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Dexter Voisin appeared on WTTW's Chicago Tonight as a member of a panel discussing gun violence.
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SSA's US News Ranking: The School of Social Service Administration has solidified its US News & World Report ranking at number 3 among graduate schools of Social Work.
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Breast Cancer in Black Women May be Connected to Neighborhood Conditions: Path-breaking project led by Sarah Gehlert, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research at the University.
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Featured Events
Professional Development Program
Summer Schedule now online
Rhoda G. Sarnat Lecture
Eileen D. Gambrill, Berkeley School of Social Welfare, The University of California
June 7th: Alumni Weekend
Professional Development Instructors
Arnold Aronoff, PhD
Arnold Aronoff is the Senior Director of Human Resources Management at The University of Chicago, where he leads the University's organizational development efforts, oversees the development and delivery of training, and manages recruitment for nonacademic staff. In his private practice, he has provided coaching, training, facilitation, and organizational development consulting to numerous nonprofit and government organizations throughout metropolitan Chicago. Mr. Aronoff is an experienced instructor, who has been teaching for the PDP at SSA since 1996. He earned his Ph.D. from the Divinity School at the University of Chicago and pursued advanced training in organizational development from the National Training Laboratories in Applied Behavioral Science (NTL) and the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.
Lynn Anderson, AM
Lynn Anderson is a licensed clinical social worker with more than twenty years of experience. In addition to her private clinical and consulting practice, she has significant experience in training, supervising, and evaluating students in field education programs. Ms. Anderson has also designed and delivered various workshops on supervision and instruction, and has served as a field education consultant at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration for several years. She earned her AM from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
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Steven L. Batten, PhD
Steve Batten is a Lecturer at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, and a Lecturer at the Human Services and Counseling Program at DePaul University. He has presented numerous workshops at local and national conferences on the impact of traumatic loss, homicide, group therapy, transference and countertransference issues, and sexuality and diversity. Mr. Batten is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years’ experience in private practice in Chicago, where he specializes in psychodynamically-oriented individual, group, and couples therapy with adults.
Naomi Bayer, AM
Naomi Bayer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a private psychotherapy and consultation practice. She has more than 20 years of clinical experience including directing on-site crisis intervention teams; developing crisis plans for agencies and school districts; and CISD for police, fire, corporations, and schools. Ms. Bayer has been teaching in the PDP at SSA for more than 10 years.
Ann Bergart, PhD
Ann Bergart is retired Associate Professor, School of Social Work, College of Professional Studies, Aurora University. She has been teaching courses in group work to social work students as well as other subjects since 1989. In that year she also started a private practice with individuals, couples, and groups. In addition, she conducts in-service training workshops and consultation in group work in local agencies.
Ms. Bergart received her A.M. in social work from The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and returned there to work on her doctorate after twenty years of practice in family service agencies, where she trained and supervised students and staff in group work, as well as other modalities. She has published numerous articles in professional journals and other media, including articles about group work in Social Work with Groups. Ms. Bergart serves on the International Board of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups (AASWG), and is Membership Chair of the Illinois Chapter of the organization.
Victor Bernstein, PhD
Victor Bernstein is a Research Associate at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. In addition, he is a consultant, trainer and co-founder of The Ounce of Prevention Fund (Illinois) Developmental Training and Support Program. His interest in strengthening the parent-child relationship dates from 1969 when he began working with autistic children. In the 1970's he worked with the families of developmentally disabled and emotionally impaired children and with Head Start. In 1979 he received a post-doctoral fellowship in infant social development in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago.
Currently, he conducts research on parent-child interaction-in families with children from birth through adolescence living in troubled communities. His principal interest is in using observation and inquiry to strengthen relationships in parallel: the trainer-trainee, supervisor-staff, and parent-child relationships in order to improve the developmental outcomes in children born at risk. He has written several articles on how to use videotape and developmental demonstrations to encourage positive involvement between parents and children. He has trained staff from a variety of primary prevention, Early Head Start, early intervention birth-to-three, and drug treatment programs in these techniques.
