Published November 9, 2016
MONROE, La. — A group of University of Louisiana Monroe students led by Dr. Pamela
Higgins Saulsberry, interim director of the ULM’s School of Behavioral and Social
Sciences, participated in a service learning project at Carroll Junior High School
in Monroe during the month of October.
Saulsbery’s Human Behavior and the Social Environment social work class was involved
in the project at the request of the staff at the St. Francis school-based Health
Center.
The goal of the project was to increase the student’s understanding of the importance
of self-esteem, self-efficacy and peer-to-peer communication, as well as adolescent
and adult communication.
ULM students participating in the project created surveys on self-esteem and communication
for the students in three seventh and eighth grade P.E. classes. The survey results
were later collected, analyzed, and put in presentation format to be presented to
100 students in three classes over a three-day period.
“This service learning project was educational for both the ULM and Carroll Junior
High school students and provided the ULM students with an exceptional opportunity
to serve the community and positively impact the lives of young people,” said Saulsberry.
To learn more about ULM's Social Work program, visit ulm.edu/socialwork.
