News Archive
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Major depression coupled with other chronic health problems, such as heart disease or diabetes, can place a severe burden on low-income, culturally diverse individuals who are less comfortable interacting with doctors and navigating complex health care systems.
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When Clinical Associate Professor Beverly Younger of the USC School of Social Work assigned Split at the Root: A Memoir of Love and Lost Identity to her Human Behavior and the Social Environment class, she knew it was the perfect choice to convey how the influence of class, race and ethnicity can impact one’s growth and development. What she didn’t know was she would have the opportunity to discuss it with the author herself—former actress and model Catana Tully—an introduction she owes to her student and Facebook.
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Controversy over the legitimacy of removing children from their home because of excessive weight has ensued since the Cuyahoga County Department of Family Services removed an 8-year-old, 200-lb. Ohio boy from his mother’s care in 2011, citing medical neglect as the cause. Case workers noted that the mother failed to control the third-grader’s health, putting him at high risk for severe medical conditions in the future, according to a Time magazine article.
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The recognition and praise associated with a Medal of Honor for heroics during one of the deadliest battles in Afghanistan does not come easy to Staff Sgt. Ty Michael Carter. But that is starting to change.
“I’ve learned to accept it because I now have a new mission,” he said.
Speaking to more than 100 people Tuesday at the University of Southern California, Carter said he wants to use his newfound attention to destigmatize the invisible wounds of war—post-traumatic stress disorder.
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When Abby and Alan D. Levy’s daughter Jacqueline (“Jackie”) was in high school, she worked as a volunteer at Teen Line, answering phone calls from troubled teenagers. One night, when Abby went to pick up their daughter after her shift was supposed to be over, she found that Jackie wasn’t finished yet. After much waiting, Jackie emerged, armed with a new life’s purpose. She had just convinced a suicidal teenager to seek help. She had just saved a life.
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Students in the USC School of Social Work’s social welfare course (SOWK 535) learn by doing, engaging in advocacy and persuasion for positive social change. From writing editorials and creating public service announcements to rallying for reform and lobbying government officials, they are making their voices heard on policy while helping others. And, thanks to the course’s availability through the school’s online Master of Social Work degree program, those efforts reach far beyond Los Angeles.
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David Rochman was a teacher at William Jefferson Clinton Middle School near the University Park Campus when he first enrolled in graduate classes at USC three years ago to study education. He valued the rewarding opportunity to help impact the lives of children as an educator, but he thought he could do more outside the classroom.
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Apps on our phones and tablets are meant to make life easier and point us to the services and providers who can meet our needs. There’s no reason why such innovation can’t also simplify and improve the stressful process that military children and their parents face every time they enroll in a new school.
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In a new kind of partnership uniting higher education, nonprofit organizations and philanthropy, the Hutto-Patterson Charitable Foundation has established an endowment to fund the creation of a field placement at the USC School of Social Work with United Friends of the Children (UFC), an organization dedicated to bettering the lives of foster youth.
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As part of a global immersion program this summer, students and leaders from the USC School of Social Work gathered in the capital of the Philippines to see firsthand how the country empowers its women through the legislative process.
Held at the U.S. embassy in Manila, the event brought together nearly 100 students, faculty members, alumni and community members to discuss the role of women in government, as well as critical issues facing women in the Philippines, including human trafficking, migrant labor, poverty, violence and health care.