Brenda Amedee, LMSW, began working at The Center for Child and Family Studies, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, as a contract trainer in the 1990s. She trained on topics including alcohol and other drug abuse, foster home licensing, Life Book for adoption, adolescent growth and development, and advanced child maltreatment.

She is currently employed as Training and Development Director involved in the training and development of curricula for foster care and adoption workers as well as foster care/adoptive parents. Brenda’s 15 years of experience in the social work field includes economic services, child protective services, foster care, and interstate compact. She is also a certified adoption investigator. Brenda received both a bachelor of arts degree in Journalism and a master of Social Work degree from the University of South Carolina.