Training Black Spirit (eBook)

Dr. William L. Conwill is the author of numerous international and national publications. His professional roles have included psychologist, healer, martial arts instructor, and educator. He consults for educational, governmental, community, and professional organizations. He is married, has three adult sons, and currently lives in Champaign and Chicago, Illinois.As a research clinician, educator and consultant, William L. Conwill has served in a number of leadership roles in health, educational and governmental institutions: Counseling Psychologist II (UC, Santa Cruz); Consultation and Education Unit Chief (San Mateo County Department of Mental Health); Chief Outpatient Psychologist/Director, Chronic Pain Clinic (U of Louisville School of Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine Division); Community Statistical Research Associate (City of Louisville Office of Human Services); Chief Psychologist (Tennessee Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation, Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Children & Youth Division). Significant areas of his applied psychological practice include behavioral medicine (stress management, chronic pain management, AIDS/HIV training for health care providers, domestic violence theory), behavior management (parent management training, school and community violence, ethnoviolence, self-defense), and training workshops for social justice interventions. Conwill is also associated with Implementation Sciences International, Inc. (ISII), a research-based, non-profit organization providing training for community practitioners in Parent Management Training the Oregon Model (PMTO™). ISII is an affiliate organization of Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) founded by Gerald R. Patterson and the late John Reid, based in Eugene, Oregon (http://www.isii.net/).Awards:UF Black Student Assembly 2008 Scholarship Award. Arts of the Samurai Inochi Award. 2007 AMCD Presidential Award for Meritorious Service and Exemplary Diversity Leadership Award. Florida Gold Coast Martial Arts Hall of Fame (Master Instructor) Inductee. Ringshout the Route National Rite of Initiation into African American Culture (Distinguished Elder).2005 USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame (Martial Artist of the Year). 2004 Gold Medalist, Synchronized Forms; Gold Medalist, Empty-hand Forms; Gold Medalist, Sparring. Silver Medalist, Exhibition Sparring at 2004 World Games, Athens, Greece. 2003 USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame. 2003 Gold Medalist, Black Belt Weapons Forms; Silver Medalist, Synchronized Forms at U.S. National Martial Arts Team World Cup Meet, Cancun, Mexico. University of Tennessee Best Practices @ UT Showcase 2002: Campus-based Activist Research on Tolerance and Diversity (UT System-wide Award)