William Borden, PhD
William Borden is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Chicago. He has published articles, essays, and book chapters on relational perspectives in contemporary psychoanalysis, narrative approaches in brief psychotherapy, and empirical research on stress, coping, and adaptation following adversity and misfortune. He is editor of Comparative Perspectives in Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy (Haworth Press, 1999). His current work focuses on recent developments in psychoanalysis, and he is completing a book, Contemporary Psychodynamic Thought and Social Work Practice: Toward a Critical Pluralism. He is a consulting editor for Psychoanalytic Social Work. Mr. Borden has also worked as a clinician, supervisor, and consultant in mental health settings since 1983. He received the SSA Excellence in Teaching Award in 2000, and has been teaching in the PDP at SSA for more than 17 years.
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Nancy Chertok, AM
Nancy Chertok has been the Assistant Director of Field Education at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration since 2005. Ms. Chertok provides consultation to field instructors, field liaisons, and students with the goal of optimizing learning experiences in the field.
Ms. Chertok earned her A.M. from The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and an LCSW from the state of Illinois. She has been the Director of Case Management Services at La Rabida Children's Hospital and Research Center, Program Director for a multi-service program serving children and adults with autism, and provided clinical services to individuals and couples. Ms. Chertok has worked in the social work field in clinical,
administrative, and supervisory positions for the past 25 years.
Carroll Cradock, PhD
Carroll Cradock has focused on treatment and research with divorced- and single-parent families from a resilience perspective throughout her thirty-year career. Currently she is Director of Behavioral Health Services at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. In her private practice, she specializes in working with divorcing families as a clinical psychologist and as a divorce mediator. She also conducts research on resiliency in fathers raised without fathers.
Jill R. Gardner, PhD
Jill Gardner is a member of the Adjunct Instructional Staff at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Clinical Social Work. She is a frequent presenter at workshops and in-service programs and has published papers on brief treatment and supervision. Ms. Gardner is a Licensed Psychologist with more than 30 years' experience in community mental health and private practice in Chicago.
Leonard E. Gibbs, PhD
Leonard Gibbs has experience in psychiatric social work and has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire since 1977. He has written a book, Evidence-Based Practice for the Helping Professions (Brooks/Cole Publish¬ing, 2002), and two additional books (one with Eileen Gambrill) that concern critical thinking and research methods. He has done a series of three studies that concern match¬ing alcoholics with treatment and other studies concerning ways to integrate current research into practice decision-making. Mr. Gibbs won a university-wide Excellence in Scholarship Award in 1992. He earned his M.S.W. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Gary Gilles, MA, MDiv
Gary Gilles is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in practice since 1987. In addition to a private practice in Palatine, Illinois, he serves as an Adjunct Faculty member in psychology for Trinity International University and Argosy University. Mr. Gilles also conducts training workshops and provides consultations to business and social service professionals. He has been an instructor in the PDP at SSA since 2000.
Nancy Good, AM
Nancy Good is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice. Her areas of specialization include psychotherapy, stress management, biofeedback, and EMDR training. She holds an A.M. degree from SSA at the University of Chicago, and has been teaching in the PDP for 20 years.
Diane Gould, LCSW
Diane Gould began working professionally with children with special needs in 1980. Since that time, she has been dedicated to serving children with developmental disabilities and their families. She has worked both in special education and for social service agencies. She has worked for Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization and Niles Township District for Special Education. Ms. Gould was the Childhood Disability and Family Support Specialist at the Jewish Children's Bureau for ten years. She has published on the topic of home visiting. Over the years, she has led many support programs for parents and siblings. She has also been active in working on social skills and facilitating inclusion of students with special needs. In addition to being a clinician, Ms. Gould has extensive training in behavior analysis. She has a private practice in Highland Park. Ms. Gould is a member of the Autism Society of Illinois and serves on its professional advisory board.
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Scott Granet, MSW
Scott Granet is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in San Mateo, Calif. He has been in private practice for nearly 10 years providing individual and family therapy primarily to people with Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (OCD, BDD, Trichotillomania), and other anxiety disorders. Mr. Granet has also served as a Clinical Social Worker for the Palo Alto Medical Clinic since 1989 where he provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. He earned his master's in social work from New York University.
