Services for People with Disabilities (SFPD) presents a free Community Education Workshop
ABLE Accounts: Benefits of Having One and How They Work.

ABLE accounts can offer individuals with disabilities a path toward greater financial independence by providing an ability to plan, save, and spend money on services, products, and education while preserving their benefits (eg: Medicaid, SSI, SSDI).

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Join us as presenter Rosemary Laudani from the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office answers these and many other questions:

• Who is eligible to own an Illinois ABLE account?
• Will I lose SSI, SSDI or Medicaid if I have an Illinois ABLE account?
• What do I need to know about owning and contributing to an Illinois ABLE account?
• Can I work if I have an ABLE account?

This event is free and open to the public. Continuing education credits are available for QIDP's. Sessions may be recorded.

Online registration is required or contact Kathryn Dougherty at 773.765.3158 to register. You will receive a Zoom link to participate via email the day prior to the session.

For help with registration, and for any accommodations, please contact Kathryn Dougherty.

We will light the chanukiah, hear how members of our local Jewish recovery community find light in recovery, engage in learning together, and enjoy traditional holiday food and song. Those in recovery, loved ones, and allies are welcome.

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Co-Sponsored by JCFS, the Recovery Chevra, the Tikvah Center and members of our local recovery community.

If you are unable to attend in person and would like to view the program online, a Zoom link will be available.

The past does not simply disappear. Both the traumas and the triumphs in our histories are alive within us and within those we care for. How do we turn to face the wounds that we carry, and at the same time, tap the strength, resilience, and wisdom from our ancestral roots to help us today?

Award-winning author, psychologist, and teacher, Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD, will share the foundations of intergenerational trauma psychology and provide experiential teachings to help us embrace our personal and familial traumas, and access the generative power of our wise and well ancestors and teachers. She will show us how our own healing and self-awareness allows us, in turn, to bring new levels of compassionate care and sensitivity to the people we serve, with a better understanding of the personal and cultural traumas they are living with.

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The online training will include three sections:

1. Opening lecture on Healing the Wounds of Past and Present: Providing Care in an Uncertain World.
2. Discussion groups led by experts in treating clients with experiences of trauma:
   -Lisa Haber, LCSW, Clinical Supervisor, Knapp School & Yeshiva, JCFS Chicago and Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois, Jane Addams School of Social Work
   -Yonit Hoffman, PhD, Senior Director, Holocaust Community Services, CJE SeniorLife
   -Megan Lerner, LCSW, Director, Kaufman Wolf Center for Trauma & Resilience, JCFS Chicago
3. Engage in experiences to learn Sustainable Practices for Resilience & Vital Health

Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD, is an author, Jungian psychotherapist, and renowned Jewish scholar and teacher. Widely known for her groundbreaking work in depth psychology, intergenerational trauma healing, and the re-integration of the feminine wisdom tradition within Judaism, Rabbi Tirzah lectures and teaches internationally about spiritual and ancient wisdom practices that are honed to assist us at this critical time in world history. Her latest book, Wounds into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma (Monkfish, 2019) is the recipient of the 2020 Nautilus Book Award Gold in Psychology and the Jewish Women's Caucus of the Association for Women in Psychology 2020 book award. www.tirzahfirestone.com | @tirzahfire

Learning Objectives:

1. I can identify four hallmarks of trauma residue in myself and others.
2. I have learned how epigenetic research demonstrates that ancestors’ traumatic life events can influence their descendant’s' lives.
3. I have gained skills to recognize the positive legacies of my ancestors, and can draw on their experiences to heal in the present.

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This online event costs $60, which includes 3.25 CEU’s for social workers, psychologists, or counselors.

Join us for an evening of support featuring music, poetry, and reflections on healing. Together, we’ll explore the grieving process and hear a personal story of loss that offers insight and hope on the path toward healing.

This program is especially meaningful for those who have experienced the death of a loved one within the past two years, though all are welcome.

Following the structured portion of the evening, which will conclude around 8:00 PM, participants are invited to remain online for small group conversations—an opportunity to share personal reflections and connect with others on a similar journey.

This program is generously supported by the Lauri S. Bauer Foundation for Sudden Loss.

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This online event is free of charge.
Register today to receive the Zoom link to the program.

For more information contact Leah Shefsy at 847.745.5404.

This forum will describe experiences of Orthodox Jewish adults in meeting competing obligations to their aging parents and growing children. Those attending will learn about clinical and cultural challenges faced by each of the three generational tiers. Presenters will identify formal and informal supports for the sandwich generation. Register Today.

The forum will consist of learning and discussion for communal professionals and leaders featuring:
 

Rabbi Gershon Schaffel, Rabbi, Young Israel of Skokie, Skokie
Tamara Kushnir Groman, JD, Manager, Irving H. and Jane W. Goldberg Legal Services at CJE SeniorLife
Hana Holland, Dean of Students, Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov, Chicago
Rachel Zimmerman, LCPC, Clinician in private practice

8:40 am Doors open
9:00 am – 11:00 am Program

2 Cultural Competency CEUs for social workers, psychologists, and counselors

The program will be recorded.

The Orthodox Network is a collaboration of social service providers in Jewish agencies who work in partnership to improve services to the Orthodox community in metropolitan Chicago.

To learn about previous Awareness and Education Forums, visit our YouTube channel.

Sponsoring Organizations to date:  JCFS Chicago, The ARK, Chai Lifeline Midwest,  CJE SeniorLife, Hinda Institute, JCC Chicago, Jewish Neighborhood Development Council of Chicago, Keshet, Libenu, Midwest Refuah Health Center, No Shame On U, SHALVA, Sharsheret, Yachad Chicago

Partnering with the Jewish United Fund in serving our community.

This grief support group is for adults who have experienced the death of a loved-one within the past two years. The group will meet in person at Anshe Emet for six weeks starting November 21, 7-8:30pm.

Co-sponsored by Anshe Emet Synagogue, Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel, Mishkan Chicago, Chicago Sinai Congregation and Temple Sholom of Chicago.

Registration required and space is limited. Contact Leah Shefsky to register.