Alexander and Blazi to Lecture on Why Psychosocial Considerations Matter to Infants

OKLAHOMA CAPITOL -- Kathryn Alexander and Sherry Blazi will open a dialog on how psychosocial considerations impact the healthy outcome of childbearing, parenting and early infant mental health at noon, Jan. 23 at the Oklahoma History Center, 2401 N. Laird Ave., Oklahoma City.
Alexander is a licensed clinical social worker with the Maternal and Child Health Division of the Oklahoma State Department of Health in rural eastern Oklahoma. Alexander has 33 years of social work experience and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work.

Blazi is a licensed clinical social worker and is a social work consultant and technical supervisor for the Oklahoma State Department of Health SoonerStart/Early Intervention Program as well as a clinical social worker for the Oklahoma County SoonerStart Team. Blazi has 35 years of experience and holds a Master’s of Social Work degree from the University of Oklahoma.

The Practice and Policy Lecture Series is sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) and the University of Oklahoma Center for Public Management. The year-long series provides thought-provoking presentations by experts in their fields on Oklahoma’s emerging policy issues, trends and best practices. The lectures are free and open to the public.

For more information, contact the OKDHS Office of Planning, Research and Statistics at (405) 521-3552. For more information on upcoming lectures and archives of previous lectures, visit the Practice and Policy Lecture Series Web site at: http://www.oucpm.org/lectureseries/.

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