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Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference: Call for Papers – Now Open!
The 24th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference seeks to enhance the effectiveness of services and systems for children and youth with mental health challenges and their families.
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Child & Family Studies receives gift from Tampa Interbay Rotary Club.
The Tampa Interbay Rotary Club recently donated $14,000 to the Department of Child & Family Studies' ABA. The money was raised through the club's Cycling Out Autism event. The fundraiser is planned again for next year and its proceeds will again support the ABA program.
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Drs. Batsche, Boothroyd, and Stiles Awarded USF Global Academic Partners Grant
Dr. Catherine Batsche, Dr. Roger Boothroyd, and Dr. Paul Stiles recently received a Global Academic Partners grant from USF. The researchers, all from the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, will utilize this funding to establish a research ethics partnership with faculty at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana, Africa.
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Now Available: Online Learning in Children's Mental Health
The online in-service training program at USF provides access to current knowledge and practical skills needed to work in systems serving the mental health needs of children, youth, and their families.
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2010 KIDS COUNT Special Report: Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters
Florida KIDS COUNT is pleased to join the Annie E. Casey Foundation as a 2010 KIDS COUNT Special Report Outreach Partner.
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Tampa Tribune Shares Message from CFS Chair Mario Hernandez
Dr. Hernandez urges our community to make a deeper commitment to children’s mental health through supporting programs that intervene early to prevent emotional and behavioral problems.
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Children’s Mental Health Research & Policy Conference profiled on WUSF 89.7 FM
The focus of the conference was on how collaboration can be used to overcome the one-two punch of more children needing services while less funding is available
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Events
September 8: Using Technology to Address Health Disparities in Older Adults
September 16: "Criminal Thinking: Theory, Research, and Practice"
September 24: Innovations in Autism Spectrum Disorders
October 6, 2010: Conducting Guardianship Evaluations
October 7, 2010: Understanding Social Security Disability: Adults with Mental Impairment
October 5, 2010: Forensic Evaluation and Juvenile Justice
October 13: Pearls & Pitfalls of Community Partnered Research - Examples from the Field