JCFS Chicago is offering Workplace Social Skills for individuals with disabilities. We will cover a variety of topics such as understanding different work relationships, small talk, boundaries, accepting criticism and more.

*Offered at Kersten and Cooper. Addresses are listed below.
Date and time info reflects the schedule are Kersten. 
Cooper Schedule TBD.

We’re back in the clinic! Join us for our 2 - to 3 - year-old play group, designed to develop communication, language, and social skills. Waiting, turn-taking, following directions, and transitions are incorporated into preschool activities, like circle time, art, and pretend play.

Why is everyone talking about personal branding? Learn the meaning of branding while developing your own personal brand to demonstrate your immediate value to employers. Branding workshops convene on April 6, April 25, May 26, June 29, August 1 and September 7, 2022.

After you have registered, you will receive an emailed link the day of the event, allowing you access to the workshop you have registered for. 

Are you a parent, caregiver, guardian, or cherished elder of a child or young person who is part of the Jewish LGBTQ+ community? Do you want to learn more about how to celebrate them as they move through Jewish settings and milestones, and connect with other families doing the same? Moving Traditions, Keshet, and Response for Teens have teamed up to host three sessions for those parenting Jewish LGBTQ+ children and teens:

This 4-part series of workshops empowers teens to explore and heighten their creative voices and points of view. Through a mix of ensemble-building theater games and writing exercises, participants will leave judgements (of themselves and others) at the door, so they can have fun taking positive risks. Register today and feel free to join as many workshops as your schedule permits.

Contextual Trauma Therapy (CTT) is a form of therapy specifically developed to treat Complex PTSD (C-PTSD). Unlike other approaches to trauma treatment, the CTT model is not grounded in specific, predetermined interventions, but rather is guided by a conceptual model consistent with research on the nature of C-PTSD that has emerged in recent years.

This is an online training for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and/or Intellectual-Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD) and their families about how to interact successfully with law enforcement. The presentation will introduce the Wallet Card Project. The purpose of the Wallet Card is to assist an individual who may have difficulties communicating or expressing themselves in an emergency situation and to assist first responders in identifying an individual’s disability related needs to help them better understand the circumstances.