
Improvement in access to mental health resources for children would decrease vicarious trauma of foster parents and social workers via improved living and working conditions.
Virginia Hatch-Pigott, MD, FAAP, LMSW, graduated from the University of Iowa in 1996 and completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in 1999. She has worked in a variety of settings in Hawaii and Arizona, from large multispecialty practices to small rural private practices.She is passionate about foster care and adoption as well as the mental health crisis facing her patient population. To that end, she went back to school to get her master's in social work during the pandemic. She currently works in a private practice setting in Arizona in a social work position doing counseling and neurofeedback.

Improvement in access to mental health resources for children would decrease vicarious trauma of foster parents and social workers via improved living and working conditions.

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Published: May 8th 2024 | Updated: