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 contact Griselda Sanchez at 312.915.6481 or gsanch3@luc.edu 

The Carol Harding Lecture Series

Carol Harding, a founding member of the Children's Summer Institute and an integral part of its success, was a dear friend and colleague of Loyola's ChildLaw Center and the Erikson Institute. This annual lecture series was named in her memory.

Carol was a professor of human development at Loyola University Chicago from 1980 until her retirement in 1999. While a faculty member, Carol chaired the School of Education's Educational Psychology program, co-founded and co-directed the Center for Children, Families and Community at Loyola, and was named Faculty of the Year.

Even after her early retirement, Carol traveled to Chicago each summer to co-teach the intensive one-week interdisciplinary Children's Summer Institute, of which this lecture series is a part. Following her retirement, she also pioneered an on-line Infant Studies Program for Erikson Institute and taught (in person and online) for Appalachian State University and Erikson.

Carol was gentle and wise, with a wonderful sense of humor and a great appreciation of life's complexities. We miss her.

Week-Long Seminar for Students

"Permanency for Children in the Child Welfare System"

May 23-27, 2011

Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Water Tower Campus

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 and to disparities in the child welfare system and their impact on decision making. Students will examine a series of complex questions involving children's best interests, including: how "family" is defined; whether current laws and policies regarding permanency for children and families involved in the child welfare system adequately serve the best interests of children; and how to determine the best long-term placement for each child. 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 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@luc.edu or (312) 915-6481.