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Practical psychology, inspiring change
Volume 6, Issue 11
November, 2009
The Adler Graduate School
Offers the
Master of Arts in Adlerian Counseling & Psychotherapy
With tracks in:
Marriage and Family Therapy,
School Counseling,
Art Therapy,
Licensed Professional Counselor/Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Management Consulting and Organizational Leadership
&
Non-clinical Adlerian Studies
Certificates
Professional Life Coaching
Parent Coaching
Coaching and Consulting in Organizations
Vision Statement
Transforming society through Social Interest in Action
Mission Statement
Training human services professionals to facilitate healthy and fulfilling lifestyles for people, organizations, and communities through graduate education and community involvement |
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President's Corner
AGS capital campaign continues to make progress, but we still need your help!
 These are difficult days for any non-profit organization trying to raise money. Times are hard, and many organizations have had to adjust their budgets downward. In our case, the capital campaign is vitally important, because we are unable to initiate all of our community service plans until we have the revenue to pay for them. We are planning another appeal for faculty, staff, friends and alumni during the holiday season. Please give the request careful consideration, and help us if you can.
As most of you know, I was a public school superintendent for 28 years before I came to Adler. During that time I was a member for the Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA). MASA is currently building a foundation to support quality public education in Minnesota, but they are also finding it difficult to raise money. This week I received a call from an old superintendent friend who told me about an idea they had. MASA members have the opportunity to buy a small amount of term life insurance along with their membership dues at a very low rate. Most of them do so, not as a formal part of their estate planning, but because it's so inexpensive, the members think, "Why not take advantage of the opportunity?" The MASA leadership decided to contact retired MASA members and ask them to consider naming the MASA Foundation as the beneficiary of their $5,000 term life policies. So far, 65 of us have done so. Many retired members might have trouble making a larger cash donation, but this is a very painless way to make a significant contribution to MASA Foundation in the future.
If the Adler Graduate School and Adlerian philosophy have played an important part in your life, I hope you will consider ways you could help us develop The Jim Ramstad Community Service Center. One of the possibilities is to consider Adler in your estate planning, or to name Adler as the beneficiary in a small term life policy, as in the MASA Foundation example. Other ideas include donations of stocks, bonds or even real estate. We've already received a donation of $20,000 in stock from a friend of AGS in support of our capital campaign - what a tremendous gift!
We recognize that the economy still has a long way to go until it has reached full recovery, but we hope you will consider creative ways to try to help us expand Adler's vision of Social Interest, both now and far into the future. If you have ideas that might help the capital campaign, give me a call and share your thoughts.
Thanks for your continued support of the Adler Graduate School!
Dennis Rislove, PhD
President, Adler Graduate School |
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Fall 2009 Friday Workshop Series
Board Approved CEUs
There is still one wonderful workshop presentation available for fall listed below. Also, if anyone would like to submit a workshop topic for consideration, please contact Dr. Roger Ballou at BallouRA@aol.com.
The cost of each workshop is $99.00 ($65.00 for Adler alumni and students). Workshops run Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Each workshop is pre-approved for 6.0 CEUs by the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (LPC, LPCC) and the Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT).
December 18
Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Adolescents
Presenter: Mike Miller, PsyD
This program focuses on suicidal behavior in adolescents and specific protocols for assessing overall risk. This program will address treatment issues as they relate to using DBT and other cognitive interventions. This program will help raise clinicians’ knowledge and overall ability to manage these challenging and complex cases.
Michael J. Miller is currently a Assistant Professor in the University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Miller works with adolescent populations who suffer from depression, are suicidal and have a history of self-injurious behavior. He provides Adolescent Treatment in milieu settings which include day-treatment, in-patient, group and family therapy. He also serves people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.
To print out a registration form or for further workshop information please go to:
http://alfredadler.edu/workshops/index.htm
For more information, contact Dr. Roger Ballou at 612-861-7554 (extension 109) or by e-mail at BallouRA@aol.com. We look forward to having you join us! |
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First Graduation Ceremony in Our Richfield Building
The Adler Graduate School held its graduation ceremony on Sunday, November 1st in our own building, now the Jim Ramstad Community Service Center in Richfield.
The ceremony was hosted by AGS Academic Vice President Dan Haugen, and included remarks from Richfield Community Council member Edwina Garcia and President Dennis Rislove. Graduating students Cassie Acostacano, Kara Priesmeyer and Tia Hernandez Petrulo delivered commencement addresses and AGS faculty member Jere Truer provided music.
