With a little help from my friends (and colleagues)

Rene Bergeron, Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire, has assigned students in her Interpersonal Abuse & Violence Across the Life Span class to participate on my blog this week as a class assignment. Many of you, I'm sure, are familiar with Rene's work. She's done fascinating research on a variety of topics, including ethical issues in elder abuse and self-neglect.

Here's the class' assignment:

1. Go to the site and select one of the following categories (see the labels at the bottom of the page):
· Ageism
· Undue Influence
· Domestic Violence/ Gender
· Perpetrators with Dementia

2. Read the blog for that category and refer to any suggested articles/ readings/ websites to frame your thoughts.

3. You may either begin a thread by starting a new thought, or you may comment in response to someone else’s thought.


The students have the rest of the week to post their comments.

Readers, please join us!

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Only Rene's students get graded!