Jerry Brandell recently presented a clinical workshop on "Therapeutic Storytelling with Children" to area clinicians and faculty members at the University of West Florida - Pensacola at the invitation of Dr. Chathapuram Ramanathan, Chairperson of the UWF Department of Social Work (first photo below). While in Pensacola, he also attended a dinner hosted by William Crawley, Dean of the UWF College of Education and Professional Studies. 

Earlier in October, Brandell was presented with a special edition of Edmund Engelman's iconic photos of the Freud residence as it appeared in May 1938, shortly before the Freud family fled Vienna to escape the Nazis. Brandell is pictured below visiting the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna

Hanna, J., Boyd, E., & Dominick, J. (2018, September). Michigan Re-entry Project (MI-REP): An innovative program for returning citizens with opioid use and mental health issues. Presented at the 19^th Annual Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorder Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.

Dean Sheryl Kubiak, Julie Hanna, and Emily Pasman represented the School of Social Work and the Center for Behavioral Health and Justice in collaboration with University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services at the annual American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry symposium in Florida:

Hanna, J., Gaba, A., Andre, M., Kubiak, S., Pasman, E., Leek, B., Smith Butterwick, A., Smelson, D., & Pinals, D. (2018, December). MISSION MI-REP: Re-Entry Focused on Opioid Use Disorders and Early Lessons. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP). Bonita Springs, FL. 

Moss, B.G., Bahr, P.R., Arsenault, L., & Oster, M. (in press). Knowing is half the battle, or is it?: A randomized experiment of the impact of supplemental notification letters on placement exam participation, preparation and performance. Research in Higher Education. doi: 10.1007/s11162-018-9536-9

Yeaton, W.H. & Moss, B.G. (in press). A multiple-design, experimental strategy: Academic probation warning letter's impact on student achievement. The Journal of Experimental Education. doi: 10.1080/00220973.2018.1469110

Yeaton, W.H., Shah, M.K. & Moss, B.G. (2018). Evaluating temporal trends and coincident relationships between obesity incidence and normal weight incidence in ECLS-B cohort children. American Journal of Health Promotion. 32(1), 177-187. doi: 10.1177/0890117116676545

Several faculty, staff and students from the School of Social Work recently presented their research at the annual meeting of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse:

Agius, E., Ellis, J.D., Rodriguez, B., Szechy, K., Kroneck, J., & Resko, S.M. (2018, November). Understanding Public Attitudes toward Cannabis Legalization: Qualitative Findings from a Statewide Survey. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, San Francisco, CA.

Sabol, B., Ellis, J.D. & Resko, S., (2018, November). Differences in Substance Use among Transgender and Non-transgender Identifying Young Adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, San Francisco, CA.

Kollin, R. Ellis, J.D., Resko, S. & Agius, E. (2018, November). Motivations for Alcohol and Marijuana Use among Young Adults: Comparing College Students and Non-students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, San Francisco, CA.