Profile

Role: Instructor/Coordinator/Adviser, Child Welfare Program/Culturally Responsive Leaders Program

Education: BS Sociology, MSW, LSCW

Experience: Child Welfare Programs, Supervisor, Indian Child Welfare, crisis intervention/trauma therapy. Policy development for Native American permanency planning/family preservation, tribal foster home recruitment, NASW Diversity/Case Management Council, Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council.

Interests: Indian Child Welfare, family preservation, culturally resilient theories for Native Americans/ Alaskan Natives, multigenerational trauma, domestic/family violence, Native American/tribal education/independent living models for teens/young adults.

Teaching Areas: Indian Child Welfare..policies, practice and procedures. National Trauma Network/ American Indians, social work/family/tribal engagement.

Email: holderl@pdx.edu

Phone: (503) 725-8018