Donna McLaughlin

Donna McLaughlin is known for her expertise in social work practice with groups and individuals, behavioral health and trauma, and supervising, training, and consulting health and human service organizations. She is the co-editor of Revitalizing Our Social Group Work Heritage: A Bridge to the Future.

McLaughlin teaches foundation and advanced level courses on working with individuals and groups. She designed the professional education course, Group Work with Older Adults. Her interests include supervising and mentoring students and new workers, and community training in group work, trauma, living with chronic illness, and issues facing the LGBTQ+ community. She is a clinician/consultant in private practice. McLaughlin presents on social group work practice, supervision, and mentoring locally and internationally.

She is a long-time member of the International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG) and serves as the treasurer on the International Board of Directors. She provides training to the American Parkinson Disease Association, where she is a member of the advisory board and an ongoing collaborator. She received the Boston University School of Social Work 2019 Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to the School of Social Work, and is the recipient of the 2015 Group Worker of the Year Award presented by the Massachusetts Chapter, IASWG. Her online course also won a 2014 Platinum Award for Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming from the United States Distance Learning Association.

At BUSSW, Donna McLaughlin, serves as coordinator of the Group Work courses and serves on numerous University and School related committees.