Elizabeth DePoy, a professor of social work and interdisciplinary disability studies at the University of Maine, was featured in the “Ask the Experts” section of the WalletHub study, “2019’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities.” “[Financial] challenges are diverse but for me are linked to discrimination, institutional practices, and paternalims, perhaps unintended by […]
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“My roots are, and will always remain, in the shadow of Katahdin, in Millinocket,” says Andrea Steward. And this summer she had the chance to expand on those roots with global outreach through a social work practicum with Democracy International in Bethesda, Maryland before graduating in August with a master’s degree in social work. Democracy […]
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The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast is offering a professional development program on the power of group work 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Sept. 27. “Helping People Change: The Power of Groups” will focus on gaining insight into therapeutic or curative factors that make groups work; appreciating the power of group work; predicting, normalizing and […]
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An initiative of the University of New England in collaboration with the University of Maine to improve the health and well-being of Maine’s older adults through enhanced practitioner training has received a five-year award of nearly $3.75 million from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under its Geriatrics […]
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