March 21, 2017
Daniela Bermea (MSSW ’18) has been selected to receive an E.D. Farmer International Fellowship in the amount of $3,000 for research...
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March 14, 2017
By Monica Faulkner, Ph.D., LMSW and Laurie Cook Heffron
Recent news reports have indicated that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering causing children psychological harm as a...
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March 7, 2017
The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing is pleased to announce the launching of Clinician’s Corner, a learning space where social...
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February 22, 2017
By Melissa Torres, Ph.D., MSW
When Texans think of human trafficking, they often focus on the victims of sexual exploitation. While it is certainly a...
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January 31, 2017
Professors Cynthia Franklin and Mary Marden Velasquez were inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare during public ceremonies at the...
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January 31, 2017
Thanks to a generous grant from alumna Sue Fairbanks, the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing will be conducting...
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January 24, 2017
According to a groundbreaking study by the School of Social Work's Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
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January 19, 2017
Child abuse is a crisis in Texas. The SAFE Alliance reports that in 2015 there were 66,721 confirmed cases of child maltreatment...
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January 3, 2017
Midlothian, Texas (December 22, 2016) – The Chris Kyle Frog Foundation, dedicated to honoring God, Country and Families Who Serve...
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December 20, 2016
By Jane Maxwell, PhD
Recent reports of yet another round of Texans falling ill and requiring hospitalization after taking K-2 is a sign we...
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December 5, 2016
AUSTIN, Texas – Patient navigators who were deployed as part of a state program have proved to be effective in...
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October 18, 2016
Dean Luis H. Zayas’s book, Forgotten Citizens. Deportation, Children, and the Making of American Exiles and Orphans, is one of...
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