Neil Guterman, PhD
Neil B. Guterman is the Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and a Faculty Associate at the Chapin Hall Center for Children. His scholarly interests are concerned with services targeting children and violence, and he holds special interest in child abuse and neglect prevention, as well as children's exposure to violence outside the home. He is the director of the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Program in Violence Prevention at SSA, and serves as Chair of the Institutional Review Board at SSA and Chapin Hall. At SSA he teaches courses on direct social work practice and violence prevention. As a noted authority on children and violence exposure, his expertise has been tapped by the U. S. Surgeon General's Office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Prevent Child Abuse America, and the National Conference of State Legislatures. Mr. Guterman holds a Ph.D. in Social Work and Psychology from the University of Michigan, an M.S.W. in clinical practice with families and children, also from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. in psychology with highest honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Paul Holmes, PsyD
Paul Holmes is Founder and Managing Partner of the Emotion Management Program (EMP), and the Center for Contextual Approaches to Distress (C-CAD). He has wide-ranging experience working with multi-problem client populations and has provided Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) services since 1994. Mr. Holmes has particular interest in extending the application of DBT from a contextual behavior perspective to persons who experience chronic distress. Mr. Holmes’s current interests focus on the impact of mindfulness on private experiences associated with self-injurious behavior and emotional dysregulation. In addition to providing DBT, he continues to train developing professionals in both academic and community settings. Mr. Holmes is a Lecturer at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, and was previously a faculty member in the University's Department of Psychiatry. He has been an instructor in the PDP at SSA since 2001.
Martha Holstein, PhD
Martha Holstein has worked in the field of aging for over 30 years and has been doing training in and teaching ethics for more than 20 years. She is an independent consultant with the Center for Long-Term Care Reform, a program of the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group. Ms. Holstein writes frequently on ethical issues and aging largely from a feminist perspective. She has co-edited Ethics in Community-based Elder Care, edited a special issue of the Journal of Clinical Ethics on Ethics and Alzheimer's Disease and an issue of Generations, the journal of the American Society on Aging on ethics and aging. She earned her master's degree in history from the University of Missouri and her Ph.D. in medical humanities from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She teaches Professional Ethics at Northwestern University and at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies.
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Nancy Johnstone, AM
For thirty-two years, Nancy Johnstone was the Executive Director of Youth Guidance, a social service agency noted for its high-quality, innovative, school-based programs targeted to Chicago's at-risk children and youth. Since November 2005, she has been the Executive Director of the Chicago Child Care Society, a child welfare agency serving vulnerable children, youth, and families. She is also involved in the broader area of human service delivery through her volunteer work with United Way and participation on the Visiting Committee to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. She is an adjunct instructor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and a frequent presenter in the Professional Development Program. In 1994, Ms. Johnstone received an Alumni Public Service Citation from the University of Chicago Alumni Association for exemplary leadership in voluntary service. She received her bachelor's degree from Wittenberg University in Ohio and her master's degree in social work from Carleton University in Canada.
Joanna Kling, MEd
Joanna Kling maintains a clinical practice in Champaign-Urbana with individuals, couples, families, and groups. She is on the faculty at Live Oak, Inc., in the Postgraduate Training Program. Trained in structural/strategic, cognitive/behavioral, feminist, and neurological theories, Ms. Kling specializes in issues of trauma and abuse. She has worked extensively with sex offenders, survivors of sexual abuse and their families, and the LGBT population, as well as with girls and women who suffer from such eating disorders as anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating.
Susan Knight, A.M., LCSW
Ms. Knight has been the Director of Field Education at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration since 2005. Prior to coming to SSA, Ms. Knight was the Associate Director of Education and Training at the Perinatal Family Support Center at ENH-Evanston Hospital, where she provided clinical social work services and coordinated the social work internship program for graduate social work students. She has had over 10 years of experience supervising social work interns, and has served as a Master Practitioner Instructor at SSA teaching the Applied Learning Seminar and acting as a field liaison. Her 25 years of clinical, program development, and supervision experience has been in hospital-based, maternal-child health programs. Her professional interests include social work education and training, family support, transition to parenthood issues, and perinatal loss. Ms. Knight is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who received a B.A. in psychology from Pitzer College and an A.M. from SSA.
