Dr. Shorena Sadzaglishvili holds a MSW from Columbia University and Doctorate in Psychology from Dr. Uznadze Institute of Psychology of Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia. Her experience includes educational, social and health program development, implementation, supervision, monitoring and evaluation as well as teaching and curriculum development. She is the founder of the first MSW Program in Georgia in 2007 and the co-founder of the Georgian Association of Social Workers (GASW) in 2004. Currently she is directing both the MSW and PhD program at Ilia State University. Dr. Sadzaglishvili is a senior clinical social work/ research consultant at GASW, and author of numerous scientific articles and books in Social Work and Education. She has developed a number of manuals/guidelines in the fields of clinical social work, family and children, program design and evaluation, social work research, and social work practice teaching.