Dr. Roger Peters was recently awarded a USF Nexus Initiative (UNI) grant to conduct research with colleagues from the Universidad Catolica in Asuncion, Paraguay. The project is entitled: "Examining Treatment Needs and Alternatives to Incarceration among Substance-Involved Women in the Justice System". The UNI grant project will provide cross-cultural research in South America and the U.S. to investigate the need for substance abuse services among incarcerated women, and to identify strategies for diverting these women to community-based treatment programs that serve as alternatives to incarceration. Key project activities include comparative analysis of the prevalence of substance use disorders among female prisoners in Paraguay and the U.S., technical assistance to correctional authorities to improve screening procedures and to identify strategies for diverting female prisoners to community treatment, and research colloquia at USF and the Universidad Católica in Asuncion, Paraguay. The UNI award will support ongoing collaboration with partners from Dr. Peters' Fulbright Specialist project in Paraguay that was completed in 2017.

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MHLP will be hosting its 2019 Continuing Education Forensic Training Series for Mental Health Professionals in early August. Instruction in forensic evaluation of adults and juveniles involved in the legal system is complemented with focused training on assessing and managing patients' risk for violence in acute long-term care settings. The Forensic Evaluation and Juvenile Justice training will take place from August 12 - 13, 2019. The Florida Adult Forensic Examiner Training will be held from August 15 - 17, 2019. Both training sessions will be held in the USF Gibbons Alumni Center- Traditions Hall. For more information, visit the website(s) above or email CBCSMarketing@usf.edu

1. Vroom, E. B., Massey, O. T., Yampolskaya, S., & Levin, B. L. (2019). The Impact of Implementation Fidelity on Student Outcomes in the Life Skills Training Program. School Mental Health. doi:10.1007/s12310-019-09333-1

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