Yolanda Padilla is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Achievement Award from the Association of Latina and Latino Social Work Educators. She received her award at the 2017 CSWE annual meeting in Dallas.
@TexasSteveHicks: Ideas, findings, people
On DACA
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an immigration policy from 2012 that has protected many young undocumented immigrants from deportation and allowed them to work legally. The current administration has taken steps to end this policy. “We are talking about the ruptures that could happen in countless families if DACA is not extended,” Dean […]
To good health
In a recent article in the American Journal of Public Health, Michele Rountree and colleagues provide recommendations for improving the education of social workers in six key health-related areas: aging, behavioral health, community health, global health, health reform and health policy.
Partnering for alcohol-free pregnancies
Mary Velasquez and the team at the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT) are collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the development of free, online educational resources about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. The goal is to help busy health care practitioners — doctors, nurses, social workers, medical assistants — learn […]
The cost of human trafficking
There are more than 300,000 victims of human trafficking in Texas, including almost 79,000 minors and youth victims of sex trafficking and nearly 234,000 adult victims of labor trafficking, according to a groundbreaking study by the Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault (IDVSA). The study also established that traffickers exploit approximately $600 million per […]
Clinician’s Corner
Through the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing, Clinician’s Corner offers short-form articles on topics relevant to social work practice with children and families, and opportunities for researchers and practitioners to come together through Facebook Live sessions to discuss the articles, share resources, and learn from one another. Social work participants will also have […]
Be PrEPared to prevent HIV
Social work professor Michele Rountree believes in bringing culturally tailored services to people right where they are to reduce health disparities. That’s why she is a founding member of the Center for Health Empowerment (CHE), a nonprofit that has recently opened in East Austin to improve the sexual health of underserved populations. CHE provides access […]
Credible fear
The Karnes Detention Center houses many women from Central America who are seeking asylum in the United States. As part of the legal process, they have an interview to explain why they think there is credible fear of danger for their lives should they be returned to their countries. Through the Social Work Detention Response […]
Bringing the latest to addiction treatment
Alcohol and drug addiction disorders are complex and difficult to treat, requiring development and testing of treatments through rigorous scientific research. Once treatments have proved to be effective and acceptable to consumers, moving them into clinical practice is a slow process that can take more than a decade. Social work researchers at the Addiction Research […]
Cultural competency
Social work senior Gwen Leonares joined the UT Austin Arabic Flagship Program because she knew she wanted to work with refugee populations. During her internship at Refugee Services of Central Texas, she had plenty of opportunities to practice Arabic with individuals and families from Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Syria. Speaking the language of your clients, […]
