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Monday, April 11 • 3:30pm - 3:55pm
Trauma-Responsive Design Research: A Model for Change

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Researchers and designers fully realize the range of severe and complex traumas that emerge in design practice and throughout all aspects of our lives. This talk will highlight the need for trauma-responsive shifts in design research and practice. Rachael will share examples of how others are pushing practice, as well as an emerging trauma-responsive design framework to help us see how moving through this critical work is not just necessary but possible.
Moderators
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Jesse Flores

Experience Strategist, Mad*Pow
Jesse Flores is a self-described comprehensivist -- someone who thrives when working on project-based work. To Jesse, design offers the tools and approaches to remake the world in ways that better serve everyone, rather than the few. Accordingly, he’s passionate about getting good... Read More →
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Chōkdee Rutirasiri

VP, Experience Strategy & Research, Mad*Pow
As a designer, technologist, and educator with 25+ years of experience, Chōkdee utilizes a human-centered approach, design thinking framework, and digital technologies to transform companies. His career encompasses social justice, equity, and inclusion at its core - designing systems... Read More →

Speakers
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Rachael Dietkus, MSW, LCSW, CCTP

Founder, Social Workers Who Design
Rachael Dietkus is a designer, licensed clinical social worker, and certified trauma professional dedicated to trauma-responsive practices in design. After a 10-year career working with social justice and human rights non-profits, Rachael earned her MSW in 2010. After that, she went onto senior-level... Read More →

Monday April 11, 2022 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Room 1
  Track: Equity by Design