IHSP 2025 Capstone Projects

Madeline Backus: Manualizing Anxiety Groups for Consistent and Trauma-informed Service Delivery
Christina Bloomquist: Tobacco Cessation: Resources for Accessibility and Affordability
Lorena Brooks: Therapeutic Alliance: Building Relationships to Enhance Treatment Outcomes In Substance Use Disorders
Aubree Bryan: Grief Behind Bars
Adam Byrd : Shining a Light on Recovery: Drug Court A Beacon Navigating towards Hope
Jordan Claeys : Means Reduction: Preventing Suicide through Time-based Prevention
Clayton Cook: Grief Support and Education in Rural Kansas
William Crankshaw: Follow-up for 988 Lifeline
Virginia De La Rosa: From Hospital to Home: Addressing Barriers to Safe & Equitable Discharge
Marcello Dodd: Breaking the Stigma, Building Resilience
Sarahpheena Henry: Promoting the Use of Teen Group Therapy
India Herman: Expanding Services through Collaborative Relationships
George Kircher: Mobile Competency Restoration
Caitlynn McClellan: Enhancing Accessibility and Bridging Language Barriers: Implementing In-Person Chuukese Language Translators
Jerry McKay: The Microcosm of Secondary or Vicarious Trauma in Intensive Care & Inpatient Trauma Departments
Chloe Meisel: Acute Crisis Intervention: Evaluating Treatment Modalities in Youth Psychiatric Facilities
Jillian Mitchell: Caregiving through Cancer: The Role of Oncology Social Workers in Supporting Parents and Primary Caregivers with Their Own Cancer Diagnosis
Natalee Morris: Social Workers Contributing to Healthcare Literacy
Callie Nichols: Improving Diabetes Care: A Social Work Assessment Tool for Multi-Visit Patients
Abigail Okesanya: Exploring Factors behind Readmission to Outpatient Psychotherapy: Why Clients Return after Discharge
Clair Perry: Primary Care Supervisory Training for Dependently Licensed Social Workers
Vera Petrovic: “Navigating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder”: Filling Service Gaps through Group Therapy
Kiersten Rogers: Youth Mental Health Resources and Suicide Awareness
DaiJa Scruggs: The Impact of Patient Deaths on Healthcare Workers
Lena Shelton: Expanding Treatment Accessibility through In-house Free Childcare
Amanda Van Tuyl: Kidney Transplant Health Literacy Documents & Screening
Jaclyn Wilburn: Hooray for the Bidet! Introducing an Affordable and Functional Tool with Broad Applications in Patient Care
LaShea Young: Mental Health for Kids and Teens with Diabetes