2018 NSU Fact Book

12 • Seussfest at Alvin Sherman Library • Southwest Focal Point Community Center • Special Olympics Opening Eyes/Healthy Athletes • SVOSH optometric humanitarian mission to Dominican Republic • Walk Now for Autism Speaks • WPLG Local 10 News College of Pharmacy The college holds forums that provide information on medications to area seniors, helping them better understand prescription drugs and their side effects. Through specialized clinical education, course requirements, and student organizations, the college provides service to the community in partnership with local agencies and via various health educational opportunities and screenings, some of which are on the list that follows. • A Day for Children • Alzheimer’s Walk • Back to School Family Health Fair • Cholesterol screenings • Clothing drive for Syrian refugees • CommunityFest • Crohn’s and Colitis Walk • Epilepsy Walk • Feria De Salud Health Fair • Florida Introduces Physical Activity (FLIPANY) • Feeding South Florida • Give Kids a Smile • Go Red for Women • Health and Wellness Education Speakers Bureau • Health screening activities on public health issues, such as osteoporosis, diabetes, and asthma • Hendry Glades Community Health Fair • HIV education and awareness programs • Immunization awareness programs • Interdisciplinary Health Screening • Let’s Talk Mental Health Awareness Festival • Kick for a Cause • Medicare Part D education series • Miami-Dade Heart Walk • NBC 6 Health and Wellness Expo • National Association of Mental Illness • Operation Christmas Child • Operation Medicine Cabinet • Poisoning Prevention Among Children • Project Downtown Ft. Lauderdale • Public awareness of Palm Beach County “drop boxes” for narcotics and expired drugs • Publix Health Screening • Reach Health Fair • Ronald McDonald House • St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital • Walgreens Diabetes Walk • Walmart/Sam’s Club Diabetes Health Fair • Walk to Stop Diabetes • Women In Distress College of Psychology The Psychology Services Center offers services to children, adolescents, adults, and elderly clients through the following specialty clinics. • ADHD Assessment and Consultation and Treatment Plan • Adolescent Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Program • Anxiety Treatment Center • Behavioral Neuroscience Summer Camp • Biofeedback and Health Psychology Center • Child, Adolescents, and Family Services • Child and Adolescent Traumatic Stress Program • Family Violence Program • Healthy Lifestyle Guided Self-Change Program • Intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Center • Neuropsychology Assessment Center • Nova Southeastern University Counseling Center for Older Adults (NCCOA) • NSU OCD and Related Disorders Clinic • Program for the Seriously Emotionally Disturbed • Psychology Assessment Center • Psychology Graduate Students Talks • School-Related Psychological Assessments and Clinical Interventions Clinic • Tedx NSU • Trauma Resolution Integration Program Students provide mental health services in a variety of agencies throughout the tricounty area, including hospitals, community mental health centers, forensic settings, and student counseling centers. Moreover, student organizations provide outreach locally within the South Florida community, as well as internationally in locations such as South Africa and Central and South America.