ICSW News
June 6, 2008
25th Anniversary of Excellence in Education
Swissotel Chicago - Edelweiss Suite (47th Floor overlooking the lake, the pier, and the city)
Reception, Dinner, & Live Auction
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ruth Behar
Dr. Ruth Behar. a cultural anthropologist and internationally renowned orator, teacher, and writer of essays, poetry and fiction, has received such prestigious awards as the MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellowship, a John Simon Guggenheim award, and a Fulbright. She was also given the Distinguished Alumna Award in Recognition of Outstanding Achievement and Service from Wesleyan University and Latina Magazine named her one of 50 Latinas who made history in the twentieth century.
For more information contact Christina Gonzales at (312) 726-8480 or by e-mail at cgonzales@icsw.edu.
March 30, 2007
Congratulations to our latest research fellow
Fourth Year Student Lisa Chase is the third ICSW alum student to be accepted as a Research Fellow with the International Psychoanalytic Association Research Training Program. This prestigious program brings people interested in Psychoanalytically based research together with prominent researchers. The program is held every summer at University College in London. Previous Fellows from ICSW are: Anne Gearity and Boris Thomas
December 1, 2006
ICSW and Casa Central Collaborate
Casa Central, the largest Hispanic social service agency in the Midwest, has improved the quality of life for low-income residents of Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and other Chicago Northwest side communities. With over 50 years of experience, Casa Central reaches approximately 20,000 individuals through a network of 25 bilingual/bicultural social service programs offered through eleven facilities. Casa Central targets children, youth, families, and the elderly. Program offerings include early childhood programs, after-school programs for children and youth, employment training, homeless services, child welfare and abuse prevention programs, and senior programs. Currently, Casa Central refers their clients to external counseling programs and services wherever possible.
ICSW is about to embark on a collaborative service project with Casa Central to provide on-site bilingual/bicultural mental health services to 40 families - primarily women and children - drawn from Casa Central?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s programs. Currently, Casa Central refers its clients for services that often require clients to travel long distances and may not accommodate their language or cultural background. Because this system does not work for many of their clients, they have been seeking a partner to provide on-site, culturally sensitive services for some time. ICSW was able to get a matching grant to provide the much needed services for a year. This project, scheduled to begin in March, is made possible by a generous grant from the Alvin H. Baum Foundation. Both Casa Central and ICSW intend for this project to lead to a permanent program of accessible, culturally sensitive mental health services to residents of the underserved, growing Latino community.
December 1, 2006
Going Home Initiative
ICSW has successfully implemented clinical programs for ex-offenders, with the goal of reducing recidivism by addressing the mental health issues that contribute to incarceration. These issues often include undiagnosed psychiatric disorders, trauma, substance abuse, and family conflict ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú as well as a host of developmental difficulties. With funding from the Chicago Community Trust and the Frye Foundation, ICSW collaborated with the North Lawndale Employment Network to develop a service model that is effective with ex-offenders. This project led to a collaboration with the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and the development of clinical services for their Going Home Initiative. Joseph Thomas, MA, provides on-site counseling at the IDOC?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s West Side Detention Center to men who are being transitioned from prison back into the community. He is also providing services to men who are soon to be released from the prison in Joliet, Illinois. His clients are young men, ranging from 18 to 25 years old, often with a history of gang involvement. He has recently started working with juvenile offenders as well.
Mr. Thomas reports that these boys and men have had multiple traumatic losses, often witnessing shootings and family violence by the age of nine. The hope is that early intervention can prevent these men from a life of crime, and help them to be productive members of society.
December 1, 2006
Anne's Home, Just in Case
Anne's Home, Just in Case is a program that serves women who are survivors of sexual assault while in college. When its founder, Anne Bent, became concerned about the number of women assaulted on college campuses, and their tendency not to use college based services, she came to us to collaborate with her on the development of what is now an independent, not-for-profit, thriving organization. We assisted with the research to develop the model as well as with its implementation. Currently, clinical services to clients from Anne's Home are being provided by the therapists from the Jerrold Wexler Clinic. Anne's Home is in the process of hiring its own therapy staff and will soon be fully launched. We applaud the accomplishments of Anne's Home, which, according to its founder, would not have been possible without our successful collaboration.