Congratulations are also extended to AGS faculty member John Reardon, who is the 2009 recipient of the Rudolf Dreikurs award.
The Master of Arts degree was conferred upon the following:
Cassie Jean Acostacano
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Adam Wade Arnold
Rose E. Ayers
Angel Beth Bauman
Kathryn Tasha Bazan
Jamie Lee Boerboom
Michael John Boike
Kelly Marie Booth
Deborah Borkon
Jerrod Matthew Brown
Kelsey Sangeeta Budner
Jill Ellen Carlson
Michelle Ann Clark
Kate Jane Curtis
Joanne McGervey Finnegan
Tara Vanessa Hamilton
Jessica Grace Hase
Mary (Tia) Hernandez Petrulo
David James Holler
Theresa M. Jurisch
Jennifer Klutch
Jean Scott Ladwig
Charles Lamp
Sarah Marie Madsen
Charles M. Mannie
Lisa Diane Marshall
Leslie M. McCarthy
Lori R. Morris
Sarah Diane Olson
Judith A. Pinke
Kara Priesmeyer
Mark John Reese
Renee L. Segal
Virginia Tisdale Miller
Best wishes, all!
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| Adler Café with Mim Pew
The Student Association held its first Adler Café potluck dinner on Friday, November 13th.
It was a great turnout with around 40 attendees, including current students, alumni, partners, friends and faculty gathering to hear Mim Pew reminisce about the beginning of the Adler Graduate School in Minnesota. She also spoke of the first NASAP conference in Oregon with Rudolf Dreikurs, and shared an article of his, "Conflict Solving." For those of you who missed this delightful evening, a recording of Mim's remarks, as well as copies of the Dreikurs article are available from the AGS Media Center.
The Student Association is planning future Adler Café potluck dinners to bring Adlerians together to discuss their life experiences in a casual setting. We hope you will join us for the next event, which we are projecting for the end of January. By the way, the food was outstanding! Thanks to everyone who participated.
Watch for an announcement soon about the next Adler Café potluck dinner. All are welcome!
Wendy Frieze
Student Association Chair
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Foreign Student Exchange
Why I Chose to Attend Adler Graduate School
By Josephina Mwoleka
International Student, AGS
Certainly, a first impression is always the most important and long-lasting in people's memories; getting what you want is a key to fulfilling your dreams. These two things enhance one's professional image and success. My first impression at Adler Graduate School (AGS) was that it was a very unique opportunity to gain and nourish my knowledge and experiences in my professional journey.
Being accepted at AGS has been an experience that has changed the way I was thinking about things, and what really they is important in life. I will never be the same, and for this I am most grateful. Since I have been at AGS, I have had an opportunity to get to know several people around the school. Many of them are anxious to know me - "Who am I?" "Where do I come from?" "Where do I live and with whom?" Several of them want to know how and why I chose AGS as a particular school to pursue my Master's Degree. Today they have those answers.
Google search engine first introduced me to AGS when I was researching small counseling schools in the United States. My eyes came across with several schools but many times Adler Graduate School was coming to my attention. I decided to send my application, and I was accepted! From the time I walked through the door, I realized that my introduction to AGS had nothing to do with Google; I came to realize that the breath of AGS is not coming from the way it advertised, but the warm welcome, and the ways professors deliver the Adlerian materials.
The AGS environment is designed to look as much like a community as possible. The programs are structured in the order of what I was looking for-a small school and small classes. I found that AGS is not only for teaching the Adlerian concepts; faculty and staff also provide the opportunity for students to express their ideas and feelings, and share concerns they may be unable to discuss elsewhere. Truly, the coursework at AGS has been a positive and enlightening experience, allowing me to practice and develop a variety of new skills, while strengthening pre-existing ones.
If someone may asked me today about AGS, I will respond to them, "If you want to know AGS you have to come, not only to see, but also to taste what is going on in the classrooms. You will find not only that the Adlerian concept of 'Social Interest' makes this school unique, but also that faculty, staff, and students who are devoted to the concept of Social Interest are willing to share time, talent and resources, regardless their backgrounds. You will find yourself attached, without questioning if the place is right for you or not."
I come from Tanzania, East Africa. I hold a BA in Psychology and Professional Communication from Wisconsin. I am looking forward to going back to my country after completing my degree. I would absolutely recommend this school to other people who are in my field or related to that. |
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Next Parent Coaching Series begins in January 2010
Interested in Becoming a Parent Coach?
