[This was a report that I wrote for a class on Grief, Loss and Bereavement as an MSW student in 2017. As an Existential Therapist I am particularly interested in how death is addressed at all ages, including how parents can address it with children.] Summary and Impressions of the Book This is a relatively […]
This is a paper that I wrote during my second year as an MSW student at NYU. The assignment was to choose from a short list of books and videos and then basically diagnose the main “character.” I chose the movie “Grizzly Man” – this paper demonstrates one example of a more mainstream perspective of […]
[This is an excerpt from a paper I wrote as a first-year MSW student at NYU in 2017] Transgender people experience most of the same issues that impact cisgender people, in addition to some that are the result of, or exacerbated by their gender identity and/or expression. Underlying the latter set of issues is a […]
The following is a paper I wrote as an MSW student at NYU in 2016 Policy Summary In December 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York State’s Medicaid regulations would be amended to include coverage for expenses related to the treatment of Gender Dysphoria (previously referred to as “Gender Identity Disorder”) for transgender individuals. […]
[This was a “Reflection Paper” that I wrote for an assignment in a first semester class – Diversity, Racism, Oppression and Privilege – as an MSW student at NYU. It focuses on some issues impacting the transgender community. I wrote this in 2016, some of my views have shifted from what I wrote here. It […]
[This was a paper I wrote for a policy class as a first year MSW student on restorative practices in NYC public schools] Susan Dominus discusses a new approach, “restorative practices,” to handling disciplinary problems with students that is being used by the Leadership and Public Service High School in Manhattan’s Financial District, and has […]
[This was a paper I wrote for a class during my first year as an MSW student] The Elaine B. Pinderhughes article, “Significance of Culture and Power in the Human Behavior Curriculum,” discussed the role of “culture,” which she defined as “commonalities around which a group of people have developed values, norms, and behavior practices,” […]