Professor Yolanda Padilla is the leader of the new CSWE Center for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice. This center will provide social work education with the opportunity and the means to support greater diversity and social and economic justice in education, teaching, research, curriculum, institutional arrangements, and leadership development. “It was a real honor for me […]
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UT Heals
The School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin is one among ten institutions across the country to receive a five-year grant from the Council in Social Work Education, the National Association of Social Workers, and the New York Community Trust to train social work students to be healthcare leaders. Social Work HEALS (Social […]
Fall 2015 Community
Dean Zayas’s summer Texas tour; Endowments: John and Jennifer Gates Endowed Scholarship in Social Work; Planned gift: Ashbrook-Teague Trust Graduate Fellowship in Social Work; Why I Give: Ramón Gómez.
Fall 2015 Class Notes
Terri Spahr Nelson is psychotherapist, consultant, educator, and author with more than 30 years of experience working in mental health and behavioral sciences, and specializing in victims of violence and trauma. She is a military veteran, twice awarded the Army Commendation Medal. She is Director of the Bachelor’s of Social Work Program in the Department […]
Breaking the cycle
When Dina’s* son was three, she had a gut feeling that something was wrong with her child’s behavior, but her pediatrician encouraged her to be patient and try different parenting techniques. When her child was four, he threatened to kill both his parents and himself. At that point, Dina called the pediatrician in tears and asked, […]
An all-around approach for mental health
Liz,* a 14-year-old high-school student in Edinburg, Texas, is passing all her classes and enjoying going to school every day. She is thinking about college and professions where she can help other people. Three years ago, however, these seemingly typical behaviors were very far from Liz’s reality. She was diagnosed at an early age with […]
Living on the edge
Have you ever tasted Tostilocos (recipe here)? Or danced to Nortec (listen to a sample)? They are just two examples of the richly hybrid culture of the United Sates-Mexico border. The border, conceived not as a line but as a space of mixtures and exchanges of all types (of goods, people, customs, languages), has attracted […]
Restorative Discipline can reduce dropout rates
By Marilyn Armour As another school year goes by, it seems teachers are becoming more and more of an endangered species. Many teachers-in-training find themselves struggling to master teaching demands with fewer resources, more students, and ever-increasing high-stakes testing and accountability. They also find they are ill-equipped to manage the classroom and student behaviors that […]
Keeping children in school
Communities In Schools of Central Texas brings resources and relationships to school campuses, surrounding students with a community of support, and empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. This organization was recently recognized by Greenlights as one of Austin’s non-profits of the year. We talked with Chief Program Officer Eric Metcalf, MSSW […]
Small but powerful
The School of Social Work may be one of the smaller units at UT Austin but it is pretty powerful when it comes to bring money to advance research. During fiscal year 2013-2014, social work faculty and researchers brought $10 million in grants, which places our school in seventh place on the UT Austin campus, […]