Trauma Integration Initiative

11 BCSSW students, faculty, and staff to give presentations at the Council on Social Work Education’s 68th Annual Program Meeting

Topics of discussion will include Afrocentric social work, harm reduction training, and trauma-responsive field advising.

Join BCSSW and become a trauma-responsive social worker

The school’s Trauma Integration Initiative prepares students to help clients cope with trauma while guarding themselves against its effects.

How three courses changed her career path

Miranda Mayeaux chose to focus on mental health when she enrolled at BCSSW in fall 2021. But it wasn’t until she started taking courses in trauma-informed care that she was able to find her niche.

How parents in Ukraine can help their children cope with the trauma of war

Professor Theresa Betancourt advises parents to stick to routines held before the war, noting that keeping the same mealtimes, bedtimes, and playtimes can reduce stress for children and their caregivers.

Here’s why this professor starts every class with a guided meditation

Kathleen Flinton, an assistant professor of practice, says guided meditation prepares students to help clients cope with trauma while guarding themselves against its effects.

How to understand racial trauma

In a virtual talk at BC in March, Resmaa Menakem, a social worker and trauma specialist, advised Black college students to “develop communal ways of dealing with communal terror.” If you missed the event, you can watch it now.

The impact of trauma

A multifaceted initiative launched by the School of Social Work will enable the school to become a national thought leader in addressing the impact of trauma on individuals, families, and communities, organizers say.

Understanding racial trauma

Resmaa Menakem, a social worker and leading voice on racial trauma, will speak to the BC community virtually on March 25 at 6 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the School of Social Work.

She serves victims of trauma and violence in Boston

Charlene Luma, who graduated from the School of Social Work in 2005, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award on Feb. 1. Luma will be honored at the annual Equity, Justice, and Inclusion Lecture and Distinguished Alumni Award Celebration.

Are MSW interns and their supervisors adequately prepared to cope with the effect of being indirectly exposed to trauma?

Associate professor Scott Easton and student Liana Sandell will present their preliminary findings at the Council of Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting next week.

This social worker has treated trauma survivors for more than 20 years. Now she wants to teach students what she’s learned. 

Kathleen Flinton, a newly hired assistant professor of practice, provides psychotherapy to political dissidents who have survived torture and struggled to remake their lives in the United States.
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