SUSAN LETTENEY, D.S.W., A.C.S.W.
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Sciences, Social Work
Program
The City University of New York
York College
Influencing Social Policy (ISP) Liaison www.statepolicy.org
New York State Social Work Education Association Liaison www.skidmore.nysswea.com
EDUCATION
DSW 1997 Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University
MSW 1988 Hunter College School of Social Work, The City University of New York
BS 1977 George Peabody College for Teachers, Vanderbilt University
5/02-4/03 PSC-CUNY Planning for the Continuous Care of Children in HIV
Affected Families
5/02-4/03 PIAF Social Worker’s Knowledge, Attitudes &
Behavior:
Future Care & Custody Planning For HIV Affected Families
4/01-4/02 PSC-CUNY The Relationship of Social Support and Mood to HIV Disclosure
Within Families
4/01-4/02 PIAF Supplement to above
1993-2000 Ryan White The Women's Project: Harm Reduction for HIV Positive,
Chemically Dependent Women
1995-2000 NYSDOH Families In Transition: Permanency Planning for HIV-Affected
Families
1997-1999 Liz Claiborne Early Support Group Project
Letteney, S.
(2000). How do I tell my
children? HIV, IV drugs, and disclosure.
The Counselor, (March/April), 13-17.
Beckerman, N., Letteney, S., & Lorber, K. (2000). Couples of mixed HIV status: Key emotional issues.
Social Work in Health Care, 31 (4), 25-41.
PRESENTATIONS
Demas, P., Lee, S., Letteney, S., Allison, S., Simoni, J., Becker, L., Porricolo, M., Burton-
Goode, J., & New, M. (2002). Issues facing children infected with HIV and
their caregivers. Presented in Poster Session at the American Psychological Association
Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Franchi, D., Krauss, B., Letteney, S., & Silverman, F. (2000). Future care and custody:
Constants and changes in a half-decade of program experience with HIV-affected families.
Paper presented at the Eighth Annual National Institute of Mental Health Conference,
“The Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS,” Chicago, IL.
Krauss, B.J., Franchi, D., Letteney, S., & Silverman, F. (1999). Caregiver contact and cultural
sensitivity as predictors of successful future care and custody planning with HIV
seropositive families [Abstract]. F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, R. Robinson, & C. Clark
(Eds.), Summary of Conference Proceedings: Children and families in an era of rapid
change (p. 530). Washington, DC: Administration on Children, Youth and Families,
Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
Silverman, F., Franchi, D., Krauss, B., & Letteney, S. (1999). The referral problems of
HIV positive parents: Influence on accessing permanency planning. Presented in Poster
Session at the Seventh Annual National Institute of Mental Health Conference, "The Role
of the Family in Preventing and
Adapting to HIV/AIDS," Philadelphia, PA.
Letteney, S. (1998). Disclosure of HIV status from seropositive mothers to their
children: Implications for social work policy and practice. Paper presented at the Yeshiva
University Wurzweiler School of Social Work Conference, "HIV and Diversity," New York, NY.
Krauss, B.J., Franchi, D., Letteney, S., & Silverman, F. (1998). Caregiver contact and
cultural sensitivity as predictors of successful future care and custody planning with HIV
seropositive families. Presented in Poster Session at "Children and Families in an Era of
Rapid Change,” Head Start's Fourth National Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Letteney, S. (1996). Disclosure of HIV serostatus from mothers to children:
Influencing factors. Paper presented at the 124th Annual Meeting and Exposition of The
American Public Health Association, New York, NY.
Letteney, S. (1996). Women and harm reduction. Seminar presented at Gay Men’s
Health Crisis "Substance Use Counseling and Education and HIV Prevention Forum,"
New York, NY.
Silverman, F., Franchi, D., Letteney, S., & Krauss, B. (1996). Permanency planning for
HIV infected mothers and their
children: Strengthening families and building new ones.
Paper presented at the Association for the Care of Children's Health 31st Annual
Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Watkins, S., Franchi, D., Krauss, B., Silverman, F., Letteney, S. (1996).
A hospital/community program for permanency planning in HIV-affected families.
Presented in Poster Session at the XI-th International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver,
British Columbia.
Letteney, S., Krauss, B.J., Silverman, F., Franchi, D., & Watkins, S. (1995). The role
of outreach workers in serving HIV affected families: A professional/peer model of
outreach. Paper presented at the Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work,
"HIV and Diversity,"
Conference, New York, NY.
Letteney, S. (1995). A program model for reaching high-risk women on Manhattan’s
Lower East Side. Paper presented at the Harm Reduction Coalition Northeast
Conference, "Drugs, Sex and
Harm Reduction," New York, NY.
Krauss, B.J., Letteney, S., Silverman, F., Franchi, D., & Watkins, S. (1995). Families in
Transition-Permanency planning for HIV affected families, a hospital/community
collaboration. Presented in Poster Session at the Third Annual National Institute of Mental Health Research Conference, "The Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS," Chantilly, VA.
YORK COLLEGE SERVICE
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program, Faculty Mentor
Faculty Senate, Member
Elections Committee, Member
Internal Review Board, Member
Social Work Club, Faculty Advisor
Women’s History Month, Moderator
National Association of Social Workers New York State Certified Social Worker
Clinical Society of Social Workers Academy of Certified Social Workers
Social Work in Research Field Instructor (SIFE)
Society for the Study of Psychological Problems New York State Certified Divorce Mediator