043 — Supporting Children On the Margins with Dr. Khush Cooper
Today’s show features Khush Cooper, MSW, Ph.D. Dr. Cooper (or simply, Khush) is an adjunct professor of social work at UCLA and the CEO of Implematix, a firm committed to changing the human services landscape by providing innovations that cause people, organizations and communities to thrive. Khush’s work is driven by her commitment to support “children on the margins” to lead, including children in foster care and LGBTQ youth.
In today’s engaging discussion, Dr. Cooper and Dr. Fred share insights on:
The tangible expression of Khush’s commitment to supporting humanity’s evolution
What it means to work with children “on the margins”—including what happens when they thrive
How young transgender children regard gender differently than adults (including trans adults)
What foster youth “see” about the construct of family
Linguistics as a tool to connect with others, and to create new worlds
Khush’s reorienting shift from a focus on accomplishment to commitment
Moving from “us vs. them” to an inclusive “we”
Leadership as a practice, rather than a position
What Khush sees that’s working in the world
Episode Length: 00:46:52
DR. COOPER’S RESOURCES
LinkedIn > www.linkedin.com/in/khush-cooper-msw-ph-d-74b10620/
Dr. Khush Cooper’s Bio > see bottom of post
ALSO MENTIONED ON TODAY’S SHOW >
Quote > “At the edge of chaos, unexpected outcomes occur. The risk to survival is severe.” —Michael Chrichton, The Lost World
Article by Dr. Fred > Global Madness: What Must Happen To Unite?
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DR. KHUSH COOPER’S BIO >
Khush Cooper, MSW, PhD. is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs as well as a consultant to public child welfare systems and private child welfare organizations in the areas of foster care reform, LGBTQ youth in systems, implementation science, and leadership. Dr. Cooper teaches Child Welfare Research, Leadership, Public Policy for Children and Youth, and Macro Practice at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA and is a foster care subject matter advisor to the UCLA Williams Institute, a nationally renowned LGBT research and policy analysis center. She received her MSW (2000) and PhD (2010) in Social Work from Luskin.
On the consulting side, as a social entrepreneur and specialist in implementation science, Dr. Cooper is the CEO of Implematix, a firm which assists government and private agencies to become agile in the ways in which they conceive, plan, execute and measure their innovation work in a rapidly changing world. She has cultivated long-standing relationships with policymakers, leading practitioners, and consumers to shield and guide California’s child welfare organizations, both public and private, through reform initiatives. Her credibility in the child welfare field is further enhanced by her years of direct practice experience in foster care, residential treatment and community adolescent service settings. She has deployed performance management systems for large multi-site child welfare and mental health provision organizations; designed practical implementation support and readiness initiatives with regard to state and federal legislative mandates and currently is an adjunct member of the Implementation Collaborative within Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago as well as CQI subject matter expert utilized widely by Casey Family Programs.
