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12 02, 2014

VIDEO: Addressing Family Violence in Military Families

By |February 12th, 2014|Events|0 Comments

On Thursday, Feb. 6, the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families hosted a discussion with David Lloyd, former director of Family Advocacy Program, on military family violence.

As director, Lloyd developed Department of Defense policy and conducted oversight of the military services’ prevention and treatment of child/spouse abuse programs. Prior, he served as director of the National Center of Child Abuse and Neglect, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Video of Lloyd’s discussion Addressing Family Violence in Military Families can be accessed here.

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6 02, 2014

CIR director appointed to Los Angeles’ veteran advisory council

By |February 6th, 2014|News|0 Comments

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the appointment of Anthony Hassan, director of the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families, to a new council that will advise the mayor’s administration on issues affecting the city’s military community.

The Military Veteran Advisory Council is an initiative of the recently launched Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs, created to address the needs of veterans in Los Angeles, home to the highest concentration of veterans in the country. The office is working to coordinate resources with a variety of stakeholders to support veterans in Los Angeles and seek strategies to […]

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30 01, 2014

The Home Front: Issue 3 | January 2014

By |January 30th, 2014|Home Front|0 Comments

The January edition of The Home Front is available online. CIR’s monthly newsletter highlights the center’s work, along with the latest military social work research and news from the USC School of Social Work. This issue includes:
– Full coverage of Canadian Senator and retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire’s visit to the University of Southern California, including photos from his visit to CIR and a video of his colloquium on post-traumatic stress disorder and families.
– Spotlight on a promising USC student veteran who received a Gary Sinise Foundation scholarship to pursue his Master of Social Work.
– Video testimonial of the benefits of […]

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29 01, 2014

Roméo Dallaire talks about terminal effects of PTSD

By |January 29th, 2014|Events, News|1 Comment

by Claudia Bustamante

When Roméo Dallaire was young, his family lived in hell.

Back then, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was not common knowledge. What Dallaire’s family did know, however, was that his father—an officer with the Canadian Army—had become an alcoholic, and “it was never predictable what we would find when we got home.”

Peace would only come on the nights his father could chat with his Army buddies.

“That night he would be serene—because he had had his therapy,” said Dallaire, a Canadian senator and retired Lieutenant-General with the Canadian Army.

Speaking to more than 100 people at the University of Southern California, Dallaire […]

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27 01, 2014

Gallery: Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire visits USC CIR

By |January 27th, 2014|Events, News|0 Comments

On Tuesday, Jan. 21, LGen Dallaire visited CIR, where he received an overview of the center’s work and saw first-hand the technology we’re using to help transitioning veterans. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Dallaire held a colloquium at USC to discuss the impacts that PTSD can have on military families.

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