Keynote Speaker
Schools that Heal & Social Workers as Leaders in the Process
This conference explored the importance of creating schools that holistically address every aspect of a child's well-being in order to ensure academic and long term success. I discussed my use of trauma-informed research to advocate for the further advancement of student healing at the Brooklyn School for Social Justice. I described, alongside Principal Ana Marsh, different practices that social workers/counselors could do to help schools adapt and transform. Trauma-informed adaptations ultimately lead to higher levels of student performance and well-being.
3 Continuing Education Credits were awarded for NYS, NJ and CT licensed social workers.
Master of Science in Social Work
Columbia University in the City of New York
Methodology: Advanced clinical practice
Concentration: Health, Mental Health and Disabilities.
Specialty: Feeding and Eating Disorders, Substance-Use Disorders, Trauma
1200 supervised therapy hours
Addiction Treatment: Clinical Skills for Healthcare Providers Certification
Yale University
Certified Opioid Overdose Responder
Columbia Health
Each day in NYC, about 3 people die from a drug overdose. Naloxone is a medication that reverses overdoses from opioids such as heroin and prescription painkillers. As someone who works with those in recovery, this life saving training and certification can save lives.
Research
Brooklyn School for Social Justice: Trauma-Informed Care and its Impact: Healing Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Brooklyn School for Social Justice
Columbia University School of Social Work: Dementia and Creative Aging
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (ASA) 2019 GLOBAL HEALTH & HIV: Social Science and Social Justice: Global Health Research Since the Start of the HIV Pandemic
University of California, Berkeley: Eating Disorders, the Media and Me
Additional Certifications:
Bachelor of Art in Social Welfare
Bachelor of Art in Media Studies
University of California, Berkeley
