The mission of this institute is to develop, promote and disseminate evidence-informed practice, research and training related to work with families in diverse communities.

The Institute for Advanced Innovations in Practice, Research, and Training will provide support for Loyola-based faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows in discovering innovative practice models that social workers and allied practitioners can implementin a variety of practice and research areas such as family violence, socially traumatized populations, and school settings.

The institute will support projects that include one or more innovations: A problem that has not been addressed before or a new perspective or application to a continuing problem. A new partnership or collaborative process unique research design and methods.

Projects by Institute for Advanced Innovations in Practice, Reserach, and Training Faculty

C.R.I.M.E.:  Replacing Violence with Compassion, Respect, Inspiration, Motivation, and Empathy

C.R.I.M.E.:  Replacing Violence with Compassion, Respect, Inspiration, Motivation, and Empathy is a book that offers a novel perspective on violence prevention.  C.R.I.M.E. is a youth-led project with the mission of helping adults and children to become more in touch with their innate capacity for human connectedness rather than destructive motives seen in aggression and violence.  The C.R.I.M.E. teens have developed and made presentations about violence prevention to youth groups, created a training DVD and workbook on violence prevention, and written this book with their adult mentors.

The book may be ordered through Amazon.com or directly through Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work.

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For more information, contact Dr. Janice Rasheed Matthews at jrashee@luc.edu or 312/915.6680.

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Social workers must respond to the needs and challenges presented by the dramatic shift in the age demographic. At Loyola we can accomplish this mission through the Institute for Intergenerational Study and Practice. The Institute encourages interdisciplinary efforts of Loyola faculty and students in social work, law, psychology, nursing, sociology, and medicine in the area of intergenerational families and older adults.  Directed by Marcia Spira,PhD, “the institute supports study, research, training, and partnerships with other agencies and universities in such areas as cultural and religious diversity, family styles, economic conditions, and health challenges of intergenerational families,” Spira says. Goals include supporting grant writing activities, creating continuing education programs that will lead to a certificate in intergenerational families, providing consultation services for community agencies, offering student internships, expanding cross-departmental collaboration, and building a volunteer core for community projects and needs assessment.

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For more information, contact Dr. Marcia Sprira at mspira@luc.edu  or 312/915.7580
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For more information, contact Dr. Maria Vidal de Haymes at mvidal@luc.edu or 312/915.7020.
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