The mission for the Center for Children and Families (CCF) is to develop models for evidence-based, cost-effective, integrated clinical services for children and adolescents with mental health and learning problems that are exportable for primary-care-based, clinic-based, school-based, and community-based care throughout the United States internally.
A world-class interdisciplinary clinical research center, CCF provides the infrastructure for a focused array of research services and education that spans a variety of mental health and educational problems.
The specific objectives of the CCF include: 1) To advance evidence-based knowledge of the causes, mechanisms, outcomes, and interventions for mental health and learning problems of youth, 2) To promote the development of effective treatments and prevention through scholarly research, 3) To provide state-of-the-art prevention and treatment services to children and family in South Florida, and 4) To disseminate knowledge to students, consumers, and professionals in mental health, education, and primary care.
MSW (2nd year and Advanced Standing Students) Clinical