Past Events

In this ACGC sponsored event, Dr. Paul Rasmussen of the Psy.D. program at the Adler School will talk about the three critical dimensions of parent education and child guidance. Parents and other child-care providers frequently get caught up in the meeting the immediate challenges of parenting and childcare, or are overwhelmed by the obstacles, and do not keep in mind the task of parenting.  Dr. Rasmussen with discuss the differences and the importance of parent education and child guidance.

Parents, teachers, parent educators, family counselors, psychology students, and all individuals wanting to learn more about building and maintaining effective relationships among parents and children will benefit from this event.

Dr. Rasmussen is the Director of the Adler Child-Guidance Center and member of the Psy.D. faculty. He has been working with individuals and families for over 25 years. 2 CEU hours offered ($20.00 processing fee).

Reserve your space via email.

Join us for a series of critically-acclaimed and award winning films about tough issues that aging adults must consider. We will be joined by directors Stu Maddux and Gordon Quin on their respective viewing nights—each film is followed by a lively audience discussion with
Dr. Bilkey, the Department Chair of the Gerontological Counseling Program. Refreshments will be served.

5:30-8:00 p.m. every-other Tuesday
May 1st through July 10th

• May 1st Consider the Conversation (60 min), directed by Terry Kaldhusdal & Mike Bernhage
• May 15th Gen Silent (70 min), Special Guest Appearance by Director Stu Maddux. To RSVP, please contact ce@adler.edu.
• May 29th The First Grader (103 min), directed by Justin Chadwick
• June 12th Prisoner of Her Past (57 min), directed by Gordon Quin
• June 26th shorts: Backseat Bingo (5:25), directed by Liz Blazer, Beautifully Esther (23 min), directed by Ricardo Korda
• July 10th Young at Heart (107 min), directed by Stephen Walker & Sally George

Advanced Supervision, Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way is a workshop experience created to support parent educators and clinicians in the use of the tools and experiential activities learned in the 2-day Teaching Parenting workshop--a pre-requisite for attending. Participants will share their success and challenges using Positive Discipline methods and get feedback, practice, support, and suggestions for increasing their effectiveness and confidence with sharing the PD philosophy with families.

• Facilitator: Dina Emser, MA, Certified PD Lead Trainer
• Cost: $125 Adler Student Fee, $150 Regular Fee (All Fees include Handout, CPDU’s for Illinois Teachers, CEU’s, and 1 PD Teleconference registration.  
• Location: Adler School of Professional Psychology, 17 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL

Register Online: www.positivediscipline.org

Join us to learn more about the Adler School Vancouver Campus, and our M.A. in Counselling Psychology (MAC), M.A. in Organizational Psychology (MAOP), M.A. in Community Psychology (MACD), and Master of Counselling Psychology (non-thesis MCP) programs.

During the session we will be discussing admission requirements, program descriptions, and financial information, as well as answering any other questions you may have for us.

We hope you are able to join us!

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In this ACGC sponsored event, Dr. Jay Colker of the MAO faculty will talk with a family about common and unique family challenges. Dr. Colker will use this as an opportunity to talk about the Adlerian-based methods of parent-education and child-guidance, including such topics as encouragement, logical consequences and the purposes of childhood behaviors.

Parents, teachers, parent educators, family counselors, psychology students, and all individuals wanting to learn more about building and maintaining effective relationships among parents and children will benefit from this event.

Dr. Jay Colker has been helping families to stop fighting, to learn effective strategies for overcoming conflicts, and to have fun together for many years. He is the author of the book: What do I do if? Dr. Colker has a rich history of Adlerian-based family education and was mentored by leaders and innovators in Adlerian Family Education. Dr. Colker currently oversees the Parent-Education courses at the Adler School.

2 CEU hours offered ($20.00 processing fee)

Reserve your space via email.

Join us for a series of critically-acclaimed and award winning films about tough issues that aging adults must consider. We will be joined by directors Stu Maddux and Gordon Quin on their respective viewing nights—each film is followed by a lively audience discussion with
Dr. Bilkey, the Department Chair of the Gerontological Counseling Program. Refreshments will be served.

5:30-8:00 p.m. every-other Tuesday
May 1st through July 10th

• May 1st Consider the Conversation (60 min), directed by Terry Kaldhusdal & Mike Bernhage
• May 15th Gen Silent (70 min), Special Guest Appearance by Director Stu Maddux. To RSVP, please contact ce@adler.edu.
• May 29th The First Grader (103 min), directed by Justin Chadwick
• June 12th Prisoner of Her Past (57 min), directed by Gordon Quin
• June 26th shorts: Backseat Bingo (5:25), directed by Liz Blazer, Beautifully Esther (23 min), directed by Ricardo Korda
• July 10th Young at Heart (107 min), directed by Stephen Walker & Sally George

Our Open Houses are a great opportunity to meet with our core faculty to ask them questions directly about the programs we offer. In addition, you will hear from integral campus services such as Admissions, Adler Institutes, and Student Affairs. Attendees will also have the opportunity to tour the campus and attend a financial aid workshop.

To register for this event, click here.
 

The beautiful city of Atlanta, Georgia will be the host site for the 2012 NASAP Conference. The theme this year is "Social Equality: Still a Challenge of Today" and is fitting for this historic city. This year's 60th Anniversary Conference will feature over 70 presentations by Adlerian experts in mental health, education, business and family education. Participants can earn up to 28.5 hours of continuing education from APA or NBCC for participating in both days of the conference and attending pre-conference and post-conference workshops.

Dr. Lynn Todman, Executive Director of the ISE, is the Ansbacher lecture for the NASAP Annual Conference in June. Previous Ansbacher Lectures include Dr. Rotter (inventor of locus of control), Dr. John Carlson (alum and international psychologist and APA award winner) and our own Dr. Harold Mosak.

The significance of Dr. Todman as the Ansbacher Lecturer: 

Heinz and Rowena Ansbacher both studied with Alfred Adler in New York and became the leading translators and promoters of Alfred Adler’s ideas.  In 1995, the four Ansbacher children donated money to the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology to pay for the fee and travel for the keynote speaker at the annual convention.  The speaker must be someone who promotes the topic or scholarship of Individual Psychology.  The Ansbacher’s lecture is always published in the Journal of Individual Psychology to preserve this historic event.

To register for this event, visit: www.alfredadler.org.

The Institute on Social Exclusion at the Adler School is pleased to announce the Social Exclusion Simulation dates for the Summer term. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend. There is limited space available, you can reserve your seat on a first-come-first-serve basis.

To participate, you must RSVP in advance. Since there are several simulation events, please include the date you wish to attend.

About the Social Exclusion Simulation:

The ISE developed an experiential role play exercise called the 'Social Exclusion Simulation' with the purpose of illustrating what social structures are, how they operate, and how they can systematically block some groups' access to rights, resources, and opportunities required for social integration. The Simulation uses reentry experiences of formerly incarcerated women to illustrate how some community’s efforts at social integration are systematically stymied by structural features of our society. The Simulation has proven to be a very effective tool for helping people to (1) change their outlooks and behaviors vis-à-vis important social issues; (2) question prevailing perceptions and assumptions; and (3) appreciate the limits on personal responsibility resulting from a context of constraining social structures and systems. If you are a PsyD student and you elect to exercise your right not to participate in the simulation, you may do so without any penalty. For more information please contact your faculty advisor.