Ted Ross Watkins

Background

Watkins, Ted Ross was born on December 2, 1938 in Terrell, Texas, United States. Son of Daniel Webster and Iva Lucy (Lowrie) Watkins.

Education

Bachelor in Psychology, University North Texas, 1961. Master of Social Work, Louisiana State University, 1963. Doctor of Social Work, University Pennsylvania, 1976.

Career

Staff social worker Mercer County Mental Health Center, Sharon, Pennsylvania, 1963-1965. Chief social worker, associate executive Talbot Hall Treatment Center, Jonestown, 1965-1970. Chief social worker Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Mental Health Center, 1970-1971.

Assistant professor social work University Texas, Arlington, 1971-1976. Director counseling services Family Services, Inc., Fort Worth, 1976-1979. Associate professor social work University Texas, 1979-1985, director criminal justice, 1985-1987, chair department sociology, 1987-1991, associate professor, graduate advisor social work, 1991-1999.

Associate professor, director Bachelor of Social Work program Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, 1999—2002, professor, since 2002. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Ted Ross Watkins has been listed as a noteworthy social work educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Dual Diagnosis: An Integrated Approach to Treatment

    (Dual Diagnosis presents a model that integrates theory an...)

  • Mental Health Policy and Practice Today (Perspectives on Psychotherapy)

    (The dynamic nature of mental health practice today is ref...)

Membership

Texas delegate to President's Commission in Mental Health, Austin, 1978. Member National Association of Social Workers (state board directors 1976-1978, 80-82, unit chair, volunteer lobbyist 1982), Academy Certified Social Workers (licensed master social worker, advanced clinical practitioner), World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Alliance for the Mentally Ill, National Association for Rural Mental Health, National Social Science Association.

Interests

• Avocations: music, painting, camping.

Connections

Married Betty Diane Dobbs, May 30, 1959. Children: Evan Scott, Brett Dobbs, James David.

Father:

Daniel Webster Watkins

Mother:

Iva Lucy (Lowrie) Watkins

Spouse:

Betty Diane Dobbs

child:

Brett Dobbs Watkins

child:

James David Watkins

child:

Evan Scott Watkins