Volume 10, Issue 6 | September 2014
FEATURE

A new program headed by the USC School of Social Work for the United Consortium for Children and Families, a federally funded program and partnership between the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and six Master of Social Work programs in Los Angeles, sends its student interns to work not only at DCFS but also to gain clinical skills at a community-based agency. "We looked at how we could enhance internships that would better prepare students for one of the most difficult jobs in social work, or one of the most difficult jobs - period," said Professor Jacquelyn McCroskey. Read more

NEWS
With School of Social Work and USC Viterbi professors collaborating on big-data projects, such as wireless-based mobile health training for older adults with disabilities and mapping social networks of homeless youth, the fields of social work and engineering turn a seemingly unlikely pair into the perfect couple. Read more

The School of Social Work hosted the first Western States Next Practices Round Table: The Art of Scaling Best Practices to End Homelessness, bringing together more than 150 government officials, organizational partners and providers to discuss current approaches to homelessness and what is needed to impact policies that will lead to change. Read more

For students interested in working one-on-one with veterans and military families, a trip to the nation's capital provided a meaningful lesson in understanding how policies are made and their influence on everything from the accessibility of timely mental health services to the successful reintegration of soldiers to society. Read more
Adolescence can be particularly difficult for young girls and boys who identify as sexual minorities - lesbian, gay or bisexual. They may experience stressors that place them at high risk of engaging in negative behaviors such as heavy alcohol use, an issue explored in a study by Assistant Professor Jeremy Goldbach. Read more
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