Speaking At:

Relationship-First Prevention: The Measurable Impact of Indiana-Based Family Resource Centers

Bio:

E. Susana Mariscal, Ph.D., MSW is a full professor at Indiana University School of Social Work. She is a community-engaged scholar with an active research agenda centered on the prevention of child maltreatment and promotion of resilience among children and families, particularly among Latines. She directed Strengthening Indiana Families, a strengths-based data-informed primary child maltreatment prevention project funded by the U.S. Children’s Bureau. Her current research includes an arts-based trauma-informed resilience enhancing program for teens and their families; a collaborative cross-system partnership to enhance support for families of caregivers who have cancer; and a national survey of Latina victimization and resilience.