Bruce Koff, MSW
Bruce Koff is Partner and COO of Live Oak, Inc., an organization that provides counseling and educational services to enhance the emotional and psychological well-being of individuals, families, organizations, and communities. He is an associate faculty member at the Chicago Center for Family Health, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, and an adjunct instructor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Mr. Koff is the former Executive Director of the Center on Halsted (formerly Horizons Community Services) and former Clinical Director of the Evelyn Hooker Center for Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, a program of the University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry. He is also a former adjunct faculty member for the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. Mr. Koff is the coauthor of Something to Tell You: The Road Families Travel When a Child Is Gay (Columbia University Press, 2000) and a member of the American Family Therapy Academy. He has expertise in a wide range of LGBT issues, including clinical practice with individuals, couples, and families; domestic violence; working with youth; ethical issues; HIV; and recovery from trauma (including childhood abuse).
Michael Kozubek, JD
Michael Kozubek is an attorney, writer, and teacher. He has practiced law for more than twenty-five years, and for fourteen years a major portion of his practice has been devoted to the area of child protection. He has served as an attorney and law guardian in New York State and as an attorney in the Cook County Public Guardian's Office, representing children in cases of child abuse and neglect in Cook County Juvenile Court. His current practice in Juvenile Court includes litigation and appeals in which he represents adults and children as a private attorney. He is also a former criminal prosecutor and defense attorney. Mr. Kozubek received a JD from the Albany Law School of Union University and a BS in humanities and science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also completed numerous seminars conducted by the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Cook County Public Guardian's Office.
SuAnne Lawrence, AM
SuAnne Lawrence serves as Director of the Midwest Regional Training Center and Project Manager in the Youth Guidance Comer School Network. Her area of specialization is training and adult education. She holds primary responsibility for designing and delivering conferences, workshops, and in-service programs for the Chicago Comer School Network as well as for the Comer School Development Program 101 Leadership Academy. Ms. Lawrence has assisted schools in Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Chicago in implementing the Comer School Development Program. She received a master's degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration in 1976 and holds a bachelor's degree in secondary education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a national faculty member for the Yale University School Development Program.
Carla M. Leone, PhD
Carla Leone is a Licensed Clinical Psycholo¬gist with a private practice specializing in the treatment of children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families from the perspective of self psychology. She also consults with community groups regarding crisis situa¬tions. Ms. Leone has served as the director of training at Turning Point Behavioral Health Center, where she developed, planned, and implemented a training program for pre-doctoral psychology interns and supervised interns. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Loyola University–Chicago, and has published several papers on therapy from the perspective of self psychology.
Jeff Levy, MS, MSW
Jeff Levy is President/CEO of Live Oak, Inc., along with being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. He is also an Adjunct Instructional Staff member at SSA, University of Chicago. He holds dual master's degrees in social work and recreation therapy. Mr. Levy specializes in offering services to children, adolescents, families, and gay men-with an emphasis on addressing issues surrounding violence and trauma. He has presented workshops and seminars locally, regionally, and nationally. He has published several articles-the most recent of which have been published in In The Family Magazine-a publication for LGBT therapists and allies. Prior to his work at Live Oak, Mr. Levy was the Clinical Director at Teen Living Programs in Chicago and the Director of Program Development at The Center for Contextual Change in Skokie, specializing in services to individuals and families impacted by trauma.
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Katharine Mann, Ph.D.
Katherine Mann is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a part-time private practice. She is also an Adjunct Instructional Staff member at SSA, University of Chicago. Ms. Mann specializes in short- and long-term treatment of adolescents, adults, and couples, along with infertility, adoption, and women's depression. Prior to teaching at SSA, she was a part-time faculty member at the Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago. Ms. Mann is a board member with the Scholarship and Guidance Association; a member of the Support Services Committee with Resolve of Illinois, Inc.; and a member of NASW of Illinois' Committee on Inquiry, where she has been on a panel hearing allegations of NASW ethics and personnel policy violations since 1980. She earned her A.M. and Ph.D. from SSA.
