Thailand
Dr. Catherine Solheim leads an annual study abroad course that examines issues related to globalization and changing family systems in northern Thailand. Dr. Solheim engages students to explore issues such as migration, culture, education, communities, environments, diversity, and human trafficking from human ecology and social justice lenses.
The course “Thailand: Global Change, Communities, and Families” features students’ blogs, digital stories, photos, and more.
Uganda
Dr. Wieling is a member of vivo International (vivo.org; victim’s voice), an organization dedicated to psychotraumatology, addressing and preventing the consequences of traumatic stress in individuals and families, and human rights advocacy. Dr. Wieling has worked with vivo Uganda to support individuals and families in overcoming psychological and relational difficulties stemming from more than a decade of organized violence. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) was developed by a team of vivo researchers as an intervention to address Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at the individual level. Dr. Wieling facilitates annual NET trainings, while her expertise also lies in developing systematic interventions for trauma-affected families.
Select Publications:
- Mehus, C. J., Wieling, E., Achan, L., & Oloya, O. T. (2018). Identifying the roles of fathers in post-war northern Uganda: Groundwork for a parenting intervention. African Studies, 77. doi: 10.1080/00020184.2018.1496593
- Wieling, E., Mehus, C., Yumbul, C., Möllerherm, J., Ertl, V.,…& Catani, C. (2015). Preparing the field for feasibility testing of a parenting intervention for war-affected mothers in northern Uganda. Family Process, 56, 376-392. doi: 10.1111/famp.12189
- Wieling, E., Mehus, C., Mollerherm, J., Neuner, F., Achan, L., & Catani, C. (2015). Assessing the feasibility of providing a parenting intervention for war-affected families in Northern Uganda. Family and Community Health, 38, 252-267. doi:10.1097/FCH.0000000000000064
In 2018, Lekie Dwanyen (Family Social Science doctoral candidate) traveled to Northern Uganda to work with international NGO, vivo International (vivo.org). Lekie collaborated clinically with vivo counselors who were trained to deliver Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), an evidence-based treatment for multiple and complex trauma. Lekie worked in a relational clinical capacity with NET clients affected by more than a decade of war in Northern Uganda.
Mexico
With her expertise in developing multi-component systemic interventions for trauma-affected populations, Dr. Wieling has collaborated with colleagues to conduct research on PTSD and parenting in Monterrey, Mexico. She has extensive experience culturally adapting Enhancing Family Connection (EFC), a 14-session empirically based intervention that aims to improve parenting practices and child outcomes in trauma-affected Latinx populations. Her research in Mexico focused on the effects of traumatic stress on Mexican parent-child relationships and the cultural adaptation of EFC for a Mexican sample.
Select Publications
- Erolin, K. S., Wieling, E., & Aguilar Parra, E. (2014). Family violence exposure and associated risk factors for child PTSD in a Mexican sample. Chid Abuse & Neglect, 38, 1011-1022. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.04.011
- Parra-Cardona, J. R., Aguilar Parra, E., Wieling, E., Domenech Rodriguez, M. M., & Fitzgerald, H. E. (2014). Closing the gap between two countries: Feasibility of dissemination of an evidence-based parenting intervention in Mexico. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 41, 465-480. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12098