Nov. 22-28, 2021

Dr. Kathryn Hyer Posthumously Receives Clark Tibbitts Award

Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP, FGSA, FAGHE, posthumously received the Clark Tibbitts Award from the Gerontology Society of America. This award recognizes individuals who have made a remarkable contribution to the advancement of gerontology and/or geriatrics education. During the 2021 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting Debra Dobbs, PhD, FGSA, gave a presentation titled "Kathryn Hyer's Lasting Legacy in Gerontology Education and Aging Policy Research" in memory of Dr. Hyer.

Dr. Kyaien Conner Selected as Special Assistant to the Dean on Diversity and Inclusion

Associate Professor in the Department of Mental Health and Policy Kyaien Conner, LSW, MPH, PhD, has been selected as the Special Assistant to the Dean on Diversity and Inclusion. In this role, Dr. Conner will support the Dean's Office in coordinating CBCS diversity and equal opportunity programs, policies, and trainings. She will serve as liaison between the USF Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity and CBCS, and as a point of contact for CBCS faculty and staff. She will also hold positions on the Dean's Council and the CBCS Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Research Roundup

Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP (CFS)

Decreasing Recidivism among Juveniles with Brain Injury

Re-Entering the Community using Resource Facilitation

Sponsor: Florida Department of Juvenile Justice

7/1/2021-6/30/2022

Three year project total: $750,000

This project is a collaborative effort between the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, University of South Florida (College of Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling and College of Criminology), Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Non-profit Youth Opportunity Foundation (inclusive of Traumatic Brain Injury expert practitioners and researchers), and a service provider of juvenile justice services. The ultimate goal of the project is to reduce recidivism through the creation of a Traumatic Brain Injury Continuum of services for juvenile justice youth reentering the community from long-term residential placement.

Heather Peshak-George, PhD (CFS)

Florida Connect: Interconnecting School Mental Health and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports to Improve Middle School Students' Academic, Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Outcomes

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education

10/1/2021-9/30/2026

Amount: $1,508,004.00

Florida Connect will implement a lag implementation design using the Interconnected Systems Framework in four urban and rural middle schools implementing Tier 1 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports with fidelity within one Florida school district to (a) improve the efficiency and effectiveness of mental health services for youth with and at-risk for disabilities and/or minoritized backgrounds, (b) gain knowledge of how to best integrate educational and mental health systems by integrating prevention, universal screening and targeted interventions, and (c) inform dissemination efforts for project replication and scale-up.

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Hello, 

My name is Mia Said, and I am a master’s student at the University of South Florida. I am currently conducting my graduate certificate research project (IRB #3017) as an institute scholar from cohort 8 of the Institute of Translational Research Education in Adolescent Drug Abuse. I am writing to ask for your help with the COVID-19 Impacts on Implementation Survey. This 10-minute survey focuses on the implementation of evidence-based substance use prevention programs in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for crisis response planning from the perspectives of school-based behavioral health practitioners and administrators.

I am looking for individuals who work in a school administrative (e.g., principal, assistant principal of curriculum, etc.) capacity and/or behavioral health practitioners (e.g. school psychologist, social worker, certified substance abuse counselor, registered mental health intern, etc.). Participation is completely voluntary, and your answers will be kept anonymous. Every 5th participant to complete the survey will receive a $5 Amazon gift card! If this survey is not applicable to you, I kindly ask that you forward it to an individual in a school administrative and/or behavioral health practitioner capacity. 

If you are interested, please click on the link to access the survey:

https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d3WePx3hFUHbiYK



This survey is being conducted to provide researchers with a better understanding of how COVID-19 social distancing precautions have affected the implementation of evidence-based substance use prevention programs and need for crisis-response planning in schools. I kindly ask that you complete it before November 25th. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at miasaid@usf.edu. 

Thank you for your consideration in advance.