Events
Forum on Housing for Vulnerable Young Adults
JUNE 11, 2013
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Murray Room, Yawkey Center
RSVP required by May 28, 2013, to agingouttaskforce@gmail.com.
The Forum on Housing for Vulnerable Young Adults will bring together representatives of agencies with successful housing programs for vulnerable populations from across Massachusetts to discuss who they serve, what type of housing and services are provided, where housing is located, when and how it was established, and why their program is working.
The forum is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Task Force on Youth Aging Out of Department of Child & Family Services (DCF) Care and the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. More about the Forum on Housing for Vulnerable Young Adults »
Commencement 2013
MAY 20, 2013
9:15 a.m. — Academic Procession
10:00 a.m. — University Commencement (main ceremony)
12:30–2:30 p.m.— Graduate School of Social Work Diploma Ceremony
The 137th Commencement of Boston College will be held on Monday, May 20, 2013. The University Commencement, which is attended by all graduates, is held in Alumni Stadium (rain or shine) and will begin with the Academic Procession at 9:15 a.m. and end after approximately two hours. More about Commencement 2013 »
News
GSSW Alum Featured in the Boston Globe
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
Peter Ducharme, MSW '08, was featured in the Boston Globe for his work with a video game prototype used in therapy to help children develop anger management skills.
Ducharme, a clinical social worker in the department of psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston, is running the study. While playing the video game, trial patients wear a monitoring clip that allows them to succeed at the game only when their pulse dips below a resting rate. Ducharme teaches players deep breathing techniques that bring down their heart rates.
"If they're getting better at controlling their physiological reactions in the game, they should be better able to control their reactions outside of the game,’" Ducharme said in the article. Additional simulations and features will be added as the clinical trial progresses.