June 6, 2006
ICSW Proudly Confers its 100th Doctoral Degree
On Friday, June 2, 2006 at its 16th convocation, the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Clinical Social Work conferred its 100th doctoral degree. Alex Kotlowitz, award winning author of There are No Children Here, was the convocation speaker. To mark the historic event, ICSW hosted a reception, dinner and an alumni reunion at the nationally acclaimed School of Culinary Arts at Kendall College. Hispanic Housing Development Corporation was a generous sponsor of the event. All who attended enjoyed a first class meal and mingling with the new graduates, alumni, faculty, student and friends of ICSW.
GRADUATES AND THEIR DISSERTATION TITLES:
Noel L. Blackburn, Ph.D.: Identity and the New Mother
William David Gieseke, Ph.D.: Contested Stories: Self-Narratives of Children of Divorced Parents
Leah Harp, Ph.D.: The Modulation of Supervisory Techniques with Psychologically Impaired Supervisees
Dissertations by other ICSW's graduates can be found in the library section of this website.
April 28, 2006
New Schedule Offered for School Social Workers
School social workers can now take advantage of ICSW's PhD and Advanced Clinical Practice programs. Students may take classes on alternate Saturdays during the academic year and on designated days over the summer. The Child and Adolescent Specialization within the doctoral program is ideal for social workers in school settings. In the specialization, select courses offer students the opportunity to focus their clinical and research studies on work with children, adolescents, and their families.
Applications for the PhD and Advanced Clinical Practice programs are being accepted now to begin to begin courses in the fall of 2006. Call Christina Gonzales at 312/726-5917 or email her at cgonzales@icsw.edu for further information.
June 17, 2005
ICSW to Honor Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, Jr.
Against fierce opposition, Senator Jones led the passage of the Consumer Choice bill in 1990. This landmark bill mandates that the services of Licensed Clinical Social Workers be covered by insurance reimbursements. Many clinical social workers owe their ability to practice independently to his determination and commitment to fairness. A member of the Illinois General Assembly since 1973, Senator Jones is in his second term as the Senate's chief presiding officer. He is an independent-minded, progressive legislator with a solid reputation of fairness and advocacy.
ICSW has honored Senator Jones with the Doctorate of Humane Letters and is establishing a scholarship fund in his name. This fund will help educate clinical social workers from diverse backgrounds to become leaders in this field, fulfilling a cause of great importance to Senator Jones. We invite you to join us in honoring Senator Jones Sunday, July 10 at the Gallery 37 Center for the Arts. The event will be held from 3 to 5pm with tickets available for $75.
For more information, to purchase tickets, or to donate to Senator Jones' scholorship fund, please contact Maureen Hewitt at (312) 726-8480 ext. 23 or email administrator@icsw.edu.
June 3, 2005
Five Graduate in June
Five students were hooded by the chairpersons of their dissertation committees at the 15th convocation of the Institute. The proud recipients of the PhD in Clinical Social Work were:
Susan Stollenwerk Cebulko:
The Experiences of Women Whose Husbands Use Internet Pornography
Barry J. Koch:
The Psychological Impact on Police Officers of Being First Responders on the Scene of a Completed Suicide, and How They Mediate This Experience
Patricia Kyle Dennis:
Fat in the Countertransference Clinical Social Workers Reactions to Fat Patients
Micheal Weuste:
Critical Incident Stress and Debriefing With Child Welfare Workers
Marie-Michelle Yapo:
Haitian-born Mothers Raising American-Born Daughterd
If you would like to submit a news item for consideration please contact Christina Gonzales at (312) 726-5917.