At a forum event held on July 25 at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus, experts gathered to discuss recent trends and innovations on how service professionals like psychologists and social workers can help at-risk children across the globe.
The event’s keynote speaker was clinical psychologist Niels Peter Rygaard from Denmark, who spoke about “A global intervention to educate mental health staff.” Rygaard won the 2020 APA International Humanitarian Award for his work with at-risk children in 36 nations.
From left to right: Julia Larock, Elaine Congress, and Niels Peter Rygaard
Fordham Professor of Psychology and Urban Studies Harold Takooshian, Ph.D., was the forum moderator. GSS Professors Elaine Congress, D.S.W., and Marciana Popescu, Ph.D., were forum discussants. The forum concluded with an audience discussion concerning at-risk children.
Rygaard is also the lead editor of Children Around the World: The Future of Our Earth, the fifth book in the Information Age Publishing International Psychology book series. Congress and Julia Larock, GSS ’23 (pictured), served as co-editors of Children Around the World. Purchase a copy of the book here.
