Graduate Student
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States
Ms. Woodiwiss obtained her Associate of Science degree from Georgia Perimeter College in 2013. She went on to obtain her bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University where she began research internships with both the social work and economics departments at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. She obtained her MSW degree at the University of Georgia, where she served as a research assistant and took part in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program. The program’s training was specifically geared towards working with children and adolescents at risk for developing behavioral health disorders, and their families.
Ms. Woodiwiss has used solution-focused brief therapy and strengths-based case management approaches in her time working with clients in medical settings. In foster care and adoption settings she assisted children in telling their stories through digital media and photovoice projects as a treatment modality.In addition to medical social work, Ms. Woodiwiss has worked in international and domestic adoption, foster care, hospice, and child sex- trafficking intervention services.
Her career aspirations include teaching, research, and grant-writing at a R1 university and research institution and providing mental health services to children and families.Her research interests include parent-child separation as a result of immigration, trauma and trauma interventions, Latino immigrant community, case management, program management, theory development, and policy analysis.
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Friday, November 11, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM