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USF College of Behavioral & Community Sciences February 13 - 19, 2017
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CFS Faculty Receive Funding to Improve Employment Outcomes for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
 Tammy Jorgensen Smith, PhD, CRC and Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP, were recently awarded $672,750 through a federal National Institute of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (R34) grant to refine and test an intervention to be utilized by community-based Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) service practitioners to improve competitive employment outcomes for adults (age 22+) diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The primary aims of the study are to: Refine training, treatment and study protocols to test the ACCESS intervention; examine the feasibility and acceptability of ACCESS in an iterative open trial; and examine the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of ACCESS relative to usual care in a randomized controlled pilot trial of 30 adults with ASD.
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CSD Professor Receives Award
 Theresa Chisolm, PhD, CCC-A, is an author on an article, "A Randomized Control Trial: Supplementing Hearing Aid Use with Listening and Communication Enhancement (LACE) Auditory Training", Ear and Hear 37(4):381-396, that has been selected to be recognized at the 2017 American Auditory Society (AAS) meeting with the Ear and Hearing Editors' Award.
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Glenn E. Smith to Speak as Part of the Distinguished Lectureship in Aging
 Dr. Glenn E. Smith, will present "Making the case for multi-component behavioral interventions for MCI" on Friday, February 17, 2017 at 10:30am in USF College of Public Health Auditorium 1023B. Smith is the Chair and Elizabeth Faulk Professor of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida. A board-certified neuropsychologist, Dr. Smith has authored or co-authored over 200 original articles, 14 book chapters, and 2 books. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Nebraska, and then completed an internship at UCLA and a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota (where he subsequently spent 25 years). He is the creator of the HABIT program (Healthy Action to Benefit Independence and Thinking™), which is designed to benefit people diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). He is past Chair of the American Psychological Association's Committee on Aging, and is the principal investigator of a study titled 'Comparative Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions to Prevent or Delay Dementia.'
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Supervisor Speaker Series 2017 - Collective Bargaining Agreements
This series of workshops is designed to address the most pressing issues that our supervisors face on a daily basis. Attend any or all of these workshops through the year to help develop your skills as a supervisor. Intended audience: Supervisors and staff who provide support to HR functions.
In this seminar, Liz Gierbolini will discuss the current Staff (AFSCME) and GA collective bargaining agreements at USF. She'll highlight specific passages within the documents that impact the terms and conditions of employment for those employees covered by the agreements. If you hire and/or supervise Staff or GA's covered under these CBA's, you'll want to attend this seminar.
Friday, February 17, 2017
MHC 1503
10:00am - 12:00pm
Seating is limited. Participants must register via email to
CBCS-HR-Training@usf.edu. Your registration will be confirmed. A wait-list will be established if demand exceeds space availability. If you need to cancel your attendance, please email this address as well. This will help to ensure that all available seats have been assigned.
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Graduation with Distinction Nominations Due Soon
Students who do not meet traditional academic honors graduation criteria, but who still deserve some form of official recognition may be nominated to graduate with distinction. Guidelines for nominating such a student are available here. Nominations are due by 5:00pm, February 24th.
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CBCS In the News
USF Sarasota-Manatee professors recognized
WWSB-TV
...two USF sarasota manatee professors are being recognized for their research. Dr. Kathy Black and Kathryn Hyer's research, "From Aging Community to Age Friendly Community: Translating Research into Practice" is the winner of the International Award for Excellence for the International Journal of Aging and Society.
When Surviving Childhood Means Killing Your Father
Huffington Post
Kathleen Heide, a professor at the University of South Florida who studies parricide, estimates there are only about 50 children under 18 who kill their parents each year in the U.S. Most of them are victims of severe child abuse and neglect, she said, and act out of pure desperation.
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