Archive for June 2025

Staff evacuated the office and alerted police.

The technology analyzes footage to detect activity and determine a best course of action. This can include directly speaking to individuals with personalized, AI-generated voice warnings, without human intervention.

Social work faculty member Michael Lynch (light blue shirt) and students (from left) Emma McCarthy, Ogechi Kalu and Christian Jepson outside of UN headquarters.

Richard L. Bean, the longtime superintendent of the East Tennessee juvenile detention center that bears his name, abruptly announced Friday that he will be stepping down. His decision to retire came the day after the Knox County mayor said he had lost confidence in Bean’s leadership. Bean, 84, has been superintendent of the juvenile detention center since 1972. A 2023 investigation from WPLN and ProPublica found the facility was using solitary confinement more than other detention centers in the state. Sometimes the children were locked up alone for hours or days at a time. That kind of confinement was also used as punishment, in violation of state law.

Dr. Brian Graves, senior author and an Assistant Professor in Florida Atlantic University’s Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work, commented that
“[b]arriers to treatment are not only widespread but also evolving over time. Understanding these shifting challenges—and the consistent predictors of who does and doesn’t get help—can guide targeted efforts to expand access and improve outcomes for those struggling with this disorder.”

In addition to pushing researchers out of the state, the policy didn’t seem to lead to an increase in productivity among tenured faculty, the study found; the rate at which faculty produced research remained unchanged before and after the policy went into place.

Young people deserve support and a sense of peace: environments that affirm their identities, honor their voices, and ensure their safety and well-being. They are calling for culturally responsive care, safe spaces in schools, and policies that affirm their full humanity. We are listening to help create the world they deserve.

CoramBAAF recently launched a new form to help practitioners meet statutory requirements in relation to adoption support planning. Jane Poore, adoption consultant at the charity, explains what it includes