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June 2020
[Panel] COVID-19 & Informal Settlements: What’s happening on the ground in Brazil and Kenya?
Register Since March, experts and media reports have speculated that informal settlements may be some of the hardest hit communities by the health, social, and economic challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, as the COVID-19 pandemic is finding its way into informal settlements around the world, most of us are unaware of how it is affecting these communities and what is being done to prevent and manage the effects of the virus, both in the short-term and long-term. The…
Find out more »[Training] Navigating COVID-19 with Novel Intervention Strategies to Reach Women at Risk of Partner Violence
Presenters: Louisa Gilbert, Associate Professor of Social Work (Bio) Laura Fernandez, LMSW, Clinical Director of Sanctuary for Families (Bio) Moderator: Anindita Dasgupta, PhD (Bio) Description: This session will provide a brief overview of how social and economic consequences of COVID-19 are increasing risks for partner violence and how COVID-19 is creating challenges and opportunities for domestic violence services to pivot to reach, engage and intervene with women at elevated risk for partner violence. During this session, participants will learn basic…
Find out more »[Training] COVID-19 Impacts on the Labor Market & Recent Policy Changes to the Unemployment Insurance System
Presenters: Jordan Matsudaira, Associate Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College Columbia University (Bio) Description: This session will discuss the current and anticipated impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on labor markets in the region, and how federal policy changes have altered the benefits available to impacted workers. Objectives: By attending this webinar, participants will Better understand the current impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on labor markets Better understand the anticipated impacts of COVID-19 Crisis on labor markets Better understand how the…
Find out more »[Training] Responding to COVID-19: How to Provide Acute Stress Intervention (ASI) to Healthcare Staff Experiencing COVID-19 related Stress
Presenters: Carrie Epstein, LCSW-R (Bio)Assistant Professor, Yale Child Study CenterDirector of Clinical Services and Training, Childhood Violent Trauma Center at the Yale Child Study Center Steven Marans, MSW, PhD (Bio)Harris Professor, Yale Child Study CenterDirector, National Center for Children Exposed to Violence/Childhood Violent Trauma Center at the Yale Child Study CenterDirector, Trauma ServiceProfessor of Psychiatry Description: This workshop is a special partnership with the Childhood Violent Trauma Center of the Yale Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine…
Find out more »[Training] Family Caregiving Policies, Programs, and Services: Caring for Older Persons and the Caregivers
Presenters: Richard Hara, MSW, PhD, LCSW (Bio) Jinyu Liu, MSW, PhD Associate Professor (Bio) Jeanette Takamura, Professor and Dean Emerita, MSW, PhD (Bio) Description: Family caregivers continue to provide significant long term care support and assistance to older persons who are able to remain in their homes and communities. Policies related to the caregiving needs of both care recipients and family caregivers have been enacted at the national level and in a small number of leading states. These policies and resulting…
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