Tim Jaasko-Fisher, OSR 16 student receives Lee Ann Miller award

Tim Jaasko-Fisher, student in the Master of Arts in Organization Systems Renewal and director of the, Court Improvement Training Academy, received the Lee Ann Miller award from the  Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. The award is presented annually to an individual who has “made the greatest impact and/or contribution in furthering the goals of the Children’s Justice Act.”

Jaasko-Fisher has been the director of the Court Improvement Training Academy since 2009. The program provides interdisciplinary training for judges, lawyers and other stakeholders in the child welfare system on topics including infant mental health, substance abuse, parent-child visitation, racial disproportionality in foster care, and adolescent brain development. The training academy utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to the problems faced in child welfare law.

The Master of Arts in Organization Systems Renewal (OSR) takes a systemic, interdisciplinary approach to organizational growth, development, and change. OSR is a two-year, cohort-based program designed for leaders, executives and change agents.  Accepting applications for the 2010 cohort.