ChildLaw Center's 12th Annual Children's Summer Institute
Program for Practitioners
Carol Harding Lecture Series
"A Matter of Choice: Differential Response in
Child Welfare Service Delivery"
Keynote Speaker:
Erwin McEwen
Director, Illinois Department of Children
and Family Services
Monday, May 24, 2010 • 2:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Polk Bros. Lecture Hall
Erikson Institute, 2nd Floor
451 North LaSalle, Chicago
"Differential response" offers child welfare agencies options for responding to accepted reports of abuse or neglect beyond the traditional child protection investigation. In 2009, the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation allowing DCFS to implement a differential response program.
Soledad McGrath, Post-Graduate ChildLaw Policy Fellow, will begin the afternoon by providing an overview of differential response systems already underway throughout the country. In his keynote address, Director McEwen will discuss Illinois' efforts to develop and implement a differential response program.
MCLE credits will be available for free.
CEU credits will be available for a fee of $25. Checks only - Please make checks payable to Loyola School of Social Work.
To register, please complete the registration form, or email your name, address, phone number and whether you would like to receive MCLE or CEU credits to smcgrath2@luc.edu.
Week-Long Seminar for Students
"Permanency for Children in the Child Welfare System"
May 24-28 (Week-long Seminar)
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
25 E. Pearson Street
Through intensive, interactive seminars, Loyola's annual Children's Summer Institute offers a wide-ranging interdisciplinary exploration of critical issues affecting children for students and practitioners in the fields of law, social work, child development, education, and psychology.
This year, a diverse team of faculty will offer interdisciplinary perspectives on the meaning of "best interest of the child," particularly as it relates to federal and state policies aimed at achieving permanency for children. Experts from the fields of law, psychology, social work, early childhood development and education will present information, participate in discussions with the attendees, and debate issues from the perspectives of their own professions. Faculty will provide both a theoretical framework for examining the issues, as well as practical experiential learning. Various educational methods will be employed including case studies, lectures, outside speakers, field trips, role play and group projects.
Registration:
To register as a Visiting Student at the Law School click here.
Law students are eligible to receive 2 credits for this course, listed as LAW 663.
Visiting Non-Law Graduate Students may register as a non-degree seeking student at http://luc.edu/gradschool/application/developmental.shtml
Non-Law Graduate students are eligible to receive 3 credits for this course, listed as PSYC 518.
For more information please contact childlaw-center@luc.edu or (312) 915-6481.
