MIT Horizon webinar: Designing Supportive Technology for and with Foster Youth

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July 27, 2022 12:00pm
Location
Online
Type
Webinar
Audience
Faculty
MIT Community
Public
Students

MIT researcher Ila Kumar will join MIT Horizon to discuss her work with the MIT Media Lab, exploring how technology can be designed to support young people who have experienced foster care in Massachusetts. With a community-based and trauma-informed design approach, her team aims to understand the challenges, goals, and coping strategies of young people and design technology solutions for them based off their strengths and interests. Ila will cover strategies for engaging community members in the design process and look at the trade-offs and limitations encountered along the way. After the talk, Kumar will take questions from the audience.

Register for this MIT Horizon webinar: https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vK7HqMrCTBO8RoFPg2yO3A