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USF College of Behavioral & Community Sciences

August 2 - 8, 2020


CBCS COVID-19 photo contest. Submit your work from home COVID-19 photos to cbcsmarketing@usf.edu. We'll post the photos in Communique over the next few weeks, then vote on our favorite photos at the end of the Summer semester.
COVID-19 Update
ABA Professor Ray Miltenberger Contributes to Work on Changing Behaviors During COVID 19
Dr. Miltenberger's research in ABA focuses on teaching safety skills to children and individuals with disabilities, ABA approaches in health, fitness, and sports, analysis and treatment of repetitive behavior disorders, and functional assessment and treatment of problem behaviors. Recently, he has utilized his expertise to help educate people about changing their behavior during the COVID 19 Pandemic. Read more...
CBCS Virtual COVID-19 Q&A Meeting
Dean Julie Serovich is hosting a virtual COVID-19 Q&A meeting on Friday, August 7, 2020 at 2:00pm. This is an opportunity for all CBCS faculty and staff to hear the latest COVID-19 updates and ask the Dean questions prior to the start of the Fall semester. This will be a virtual meeting conducted in Microsoft Teams. A link to the meeting will be provided a few days in advance. This event is separate from the Provost's Faculty Information Session below.

The President and Provost invite you to attend a Faculty Information Session regarding the launch of the Fall 2020 semester. This one-hour session will only address teaching and student success. It will not be focused on research, service, or the general opening of the university. Thus, for many of you the content may not be relevant. Faculty, adjunct instructors, and graduate teaching assistants are particularly encouraged to attend. A subsequent reminder, in the form of an invitation to join the session through MS teams, will follow shortly. We hope to address other issues of importance to you at a college Town Hall to be scheduled soon.

We invite you to share your COVID-19 stories in Communique. Let us know how you are coping with working remotely. Submit your photos and captions to cbcsmarketing@usf.edu
As always, you should refer to the official USF coronavirus webpage for the most up to date information. 
Stay safe
SW Instructor to Participate in International Virtual Conference

Congratulations to Dr. Kerry Littlewood who submitted a few abstracts with colleagues from the Children's Bureau and the kinship network to the Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare. She was successful with all three of the submissions.

  • Honoring Kinship Families: Kinship Navigation Innovations and Opportunities in the U.S. 10/5/2020 11:00 AM MT
  • An Examination of Kinship Navigator Programs in Three States Working to Promote Family Resiliency 10/5/2020 1:30PM MT
  • Lifting up the Voices of 600 Kinship Caregivers in the Pandemic 10/8/2020 5:00 PM MT
Become a Scholar in the Fully Paid Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health Graduate Certificate Program

Applications are now open to start the program in Spring 2021. This program pays for 15 credits of tuition, fees, and travel to conferences. You will be mentored to conduct your own community-engaged research to help solve real-world problems, present results at a conference, and publish your our work. You may be able to apply these credits toward your degree program (with approval). For information and to apply watch this short video https://youtu.be/eAUE84OJvo0; then, visit www.usf.edu/itre (go to the Admission Application tab). You can also email us at errodri3@usf.edu. Applications will remain open until October 1, 2020.

Join us for a virtual information session on Friday, August 28, 2020 at 12:00pm.
 

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting
+1 813-694-2079 United States, Tampa (Toll)
Conference ID: 786 299 352#
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Allowing children to express themselves is exactly what Dr. Jillian Heilman with the University of South Florida recommends as kids prepare to go back to school.

Why Is My Face Changing Shape As I Get Older?
Gizmodo Australia
Ross Andel Professor, School of Ageing Studies, University of South Florida There are obvious and visible changes to the...

Florida schools not required to track, report Baker Act use
WFLX Fox 29-TV
to the most recent data from the University of South Florida Center Baker Act Reporting Center. The Baker Act is a...

Nursing homes aren't equipped to provide life-saving A/C in the event of a power outage
Popular Science
the more likely people are to follow it," says Lindsay Peterson, a research assistant professor in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida. "When [a regulation] is very ...

Experts, police say surge in gun violence in Cleveland, nation to coronavirus-related stressors
Cleveland.com and Crime Report
Bryanna Fox, an associate professor of criminology at the University of South Florida and Cleveland State University director of ...

Militarism and COVID-19
CounterPunch
Michael D. Knox, PhD is the founder and chair of the US Peace Memorial Foundation and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida.

New Publication
  1. Muster, C. L. (2020). The Silenced Voices of Hidden Survivors: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Among Women With Disabilities Through a Combined Theoretical Approach. Affilia, 088610992094455. doi:10.1177/0886109920944555
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