Ord Matek, M.S.W.
Ord Matek is an Associate Professor Emeritus at Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In his private practice, he specializes in marital counseling, depression, anxiety, and grief, and has expertise in residential treatment. Mr. Matek has been teaching in the PDP at SSA for more than 17 years.
Stanley McCracken, PhD, LCSW, CADC
Stanley McCracken is the Clinical Director at Heartland Training Center, a service of the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, and a Senior Lecturer at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. His research and practice interests include psychiatric rehabilitation, behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapy, chemical dependence, staff training and consultation in evidence-based clinical practice, multicultural mental health, and behavioral pharmacology. Mr. McCracken is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 30 years of clinical experience. He earned his A.M. and Ph.D. from SSA at the University of Chicago, and has been an instructor in the PDP program since 1984.
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Susan McCracken, PhD
Susan McCracken is a licensed psychologist in private practice, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, stress-related illnesses, and pain syndromes in children, adolescents, and adult survivors of incest and sexual abuse. In addition to over thirty-two years' experience in medical centers and hospitals across the city, she has significant teaching experience and has been an adjunct instructional staff member at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration since 1995.
Catherine G. McNeilly, Psy.D., LCPC, CADC
Catherine McNeilly is the Administrator for Research, Evaluation and Quality Improvement and the Senior Consultant to the Office of Training in the Division of Clinical Services and Program Development at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. She is responsible for oversight of all training activities and services in the Department, including budget, operations and curriculum development and review. She holds an appointment as Adjunct Instructor at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. Ms. McNeilly had previously been the Manager for Mentally Ill Substance Abuser (MISA) programs for the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (DASA) in Illinois.
Ms. McNeilly received her degree in clinical psychology from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. She has extensive experience as a trainer, both nationally and locally. She is a certified drug and alcohol counselor who has worked in the field for over 15 years.
Michael A. McNulty, Ph.D.
Michael McNulty is a licensed clinical social worker in private clinical practice in Evanston and Highland Park. He is an adjunct faculty member of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Mr. McNulty is a certified Gottman Relationship Therapist and Workshop Presenter, who regularly leads The Art & Science of Love: A Weekend Workshop for Couples in the Chicago area. He is also a consultant for the The Gottman Institute's Certification Program and The Chicago Gottman Study Group. In addition, he provides training and consultation for a mental health agency in Sri Lanka. Mr. McNulty holds a Ph.D. from the Institute for Clinical Social Work in Chicago.
Gordon Medlock, Ph.D.
Gordon Medlock is a Senior Human Capital Consultant with Workstream, Inc., a firm that provides technology and consulting solutions to help organizations identify, develop, retain, and reward high-performing employees. He has helped to implement solutions for government, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations in a wide variety of industries. He has also supported hundreds of individuals in making successful personal and career changes through his work as a psychotherapist and career coach. He earned an A.M. in clinical social work at SSA, and a Ph.D. in philosophy at Yale University.
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Darby Morhardt, MSW
Darby Morhardt is Research Associate Professor and Director of Education for the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (CNADC) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty-five years' experience counseling older adults and persons with Alzheimer's disease and their families in multidisciplinary health-care settings, in addition to developing programs and support services for these clients. She conducts research in early onset and early-stage dementias and has presented her work widely. She holds an MSW from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she also completed postgraduate work in family therapy.
Ellen S. Mulaney, JD
Ellen Mulaney is a consultant and trainer in child welfare ethics. For the past 10 years, she worked in the Ethics Program of the Office of Inspector General of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Ser¬vices. She helped write the Illinois Code of Ethics for Child Welfare Professionals and accompanying training materials and has conducted numerous workshops and presentations throughout Illinois and nationally. She is a consultant/trainer for the National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues of the American Bar Association and also served as a member of the Illinois State Board of Ethics from 1986-1996. She received a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Kathleen Murphy, PhD
Kathleen Murphy was in the private practice of clinical social work and consultation for 20 years, specializing in working with children with special needs before changing careers to library and information science. She is currently the Social Science Data Services Librarian at the Northwestern University Library in Evanston, Illinois. She earned her M.S.W. from Loyola University, her Ph.D. in social work from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and her M.L.I.S. from Dominican University.
