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Winning the Interview

Preparation is key! It may be virtual, in-person, with a group or over numerous follow-up sessions, but interviewing comes with the job search. Learn and practice how to interview in any setting to secure your next job! Interview workshops convene January 22, March 31 and June 4, 2025 After you have registered, you will receive an emailed link the day of the event, allowing you access to the workshop you have registered for. 

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Healing Hearts: Grief Support Group for Spouse/Partner Loss

  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
  • 10:30am-12pm

This drop-in grief support group is for older adults who have experienced the death of a spouse or partner within the last two years. The group meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, 10:30am -12:00 pm. Supported by the Lauri S. Bauer Foundation for Sudden Loss. For more information and to receive the Zoom link, please contact Marsha Raynes, LCSW.

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Citizenship Class in Partnership with Vernon Area Public Library

  • Tuesday, January 16, 2024
  • 7-8:45pm

If you'd like to become a naturalized U.S. citizen, attend this 12-week series to prepare for the citizenship test in a small, online group. Content includes American history, civics, speaking, and reading and writing in English. The first class introduces the course and materials. Register Today Classes meet 7:00-8:45pm on the following Tuesdays: January 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13, 20, 27; March 5, 12, 19, 26; April 2.

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Understanding and Engaging the Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model (TF-CBT) for Children and Adolescents

  • Tuesday, February 6, 2024
  • 10-11:30am

  • JCFS Chicago Seigle Campus 5140 Golf Rd. Skokie, IL 60077 View Map

Learners in this course will get an overview of the clinical indications for engaging this model. They will learn relevant definitions and how integrate this model into their practice. Using real case examples, sessions will focus on not only diagnostic and symptom considerations, but the PRACTICE acronym and tangible activities that providers can engage in with clients. Participants will be able to bring in their own cases as well, to explore ways that this model can be used in their offices.

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Stress Busters Club

  • Tuesday, March 12, 2024
  • 6:30-7:45pm

  • Abe and Ida Cooper Center 6639 N Kedzie Ave Chicago, IL 60645 View Map

Stress Busters Club is a group for adults with disabilities to talk about stress and anxiety, learn new coping strategies, and try them out together. Group meets every Tuesday from March 12-April 16. Registration is required. Join us! To register and receive fee information for the series, contact Jess Jankowski. Space is limited.

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Support During the War in Israel and Amidst Rising Antisemitism

  • Wednesday, December 27, 2023
  • 12-1pm

A virtual drop-in group for those in the Chicagoland Jewish Community who are seeking connection, support, and coping strategies to get through these difficult times. The group meets on Wednesdays, 12 – 1pm via Zoom. Please contact Bracha Jakofsky, MSW at 847.745.5430 for more information and to obtain the Zoom link.

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Upcoming Sibshops

  • Sunday, January 12, 2025 + 6 more dates
  • All Sibshops are on Sundays from 1pm to 3:30pm at our Northbrook location, 255 Revere Drive, Suite 200.

  • Elaine Kersten Children's Center 255 Revere Drive, Suite 200 Northbrook, IL 60062 View Map

Sibshops offer brothers and sisters of children with a variety of special needs a place to meet other siblings in a relaxed, supportive, and recreational setting. They discuss their common joys and concerns, learn to handle sibling-specific “sticky situations” and have fun! For kids ages 6-12 years old.

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