News and Updates:

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• In the academic year 2023-2024, we are training and supporting school social workers, school counselors, and school psychologists from 24 schools to deliver the Act & Adapt program for the first time! 

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• In the academic year 2023-2024, we are continuing our partnership with 70 additional schools. Social workers, school counselors, and school psychologists in these ‘sustainability’ schools are once again delivering the Act & Adapt program!

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• Our partnership with the Office of Social and Emotional Learning from the Chicago Public Schools district is in its 7th year. To date, we have trained over 320 providers across over 150 elementary schools. 

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• Laura Saldana was awarded the highly prestigious and highly competitive Doctoral Fellowship in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (MHSAS) from the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) of the American Psychological Association (APA)! Congratulations Laura!

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• Our team recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help train mental health providers in high need schools in Chicago. "Project STRIDE" is a partnership between the CEBP lab and the College of Education's Counseling Department to support graduate students during their practicum and internship placements. Trainees will be matched with CPS school providers and deliver Act & Adapt as part of this training!

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• Congratulations to Milena DeMario, who was accepted to Northern Illinois University's Industrial/Organizational Psychology PhD program, starting Fall, 2023!

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• Congratulations to Jesus Solano-Martinez, who matched for his Clinical Psychology predoctoral internship at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles!

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• Congratulations to Mariana Bednarek, who was accepted to Adler's Master's of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling starting Fall, 2023!

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• Congratulations to Ashley Harris, who was accepted to UCLA's Clinical Psychology PhD program, starting Fall, 2023!

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• Welcome to Melisa Dangles! Melissa is in her first year as an MS student in Research Psychology at DePaul!