September 25, 2015

Forefont hosts state's first higher education suicide prevention conference

Each year, around 1,100 undergraduate students around the United States die by suicide; in the last six years alone, 18 University of Washington students have taken their own lives.

September 24, 2015

Seattle Times editorial applauds community partnership to improve lives of youth

"More and more, community leaders are realizing that helping children and families can prevent a whole range of costly social problems and build stronger communities," writes Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large in a editorial applauding Communities in Action—a UW School of Social Work initiative in Southeast and Central Seattle.

 

August 26, 2015

Social work professor Todd Herenkohl examines how gender shapes the adult behavior of abused children

August 6, 2015

Erin Casey authors study linking abusive behavior of men to increased sexual risk for partners

August 4, 2015

New research affirms the positive impact of protective factors in youth development