CAHSS Faculty Presents Workshops on De-escalation and Having Difficult Conversations for Religious Education Directors and Teachers at the ADOM

Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), presented two workshops for Directors of Religious Education and Religion Teachers for the Archdiocese of Miami. McKay was one of two invited presenters at a Professional Development Day for over 100 attendees. At the request of the participants, she focused on “De-escalation Strategies and Techniques,” and “Having Difficult Conversations.”

McKay’s research and teaching interests include crisis intervention, family violence, public policy, conflict coaching, transformational narrative, conflict resolution applied processes, strategic community planning, and organizational conflict. She regularly trains law enforcement officers for Crisis Intervention Teams. She works with practicum students and student volunteers in Community Resolution Services (CRS), in the local communities. For more information, please contact McKay at mckayj@nova.edu.