Courses
- 40300 Treatment of Children
- 41900 Treatment of Adolescents: A Contextual Perspective
- 42600 Diagnosing Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Job experience
- Private Practice
- EAP Counselor, Kankakee area businesses
- Riverside Hospital
- Psychologist, Lutheran General Hospital
Fields of Special Interest
- Diagnosis and Treatment of childhood and adolescent
disorders particularly eating and anxiety disorders - Treatment of trauma-related disorders in all age groups
- Behavioral medicine applications for stress and stress-
related illness and chronic pain syndromes
Publications or presentations
- "Classroom Interventions for Anxiety-Disordered Children", Francis Parker School, 2005
- "Understanding DSM IV", SSA Professional Development Program, 2004, 2005
- "Anxiety Disorders in Children", SSA Professional Developemnt Program, 2003, 2004
- "Understanding Diagnoses in Children and Adolescents", Juvenile Probation Department of the Cook County Court System, 2003
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.