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The USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR) draws on the expertise of USC School of Social Work faculty and other government, industry and community partners to produce actionable research and recommendations that inform the social, economic, education and policy issues impacting veterans and their families. If you are interested […]
The USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR) leverages its experience, expertise and networks of scholars, government, industry and community partners to produce actionable research that informs the social, economic, education and policy issues impacting veterans and their families. Its goal is to accelerate systems of change and reform, and […]
Motivational Interviewing Learning Environment and Simulation
The Motivational Interviewing Learning Environment and Simulation (MILES) is a virtual reality project developed by the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR), in partnership with the USC Institute for Creative Technologies.
Through practice with a simulated patient named Mike Baker, MILES teaches future therapists to […]
The Virtual Patient
Working with the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR) is currently developing a human avatar known as the Virtual Patient (VP). The program’s first VP — Staff Sergeant Alamar Castilla, a fictitious Marine — is an artificially intelligent simulation of a veteran who has […]
by Susan Wampler
The USC School of Social Work has been awarded $50,000 by The Ahmanson Foundation to support scholarships for military veterans.
USC is one of only 25 colleges and universities selected to receive funds totaling $1.25 million through the newly established Ahmanson Veteran Scholarship Initiative. The grants are meant to help students eligible for the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 attend and graduate from private institutions of higher education.
“These young men and women have done so much for this country, and The Ahmanson Foundation is delighted to play a role in helping them re-start their education and assimilate […]
by Merrill Balassone
During a three-day tour of USC, retired four-star Gen. David Petraeus met with social work students learning to serve veterans returning from war, viewed a high-tech virtual patient with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and gave a highly anticipated speech to hundreds of student veterans.
At a dinner on March 26 honoring more than 600 USC student veterans and members of the university’s long-running ROTC program, Petraeus said that never in the country’s history has a generation of young soldiers served so long in combat or on so many tours of duty abroad.
“The post-9/11 generation of veterans has deservedly become […]
Motivational Interviewing Learning Environment and Simulation (MILES) is a virtual reality project developed by the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families, in partnership with the USC Institute for Creative Technologies.
Now embedded in the USC School of Social Work, MILES provides future therapists the opportunity to advance their skills in treating service members, veterans, or military-impacted family members through practice with a simulated patient. This exciting teaching tool allows instructors to guide social work students through a therapist-client interaction with a simulated veteran using a multiple choice-style progression through a therapy session.
by Eric Lindberg
Physical injuries and the psychological effects of war can have devastating consequences on the sexual functioning of service members and veterans.
Despite recent advances in protective gear, members of the U.S. military face a serious risk of genital injuries due to improvised explosives and other unique aspects of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Psychosocial challenges, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, can also exacerbate issues with sexual functioning and libido.
A new study led by the USC School of Social Work’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) is among the first to directly […]
