Archive for the 'Trauma/Disasters' Category
Veterans Day on the Homefront: How are Military Youth Coping?
This Friday we honor the thousands of men and women who have served in our armed forces. When I was younger, Veterans Day was marked with modest school programs attended by older gentlemen from the community, donning caps that stated what branch or war they served in. In the past decade, I have graduated from [...]
Read More..>>Thurston High School Shooting
This semester I’m taking a policy advocacy class at the University of Southern California, for the masters of social work program. Over the semester we were asked to study a piece of legislature; I chose HR 227 Child Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2011. Looking at this piece of legislature opened my eyes [...]
Read More..>>Honoring World Social Work Day
Lately I’ve been thinking about many issues of social work and have been re-inspired by messages and connections I’ve made recently with social workers. Last week I attended the NASW Oregon Chapter’s excellent conference on Trauma and Healing, where I had the pleasure of hearing keynote speaker, Ghislaine Boulanger, Ph.D. speak about Understanding Adult Onset [...]
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