Week of March 13, 2023

Date Event Location Contact
Children & Adolescents

6-7pm

Children & Adolescents

Looking for a fun way to learn social awareness, communication skills, and self-regulation? The Social Superhero Training Academy is open! In this speech-language pathologist-lead group, children will learn strategies to be flexible-thinking superheroes. Practice these new social superhero powers by reading stories, playing games, making crafts, and more! This 8-week group will be offered in-person at our clinic!

Children & Adolescents

Elaine Kersten Children's Center
255 Revere Drive, Suite 200
Northbrook, IL 60062

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Children & Adolescents
Megan Kowalski
MeganKowalski@JCFS.org
JVS Career & Employment

2-3:30pm

JVS Career & Employment

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 December 5, 2022 and February 8, March 13, April 5, 2023.

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. 

JVS Career & Employment
JVS Career & Employment
Chelsea Sammarco
ChelseaSammarco@JCFS.org
Professional & Community Training

10-11:30am

Professional & Community Training

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a third-wave behavioral psychotherapy that has been shown to be effective in the treatment of a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, psychosis, and chronic pain.  ACT integrates mindfulness skills with values-guided living. It helps clients develop a compassionate relationship to painful thoughts and feelings versus attempting to avoid or control them.  This shift allows clients to focus instead on clarifying personal values and using that knowledge to take action that promotes a rich, meaningful life.

Professional & Community Training

Siegel Building
5140 Golf Road
Skokie, IL 60077

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Professional & Community Training
Sarah Piggott
JCFSTraining@JCFS.org
Professional & Community Training

10am-5pm

Professional & Community Training

AMSR Training teaches clinicians and other healthcare professionals who conduct suicide risk assessments how to determine the level of suicide risk for an individual. A risk formulation is developed for each individual, taking into consideration their current circumstances. AMSR Training then provides a structure for the clinical provider which can be used in the development of a collaborative treatment and safety plan. AMSR Training includes the latest research-informed suicide risk assessment and risk formulation to be used in a variety of care settings.

Professional & Community Training
Professional & Community Training
Sarah Piggott
JCFSTraining@JCFS.org
Special Events

March 15-19, 2023

Special Events

The North Shore Auxiliary (NSA) of JCFS Chicago invites you to purchase a key card for $75, which is a special shopping pass that entitles you to 20% off of full-priced, in-stock items or services at participating businesses. All proceeds support Response for Teens. Stay tuned for more information about our shopping week, March 15-19, 2023.

Cards will soon be available for purchase online and in many of the participating stores during key card week.

Special Events
Special Events
Lisa Wilson
LisaWilson@JCFS.org
JVS Career & Employment

2-3:30pm

JVS Career & Employment

Whether you connect in person, online, in groups, at events or through your own personal relationships, doing it professionally and effectively is essential to your job search success. Networking workshops convene November 22, 2022 and January 30, February 22, March 16, April 24, 2023

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. 

JVS Career & Employment
JVS Career & Employment
Chelsea Sammarco
ChelseaSammarco@JCFS.org
Special Events

March 15-19, 2023

Special Events

The North Shore Auxiliary (NSA) of JCFS Chicago invites you to purchase a key card for $75, which is a special shopping pass that entitles you to 20% off of full-priced, in-stock items or services at participating businesses. All proceeds support Response for Teens. Stay tuned for more information about our shopping week, March 15-19, 2023.

Cards will soon be available for purchase online and in many of the participating stores during key card week.

Special Events
Special Events
Lisa Wilson
LisaWilson@JCFS.org

10-11:30am

This seminar, led by Lisa Haber, will be a deeper dive into clinical modalities to treat complex and neurodevelopmental trauma.  Participants will receive an overview of treatment modalities with in-depth training in modalities including DBT PE, Collaborative Stage Model, IFS and Body based therapies. Sessions will focus mainly on interventions, however will provide some basis for presentation of symptoms and diagnostic criteria.

Seigle Building
5140 Golf Road
Skokie, IL 60077

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Sarah Piggott
JCFSTraining@JCFS.org
Special Events

March 15-19, 2023

Special Events

The North Shore Auxiliary (NSA) of JCFS Chicago invites you to purchase a key card for $75, which is a special shopping pass that entitles you to 20% off of full-priced, in-stock items or services at participating businesses. All proceeds support Response for Teens. Stay tuned for more information about our shopping week, March 15-19, 2023.

Cards will soon be available for purchase online and in many of the participating stores during key card week.

Special Events
Special Events
Lisa Wilson
LisaWilson@JCFS.org
Special Events

March 15-19, 2023

Special Events

The North Shore Auxiliary (NSA) of JCFS Chicago invites you to purchase a key card for $75, which is a special shopping pass that entitles you to 20% off of full-priced, in-stock items or services at participating businesses. All proceeds support Response for Teens. Stay tuned for more information about our shopping week, March 15-19, 2023.

Cards will soon be available for purchase online and in many of the participating stores during key card week.

Special Events
Special Events
Lisa Wilson
LisaWilson@JCFS.org
People with Disabilities & Their Families

1-3:30pm

People with Disabilities & Their Families

Sibshops offer brothers and sisters of children with a variety of special needs a place to meet other siblings in a relaxed, supportive, and recreational setting. They discuss their common joys and concerns, learn to handle sibling-specific “sticky situations” and have fun! For kids ages 6-12 years old.

WINTER 2023 Sibshops

JCFS Chicago will be offering both virtual and in-person Sibshops this spring.  In-person Sibshops will have a limited number of spots and masking is required.  We will use outdoor spaces as weather permits.

People with Disabilities & Their Families
People with Disabilities & Their Families
Tammy Besser, LCSW
TamaraBesser@JCFS.org
Response for Teens
Response for Teens

Join our annual benefit for Response for Teens.

Co-Chairs: Lauren Kugelman and Lori Shapiro

Join us for our annual event, supporting Response for Teens and the counseling, prevention programs, leadership activities, and sexual health education services we provide to young people and their families.

Registration Here

Response for Teens

Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022

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Response for Teens
Miles Robin
MilesRobin@jcfs.org
Special Events

March 15-19, 2023

Special Events

The North Shore Auxiliary (NSA) of JCFS Chicago invites you to purchase a key card for $75, which is a special shopping pass that entitles you to 20% off of full-priced, in-stock items or services at participating businesses. All proceeds support Response for Teens. Stay tuned for more information about our shopping week, March 15-19, 2023.

Cards will soon be available for purchase online and in many of the participating stores during key card week.

Special Events
Special Events
Lisa Wilson
LisaWilson@JCFS.org