Jasmine L. Garland McKinney, second year CED doctoral student, has been selected to serve on the Planning Committee for an upcoming workshop: Exploring the Role of Health Professional Students and Trainees as Members of the Health Workforce. The Planning Committee was formed as part of the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education through the National Academies […]

Crisis and trauma surrounds us. And as counselors, we work with trauma among many of our clients – and typically do so from day 1 in trainee practicum and internship experiences. So what lends itself to developing crisis self-efficacy? That is just want two Department of Counseling and Educational Development (CED) students are seeking to […]

Dr. Jennifer Deaton received the 2021 ACES Research Grant award for the project titled, “Development and Validation Study of the Vicarious Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (VPTGI).” The study aims to further develop the VPTGI and establish a tool to support facilitating vicarious post-traumatic growth within supervision. This is the first award to support Dr. Deaton’s research team, M.O.R.E. […]

Dr. Rebecca Mathews recently led a webinar “Child & Teen Suicide: Building Skills, Resources, & Multicultural Awareness” for the Association of Child and Adolescent Counseling. In this webinar, Dr. Mathews provided training on broaching suicide in child and adolescent clients, understanding cultural contours that impact risk, and creative strategies for safety planning.

The North Carolina Academy for Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (NCA-STAR) and the UNC Greensboro’s School of Education and Department of Counseling and Educational Development (CED) recently announced the launch of a new podcast, Trauma Connections. You can listen to the podcast’s inaugural episode and future episodes here. In keeping with the mission of NCA-STAR, this […]