CFS associate research professor receives AAIDD Service to the Association Award | |
Elizabeth Perkins, PhD, Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS) associate research professor, has been awarded the Service to the Association Award from the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). This award honors individuals, organizations, and media who have made outstanding contributions to the field. AAIDD was founded in 1876 and is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary membership organization of professionals and others concerned about intellectual and developmental disabilities. Perkins, who also serves as the associate director of the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities at USF, has been a highly active member of AAIDD for nearly 20 years.
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Aging studies associate professor hosts podcast episode on moral distress for health care workers | |
Debra Dobbs, PhD, associate professor in the School of Aging Studies, hosted a new podcast episode for the Social Research Policy and Practice Section of the Gerontological Society of America. In the episode titled "'What Keeps Me Awake at Night': Moral Distress in Long-Term Care Employees," Dobbs leads a discussion with guests Ozcan Tunalilar, PhD and Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP on direct care staff issues of moral distress during COVID in assisted living and nursing homes. It is the second episode in the series on workforce issues in long term care.
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Former instructor creates a lasting legacy with endowed scholarship in CRMHC
After 15 years as an instructor in the Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (CRMHC) program, Dae Sheridan’s name will continue to be recognized by faculty, students, and staff in CRMHC forever. Sheridan, PhD, LMHC, CRC, along with her husband Scott, recently established the Dr. Dae Sheridan Endowed Scholarship to support CRMHC students. Their gift, which includes $25,000 to fund an endowment and $5,000 in support while the endowment grows, will provide scholarships to full- or part-time graduate students pursuing a CRMHC major. Read more.
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Tampa Midtown Rotary Club Presents $22,000 to CARD-USF and ABA program
The Tampa Midtown Rotary Club presented $22,000 to the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at USF (CARD-USF) and the USF Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program. The money was raised during their 11th Annual Cycling for Autism held in October 2022. The check presentation was held at the monthly Midtown Rotary meeting on Jan. 12, where Rotarians, 2022 sponsors, and USF representatives celebrated the success of the event. Read more.
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CFS professor presents research on teaching safety skills to children
Raymond Miltenberger, PhD, BCBA-D, professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS), presented his research as part of the Pints of Science Quarterly Lecture Series at New World Music Hall. His presentation, "How to Prevent a Parent's Worst Nightmare," discussed what works and doesn't work to keep children safe from guns. Miltenberger is currently the director of the Applied Behavior Analysis program, and his research in applied behavior analysis focuses on teaching safety skills to children and individuals with disabilities.
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Sex Trafficking Around the World Is Increasing
A&E TV
"'It is a byproduct of our connectedness in the digital age,' University of South Florida criminology associate professor Joan Reid tells A&E True Crime. 'It is much easier for traffickers to...'"
Husband of missing mom searched "how to dispose" of woman's body
CNN
"Bryanna Fox is a former FBI agent and associate professor in the criminology department at the University of South Florida..."
USF Human Trafficking Research Lab working to create 'Awareness Database'
The CW (ABC) - Tampa
"'The problem of human trafficking, despite all the efforts, is growing, according to the most recent estimates,' said Dr. Joan Reid, Director of USF's Trafficking in Persons - Risk to Resilience Lab. 'But, unfortunately, we still don't...'"
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Was the Idaho Murder Suspect Studying Criminology to Learn How to Commit a Crime?
The New York Times
"Dr. Fox is an associate professor in the criminology department at the University of South Florida, a co-director of the USF Center for Justice Research & Policy and a former F.B.I. special agent."
University of Idaho students return to campus following murders
KTKA (ABC) - Topeka, KS
"Dr. Bryanna Fox is an associate professor of criminology at the University of South Florida. 'He was a PhD student in criminology, and I know a lot has been made of that, but I think that's really a red herring...'"
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Doyle, C., Small, B., Schwarzberg, A., Ahles, T., Carroll, J., & Mandelblatt, J. (2022). Impact of Leisure Activities on Cognition in Older Breast Cancer Survivors and Noncancer Controls. Innovation in Aging, 6. doi:10.1093/geroni/igac059.053 | |
Russo, D. A., & Blair, K. C. (2023). Using the high-probability instructional sequence to improve initiation and completion of low-probability instructions in young autistic children. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 134. Advance online publication. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104422 | |
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No Health without Mental Health! Integrating Depression Care with HIV Prevention and Treatment Services
Jan. 19 | 12 p.m. MST (2 p.m. EST)
Zoom
The need for mental health services globally is unprecedented, especially in the context of the COVID-19
pandemic. Yet most people in both high- and low-resource
settings in need of mental health services go without,
creating a mental health "service gap." The field of global
mental health is dedicated to closing that gap. Jerome Galea, PhD, LCSW, RCSWI, assistant professor in the USF School of Social Work, will speak about integrated HIV and mental health care in the context of increasing access to evidence-based mental health services for all.
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