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Post-Graduate Certificates in Clinical Supervision, Clinical Practice with Children to be Offered by UB
7/29/03
The University at Buffalo School of Social Work will offer two new, intensive training programs for mental-health and human-services professionals during the 2003-04 academic year.
Summer Institute for Advanced Social Work Practice and Addiction Studies to be Held at UB June 23 To July 28
6/12/03
The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo will sponsor the 18th annual Summer Institute for Advanced Social Work Practice and Addiction Studies from June 23 through July 28.
UB Social Work Student Named "Student of the Year" By NYSSWEA
4/25/03
Claudine Sikorski, a master of social work candidate at the University at Buffalo, has been selected as one of two recipients of the Student of the Year award presented by the New York State Social Work Education Association.
Project Focuses on Improving Delivery of Mental-Health Services in Western New York
3/21/03
The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo has been selected by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) to work with mental-health professionals to provide better care to residents -- particularly children -- of the 19 counties that make up the OMH Western Region.
UB School of Social Work Selected as Home for Interdisciplinary Journal
1/3/03
The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo has been selected as the new home of The Clinical Supervisor, a journal that looks at aspects of supervision in the fields of psychotherapy and mental health.
Behavior Disorders of Childhood to be Topic of New Online Course Offered by UB School of Social Work
12/6/02
The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo will offer its first online graduate-level course, Behavior Disorders of Childhood (SW 992), beginning with the Spring 2003 semester.
Researcher Receives Prestigious Award to Study Factors that Delay Hospice Care for Terminally Ill Older Adults
5/31/02
A social work researcher at the University at Buffalo has received a prestigious award to explore, in collaboration with Hospice Buffalo, the psychosocial factors that contribute to delayed hospice care for terminally ill older adults.
Study by UB's Research Institute on Addictions Confirms Link Between Alcohol Consumption, Work Absence
5/9/02
Alcohol consumption is predictive of workplace absenteeism on a day-to-day basis, with employees nearly two times more likely than normal to call in sick the day after alcohol is consumed, according to a study conducted at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).
School of Social Work Has Key Role in Effort to Turn Around One of City's Most Distressed Neighborhoods
3/22/02
The University at Buffalo School of Social Work is taking a pivotal role in a collaborative, community-based program aimed at reducing youth violence in one of the most distressed neighborhoods in Buffalo.
UB Study to Examine Buffalo Teens' Attitudes Toward Reproductive Health Care
12/13/01
Researchers from the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo are conducting a study to learn what is preventing teen-age girls in Buffalo -- which has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in New York State and one of the highest in the nation -- from taking advantage of area reproductive health services.
$700,000 HUD-Funded Initiative Takes Aim at One of Buffalo's Most Distressed Neighborhoods
12/5/01
One of Buffalo's most distressed and physically degraded inner city neighborhoods is the target of a new "healthy homes" demonstration project to be administered and operated by the University at Buffalo.
UB School of Social Work Posts Online Suggestions for Coping with Traumatizing Effects of Terrorist Attacks
10/17/01
The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo has developed a Web site that offers online information and resources for those who are having personal difficulty coping with the Sept. 11 terrorist attack and its aftermath.