trauma counseling Archives - NIU College of Education

HOPE Project to reach children in grief with grant to expand services, training

March 13, 2019 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter

A new grant to the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education soon will produce as many as 45 new counselors with special and unique preparation in working with children who are grieving. The $100,000 from the New York Life Foundation will

U.S. News raises NIU College of Ed score in annual online grad program rankings

January 18, 2019 Mark McGowan CAHE, CI, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

The NIU College of Education remains in the country’s Top 10 among U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of online graduate programs. NIU ties for ninth with Pennsylvania State University-World Campus, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Virginia (Curry).

Certificate in trauma counseling proves popular way for professionals, students to impact workplaces, internship sites

September 11, 2018 Mark McGowan Alumni, Alumni eNewsletter, CAHE

In the two years since the NIU Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education launched its Graduate Certificate in Trauma-Informed Counseling, 97 people have enrolled. Twenty-one of those already have completed the one-year program while the rest continue to enhance their skills

Suicide ‘survivors,’ counselors discuss uncomfortable subject, stigma at powerful CLS event

October 30, 2017 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter

For Adam Carter, the moment came some 15 years ago in the preschool classroom where he taught. Three-year-old Malcolm would not – or perhaps could not – sleep during the nap time; instead, Carter remembers, the young boy asked to climb onto