Scott Petersen (Award Recipient)
Scott Petersen, AM '02
2010 Recipient of the Elizabeth Butler Award
Scott R. Petersen, LCSW, CACIII is Director of Mental Health and Substance Treatment Services for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless in Denver, CO. He has been working with people affected by mental illness and substance use for nearly 20 years as an outreach worker, case manager, psychotherapist, and program manager.
While working with Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, he served as trainer and consultant for the Iraq Integrated Torture Treatment Project. He is a current member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), a participant in the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s Trauma-Informed Learning Community, and a former member of the Midwest Harm Reduction Institute.
Between 2006 and 2010, he was an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and is currently teaching at University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. Mr. Petersen received his master's degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and completed addictions counseling training through Grant Hospital's Clinical Training Program for Addictions Counseling.
Article about Scott Peterson Published in the Spring 2007 issue of SSA Magazine
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Jelani McEwen
When Jelani McEwen begins his new job as Charter Support Manager of the Illinois Network of Charter Schools upon graduation from the School of Social Service Administration in June 2013, in some ways he will have come full circle.