Dr. Leslie Jaber-Wilson
Dr. Jaber-Wilson earned her BSW, MSW and Doctorate in Social Work (DSW). She has been a social work educator and social work program administrator for 17 years. She has over 30 years of experience in direct social work practice in a variety of settings. Dr. Jaber-Wilson is an advanced practice social worker in Wisconsin and has training as an adoption competent clinician. She has experience in child welfare, therapeutic foster care, mental health, non-profit creation and management, and quality and risk management. She worked closely with the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Fond du Lac Chapter to create and fund a mental health drop-in center and served on their board for many years, offering grant writing and training. She serves as a grant reviewer for the United Way in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Dr. Jaber-Wilson started a treatment foster care agency and continues to train foster parents and foster care social workers and facilitates foster parent support groups. She believes strongly that to decrease loyalty conflicts and feelings of ambiguous loss and to promote reunification for children placed in foster care, foster parents and birth parents must work closely together in co-parenting.
Education History
2016 - Doctorate in Social Work (DSW), Aurora University
- "Predictors of co-parenting behavior: An analysis of foster parents’ perceptions of co-parenting with biological parents"
2001 - Master of Social Work, University of Washington
1991 - Bachelor of Social Work, Marian College
Scholarly Activities
2019
- Journal of Social Work Education 2021 Awards Best Empirical Article Dreschsler, K., Hessenauer, S., & Jaber-Wilson, L. (2019). Engaging diversity and difference in practice competency: Exploring the explicit curriculum and outcome measures of graduate social work programs. Journal of Social Work Education, 56, 341–353.
2015 - 2016
- Wisconsin Behavioral Health Training Partnership (2015, 2016) Developed policies and procedures for state-wide crisis stabilization for respite and foster care providers. Evaluated and provided input into revision of the program’s Crisis Services Overview Training and Suicide and Risk Assessment Training for use with foster parents
2011
- Council on Social Work Education Site Visitor (2011-2020, 2023 to present)
Professsional Experience
2010 - Foster Parent Trainer and Support Group Facilitator
- Taught courses in the Special Education MA Intervention Specialist Program. This included teaching courses in the ABA concentration, autism certificate, and the Educational Leadership and Special Education Administration program.
2018-2022 - Executive Director, Hopeful Haven, Wisconsin
- Provide management to a child-placing agency serving foster children and families throughout Wisconsin.
2014-2018 - Co-Founder & Clinical Consultant, Pillar & Vine, Wisconsin
- Developed and provided oversight to a private, non-profit, child-placing serving children placed in foster care throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Education History
2016 - Doctorate in Social Work (DSW), Aurora University
- "Predictors of co-parenting behavior: An analysis of foster parents’ perceptions of co-parenting with biological parents"
2001 - Master of Social Work, University of Washington
1991 - Bachelor of Social Work, Marian College
Scholarly Activities
2019
- Journal of Social Work Education 2021 Awards Best Empirical Article Dreschsler, K., Hessenauer, S., & Jaber-Wilson, L. (2019). Engaging diversity and difference in practice competency: Exploring the explicit curriculum and outcome measures of graduate social work programs. Journal of Social Work Education, 56, 341–353.
2015 - 2016
- Wisconsin Behavioral Health Training Partnership (2015, 2016) Developed policies and procedures for state-wide crisis stabilization for respite and foster care providers. Evaluated and provided input into revision of the program’s Crisis Services Overview Training and Suicide and Risk Assessment Training for use with foster parents
2011
- Council on Social Work Education Site Visitor (2011-2020, 2023 to present)
Professsional Experience
2010 - Foster Parent Trainer and Support Group Facilitator
- Taught courses in the Special Education MA Intervention Specialist Program. This included teaching courses in the ABA concentration, autism certificate, and the Educational Leadership and Special Education Administration program.
2018-2022 - Executive Director, Hopeful Haven, Wisconsin
- Provide management to a child-placing agency serving foster children and families throughout Wisconsin.
2014-2018 - Co-Founder & Clinical Consultant, Pillar & Vine, Wisconsin
- Developed and provided oversight to a private, non-profit, child-placing serving children placed in foster care throughout the state of Wisconsin.
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