AGS is once again offering a two-course (five weeks per course) certification in Parent Coaching beginning the week of January 4, 2010. The Parent Coaching series trains interested people who have four-year degrees in child-related fields to coach parents on a wide array of topics, with particular focus on challenging child behavior.
Taught by Tina Feigal, a former school psychologist with nine years' experience in coaching parents, the certification qualifies individuals to provide "personalized parent education." In lieu of parents taking a parenting class, coaches help them to apply techniques to their specific situations, bringing about more permanent solutions. Coaches also follow up with parents until they are feeling solid in their use of the techniques. For additional information about Parent Coaching and Tina Feigal, visit www.nurturedheart.com.
Parent Coaching Foundations 1/4/2010 - 2/8/2010, Applied Parent Coaching 2/22/2010 - 3/27/2010
For enrollment information, please contact Evelyn Haas, Director of Admissions and Student Services at 612.861.7554, ext. 103, or by email at ev@alfredadler.edu. |
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Adler Open House – First Wednesday of Every Month
Next Open House events: December 2, 2009; January 6, 2010
AGS's Director of Admissions and other staff, as well as faculty members and current students will be on hand to answer your questions.
The Adler Graduate School offers a Master of Arts degree with tracks in Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Counseling, Art Therapy, School Counseling, Management Consulting and Organizational Leadership and non-clinical Adlerian Studies.
Certificate series are offered in Professional Life Coaching, Parent Coaching and Coaching & Consulting in Organizations.
Wednesday, December 2nd; Wednesday, January 6th 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Adler Graduate School is located at 1550 East 78th Street in Richfield, MN. To reserve a seat at an upcoming Open House, please call 612-861-7554, ext. 103.
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Wednesday, December 9 at Adler Graduate School
On the second Wednesday of each month, you can experience a demonstration of one-to-one coaching and have an opportunity to ask questions of a professional life coach. Learn about the benefits of life coaching, how life coaching is different from therapy, how to hire a coach, how to become a life coach and how to get your certification* in life coaching from the Adler Graduate School. For more information call Paula Hemming, MA, Life Coaching Coordinator at 612-729-2939 or email her at coachpaula@earthlink.net
* The Certificate in Personal and Professional Life Coaching is designed to train students in one of the fastest-growing professions in the field of support. The coaching relationship promotes both the personal success of the client in any area of life. Students learn a framework for integrating the skills and tools of coaching within the principles of Adlerian Psychology.
For information about registering for the next Life Coaching series, contact: Evelyn Haas, Director of Admissions & Student Services at 612-861-7554 ext. 103, or email her at ev@alfredadler.edu
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Oscar Reed Leads Restorative Justice Training at AGS
Restorative Justice and the Circle Process
On Wednesday, November 18, the AGS School Counseling department hosted Restorative Justice Training. Former Minnesota Vikings standout and current Minneapolis community leader Oscar Reed led training in the "circle" process with over 20 students from the AGS school counseling program.
Founded in Native American traditions, the circle process recognizes the importance of the individual in the outcome of each endeavor, with responsibility and the right of co-ownership in each experience. The goal of the circle, if used in a preventative nature, is to reach a deeper understanding of each member, while focusing on a chosen theme or topic during each meeting. An additional goal is for circle members to help each other resolve problems or issues of concern when needed.
During his training session, Reed emphasized a number of elements crucial to leading successful circles with students, adults or both. Key to facilitation of successful circles is establishing clear rules, and having those rules visually displayed via a visual center-piece during every meeting. Reed also stressed the value of using a talking piece, its importance in maintaining clockwise motion, and the problems related to speaking without it (such as participants speaking out of order).
For more information on Restorative Justice and the circle process, visit www.therestorativeway.org.
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Adler Graduate School Non-Discrimination Policy
The Adler Graduate School is an equal opportunity educational institution and employer
which does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age,
sexual orientation, veteran status or physical ability in the employment of its faculty or staff, the admission
or treatment of its students, or in the operation of its educational programs and activities.
Adler Graduate School
1550 East 78th Street
Richfield, Minnesota 55423
ON THE WEB AT: alfredadler.edu
Phone: 612-861-7554
Fax: 612-861-7559
Email: admin@alfredadler.edu
Adler Graduate School Newsletter
Ev Haas , Editor
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