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- LSU School of Social Work's MSW Program Receives National AccreditationThe Master of Social Work (MSW) program, of the LSU School of Social Work received accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education, or CSWE, valid through October 2028.
- Scott Wilks Tiger ProfileLSU School of Social Work Professor Scott E. Wilks is focused on helping the state’s older population, and as the COVID-19 pandemic grew, he got to work to address the virus’ impact on Louisiana families who take care of loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, or ADRD.
- Self-Care, Sensitivity, & Social Unity: The Silver Lining of Embracing Awareness to Avoid Stress BurnoutThis workshop will examine the role self-care plays in helping to avoid stress burnout, fears created by racial insensitivity, and strain from lack of social unity. Avis K. Brown, LCSW-BACS will use her signature framework "Silver Lining Self-Care Treatment Plan" to help participants discover how to create a personal "Self-Care Treatment Plan."
- Dr. Cassandra D. Chaney has been named the J. Franklin Bayhi Endowed ProfessorThe LSU School of Social Work is pleased to announce that Dr. Cassandra D. Chaney has been named the J. Franklin Bayhi Endowed Professor in the College of Human Sciences & Education. Dr. Chaney is a faculty member in the School’s Child & Family Studies Program.
- A Long Time Coming—LSU Alumna Shines New Light on Incarceration and 20-Year-Old LSU Social Work CaseLouisiana State University (LSU) alumna Monique Morrison has optioned both the book rights and the story rights related to a death penalty mitigation case researched by LSU Professor of Research and Director Emerita of the LSU Social Research and Evaluation Center Cecile Guin in the late ’90s. Morrison now has plans for a TV series called The Farm to be centered around Angola Prison, the former slave plantation turned Louisiana State Penitentiary, where Feltus Taylor spent the last nine years of his life before his execution by lethal injection.
- LSU School of Social Work Awarded $2.5 Million to Expand Mental Health Services in Louisiana SchoolsLSU School of Social Work (SSW) has been awarded a 5-year, $2.5 million grant from the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) to expand and strengthen the state’s school-based mental health workforce. The Louisiana School Social Work Expansion Project (LaSSWx), a partnership between LSU SSW and LDOE, will provide enhanced mental health services to students in high-need K-12 schools, help build the school-based mental health workforce to provide students with multi-tiered systems of support, and improve school culture and climate to better prepare students for employment, responsible citizenship, and fulfilling lives.
- #FeedItForwardHow a pandemic, an assignment deadline and a community's generosity provided much more than lunch for under-appreciated local healthcare heroes
- School of Social Work Director Releases Statement Addressing the Death of George FloydSchool of Social Work Director's Statement In Response to the murder of George Floyd
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Funds LSU Social Work Professor’s Efforts to Provide Care to Alzheimer’s CaregiversLSU School of Social Work Professor Scott E. Wilks has been awarded a $90,625 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, or HRSA. The project will address the impact of COVID-19 on Louisiana residents who care at home for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, or ADRD.
- More Than Glitter & Sparkles: CHSE Senior Keighley Kelley Continues Mental Health Advocacy as the Longest Reigning Miss LSU You can certainly make changes.Keighley Kelley of Mandeville, LA is a senior in the School of Education pursuing a major of Child and Family Studies.
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