Mariana Osoria, A.M.
Mariana Osoria is the Assistant Director of Family Focus-Nuestra Familia, where she oversees the day-to-day operations of the center. Prior to joining Family Focus in 2006she was a Program Manager for Project S.T.R.I.V.E. at Youth Guidance. While having 15 years of experience in the field of social services, Ms. Osoria has been a national trainer and facilitator for nine years. She has extensive experience working in diverse training settings and has had the opportunity to train educators, social workers, community developers, and managers. With over 10 years of experience delivering social services through the Chicago Public Schools, Ms. Osoria has a deep understanding of the systems that impact student success. She has implemented successful programs and provided training, workshops, and technical assistance to all levels of staff. Other areas of expertise include diversity, cultural competency, parental involvement, peer mentoring, sustainability, capacity building, and building partnerships and collaborations. Prior to becoming a trainer, she received her A.M. from SSA, the University of Chicago.
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Nancy B. Perlson, A.M., LSW
Nancy Perlson is the Outreach and Education Coordinator for Willow House, a not-for-profit agency providing direct support services to families who have suffered the loss of a parent or child. She provides services to communities, individuals, and organizations working with grieving children, teens, adolescents and their families through workshops, in-services, and classroom presentations. In addition to providing community support through her outreach and education efforts, Ms. Perlson developed The Willow House Survivors of Suicide Support Program, which provides supportive services to families with children surviving the death of a loved one by suicide, a population previously without service in the Chicagoland area. Ms. Perlson is a Licensed Social Worker who earned her master's degree in social work from The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
Scott Petersen, AM
Scott R. Petersen is the Director of Clinical Practice for Mental Health and Addiction Services at Heartland Health Outreach and an international trainer for the Iraq Project at Heartland Alliance. In addition, he is a staff therapist at Cathedral Counseling Center and maintains a private psychotherapy practice. He has been working with people affected by mental illness and substance use for over fifteen years as an outreach worker, case manager, psychotherapist, and program manager. He is a member of the Midwest Harm Reduction Institute and is an adjunct instructor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. He 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.
Janice M. Pyrce, A.M., M.B.A.
Janice Pyrce is President of Pyrce Healthcare Group and a member of the Adjunct Instructional Staff at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. She has been a national speaker on many healthcare topics and has presented at meetings of the American Hospital Association, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, and other professional organizations. Ms. Pyrce has over two decades of healthcare experience at the executive level and has been teaching in the PDP since 1997.
Scott D. Pytluk, PhD
Scott D. Pytluk is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in Chicago. He is a faculty member at Live Oak, Inc.'s Postgraduate Training Program. Mr. Pytluk serves as cochair for the Division 39 Committee on Sexualities and Gender Identities and as liaison between Divisions 44 (Society for the Scientific Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues) and 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association. He has expertise in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender psychology, diversity, and psychoanalytic theory. Mr. Pytluk maintains a private practice in Chicago working with LGBT individuals and the general population.
Brian Quinn, PhD
Brian Quinn is a clinical social worker in private practice in Huntington, New York. He is the author of Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder (Wiley, 2007) and The Depression Sourcebook, (2nd ed., Lowell House, 2000). He earned his master's degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration in 1979 and his doctorate in clinical social work from New York University in 1994. He also has a postgraduate certificate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy from Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
Ann Fisher Raney, AM
Ann Raney is the Chief Executive Officer of Turning Point Behavioral Health Center in Skokie, Illinois. Ms. Raney has served in this capacity for the past six years, following a four-year term as a Program Director and Associate Director for Clinical Services. Prior to her arrival at Turning Point, she spent ten years at The Fillmore Center, a community mental health agency. Beginning as a therapist in the Child & Adolescent Program, Ms. Raney was promoted to Program Director. During this time, she established a private psychotherapy practice in Hyde Park. Since 1994, Ms. Raney has taught courses in psychotherapy and spirituality at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Ms. Raney is a graduate of St. Olaf College and has earned three master's degrees from The University of Chicago Divinity School, McCormick Theological Seminary, and The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. While at The School of Social Service Administration, she received the Solomon O. Lichter Memorial Prize for Scholarship and Professional Leadership and a Doctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Services Research funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Ms. Raney is a licensed clinical social worker and a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Religion & Psychotherapy of Chicago. Earlier this year, she received the Certificate in Leadership Arts from The University of Chicago Graham School.
