EP53: Trauma Interventions at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

NASW Social Work Talks Podcast

We speak with Martha Rodriguez, LCSW, service manager of recovery at Broward County Public Schools in Florida. Ms. Rodriguez also works at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which was the site of a mass school shooting in 2018.

Published May 26, 2020

Read a transcript of episode 53

Related Resources

• Association of Social Work Boards
• American Psychological Association
• Child Mind Institute
• TF-CBT website
• Parkland Strong: Trauma Support & Resources
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• School Crisis Resources - Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools
• Children's Bereavement Center

Continuing Education for Social Workers

• Helping Parents Understand the Impact of Trauma
• Trauma-Informed Care
• The Neurobiology of Trauma and Its Application to Successful Treatment
• Trauma Informed Care: What Does it Really Mean?
• Assisting in the Aftermath of Disasters (and Other Life Crises)

In the News

• NASW Highlights the Growing Need for School Social Workers to Prevent School Violence
• NASW supports young people who are advocating and protesting for laws to curtail nation's gun death epidemic
• NASW grieves for families of Florida school shooting, urges President Trump and Congress to declare gun violence public health crisis
• Parkland suicide deaths highlight long-term psychological impacts of mass shootings
• How to Cope With School Shooting Trauma