social work and child welfare. She earned her Doctor of Social Work from University of St. Thomas in 2020 where her dissertation focused on how the training of field administrators within the Academy coincided with two NASW ethical standards.
Sibyl’s practice experience spans several different areas including child welfare practice; macro practice as a consultant, educator and trainer for both the States of Alabama and Tennessee; social work education as faculty with University of Massachusetts Global and La Sierra University; adjunct instructor for Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama as a macro practitioner; and a geriatric clinician with Jackson County Mental Health in Alabama. She also served as a Program Director with Family Services Center in Huntsville, Alabama for the Both Parents Supervised Visitation Program. This position included expertise as a parenting and visitation mediation specialist. Her social work teaching focus is social welfare policy, child abuse, and field education pedagogy development and implementation.
Sibyl is a lover of jazz and gospel music and has been singing since the age of 5. She collects antique furniture, enjoys home decorating, traveling, cooking global foods and is a dedicated cat parent to Samuel L. Jackson.
Specialty
- Social Work
- Welfare Policy Development
- Geriatric Social Work
- Child Welfare Intervention
- Field Practicum Education
Education
2020
DSW
University of St. Thomas
Dissertation: "The Training and Mentoring of Social Work Field Directors within the Academy:
An Ethical Dilemma or Not?"
1995
MSW
Loma Linda University
Thesis: "The retroactive memories of daughters regarding conflictual relationships with their fathers and current depression symptoms"
1991
BSW
Oakwood University
Generalist Social Work
Scholarly Activities
2024 -
Member: Council on Social Work Education - Council on Field Education (CoFE)
2024
"Building an Online Field Program: A Framework from our Experience" Presentation - BPD Annual Program Meeting, New Orleans, LA
2020
"The Training and Mentoring of Social Work Administrators in the Academy" - Paper Presentation, CSWE Annual Program Meeting
Professional Experiences
2014 -
Associate Professor/Director of Field Education – Department of Social Work
University of Massachusetts, Global
Oversee Field Education Division, teach field education pedagogy, course development, field policy development, placement site development
2007 - 2014
Assistant Professor/Director of Field Education
La Sierra University
Oversee field education, teach field pedagogy, course development, field policy development, placement site development
2005 - 2007
Assistant Professor
Southern Adventist University
Community Education coordinator; taught BSW curriculum and provided statewide child welfare training through the Child Welfare University Consortium