Graduate Student University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carrboro, NC, United States
As the climate crisis worsens, children's mental health is becoming increasingly more vulnerable. Presenters will discuss the extent of climate-related mental illness in children and its effects on development. Discussion will highlight the opportunity for social workers to foster connections between Indigenous communities and youth to address climate-related mental illness.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to explain the extent to which childhood mental health has been affected by the traumatic destruction of our environment and how it potentially poses a risk to healthy life-course development.
Upon completion, participants will be able to understand the need for social workers to elevate Indigenous knowledge of environmental justice into our work with youth.
Upon completion, participants will be able to visualize how the social work profession can create meaningful connections between organizations that serve youth and Indigenous communities to combat childhood eco-grief.
.png)
.jpeg.jpg "Julia B. Hubbard, MSW in process (she/her/hers) photo")