News Archive
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The University of Southern California partnered with a nonprofit organization and donors to unveil what’s billed as the world’s largest mobile dental clinic in Pasadena on Feb. 6, offering free dental care to more than 100 area children.
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Struggling to translate military skillsets for the civilian workplace and developing an identity outside the military are not transitional challenges unique to American veterans.
In an exchange of ideas that could promote the well-being of all veterans—regardless of nationality—David Pedlar, research director at Veterans Affairs Canada, joined the USC School of Social Work as a Fulbright visiting research chair in military social work.
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A little more than a decade ago, Marv Southard faced a crisis that shaped his approach to leading the largest public mental health treatment system in the country.
In 2003, budget projections left the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health approximately $21 million in the red. Would the burden of those cutbacks fall on staff members who worked directly for the county or contracted community agencies that provided equally valuable services?
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From mass incarceration, climate change and an aging population to immigration, mental illness and rising income inequality, the most pressing issues facing America have something fundamental in common: the social factor. As a call to action on these and other urgent problems, the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) has launched the Grand Challenges for Social Work.
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New research suggests that helping inner-city children gain social and emotional skills can help them improve in basic reading, writing and mathematics.
A report published in School Psychology Quarterly outlines the findings of a randomized trial indicating that a holistic approach to education is needed to nurture a range of skills and capacities to help children become healthy and competent adults.
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When David Bond learned that suicide is the second-leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults nationwide, he felt spurred to action.
That passion only increased when he discovered that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youths are approximately four times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual teens and young adults.
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For some of South Los Angeles’ neediest kids, getting a college degree can seem downright unachievable.
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This post originally appeared on the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s website, www.mptf.com.
Openness matters.
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When confronted with terrifying and inexplicable events we experience extremely uncomfortable and seemingly unbearable individual and collective chaos. We are thrown into crisis. Nothing makes sense. Everything seems out of control. Life becomes terrifying. Our very survival appears to demand an immediate return to the perceived safety and certainty of life before the chaos of crisis.
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Five years ago, most people thought of online education in the vein of unaccredited programs with coursework that could be completed at a student’s leisure. The general consensus was that it probably wasn’t a “real” degree with anything close to a rigorous curriculum. And earning a reputable social work degree online? Forget it. How could anyone learn online the skills needed for such a personal, interactive profession?