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Bette
Hancock has been a licensed social worker for over
25 years. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in social
work from Weber State University in Odgen Utah. She
obtained her Masters Degree in Social Work at the
University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work
in Louisville Kentucky with a practice specialty in
families and children.
Bette has been teaching, directing and training in the Nurturing
Parenting Programs since 1985. She is a Recognized Trainer/Consultant and has
conducted ongoing workshops on related topics. Bette received her training from
Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D., who is the creator and principle author of the Nurturing
Parenting Programs.
She has over twelve years of experience with Child
Protective Services working with an intensive caseload
of young sexually abused children as well as supervising
a team of CPS workers. For seven years she was the
Director of Maternal Child Health on a multidisciplinary
Perinatal Team at the Jefferson County Health Dept.
She was also the Parent Trainer/Consultant for Kosair
Children's Hospital in Louisville Kentucky. Bette
was the Director of Family Programs at The Healing
Place, a long term residential recovery program with
in a homeless shelter. Bette developed, implemented
and managed all aspects of the Nurturing Parenting
Programs at both the men's and the Women and Children's
facilities for over 11 years.
Bette maintains a private
practice at Rose Island Counseling and Consulting Center in Prospect Kentucky.
Her services include psychotherapy, workshops for professionals and contract services
for many schools, churches, and other community agencies. Bette is also involved
in research and writing on a variety of topics. She was co-investigator, who partnered
with the University of Louisville School of Nursing professor Dr. Debbie Thomas
Ph.D., who published the research entitled: Response to the Surgeon General's
report: Changes in Self Esteem, Depression, and Parenting Competence in Pregnant
and Parenting Adolescent Girls-In Press-Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric
Nursing.
Bette is currently working as a Behavioral Health Therapist at
Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, KY. She coordinates the Chemical Dependency
Intensive Out Patient (CD/IOP) Program there, doing Chemical Dependency and Psychiatric
Evaluations. This involves completing Medical detoxification for inpatient assessments
and making recommendations to the patients and their doctors to determine the
level of care after the hospital. She conducts the Employee Assistance Program
treatment, as well family, individual and group treatment. Ms. Hancock recently
developed a family program component for CD /IOP.
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Bette Hancock
Rose Island Counseling and Consulting Center
Prospect,
Kentucky
(502) 228-6916
bshanc01@yahoo.com | 