Judy Romaine, A.M.
Judy Romaine is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 10 years’ experience. In addition to her private practice in Flossmor, Illinois, she currently supervises six juvenile justice programs at SGA Youth and Family Services and maintains a small case load. Ms. Romaine has been involved in case management with a variety of client populations, including cancer patients, children and adults with HIV, developmentally disabled women with children, and teenage parents. She recently participated in the Hurricane Katrina Relief Project in Mississippi. Ms. Romaine earned her A.M. from SSA at the University of Chicago.
Tina L. Rzepnicki, Ph.D.
Tina Rzepnicki is a Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. Her fields of special interest include child welfare services, case decision-making, task-centered and behavioral practice, and practice research. Ms. Rzepnicki is also the Director of the Center for Social Work Practice and Principal Investigator of the Program Practices Project, Office of Inspector General, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. She has published broadly on issues of child welfare, family reunification, parenting, permanency planning, and direct practice, and is co-author of four books. Most recently, she edited, with Harold E. Briggs, Using Evidence in Social Work Practice: Behavioral Perspectives (Lyceum Books, 2004). Ms. Rzepnicki received her A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from SSA.
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Gina Miranda Samuels, Ph.D.
Gina Miranda Samuels is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Service Administration, a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Race Politics and Culture, and a Faculty Associate at the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. Ms. Samuels’s work also promotes the application of interpretive research to inform foster care and adoption practice and policy. She has practiced social work in the services, juvenile probation, areas of child welfare and child protective Africentric school-based tutoring programs, and group therapy with aggressive female youth. She currently serves as a Research Expert on the Illinois Adoption Advisory Council and a Board Member of MAVIN Foundation, a national organization addressing the needs and concerns of multiracial populations and transracial adoptees in the U.S. Her publications explore issues of kinship, socio-cultural development, and racial/ethnic identity for youth and adults whose lives and family systems have been shaped by adoption or foster care. She earned her M.S.S.W. and Ph.D. in Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Ada Skyles, Ph.D., J.D.
Ada Skyles is Associate Director and a Research Fellow at the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. Since 1997, she has been the Chair of the Ethics Board for Child Welfare Professionals of the Office of Inspector General, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. In this capacity, Ms. Skyles has conducted numerous workshops and presentations on ethical issues in child welfare practice and management. At Chapin Hall, her work focuses on child welfare systems and the experiences of children of color in those systems. Her legal practice has included an emphasis on family law. She has taught at the schools of social work, medicine, and law for the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was coeditor of a special issue of Children & Youth Services Review, focusing on the disproportionate representation of children of color in child welfare systems. Ms. Skyles received her Ph.D. in social welfare policy from the University of Wisconsin and her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law.
Jorge Salinas, MEd
Jorge Salinas received a master's degree in education with a specialization in linguistic application to instruction in Spanish from the Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico, in 2000. He was head of the Spanish Department of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Chicago Campus from August 2002 to June 2006. He coordinated the design of the courses for the Spanish for Social Workers program. Mr. Salinas has given workshops and lectures in Mexico and the United States. His published works include "La enseñanza bilingüe (inglés-español) en el estado de Illinois" in Decires (UNAM, México, DF) 8, no. 8: 2006. He presented "Salazar: un modelo de educación dual en la ciudad de Chicago" at the Twenty-first Annual Conference: Spanish in the U.S. in Arlington, Virginia, in April 2007.
Merilyn M. Salomon, Ph.D.
