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Project Title

Bakari Behavioral Health, Inc.

Presentation Type

Poster (Electronic Copy Not Available)

Keywords

Children--Counseling of--Iowa--Waterloo; Family counseling--Iowa--Waterloo;

Project Summary

Bakari Behavioral Health, Inc. is a Waterloo based support and counseling facility dealing with adolescents from the age 5 -18. It is under the umbrella of Social Action, Inc., also an outlet for hearing, checking, and supporting, social justice issues and actions within the Waterloo, and surrounding areas. Despite the low socio-economic area, and standing of most of the residents, Bakari continues to address and offer solutions for the family. Utilizing the behavioral issues of the children, Bakari begins to demonstrate the process of helping, one family member at a time. Beginning with the children, the family is engulfed into the folds of the Bakari family, and offered tools to cope with issues of the family, the community and society as a whole.

Start Date

19-4-2018 9:00 AM

End Date

19-4-2018 10:30 AM

Event Host

UNI Office of Undergraduate Studies

Department

Department of Social Work

Department/Center/Organization

Social Work/Bakari Behavioral/Social Action Inc.

Award Category

Social Justice Award (Theme-Based)

Award Category

Individual Student Project Award (Students Only)

Award Category

Service Learning/Live Client Project Award (Curricular)

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

File Format

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Bakari Behavioral Health, Inc.

Bakari Behavioral Health, Inc. is a Waterloo based support and counseling facility dealing with adolescents from the age 5 -18. It is under the umbrella of Social Action, Inc., also an outlet for hearing, checking, and supporting, social justice issues and actions within the Waterloo, and surrounding areas. Despite the low socio-economic area, and standing of most of the residents, Bakari continues to address and offer solutions for the family. Utilizing the behavioral issues of the children, Bakari begins to demonstrate the process of helping, one family member at a time. Beginning with the children, the family is engulfed into the folds of the Bakari family, and offered tools to cope with issues of the family, the community and society as a whole.