Intercollegiate collaboration helps seniors
Thursday, October 25, 2012
CSW Associate Professor, Dr. Jean Munn has co-authored a chapter for the medical text, Primary Care Geriatrics, along with Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith and Debra Danforth of the FSU COM. The focus of the chapter, interdisciplinary collaboration on medical teams, has led to the development of a course available to students in medicine, nursing, and social work to be offered summer 2013. The course will model an interdisciplinary team format, posing case studies and comprising equal team membership for each discipline.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
One College: Two Journals
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
One of the College of Social Work’s unique qualities is that it is home base to two well-respected scholarly journals. Both journals were founded and are currently edited by FSU College of Social Work faculty members. The Journal of Poetry Therapy is edited by Dean Nick Mazza and Research on Social Work Practiceis edited by Professor Bruce Thyer. Both faculty members’ talents have served to create these resources that continue to enrich research and practice in social work and related disciplines.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
Eric Garland: Science offers new hope in mental health
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Over the past several decades, there has been an explosion of research demonstrating that our feelings and thoughts are closely tied to the function of our brains, so much so that the 1990s were heralded as the “Decade of the Brain” by the Library of Congress and the National Institutes of Health.
Posted Under: CSW General
Launch of international exchange (Jönköping, Sweden): Meet Jessica Larsson
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Fall 2012 begins a special international partnership in social work. The FSU College of Social Work and Jönköping University in Jönköping, Sweden collaborated to provide an exciting exchange opportunity for both universities’ students.
Posted Under: CSW General, International Programs
Sandra Thornton Baty: veteran, social worker, and inspiration
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Classmates of retired Air Force veteran Sandra Thornton Baty may well have made an understatement when they said that she “has done it all in the mental health field.” Spending more than twenty years in the U.S. Air Force (USAF), Sandra has contributed to the mental health of countless veterans and their families. To mention just a few of her many accomplishments in 18 years in mental health, Sandra has:
Posted Under: Alumni & Friends, CSW General
Transforming Education into Global Empowerment
Friday, August 10, 2012
Derrika Hunt, MSW graduate
Current Ph.D. student at University of California, Berkeley
Guwahati, India; Summer 2012
Posted Under: CSW General, International Programs
Verizon Foundation funds development of a national violence prevention toolkit
Thursday, August 09, 2012
The Verizon Foundation has long supported projects that address vital community issues, including domestic violence. This month, Verizon increased its support of the Institute for Family Violence Studies (IFVS) at the College of Social Work, awarding the IFVS a grant of $140,000 to create the first stage of a national Prevention Toolkit on Officer-Involved Domestic Violence. Recognizing that domestic violence can occur in all occupations and is present in all socio-economic groups, the toolkit is designed to help criminal justice
Posted Under: CSW General
Multidisciplinary Center grant to address childhood obesity
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
With the help of grant funding from the Tallahassee COPE Coalition, the College of Social Work’s Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Consulting Center (MDC) is partnering with the PACE Center for Girls to provide a curriculum-based intervention for treating and preventing obesity that will include: nutrition education, physical activity and a behavioral activation treatment program.
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MSW interns and the Alzheimer’s Project treat local youths
Monday, July 30, 2012
With the help of FSU College of Social Work students Kayla Bennett and Jeff Dupuis, Alzheimer’s Project, Inc. and several other community organizations treated 75 local youths to a night at the movies at Movies 8 Tallahassee, afterwards presenting them with goodie bags filled with school supplies.
Posted Under: CSW General
Social work faculty provide HIV/AIDS training in Caribbean
Friday, July 13, 2012
Through joint efforts of the Florida State University College of Social Work and the Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas (FAVACA), Drs. Neil Abell and Pat Lager provided training to volunteers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to support their efforts assisting people impacted by HIV/AIDS.