You can also climb into the cockpit of a fighter jet, fly a simulator, test paper airplane designs, flap your wings in a wind tunnel, and take the controls of a genuine 1948 T-33 jet trainer. The opening of the museum's Aviation Hall was presided over by Orville Wright and Amelia Earhart, and to this day the Franklin Air Show exhibit includes an original 1911 Wright Model B Flyer, along with some of the Wright brothers' scribbled notes. The Franklin Institute is also remarkably hands-on, from meteorites you can touch to interactive exhibits that allow you to test the laws of physics through a variety of adrenaline activities. Today, the Institute continues its dedication to public education and creating a passion for science by offering new and exciting access to science and. FebruThe charter vs.Sometimes it seems as if the only venerable civic institution not founded by Ben Franklin is the science museum named after him, which opened in 1825-making it one of the country's oldest scientific education centers-and moved to its current location on Logan Circle a century later. It features the usual science museum features: An IMAX theater (as well as the newly 3D-upgraded, cinema-style Franklin Theater), a planetarium that ranks as the nation's second oldest, exploded views of everyday mechanical devices, and plenty of exhibits on the history of various scientific and mechanical innovations. Founded in honor of America’s first scientist, Benjamin Franklin, The Franklin Institute is one of the oldest and premier centers of science education and development in the country.School mental health, solution-focused brief therapy, dropout prevention, at-risk youths Posts For the past 7 years, she has served as editor-in-chief for the Encyclopedia of Social Work and managed the migration from a print version of the Encyclopedia to an interactive online version. She is the past president for the Group Advancement for Doctoral Education and the past editor-in-chief of the journal Children in Schools. Garza High School’s continuous success has resulted in multiple recognitions, including the Texas Education Agency model school program and The United States Department of Education ranking as a top five dropout prevention program.įranklin regularly serves in administrative and national leadership positions.
The program reduces dropout rates and helps students graduate and attend college. In 2002, Franklin helped develop a solution-focused, dropout prevention program in Gonzalo Garza Independence High School in Austin, Texas. Her career has been devoted to advances in practice and research on SFBT with the aim of helping children, adolescents and teachers in schools.
She is an internationally recognized expert on solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) and mental health in the context of schools. Trained as a family therapist, Franklin is a champion for family and strengths-based, mental health interventions. She was also recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Franklin received the designation “Social Work Pioneer” from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for her unique dedication and commitment to improve social and human conditions.
Franklin was honored with the Gary Lee Shaffer award for academic contributions to the field of school social work and was also inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. She was named one of the 100 most Influential contemporary social work faculty for the overall impact of her more than 200 publications ( Journal of Social Service Research, 2019). Franklin also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School and faculty fellowships at the Humanities Institute and the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk in the Department of Special Education.įranklin’s career bridges clinical practice, research, teaching, and leadership. Contact Social Work Building (SSW) Room:2.228Įmail: AddressThe University of Texas at AustinĬynthia Franklin, Ph.D., is the Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work.
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