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Resource toolkit enables Nebraska Extension personnel to Reach Out for Wellness

As frontline caregiving professionals, Nebraska Extension professionals provide vital assistance to communities during the state’s disaster response and recovery efforts, and offer a lifeline for many struggling to cope during times of crisis.

Holly Hatton-Bowers, assistant professor of child, youth and family studies, is the program director of a national project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and housed at CYFS, focused on supporting the wellness of Extension personnel following natural disasters. Full Article

Brain-computer interface enhancing communication for those with severe physical impairments

As computer technology continues to evolve and become more routine in daily life, researchers and engineers alike are working to find new ways to link computer technology with the human brain.

Using a direct communication pathway between a wired brain and an external device to produce commands is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Brain-computer interface, or BCI, is now evolving reality — and one that promises enhanced quality of life for people with severe physical impairments (SPIs). Full Article

Registration open for Spring 2022 Nebraska Methodology Workshop Series

Registration is now open for the Spring 2022 Nebraska Methodology Workshop Series, led by Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, head of the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at North Carolina State University.

The two-day virtual event is April 7 and 8, and is presented by the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics. Full Article

Community-based research aims to improve support for sex trafficking survivors

Katie Edwards, director of the Interpersonal Violence Research Laboratory and associate professor, CYFS and educational psychology, is leading research to better understand how sex trafficking survivors regard the services they receive — and to learn what services they find most helpful. Full Article

Welcome to the team, Maggie Montoya!

Name: Maggie Montoya

Job title: Proposal Development Coordinator

Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska

Where did you work prior to joining CYFS? What was your role there, and what did it entail?

“I have roughly 10 years of experience working in various nonprofits throughout Lincoln. Most recently, I served as the development director at a local nonprofit centered on moving important environmental issues forward throughout Nebraska. I was responsible for meeting the organization’s income needs through grant writing, fundraising and donor engagement.” Full Article

Video available for MAP Academy presentation featuring Maria Elena Oliveri

Maria Elena Oliveri, associate director of psychometric consulting at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Buros Center for Testing, led the second presentation of the Fall 2021 Methodology Applications Series Dec. 10.

Video is now available of her virtual presentation, “Fairness in Assessment: The Imperative of Equity, Anti-racism and Justice.” Full Article