Merilyn Salomon is a clinical psychologist in private practice treating children, adolescents, and adults. She is experienced both as a clinician and as a teacher. Beginning with her doctoral research related to infant development, she has become increasingly interested in issues of temperament and the biological basis of behavior. Ms. Salomon received her A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from SSA at the University of Chicago. She has taught at SSA and was also an Assistant Professor at the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Karen Teigiser, AM
Karen Teigiser is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean for Curriculum at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Her fields of special interest include clinical work with children, curriculum design and evaluation, and community mental health. Ms. Teigiser teaches advanced generalist methods, clinical case seminars, and the treatment of children and their parents. She is the 1999 recipient of the School of Social Service Administration's Excellence in Teaching Award. In addition to teaching, she oversees curriculum development and implementation in the master's degree program. She earned her AM from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and is a licensed clinical social worker. Prior to joining the University of Chicago faculty, Ms. Teigiser served as Director of Children and Adolescent Services for the Back of the Yards Community Mental Health Center and was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines.
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Lisa A. Tieszen, A.M.
Lisa Tieszen is the Project Coordinator for the Advocacy Education and Support Project at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center—a secondary traumatic stress program for community- based advocates that she developed with colleagues in Boston in 2000. She is also in private practice as a consultant, trainer, and psychotherapist. Over the past 25 years, she has worked in health care in child abuse and domestic violence, developing and directing programs. Appointed as a Commissioner in 2002, Lisa has been an active member of the Massachusetts Governor’s Commission against Sexual and Domestic Violence. She teaches and facilitates workshops throughout Massachusetts, and is an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard University School of Public Health. Ms. Tieszen is an LICSW in Massachusetts, who earned her A.M. from SSA at the University of Chicago.
Rick Volden, PhD
Rick Volden is a clinical psychologist in private practice. He earned his doctorate at Loyola University Chicago and completed his internship at Ravenswood Hospital Community Mental Health Center. In addition to his teaching for the Professional Development Program, Mr. Volden has served on the adjunct instructional staff in the master’s program at SSA, offering a course on psychotherapy with gay and lesbian clients. His interests include self psychology, group therapy, gay and lesbian issues, clinical supervision, crisis intervention, and human sexuality across the lifespan.
Laura Wald, MSW
Laura Wald has been a clinical and special education social worker for 32 years. She received her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Psychology from Indiana University and a Master in Social Work from The George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Her background includes working with children of all ages with learning disabilities, behavior disorders, chronic illness, and developmental disabilities, including autism-spectrum disorders. Her particular area of interest has been working with families through all life-cycle phases, helping them through the period of diagnosis and beyond. Her work also has included helping families through the emotional issues they face in trying to understand disability and providing supportive services to couples and families. Ms. Wald is a frequent presenter on family therapy and developmental disabilities. She holds a Type 73 School Certification certificate and serves as a Regional Educational Facilitator for the Illinois Autism/PDD Training and Technical Assistance Project. She is a member of the Autism Society of Illinois and serves on its professional advisory board.
Steve Wallman, AM
Steve Wallman is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Evanston and Chicago. Previously he worked for eleven years at Youth Guidance as the Project Prepare/Mayor's Office of Workforce Development Program Manager. During that time, he developed a curriculum for leading groups for elementary and high school students. He used the curriculum to lead groups in the Chicago Public Schools and train school-based social workers. In his private practice, Mr. Wallman provides group therapy for adults specializing in relationship issues and major life transitions, as well as general counseling for individuals, couples, and families. As a member of the Illinois Group Psychotherapy Society, Mr. Wallman has participated in professional conferences, institutes, and trainings on group therapy. He also specializes in men's issues and is very active in the Chicago men's movement, Victories of the Heart, and the ManKind Project. Mr. Wallman received an AM from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
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Jill Zimmerman, AM
Jill Zimmerman is Vice President of the Alford Group, Inc., a national consulting firm to not-for-profit organizations based in Evanston, Illinois. She has more than twenty years of experience in the not-for-profit sector and has expertise in fund development, organizational development, corporate and foundation giving, and staff management. Before joining the Alford Group, Ms. Zimmerman was the Development Director for Alternatives, a youth and family service agency in Chicago. She also volunteers as a therapist at the Kovler Center for Victims of Torture and Abuse at the Heartland Alliance and has developed programs for UNICEF in Liberia, Africa. Ms. Zimmerman is a licensed clinical social worker who earned her master's degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
