David Allen Patterson

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David Allen Patterson, Silver Wolf (Adelv unegv Waya) was a professor, researcher, author, and Native American advocate. [1] He was the first American Indian professor in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. [2] He is known for his research and active involvement in Native American health, [3] retention of Native American college students, treatment retention for alcohol and drug addiction, and finding solutions to barriers to best practices adoption in community-based organizations.

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David Patterson wrote a blog on Native American wellness [4] and published academic work on the subjects of education, mental health and addiction. [5] [6]

Biography

David Allen Patterson was born in Kentucky to Betty (née Allen) and Coleman Sidwell Patterson, the youngest of their three sons. He claims to be of Irish and Cherokee descent.

After dropping out of high school in 1982, David struggled with alcoholism, drug addiction, depression and a suicide attempt at age 18. He entered a psychiatric hospital in 1989, where he stayed for five weeks.

David earned his GED and began working as a garbage man for Waste Management in his mid-twenties. In 1990, he considered taking college classes and sought assistance through Vocational Rehabilitation in Kentucky. He was evaluated as having dyslexia, ADHD and learning disabilities, labeled "mildly mentally retarded [sic]" and was told he was not "college material."[ citation needed ] This evaluation became the starting point of a new life for Patterson, one devoted to education, addiction treatment and rehabilitation, and advocacy.

Education, career, and community contributions

Going against the advice of Vocational Rehabilitation, David Patterson quit his job, sold most of his belongings and entered Volunteers of America as an unpaid resident manager in 1991. He began taking classes at Jefferson Community College in Louisville, KY. He lived at the VOA for over two years while attending community college. He went on to attend Spalding University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work in 1996. Patterson completed a master's degree in Social Work in 1997 and became a certified social worker in 1998. He graduated with his Ph.D. from the University of Louisville's Kent School of Social Work in 2006.

During his tenure at the University at Buffalo, he founded a number of programs to benefit Native American students, most notably the Native American Center for Wellness Research (for which he was director for five years), the Wolf-Fire scholarship, [7] [8] and a Native American living and learning community. [9]

Patterson was then an assistant professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, where he works closely with the Buder Center Scholars. [10] He was also an IHART fellow.

Publications

Patterson has published articles in Research on Social Work Practice, The Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Social Service Research, Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly , and Counselor, among others. He was also the author of the Native American Commitment to Wellness & Respect Blog.

He was featured in The New York Times for his advocacy of Native American education and guest lecture at Haskell Indian Nations University. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "David Patterson Silver Wolf Obituary - Louisville, KY".
  2. ↑ "New faculty join Brown School, Law School - the Source - Washington University in St. Louis". 22 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "RIA Gets Close to $1 Million to Study Aspects of Gambling, Alcoholism and Smoking".
  4. ↑ http://nacwr.blogspot.com/ [ user-generated source ]
  5. ↑ Patterson, DA; Wolf Adelv, Unegv Waya S; Maguin, E; Dulmus, CN; Nisbet, BC (2011). "Measuring a Community-Based Mental Health Organization's Culture and Climate Scores Stability". Social Work in Mental Health. 9 (6): 435–444. doi:10.1080/15332985.2011.575720. PMC   3526120 . PMID   23264755.
  6. ↑ Cloud, Richard N. (2006). "Adapting Motivational Interviewing Strategies to Increase Posttreatment 12-Step Meeting Attendance". Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. 24 (3): 31–53. doi:10.1300/J020v24n03_03. S2CID   143553006.
  7. ↑ "Native Students Use Wolf-Fire Scholarship to Improve Community".
  8. ↑ "Media Advisory: UB's Wolf-Fire Scholarship Fall Feast to Benefit Students Working with Native American Communities".
  9. ↑ "New Native American Living and Learning Community to Begin in Fall 2012 « UB Admission Counselors". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  10. ↑ "David A. Patterson". Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  11. ↑ Schwarz, Alan (11 May 2013). "Overcoming Addiction, Professor Tackles Perils American Indians Face". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ Patterson Silver Wolf, David A.; Dulmus, Catherine; Wilding, Greg; Barczykowski, Amy; Yu, Jihnhee; Beeler-Stinn, Sara; Asher Blackdeer, Autumn; Harvey, Steven; Rodriguez, Nicole M. (2021-10-02). "Profiles and Predictors of Treatment-Resistant Opioid Use Disorder (TROUD): A Secondary Data Analysis of Treatment Episode Data Set's 2017 Admissions". Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. 39 (4): 517–532. doi:10.1080/07347324.2021.1895015. ISSN   0734-7324. S2CID   233645330.
  13. ↑ Patterson Silver Wolf, David A.; BlackDeer, Autumn Asher; Beeler-Stinn, Sara; Zheng, Ken; Stazrad, Kristin (2021-11-23). "Performance-Based Practice: Clinical Dashboards for Addiction Treatment Retention". Research on Social Work Practice. 31 (2): 205–211. doi:10.1177/1049731520972798. ISSN   1049-7315. S2CID   229484117.
  14. ↑ Patterson Silver Wolf, David A.; Ramsey, Alex T.; Epstein, Joel; Beeler-Stinn, Sara; Asher Black Deer, Autumn (2020-06-18). "Bridges to Sobriety: Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile App Designed to Supplement an Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program". Clinical Social Work Journal. 50 (3): 308–315. doi:10.1007/s10615-020-00765-w. ISSN   1573-3343. PMC   9678348 . PMID   36420447. S2CID   220508688.
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