Profile Information
Location
Franklin, MA
Country
United States
Postal Code
02038
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Part time Adjunct teaching Social Welfare course/student internships for past 7 years
Full time public employee licensing and evaluating supports for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (39 years in the human services field)
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Developmental Services
Bristol Community College
Franklin Library Association President (preservation of town historical artifacts -nation's first public lending library)
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
My experience as a child experiencing the impact of ACE's with a focus on recovery/resilience with education and support from many teachers and other along the way has influenced my teaching. Specifically, how can teacher's in higher education use trauma informed teaching approaches in supporting undergraduate students to be successful? Over the past seven years many students' have shared their personal traumas in the context of social welfare topics. Since the pandemic I have included a module on resilience and mental health. There appears to be a connection between childhood trauma, childhood and adolescent educational experiences, and adult learner undergraduate course completion. How can we support these adult learners to recognize their unique strengths/abilities to be successful in the virtual classroom?
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
Not a member of a community-based ACE's initiative at this time.