A Bilingual’s Healing Journey:
In Search of the Language of the Heart
3 Cultural
CEUs
Presented by Maria Elena Oliva, LCSW
Ms. Oliva received her master’s degree in social work in 1984 from Fordham University in New York City and
has been working with the child and adolescent population for approximately 20 years. Throughout this
period she became more interested in children with serious behavioral problems, attachment disruptions and
multiple placement histories, trauma and the challenges of work with bilingual and monolingual children and
caregivers. She currently lives in Connecticut and is a supervisor in a young adults program for 18 – 25 yearolds who have aged out of the child welfare system and who experience psychiatric and/or developmental
impairments. Ms. Oliva has a private practice and is in the process of completing the requirements of a
doctoral degree in social work from Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, MA.
Ms. Oliva received her master’s degree in social work in 1984 from Fordham University in New York City and
has been working with the child and adolescent population for approximately 20 years. Throughout this
period she became more interested in children with serious behavioral problems, attachment disruptions and
multiple placement histories, trauma and the challenges of work with bilingual and monolingual children and
caregivers. She currently lives in Connecticut and is a supervisor in a young adults program for 18 – 25 yearolds who have aged out of the child welfare system and who experience psychiatric and/or developmental
impairments. Ms. Oliva has a private practice and is in the process of completing the requirements of a
doctoral degree in social work from Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, MA.
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