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Kathy LaPlante is a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma. She currently teaches in the Master of Social Work program at the University of South Dakota in the areas of Child Welfare, Social Work Practice with American Indians, Trauma-informed Social Work Practice with Children and Families and Diversity and Social Justice in Rural and Urban Communities. In recent years, Kathy contributed to an edited book chapter for the APA on the disproportionality of American Indian children in the child welfare system drawing from her work in teaching and public child welfare. Kathy serves as the Coordinator for American Indians in Health Sciences for the School of Health Sciences where she is working collaboratively to develop a sustainable American Indian Health Science program for Indigenous students.
Indian Child Welfare (Micro and Macro Social Work Practice)
Diversity and Social Justice and the Practice of Social Work
Social Work Practice with the Native American Population
Trauma Informed Social Work with Children and Families in the Child Welfare System
Forensic Social Work Practice
Indian Child Welfare Practice; the cultural identity of American Indian youth within the child welfare system
Indian Child Welfare; A specialized area of Social Work Practice
Macro Social Work Practice; Program Development and the Retention of American Indian students in Higher Education
