Dr. Doris M. Houston is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Illinois State University (ISU), and the Associate Director of the ISU Center for Adoption Studies. Her areas of specialty include foster care and adoption, culturally responsive family practice, outcome evaluation, and organizational development. Dr. Houston is the Co-Author of “Community-Centered Child Welfare Practice: Strategies for Working with Multicultural Families (in Press). Prior to joining the faculty at ISU, Dr. Houston served as an Outcome Evaluation Specialist at the University of Illinois, Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD). While at CPRD, she provided organizational development training and program evaluation services to 300+ youth prevention programs. Dr. Houston began her professional career with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services where she served as a Public Service Administrator, Adoption Specialist, and Foster Care Casemanager.
University of Minnesota - Saint Paul, Minnesota (other locations via video stream and interactive television)
This seminar focuses on historical and generational trauma from the perspective of American Indians and African Americans. Community and university professionals discuss cultural ways of knowing, how healing and wellness take place within families and communities, and where the science of historical and intergenerational trauma currently exists.
new report available on U.S. demographic information on same-sex families
August 22, 2012
UCLA’s Williams Institute has just announced the availability of a “U.S. Census snapshot” report that provides state demographic information on same-sex families.
Child Maltreatment: Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences in East Asia and Pacific, analyzes a series of studies undertaken by experts and academics over the past decade on child maltreatment in the region.
