MHLP Associate Professor Joins ASHA Podcast
Dr. Khary Rigg joined the official podcast for the American Speech and Hearing Association, ASHA Voices, for a discussion on opioid misuse and hearing healthcare. Dr. Rigg was invited to discuss his recent paper about the connection between opioids and hearing loss, and the clinical implications of the opioid epidemic for audiologists. He also discusses the overlap between populations at risk for hearing loss and those at risk for opioid misuse and offered tips on how to address the topic of drug use with patients. Listen to the new episode here.
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Nominations Open for 2022 Dean's Awards for Faculty and Students
Nominations are now being accepted for the following awards:
- Faculty Awards
- Outstanding Research Award
- Outstanding Teaching Awards (One will be designated for tenure track faculty and one for instructors.)
- Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
- Outstanding Service Award
- Student Awards
- Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
- Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
- Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
Please click here for further details and considering nominating deserving colleagues and students. Nominations are due to Devon Weist (dlweist@usf.edu) by February 28.
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Co-founder of ABA Program Establishes Legacy Gift
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Child and Family Studies Dr. Hewitt B. "Rusty" Clark and his spouse, Rebecca Clark, have graciously named our college in their will. When realized, this legacy gift will establish the ABA Research Award Founded by Hewitt "Rusty" & Rebecca Clark. Dr. Clark co-founded the master's and doctoral programs in Applied Behavior Analysis at USF.
This endowed scholarship/award will benefit graduate students who are conducting and publishing applied research related to child, youth, and/or young adult development or human behavior associated with other socially significant issues. Thank you to Dr. and Mrs. Clark for your planned support of our students! We are so grateful for your generosity.
To learn more about planned giving as well as other ways to support the college, contact our development team here.
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Casting Call: This is My Brave
Dr. Kristin Kosyluk, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, is teaming up across the USF campus and with the USF School of Theatre and Dance for This is My Brave – College Edition, a OneUSF Production.
USF students with a story to share about mental health via poetry, original music, comedy, essay, dance, or other artistic expression are invited to audition.
Auditions will be held January 20-22. USF students from all campuses can sign up for an audition time here. Future rehearsals and events will be scheduled based upon the cast's availability. The performance will be held April 22 at 7 p.m. in the USF Music Concert Hall.
If you have questions about This is My Brave, please email Dr. Kristin Kosyluk (kristin.usf@thisismybrave.org). If you have questions about auditions, please email Amanda Clark (amandaclark@usf.edu).
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Human trafficking bill would make paying for sex a felony in Florida
ABC Action News
"In addition, the bill would create a statewide human trafficking repository at the University of South Florida..."
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USF, Junior League of Tampa team up to fight human trafficking
WFTS(ABC)-Tampa
"That's why the University of South Florida and Junior League of Tampa are partnering to hold a free virtual meeting on Tuesday night..."
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Black, K., & Oh, P. (2021). Assessing age-friendly community progress: What have we learned? The Gerontologist, 62(1), 6–17. doi:10.1093/geront/gnab051
Guzick, A.G., Leong, A.W., Dickinson, E.M., Schneider, S.C., Zopatti, K., Manis, J., Meinert, A.C., Barth, A.M., Perez, M., Campo, D.M., Weinzimmer, S.A., Cepeda, S.L., Mathai, D., Shah, A., Goodman, W.K., Salloum, A., Kennedy, S., Ehrenreich-May, J., & Storch, E.A. (2022). Brief, parent-led, transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral teletherapy for youth with emotional problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.034
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Salloum, A., Lu, Y., Chen, H., Quast, T., Cohen, J. A., Scheeringa, M. S., Salomon, K. & Storch, E. A. (2022). Stepped care versus standard care for children after trauma: A randomized non-inferiority clinical trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2021.12.013
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SAVE THE DATE
Human Trafficking Data and Research World Summit
Using Numbers to Drive Action
When: March 4, 2022, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. US/Eastern
Where: USF St. Petersburg campus
Join other industry leaders from around the world for this special one-day event to share information and discuss how we can better collect and analyze data to combat human trafficking.
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At the end of 2021, the Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse (CJMHSA) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) submitted its Annual Report for FY20-21. This report is prepared by the TAC and summarizes the nearly 30 CJMHSA reinvestment grant programs throughout the state. In addition to its use by communities, this report goes to the governor and other high-ranking members of the state’s legislature to increase awareness of the reinvestment grant program and inform future policy and funding decisions. Despite COVID-19 continuing to impact grant programs, communities were able to make great strides in reducing arrests and jail days and increase access to community-based services for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorder. Key highlights from the report include:
- 81% of performance measures met out of 235 across all grantees
- More than $2M of criminal justice costs and 981 hours of human resource costs avoided for grantees who track these impacts
- More than 5,000 individuals served in FY20-21
- 100% satisfaction with CJMHSA TAC technical assistance events
- More than 20 USF faculty and external subject matter experts engaged to support TAC events
This report can be used by researchers, community leaders and policy makers to measure the impact of grant funds and monitor systems change initiatives throughout the state. To view the full report, visit this link.
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The study team at the University of South Florida Department of Child and Family Studies is conducting a national online survey of former youth residents of residential treatment facilities and their parents and caregivers to understand their experiences and perspective of the care received by the facilities. The types of facilities include programs such as therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, addiction treatment centers, residential treatment centers, and boot camps.
The survey will be completed online via a web-based survey link. The information shared will be anonymous and cannot be linked to individuals in any way. We will create a report based on the answers provided by all survey participants to inform policymakers, parents, teens, and treatment providers with the goal of improving services and regulations. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete.
If you are a parent of someone who attended a residential program as a teenager between 2017 and 2021 you are invited to complete the parent survey.
If you are a young adult who attended a residential program as a teenager between 2017 and 2021 you are invited to complete the young adult survey.
Follow this link to learn more about study eligibility and to complete the survey: https://www.usf.edu/cbcs/cfs/research-training/surveys/index.aspx
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Adding News, Events, and Publications to the CBCS Website and Newsletter
If you have news/events, or recent/upcoming publications you would like posted on the CBCS website and/or newsletter, please send the details and any attachments to CBCS Marketing (CBCSMarketing@usf.edu).
Be sure to include all pertinent information in the format you would like to have posted (title, date, times, location, event description and contact information). Please provide your information in editable digital text format.
Articles included in the CBCS Communiqué may be disseminated to USF Media outlets and/or beyond.
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