June 27 is annually recognized as PTSD Awareness Day, a yearly event to help raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder. It also serves as a reminder that treatments, resources and help are available for those experiencing it and for caregivers..
My Body, My Voice, My Choice: Launching UNFPA’s 2021 State of World Population Report
“As we’re talking, the bodily autonomy of millions of women and girls around the world is still denied,” said Klaus Simoni Pedersen, Acting Director of the Division of Communications and Strategic Partnerships for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the recent U.S. launch event of the
2021 UNFPA State of the World Population report, hosted by the Wilson Center and UNFPA. The report,
“The right to the autonomy of our bodies means that we have the power and agency to make choices without fear of violence or having someone else decide for us,” said Sarah B. Barnes, Project Director of the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative. It is “the power to say yes and the right to say no,” said Pedersen. The report focuses on three dimensions of bodily autonomy: the right to decide whether to have sex, use contraception, or seek health care.
Kersten joins Prairie View’s Newton, East Wichita offices
Prairie View welcomes Courtney Kersten, LCPC, to its clinical staff at Prairie View’s Newton and East Wichita offices where she works with children and adolescents ages 0 to 18. She particularly enjoys working with children 10 years of age and under as well as those with autism.
Kersten, a licensed clinical professional counselor, is responsible for evaluation, treatment planning and providing therapy to children, including therapeutic play. She holds degrees from Wichita State University and the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and has more than 10 years of experience in the mental and behavioral health care field.
In her email, Karen wrote,
“If you are interested in learning more about how we are doing that at Kansas State University within our online learning unit (referred to as Global Campus), I would be very interested in talking with you further. We have been working on our plan for several months, engaging with university leadership, and it was recently announced that Global Campus is the university’s pilot for permanent remote operations. We are giving up our building lease for a 20,000 sq ft building on June 30th and shifting our operations to a permanently remote workforce. It has been a journey, but we are excited about the opportunities ahead of us and many of your 9 reasons were part of our framework for this move.”