Fall 2016 issue

Postdoctoral fellow Farya Phillips has evaluated an intervention to help children who have a parent or primary caregiver with cancer. The results, published in Psycho-Oncology, show that after the six-week intervention children improved communication skills, reduced anxiety, felt safer at home, and improved school performance. The intervention is currently being… read more 

Ethnic identity develops during early childhood and is associated with better adaptive behavior, according to new research by professor Esther Calzada focusing on Latino children. Calzada interviewed more than 600 Mexican American and Dominican American young children (4 to 5-year-old) socially and economically disadvantaged, their parents, and their teachers. She… read more 

U.S. World & News Report’s latest edition ranks the UT Austin graduate social work program #7 in the nation. U.S. News & World Report’s graduate rankings, separate from the magazine’s yearly ranking of undergraduate programs, are among the most prestigious ratings in higher education. They are based on surveys of… read more