August 2018

Greetings ICTC members,
 

Do you have an initiative, project or research that you're engaged in related to childhood trauma prevention and/or awareness? We're looking for ICTC members and/or organizations who are interested in presenting to the Coalition at our upcoming November, February, and May Quarterly Meetings (2018-2019). Please email your interest and topic ideas to ictc@luriechildrens.org.

Join us for our next ICTC Quarterly Meeting on Thursday, September 13th from 12:30-2:30 PM at Lurie Children's Hospital, 11th Floor Conference Center. REGISTER HERE. 

If you missed the last ICTC Quarterly Meeting in May, you can review the minutes HERE. 

ICTC RIC Committee Update

The ICTC Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Immigrant Children and Trauma (RIC) has provided important information below related to the "public charge" rule. Under the current definition, a public charge is a person who is primarily dependent on the government for subsistence. A person deemed likely to become a public charge can be denied admission to the U.S. or the ability to become a lawful permanent resident (LPR). In very rare circumstances, a person who has become a public charge can be deported.
 

Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (ReCAST) recently launched the Center for Learning and Community Resilience.  The center provides a variety of workshops and events.  

View more details and register for the following events via our website at: https://recastchicago.org/center-for-learning-community-resilience/ 

• Ongoing: Trauma-Informed 101: Building A Trauma-Informed City
• Aug 23rd & 24th: Restorative Justice Summit: Embracing Roots, Restoring Relationships & Shaping Our Future
• Sept 10th-Sept 13th: Peace Circle Skills Transfer
• Sept 22nd: Resilience: A Film & Conversation on Healing and Prevention
• Sept 22nd: Listen to Me: The Power of Youth Voice

 

 

Friday, August 24th, 2-4 PM at the 
Chicago Public Library - Toman Branch - Meeting Room
2708 S. Pulaski, Chicago, IL 60628 

For more information and to REGISTER (free), please follow this LINK
And please invite colleagues/friends!

Then check us out/join the NAME Illinois Facebook group here.

Sarah E. Dennis, Ph.D.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Trainer
Founder & Co-Leader of NAME Illinois (the state chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education: Advancing and Advocating for Social Justice & Equity)
www.nameorg.org

Friday, September 28
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
at Northwestern University | Wieboldt Hall
339 E. Chicago Ave. | Chicago, IL

Chicago is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the U.S., yet also one of the most segregated and divided. How does this affect Chicago’s community as a whole — its economics, its education, and its health? Join us as we partner with The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Northwestern University to examine these issues in a systematic way, to better understand their interconnectedness. 

LGC is proud to co-host this FREE, half-day community forum to shed light on the endemic inequity in our city and the inevitable, far reaching consequences of ignoring the issues. An expert panel will discuss how community organizations can build stronger and more equitable communities by working together on interrelated challenges, including housing, health, education, business and neighborhood development.

Several LGC Fellows are among the speakers who will share their ideas on what is being done, what can be done, and the consequences of inaction. A question and answer session with the panelists will follow their remarks. 

While this is a FREE event, registration is required.
To REGISTER, email olli@northwestern.edu

Space is limited, so reserve your seat today!

The Joseph Palombo Center for Neuroscience & Psychoanalytic Social Work at The Institute for Clinical Social Work announces:
The Fall 2018 Conference
How Neuroscience Enhances Clinical Practice: A Developmental Perspective

Saturday, October 13, 2018
8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Institute for Clinical Social Work
401 South State Street Chicago, IL 60605
 
This conference addresses issues related to the application of current knowledge about brain development and brain functions in the clinical setting. The aim is to enhance clinicians’ effectiveness by enlarging their understanding of patients’ psychodynamics and increasing the repertoire of interventions available to them.
Keynote Speakers
Erika Schmidt: “My Brain Told Me to Do It”: A Clinician Considers Neuroscience in the Consulting Room
With all the information available about the findings of neuroscience, clinicians think about its implications for change and people in therapy try to make sense of its meaning in their personal lives.  Using clinical vignettes, ideas from neuroscience, and references in the popular press, this presentation will consider the ways neuroscience shows up in clinical work, musing on the question of how or whether it matters there.
Erika Schmidt, MSW, is President of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, a Training and Supervising Analyst on its faculty, and on the faculty of ICSW.  She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and on the Steering Committee of the Psychotherapy Action Network. She has a private practice in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. William D. Gieseke:  Efficacy: Pursuing the Holy Grail of Psychological Treatments
Using a clinical case of a young latency age boy this presentation will illustrate how a basic knowledge of neuroscience can be used in the psychodynamic treatment of a child. A central thesis is that those areas of the brain that are affected by the patient’s presenting problems must be re-engaged and re-connected or “re-wired” if the patient is to change. A second thesis is that a sense of self-efficacy is central to a feeling of a “good enough” sense of self-esteem.
William Gieseke, Ph.D., is on the Faculty of the CAPT Program at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and is private practice in Northfield, IL.
 
Registration Fee: $90.00 (After October 1st, $100)
Includes: 6 CEUs, Continental Breakfast and Lunch

LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE

 

 

9TH ANNUAL ABC CONFERENCE – SAVE THE DATE

The 9th Annual ABC Conference, “You don’t have to be a Therapist to be Therapeutic: Building Resilience in Children, Families, Communities, and Ourselves,"  will be held on Friday, November 16th, 2018 at the Moraine Business and Conference Center in Palos Hills, IL. This conference is hosted by the Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics.

The target audience includes primary care providers and their teams, including pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and allied health care professionals including nurses, therapists, and social workers. In addition, providers from other settings including early care and education, special education, home visiting, community service providers, legal aid, and more are encouraged to attend.

The conference will offer ample opportunity for attendees to network with like-hearted and like-minded professionals from multiple child-serving systems that have a stake in the lives of children, families, and communities.

For more information about the upcoming and past ABC Conferences, please click HERE. 
 

The ICTC values sharing job opportunities with Coalition members to help develop a workforce that includes all individuals working with children and families that are trauma-informed. If you have opportunities you would like to share with the Coalition in the next newsletter, please reach out to us via email.