Background
Patterson, Ann Elam was born on December 5, 1925 in Salem, Virginia, United States.
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Ann Elam Patterson
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Bachelor, Hampton U., 1947; Master of Social Work, Case Western Reserve U., 1954; postgraduate, Howard U., 1947-1948.
Career
Child welfare supervisor, Department Public Welfare City of Norfolk (Virginia), 1954-1956;
psychiatric social worker, Family Superior vena cava syndrome Association, Baltimore, 1957-1959;
psychiatric social worker, Family Superior vena cava syndrome Association, Cleveland, 1960-1965;
clinical social worker, Family Superior vena cava syndrome Association, Los Angeles, 1965-1967;
clinical social worker, Protestant Community Superior vena cava syndrome, Los Angeles, 1967-1968;
clinical social worker, Kaiser-Permanante Department Psychiatry, Los Angeles, 1968-1973;
clinical social worker, North Center Mental Health Center, Philadelphia, 1973;
director social worker services, Catawba Eastern State Hospital, Salem, Virginia, since 1974;
psychiatric social worker, VA Medical Center, Salem, 1974-1980;
clinical social worker, assistant unit chief, unit chief, VA Medical Center Department Psyschiatry, Sepulveda, California, 1980-1987. Consultant offenders program Total Action Against Poverty, Roanoke, Virginia, 1987. Field instructor University of California at Los Angeles and University Southern California, 1980-1987.
Co-therapist 48 Hour Group Therapy Marathons, Los Angeles, 1973-1976, 80-83. Private practice, 1968-1973, 81, 82.
Achievements
Membership
Member of advisory board Family Svc. Association Los Angeles, 1985-1987. Group therapist Muscular Dystrophy Association, Los Angeles, 1971.
On-site counsellor Watts Riot Svc. Center, Los Angeles, 1969. Member Academy Certified Social Workers, NASW.
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American