School of Social Work News

The U-M School of Social Work (SSW) has received a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to increase the number of MSW behavioral health workers. This project prepares MSW students to work with impoverished racial and ethnic minority children, adolescents, and transitional age youth living with behavioral health conditions. SSW, in collaboration with the Detroit/Wayne County Mental Health Authority, will provide a specialized inter-professional behavioral health education and training program called the Detroit Clinical Scholar Program to 33 MSW students per year (a total of 99 over three years).

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Mary Ruffolo was the principal investigator along with colleagues David Córdova, Jorge Delva, Larry Gant, Joe Himle, Edie Kieffer, Sandra Momper, Mike Spencer and Betsy Voshel.

Associate Professor Trina Shanks wrote an article, “The Promise of Child Development Accounts: Current Evidence and Future Directions” for the Summer/Fall 2014 issue of Community Investments, “Rebalancing the American Dream: Forging Pathways to Financial Security”.

Assistant Professor Shawna Lee and Associate Professor Andrew Grogan-Kaylor's research on spanking was cited in the Detroit Free Press, BBC, the Guardian and various sports blogs reporting on the indictment of the Minnesota Viking running back Adrian Peterson on child abuse charges.

PhD student Amanda Tillotson and Professor John Tropman published "Early Responders, Late Responders, and Non-responders: The Principal-Agent Problem in Board Oversight of Nonprofit CEOs" in the current issue of Human Service Organizations Management Leadership and Governance Journal. 

Assistant Professor David Cordova’s research, "A Community Engaged Approach to Working toward the Implementation of Mental Health Best Practices in a Primary Care Setting," has been accepted for presentation at the 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation.

Assistant Professor Desmond Patton was invited by the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research for a convening of experts to discuss the practices and strategies that foster the factors critical to young adult success. This convening is a part of a project funded by the Wallace Foundation called “A Framework for Developing Young Adult Success in the 21st Century.” The project examines how noncognitive factors shape college and career success and how these factors are developed in different stages and within various contexts of children's lives.

Lloyd Shelton (MSW ' 15) was featured in The University Record for a talk he gave at the Services for Students with Disabilities 40th Anniversary Event on changing the culture at U-M for students with disabilities.

Professor Mieko Yoshihama was selected for the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence 2014 Wave of Change Award, which recognizes "efforts to prevent domestic and sexual violence and whose work has contributed significantly to the social change necessary to end violence against women."  The Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence is a state coalition of domestic and sexual violence organizations.