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Examining the effects of Graduate Trauma-informed Practice Education on Child Welfare Professionals

19 Mar 2024

In this webinar Dr Maria Lotty presented the findings of  Phase 1 of the TARA project, a study that  evaluated the effects of a UCC graduate level trauma-informed care program developed for child welfare professionals.

The  TARA Project, is a collaboration between the Dublin South Central (DSC) Area of TUSLA, Child and Family Agency and University College Cork,  which seeks  to integrate trauma-informed practices across the DSC area. For more details please go to TARA Project | University College Cork (ucc.ie)

The webinar was hosted by the ISS21 Children and Young People Research Cluster. Professor Maggie O'Neill (Director of ISS21 and Collective Social Futures) provided the opening remarks and Dr Deirdre (co-convenor of the ISS21 Children and Young People Research Cluster) chaired the event. 

For a recording of the launch, please email m.scanlon@ucc.ie 

For more on this story contact:

Dr Maria Lotty, School of Applied Social Studies, UCC (maria.lotty@ucc.ie)

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