News Archive
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"I have been accused unjustly," 8-year-old Laura Newman said firmly.
The year was 1951, and Laura was at Beverly Vista Elementary School, where students participated in an exercise that allowed them to put notes in a "citizenship box" if they felt somebody did something wrong. Once a week, the notes were read aloud and if anyone felt they were wrongly blamed, the student would stand up and exclaim, "I have been accused unjustly."
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Prepared and excited to become agents of change, more than 300 master's and doctoral graduates celebrated at the USC School of Social Work commencement ceremony on May 15.
It was a joyous and memorable moment as students stood as one and recited the National Association of Social Workers' Code of Ethics.
" … I will work to help all people in need. I will work to reduce the social problems in our society. I will challenge injustice particularly to vulnerable and oppressed individuals …"
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The California Social Work Hall of Distinction hosted its annual induction ceremony May 16 at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel, honoring five social work advocates, including two posthumously.
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Students enrolled in Adolescent Gang Intervention, one of the USC School of Social Work's more popular undergraduate courses, have been instrumental to Los Angeles city officials working on gang prevention and intervention strategies.
The year-old class focuses on providing foundational knowledge on gang life and culture, theories of gang involvement, historical context of gangs in Los Angeles, and current intervention and policies in areas addressing the gang epidemic.
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Postponing antipsychotic medications and integrating psychological and social treatment to those suffering early episodes of schizophrenia may help reduce long-term dependence on antipsychotic drugs, according to a review of published research.
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USC School of Social Work students are using social media – posting tweets, blogging and creating video diaries – and other creative ways to bring awareness to how California's budget cuts are affecting teachers, students and the role of mental health care providers.
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The USC School of Social Work and the USC Institute of Creative Technologies held a reception to celebrate the school's new military social work and veteran services program, the first of its kind at a research university, and recognize Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard for helping secure $3.2 million in federal funding for its development.
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A lack of understanding about what constitutes emotional abuse often causes the problem to go unidentified in children referred to child protective agencies, USC researchers have found. And because of this, children are not getting the help they need for the abuse that is likely endangering their mental health and well-being.
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Maria Aranda, associate professor in the USC School of Social Work, was awarded a $452,442 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to examine the implementation of structured psychotherapy and supportive depression care management in adult health care (ADHC), the first known study of its kind.
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Kathy Ell, the Ernest P. Larson Professor of Health, Ethnicity, and Poverty at the USC School of Social Work, is part of a team that has received a $573,514 grant from the American Diabetes Association to help Latinos with diabetes transition safely from hospitals into community settings. Ell, a co-principal investigator, will assist Susan Enguidanos, PhD '04, an assistant professor in the USC Davis School of Gerontology and the study's principal investigator.