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LAUSD, USC Social Work strive to better serve children with military ties

Information obtained by school district can help provide resources to students and their families
by Eddie North-Hager

The Los Angeles Unified School District is identifying students whose parents are on active military duty, city and district officials announced at Leland Street Elementary in San Pedro.

LAUSD is the largest school district in the country to ask whether a student has a parent serving on active duty or as a veteran or with the National Guard or Reserves, said USC School of Social Work Professor Ron Avi Astor, who researches the needs of children with ties to the military.

“While these questions only take up […]

New book tackles sexual trauma in military

A new book by a USC professor provides historical and cultural context, along with recommended changes to policy and clinical practice, to help stem the epidemic of sexual trauma in the military.

Believed to be the first social work text to address the topic of military sexual trauma, Kristen Zaleski’s “Understanding and Treating Military Sexual Trauma” aims to fill a gap in resources she herself noticed when she first started treating veterans.

Zaleski, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work and licensed clinical social worker, spent years working with sexual assault survivors in the civilian […]

LAUSD, USC Social Work strive to better serve children with military ties

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