**NEW** Children's Mental Health Online E-learning Portal: A New CEU Program with a Difference

The in-service training modules, which can be accessed on-line in a self-paced format, have been developed to benefit an array of behavioral health professionals, including those who work with children having social, emotional and behavioral needs, as well as those who are in leadership, supervisory, evaluation and policy-level positions.
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In Other News

Rene Anderson Approved by Governor Crist to Serve as Member of the Florida Statewide Advocacy Council

Ms. Anderson will work to ensure equality in the delivery of services to individuals being served through programs such as foster care, day care, economic self-sufficiency, adult services and human subject research proposals. Her term runs through April 17, 2012.
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CFS Department Chair Dr. Mario Hernandez is Faculty Recipient of 2008 USF PRIDE Award

Congratulations to Professor and Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS) Chair Dr. Mario Hernandez, who was selected as the faculty recipient of this year's PRIDE award for contributions made to the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender (LGBT) community.
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Faces of Gear Up: Hillsborough High School Students Shine with Success

There has been much news lately about Florida’s low graduation rates for Hispanic and African American students, but a program at Hillsborough High School (HHS) in Tampa, Florida not only helps to ensure these students stay in school and graduate, it also provides support to ensure they meet all requirements to qualify for college opportunities.
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Dr. Karen Berkman Selected by Governor Crist as Member on New Task Force on Autism Spectrum Disorders

Dr. Berkman is Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities-USF, housed at CFS.
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