Areas of Support

Areas of Support

You can support one or more of the areas in which the Adler School distinguishes itself from other schools: degree programs, the Institutes for Social Change, and Adler Community Health Services. You can also support foundational areas, such as the Annual Fund, capital projects, and scholarships.

Degree Programs

Click here for more information on our academic degree programs.

Institutes for Social Change

• The Adler Institute on Social Exclusion builds strategic alliances to ensure that all members of society have safe housing, quality education and healthcare, fair terms of employment, nutritious food, personal safety, and judicial equity.

• The Adler Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice promotes socially just policies and practices within the justice system through research, education, and community engagement.

Adler Community Health Services

Adler Community Health Services (ACHS) provides psychological services to underserved populations through its clinical training programs. ACHS offers the Adler Community Mental Health Pre-Doctoral Internship Program in Clinical Psychology, which is approved by the American Psychological Association and is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers. Interns and externs offer clinical services at and through community-based partnerships. Trainees are assigned to a particular community site based on his/her interests, training and educational needs, and abilities. In addition to providing direct clinical service, trainees receive individual, group, and peer supervision; participate in case management and case disposition meetings; and attend didactic workshops and seminars. ACHS also offers the Adler Juvenile Justice Internship and the Adler Juvenile Justice diagnostic assessment practicum through a partnership with the Illinois Youth Center.

Services provided in the community through community partnerships include individual, group, family, and couples psychotherapy; neuropsychological, personality, and cognitive ability assessment; support groups; parenting classes; consultation; and psycho-educational programs.

ACHS's programs and services are designed to assist children, adolescents, adults, couples, families, and groups in dealing with personal issues including marital/family problems, depression, anxiety, stress, school adjustments, family conflict, partner distress, grief/loss, substance abuse, and other emotional/psychological issues. In the spirit of socially responsible practice, ACHS reaches out and provides services to underserved and disadvantaged populations.

ACHS's psychological services are primarily provided by master's, doctoral, and post-doctoral students under the supervision of licensed staff clinical psychologists and Adler Community Mental Health faculty (licensed clinical psychologist supervisor). Additional supervision may be provided by adjunct faculty or individuals holding supervisory responsibility at community partner locations.

Annual Fund

An important foundation of our giving programs, the Annual Fund helps enable the depth and breadth of our student and community offerings. The flexibility of Annual Fund support from alumni and friends, including parents, faculty, and staff helps the School:

• Advance our efforts to provide effective mental health services in marginalized communities
• Support scholarship programs for disadvantaged students from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds
• Provide students edifying professional and personal experiences that inform their professional careers

Gift designations as tributes or memorials are accepted as part of the Annual Fund, and all gift sizes are appreciated and vital. We offer several options for making a donation.

Note: when you contribute to the Annual Fund, you may be able to double the impact of your gift. Check with your employer’s human resources department to find out if your company matches charitable gifts.

Capital

The acquisition of our new Chicago campus has created increased visibility for the meaningful work of our faculty, students, and graduates. Your gift to this capital project will help us realize our dynamic vision for the School’s future. We are recognizing significant contributions through naming opportunities. Please contact us to discuss a gift structure or to discuss new campus-naming options.

Scholarships

Providing significant scholarship support is crucial to our goal of attracting students from economically and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Annual scholarships offset tuition costs and associated fees for a designated period of one year. Endowed scholarships exist in perpetuity. Either type of scholarship support may include a designated name of your choosing, perhaps as an honorarium or memoriam.