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Dorian Traube, associate professor, and other USC experts offer insight into the complications teachers and students may face upon returning to the classroom full time.
Are the kids alright?
The answer is complicated. The usual chaotic back-to-school period is now unusual — marked by a COVID-19 delta variant surge and continued vaccine hesitancy in some parts of the country.
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About 40% of eligible Americans ages 12 and up remain unvaccinated for COVID-19, according to the CDC. Karen Lincoln, associate professor, and other USC researchers explain who the unvaccinated might be, as well as the challenges in persuading people to get their shots.
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During the week of April 15 - 21, 2021, five mobile dental clinics, containing 15 dental operatories, took over the parking lot of the Leo Baeck Temple near the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center (WLA VA) to provide free mobile dental care for veterans experiencing homelessness or at-risk for homelessness.
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Each year, Drew Child Development Corporation (Drew CDC), a nonprofit in South Central Los Angeles dedicated to the education and well-being of at-risk children, recognizes leaders committed to advocacy, education, mental health and improved welfare for children and their families in the community.
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As the United States looks toward January 20, 2021 and the inauguration of a new president, its citizens continue to deal with the stress and anxiety of the global pandemic, fights for equality and racial justice, and an election cycle rife with anger and, most recently, violence and incursion.
Social workers may find themselves in a unique position of leadership, helping individuals and communities cope, heal and move forward.
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Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón has announced the establishment of the office’s first Crime Victims Advisory Board, and introduced the six founding members at a news conference on December 16 which include Susan He
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On August 14, 2020, the Social Work Leadership Roundtable held a virtual Town Hall on Racial Equity, streamed via Facebook Live and hosted by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), one of the nine social work organizations that comprise the Social Work Leadership Roundtable membership.
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Call it a perfect marriage of need. As the COVID-19 health emergency upended people’s lives this spring and summer, faculty at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work found a way to help Master of Social Work (MSW) students, and the greater Los Angeles community, with an innovative initiative aimed at promoting well-being to underserved populations through pro bono telehealth counseling services.
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Jennifer Avalos, Master of Social Work (MSW) student at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, is a U.S. Army veteran, married to an active duty Marine. Her way of life, learned from her chosen family ― the military ― is to adapt, improve and overcome.
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Life post-graduation can be intimidating, but it does not have to be. Here are 10 tips designed to help recent graduates navigate life after completing their MSW or MSN.
A host of emotions surround graduation. Pride, excitement and anticipation are as commonplace as anxiety, fear and uncertainty as graduates close one chapter and boldly step into a new one. For many, finding not just a job — but the right job — is a top priority.