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USF College of Behavioral & Community Sciences
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December 8 - 14, 2019
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CFS Associate Professor Appointed Chair of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Committee
 Dr. Trina Spencer was recently appointed to be the chair of the Clinical Research, Implementation Science, and Evidence-Based Practice committee for the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Her service to ASHA and the field of communication science will begin January 2020 and end December 2022. ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 204,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students. As the chair of this national committee, Dr. Spencer will also be a member of the ASHA Journal's Board, which is charged with approving editors and editorial boards for ASHA's five scholarly journals, monitoring their effectiveness, and assessing the evolving needs and opportunities for curating, disseminating, and translating knowledge to practice.
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MHLP Research Associate Receives Commendation from Hillsborough BOCC
 In honor of his retirement, Mark Engelhardt received a Commendation from the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners at their December 4th meeting. As the Director of the University of South Florida's Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center, Mark's 44-year career has focused on advancing systems to improve the lives of people experiencing homelessness, mental illness and substance use disorder. His commitment to this work was highlighted by Commissioner Sandy Murman (District 1), with specific emphasis on his role as a state and national expert and champion of the Housing First model and longstanding involvement in the Hillsborough County Behavioral Health Task Force.
In addition Mark delivered the Keynote address at Central Florida Behavioral Health Network's 5 Star Awards Ceremony for providers in Sarasota on Nov. 6th. CFBHN gave him a recognition award for "dedication and service" and recognized his work as a founding member of CFBHN.
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Criminology Associate Professor Elected Executive Counselor
 The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences has elected Dr. Ráchael Powers as the executive counselor in the ACJS Victimology Section.
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Criminology PhD Student Elected to DLC Executive Board
 Doctoral student Lauren Miley was recently elected to the ASC Division of the Developmental and Life-Course Criminology's Executive Board. She will serve a two year term for one of the largest divisions in the American Society of Criminology.
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CFS Assistant In Research Shares Findings at NAEYC Conference
 On Friday November 22, 2019 Ruby Joseph co-presented a paper entitled Family Literacy Initiative: An International Partnership Brings Success to Parents and Preschoolers at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Conference in Nashville Tennessee. The Family Literacy Initiative (FOL), which seeks to positively affect Liberia and Liberians through education, social, economic and humanitarian programs and through advocacy efforts, addresses a crisis that underlies all of Liberia's challenges - one of the lowest literacy rates in Africa. It recognizes that parents are a child's first teacher and partners FOL with the international evidence-based program Home Instruction for Parents of Pre-school Youngsters (HIPPY) to bring the program to three communities in Liberia. Joseph co-presented at NAEYC with Mary Gemignani, PhD, Chair of the Friends of Liberia (FOL) Education Committee. Read more...
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SW Students Participate in USF Health IPE Day
 School of Social Work students participated in the Annual USF Health Interprofessional Education Day (IPE) event that explored strategies to combat the opioid crisis in our community. Katie Barifeld-Craig, Madeline McCoy, Catherine Cadotte, Jennifer Fuentes, and Dana Williams were assigned to a group and were given a vignette regarding a person with a substance use disorder. They worked collaboratively with other students from nursing, medicine, pharmacy, public health, behavioral health, and physical therapy using systems theory to explore and understand the areas in which collaborative interventions could be implemented to address a client's physical and behavioral health, as well as social service needs. The students developed a system map, created a 3D model, and presented a five-minute speech framing the problem and sharing solutions. A special congratulations to Dana Williams whose group was one of the four finalists.
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Research Roundup
 Lise Fox (CFS)Technical Assistance Center on Positive Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Outcomes for Young Children with, and at Risk for, Developmental Delays or DisabilitiesSponsor: U.S. Department of Education 11/1/2017-10/31/2022 Amount: $5,500,000 A national technical assistance center to provide guidance, training, materials, tools, and on-site support to state leaders for the implementation and scale-up of evidence-based practices within early childhood and early intervention programs serving young children with disabilities.
 Christopher Groeber (SW)Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Training and Evaluation ProjectSponsor: Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office 10/1/2019-6/30/2020 Amount: $250,000 The purpose of this contract is to develop the curriculum and training materials, and certification tests necessary for the GAL Program to establish a training and certification program for individuals working for or on behalf of the GAL Program as child advocate managers, volunteer recruiters, and volunteer trainers. Certification will augment the existing expertise, understanding and training of these individuals. The approximate 100-hour certification training will also allow the GAL Program to update its focus on the "first 1,000 days of life;" a priority for the Florida Children's Cabinet based on the importance of brain development during that period of a child's life. An evaluation component will be incorporated to obtain qualitative feedback from field test participants on the strengths and weaknesses of the training program.
 Tom Massey (CFS)Institute for Translational Research Education in Adolescent Drug AbuseSponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse 04/01/2017-11/30/2022Amount: $1,615,542
This project involves the continued development and expansion of a successful research education program for graduate level students and professionals to acquire innovative research skills to address drug abuse and related behavioral health concerns of children and adolescents. Implementation Science continues to be at the forefront of innovative research education; the Institute for Translational Research and Education in Adolescent Drug Abuse (ITRE) will focus on training clinical researchers in implementation research methods, translation of research into community practice, and the practical skills of participatory research. A cross-disciplinary approach, involving multiple colleges at the University of South Florida and Northern Arizona University, as well as local community service agencies, has been developed with special attention to evidence-based practice, translational research, and children and adolescents as an at-risk population. Our emphasis is on addressing research education with an expanded target of behavioral health researchers with interests in working with at-risk populations including children and families of AI descent and Hispanic populations who have drug abuse and other co-morbid behavioral health conditions, defined as the array of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders of childhood that, along with drug abuse, have devastating effects on adolescent development.
 Kathleen Moore (FMHI)Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office, Inc. (DACCO) Family Treatment ServicesSponsor: Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office (DACCO) 9/30/2018-9/29/2023 Amount: $393,000 DACCO Behavioral Health received a SAMHSA award of $2,620,000 for five years in partnership with the University of South Florida's Dept. of Mental Health Law and Policy. The Family Treatment Services (FTS) Program is an innovative SAMSHA funded program that enables us to work in tandem with community partners to serve pregnant and up to one-year post-partum mothers in need of addiction treatment. Participant in FTS are assigned a primary therapist to coordinate their Comprehensive Family Plan that includes: (1) the family strengths and supports, and (2) the children's and parent's needs. Dr. Kathleen Moore will oversee the evaluation component of the grant that will focus on both process measures and program outcomes and will include collection of both qualitative and quantitative data. The evaluation will assist DACCO to meet its goals and objectives of assessing the effectiveness of program implementation and to provide recommendations for improving key program functions.
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CBCS In the News
Can an Extra 16 Minutes of Sleep Score You a Promotion?
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In fact, according to a recent study from the University of South Florida: ... an assistant professor at the University of South Florida's School of Aging Studies
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New Publication
- Crowe, A., Averett, P., Harris, A., Crumb, L., & Littlewood, K. (2019). In My Own Words: Exploring Definitions of Mental Health in the Rural Southeastern United States. The Professional Counselor, 9(4), 381-395. doi: 10.15241/ac.9.4.381
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