Tufts Health Plan Foundation Awards Over $130,000 to CADER at Boston University
CADER initiative supports Age-Friendly New Bedford Coalition Tufts Health Plan Foundation announced a two-year grant of $138,889 to Trustees of Boston University to create community outreach and educational campaigns focused on reducing the stigma of mental illness and social isolation. The grant reflects the Foundation’s commitment to building healthier communities by promoting collaboration and improving […]
CADER Launches Two-Year Clergy Training Program Responding to Older Adult Mental Health Needs
On March 21, the Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER) officially launched a two-year grant-funded program aimed at building the capacity of clergy to address the behavioral health needs of older adults by developing a training program for diverse faith-based leaders throughout Massachusetts. This program, funded by the MA Department of Public […]
Amy Coole’s (’18) Social Work Story
By Amy Coole (’18), Fall River Campus While a clinician at a jail diversion addiction treatment program, I was transferred to work at the women’s program after working at the men’s house for over a year. I was terrified. Girls and I never “got along” and I felt like I wouldn’t be able to serve […]
Elizabeth Guinn’s (’79) Social Work Story
By Elizabeth Guinn (’79) I have worked with a non-profit social service center in a village in Cambodia since it first opened and as US director for three years. On my first visit there in 2007, I saw the need for a sponsorship program as a way to fund-raise. When talking with the orphaned children […]
Study Directed by Professor Tom Byrne Finds Health Care Cost Savings Through Community Support Program for Homeless Men and Women
The state’s funding of community-based support services for chronically homeless people is a “wise investment” that can lead to significant health care cost savings
Special Intergenerational Programming Workshop Provides Interactive Learning Opportunity
Explores how to effectively unite older adults and youth through programming
BUSSW’s Rick Cresta Presents Chronic Marijuana Use in Teens Workshop in Southeastern MA
On February 22, BUSSW’s Rick Cresta led Chronic Marijuana Use in Teens, a workshop for over 70 social workers and mental health professionals working with teenagers, in Southeastern Massachusetts. Chronic Marijuana Use in Teens was sponsored by Old Colony YMCA, a longtime partner of BUSSW and a field placement site for BUSSW students. BUSSW Professional […]
Special Lecture: “The Sociocultural Context of Coping: Homicide Victims and African American Survivors,” with University of Maryland Professor Tanya Sharpe
Sharpe developed a culturally-relevant intervention and tool of measurement designed to support African Americans in coping with their grief
Professor Ruth Paris Returns from Fulbright Specialist Grant in Israel
Dr. Ruth Paris, associate professor of clinical practice and director of the Family Therapy Certificate Program at Boston University School of Social Work, completed a Fulbright Specialist Program grant in social work at Bar Ilan University (BIU) in Tel Aviv, Israel this spring. From March through April, Paris worked with with faculty and students at […]
Dean Gail Steketee Responds to Recent Tragedies
These are very trying times for our nation and for our own communities as we continue to witness the senseless killings of black men at the hands of police and, last week, the killing of police officers during a non-violent peaceful demonstration in Dallas. Most recently, we mourn the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. […]