USF College of Behavioral & Community Sciences                                               Aug. 15- Aug. 31, 2017

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Welcome to our new CBCS faculty
Welcome to our new CBCS faculty:
Front row, left to right: Leslie Lopez, CSD, Danielle Harris, CSD, Melissa Thompson, Social Work, Trina Spencer, CFS, Maria Carlo, CFS, Vicky Buckles, CFS, Betty Bonni, CSD, Diana Julbe-Delgado, CSD, Lindsay Peterson, Aging Studies
Back row, left to right: Jack Drobisz, Dean's Office, Jeff Williams, CFS, Jason Anthony, CFS, Riaan van Zyl, Social Work, Matt Foster, CFS, Alexandra Brandimore, CSD

PhD in Aging Studies Alumnus Receives Prestigious Award
Dr. Giyeon Kim (PhD in Aging Studies, 2007) has been selected to receive the 2017 Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology from the Gerontological Society of America .  This award recognizes outstanding early career contributions in behavioral and social gerontology.  Dr. David Chiriboga, Department of Child and Family Studies was Dr. Kim's co-major professor, along with Dr. Yuri Jang, now at the University of Texas-Austin.


UFF USF Chapter Travel Funds
Congratulations to Dr. Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga who was among six of thirty-four submissions selected to receive travel funds from the United Faculty of Florida at USF. The funds will help cover her travel to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) conference held this October in Atlanta, GA. This is the largest conference in the world for interdisciplinary rehabilitation research bringing together rehabilitation researchers, providers, clinicians, and administrators from over 65 countries. Two of Dr. Dillahunt-Aspillaga's presentations focusing on rehabilitation of military with traumatic brain injury have been accepted. Also at the conference, Dr. Dillahunt-Aspillaga is Co-Chairing the Military Community Reintegration task force annual meeting. As part of this task force, she is co-editing a supplement accepted for publication in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Attending this meeting will allow her to address business related to publication.

Multicultural Guidelines Task Force
Since 2015, Dr. David Chiriboga has served on the American Psychological Association's five-person task force to revise the Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice and Organizational Change for Psychologists, 2002 (Multicultural Guidelines). Retitled Multicultural Guidelines: A Reconsideration and Applications and approved by APA's Council in August 2017, the document reflects the significant growth in research and theory regarding multicultural contexts since the original 2002 guidance was adopted, and encourages psychologists to consider how knowledge and understanding of intersectional identity develops from and is disseminated within professional psychological practice. Endemic to this understanding is an approach that incorporates developmental and contextual antecedents of identity and how they can be acknowledged, addressed, and embraced to engender more effective models of professional engagement. The Guidelines incorporate broad reference group identities such as Black/African American/Black American, White/White American, and Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander to acknowledge within group differences and the role of self-definition on identity. The Board of the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest's intends that the document continue to serve as the state-of-the-science in multicultural competency education and training, service delivery and research.

FMHI Research Library Changes
The Tampa Library will be sending students to manage the Desk activities: Opening and closing the FMHI Research Library, checking materials in and out, and helping to resolve problems.  These students have had experience in the Tampa Library, and  will do their best for you and the students. In case you need a higher level of service (e.g., to schedule an instruction session with a librarian), please contact Maryellen Allen, Assistant Director for Instructional Services. mallen@usf.edu
The FMHI Research Library will maintain its regular schedule, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.  Please remember that the library has a presentation practice room and two group study rooms, all of which students may check out for academic use. There are also textbooks on reserve behind the Desk that students may check out for a span of three hours. Please encourage your students to use the library, located in the MHC complex,  as a convenient location to study before and after class.


Now Accepting Applicants for Spring 2018
Applications are now being accepted for Spring 2018 for the fully-online Master of Science Degree in Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health (MSCABH) at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Call for Proposals Now Open for the 31st Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health, scheduled March 4-7, 2018 and hosted by the Department of Child & Family Studies. Submission deadline is October 27th

Upcoming Events:
Community Blood Drive
August 20th, 10:30 - 3:30

CBCS Community Garden Interest Meeting 
September 5th, 10:30-11:45 am 
MHC 1430 
Email Katie Holland (Kholland1@usf.edu) to attend if interested in participating in this community garden project.

Basic Life Support Training for CBCS Employees
September 6th, 9-11 am/ 1-3 pm 
College of Medicine UTE 1507
Choose a session and CBCS-HR-Training@usf.edu to take this course. There is a $5 charge. Please bring cash. 

Falling Through the Cracks: The Intersection Between the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems
October 6th, 9am-Noon
University Area Community Development Corporation, Inc. 
14013 North 22 Street, Tampa, FL 33613
Click here to register. Email Patty Cleveland, clevelan@usf.edu, by Sept. 22 to register with reasonable accommodations.

CBCS Special Events Committee 2017 Back to School Supplies Drive for Pizzo Elementary
Drive Ends August 31

CBCS in the News
.. "Basically we're utilizing our own immune system," said Dr. Vicky Buckles, an addiction and substance abuse expert at the University of South Florida.....

...Dr. Ross Andel, a professor at the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida. "There's a good amount of evidence that grip strength...

Adding News/Events/Publications to the CBCS Website and Newsletter
If you have news/events, or recent/upcoming publications you would like posted on the CBCS website and/or newsletter, please send the details and any attachments to CBCS Marketing. (CBCSMarketing@usf.edu)
 
Be sure to include all pertinent information in the format you would like to have posted (title, date, times, location, event description and contact information). Please provide your information in editable digital text format.
 
Articles included in the CBCS Communique may be disseminated to USF Media outlets and/or beyond.