Families & Children: Attachment, Trauma, & Resilience

In between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, the next virtual Elk Place Health Spot from the Tulane University School of Social Work and Empowering Change Task Force features a conversation about families. We will have community advocates presenting aspects of this topic, including the ways children experience attachment, trauma, and resilience along with an open discussion and participant Q&A. The webinar will be held on May 27, 2021 from noon to 1:30 pm CT, and advanced registration via the link below is required.

Register here.

Our panelists include:

• Bree Anderson, Co Founder & Director of Operations of Daughters Beyond Incarceration
• Danielle Wright, DSW, MPH, LCSW, the Director of Navigate NOLA and TSSW alumna
• Chabre Johnson, LCSW, Regional Director of Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) Mentors 

This program has been approved by the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners for 1.5 General continuing education credit hours for social workers through Tulane School of Social Work.

Presenter bios:

Bree Anderson is a native New Orleanian advocate, social entrepreneur and trauma expert, in view of parental incarceration and her story has been featured on talk shows, panels, podcasts and news articles about how mass incarceration affects children. Her social experience led her to become a community leader by helping to eliminate race-based discrimination as a former committee member of the NAACP and actively serve as a member of Innocence Project New Orleans Young Professional Committee to defy society’s stereotype of children with incarcerated parents. Bree has been nominated for several awards in 2019 including Champion of Change and Forbes 30 under 30, Forbes Next 1000, Jason Williams DA Transition Team, Community Advisory Group Safety & Justice committee. As well as, the Co-Founder of Daughters Beyond Incarceration, a non-profit geared towards enhancing the overall life of girls with incarcerated fathers.

Dr. Danielle Wright is a licensed clinical social worker and public health practitioner with over 10 years of experience in the areas of trauma, toxic stress, infant mental health, social and emotional learning and disaster mental health. She has a Doctorate degree of Social Work from Tulane University. She also has master’s degrees in both Social Work and Public Health from Tulane University. Dr. Wright was trained in Infant Mental Health through LSUHSC Department of Psychiatry’s Harris Infant Mental Health Fellowship. She also has a certification in Disaster Mental Health from Tulane University. Dr. Wright has worked across various clinical mental health settings, public health settings, forensic social work settings, school settings and early childhood learning centers. She also served as an adjunct clinical field faculty member at Tulane University School of Social Work for four years. Dr. Wright has experience in program development, implementation and evaluation. She is the Founding Director of Navigate Nola, the child well-being division of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. Through this role, she is responsible for the oversight of the development and implementation of the social-emotional and community wellness programs that fall under the Navigate Nola Division. Dr. Wright is also the founder and CEO of the New Orleans Wellness Institute, and works as a therapist, in private practice, at Atlas Psychiatry. Dr. Wright is committed to making a difference in her community and enriching the lives of the New Orleans citizenry. She is a member of several volunteer service organizations such as the Links Inc., Crescent City Chapter. Danielle is a board member of the Tulane University School of Social Work Alumni.

Chabre  Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Program Director at Youth Empowerment Project, an organization that provides job training and mentoring to at-risk youth in the greater New Orleans, LA area. Chabre earned a B.A Degree from Dillard University in 2006, however, due to Hurricane Katrina she had to relocate and spent almost six years in Dallas, Texas. While there she went to work and was able to provide supportive services to families through the Department of Health and Human Services and Goodwill Industries, before returning home to New Orleans. In 2013 Chabre earned a Masters of Social Work degree from Southern University of New Orleans with a concentration in Children, Youth, and Family direct services. Over the years Chabre has worked in both non-profit and government agencies in a variety of roles ranging from work adjustment training and career development to child protection services and counseling. Chabre is a dedicated advocate for justice involved youth and has served on committees and boards such as the (JDAI) Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative, (PCAB) Police Community Advisory Board, and The Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Committee. To continue her work towards a trauma informed continuum of care, Chabre has become a Certified Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Facilitator training staff at Youth Empowerment Project and offering trainings to other community organizations and community members. Chabre is also actively working towards becoming licensed as a Board Accredited Clinical Supervisor (BACS) to provide clinical supervision to Licensed Master Social Workers. She has also contributed to putting together a curriculum on Trauma Informed Care as a part of a team that provided professional development to local community organizations.

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