A Clinic’s Initial Experiences Conducting Multiple Family Groups

• By: Peter Wildeman, LCSW Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• October 1st, 2010
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Jose is an 11-year-old boy who has, for years, been threatening his family to run away and never return when he is upset with them. His family has tried to cope with these behaviors the best they could, but things reached the point that they felt they needed further assistance. His grandmother made...

Risk Assessment and Its Importance for Children and Adolescents

• By: Elizabeth N. Cleek, PsyD Adam P. Chaiken, LCSW-R Michael Blady, LCSW-R Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• October 1st, 2010
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More than four years ago, the Institute for Community Living (ICL) extended its focus on risk assessment and intervention to provide staff with additional tools and strategies to support integrated and coordinated assessment and intervention of and for clinical risk. The purpose of the model is to...

Staff Wellness and Self-Care: One Agency’s Model

• By: Benjamin R. Sher, MA, LMSW Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• July 1st, 2010
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A rather unsettling fact about American society is that within it there exists a high rate of violence and abuse. According to Kessler et al (1995), 60.7% of men and 51.2% of women will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. Given this fact, Kessler et al also state that of this...