The Blueprint for Campus Police guides the 600 police officers that patrol The University of Texas’s 14 campuses on how to engage with victims of sexual assault and improve the handling of sexual assault cases. The blueprint, created by the School of Social Work’s Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual… read more
Issues
Friend of Field Award
As chief program officer of Communities in Schools of Central Texas (CIS), Eric has been instrumental in securing internships for social work students – more than 40 students were placed at CIS this past year alone! Thanks to Eric’s advocacy, CIS covers the cost of required background checks, which could… read more
When parents have cancer
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
