Social Work Commons^™

[Social Work] Newsletter, Spring 2013, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Social Work.

Social Work Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- Remembering Ruth Anderson, Founder of Social Work Department ...... 2
-- Student Highlights ...... 4
-- Note on the Social Work Student Association ...... 5
-- Message form the Department Head ...... 6
-- Faculty Highlights ...... 7
-- Faculty Achievements ...... 9
-- Alumni News ...... 10
-- Program Mission ...... 11

Effects Of Traumatic Brain Injury On Domestic Violence Survivors, Elizabeth Marie Martin

Honors Program Theses

Very little research exists on the topic of traumatic brain injury within the context of domestic violence. The purpose of this research is to increase the body of knowledge on traumatic brain injury in domestic violence survivors. More specifically, this research serves to understand the frequency of traumatic brain injury among domestic violence survivors with the subsequent foci of analyzing the relationship between traumatic brain injury and domestic violence, identifying the impact of traumatic brain injury on domestic violence survivors, and discovering strategies for serving domestic violence survivors who have sustained traumatic brain injury. A secondary data analysis of a …