School Notes
Date posted: Apr 17, 2024
5 takeaways from BCSSW Professor Theresa Betancourt’s new book talk
Theresa Betancourt, the inaugural Salem Professor in Global Practice at the Boston College School of Social Work, has spent more than two decades studying the lives of over 500 children who were forced to fight in Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war from 1991 to 2002.What she’s found is that the strength of family and community bonds play a crucial role in shaping life outcomes over time, providing social support and encouragement that can help young people recover from wartime experiences.
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