SSW Well Represented at Hoarding Conference

Several members of the School of Social Work community presented at the MassHousing’s Community Services Conference, “Thinking Outside Our Box(es): A Housing, Service, Clinical and Enforcement Team Approach to Hoarding,” in Marlborough Massachusetts, on December 12, 2007. Presentations included:

Hoarding: What It Is, Individual and Public Consequences, and a Team Approach to Effective Interventions—Gail Steketee, Dean ad interim and Professor

Fitting You into the Big Picture—Christiana Bratiotis, Phd student

How to Talk to Someone with a Hoarding Problem—Cristina Sorrentino, Adjunct Assistant Professor (with Elizabeth Burden, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital)

Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Hoarding—Christiana Bratiotis (with Helena Padellaro, MassHousing)

For more information, please contact Christiana Bratiotis at cbrat@bu.edu