The Institute on Disability and Health Psychology
The Institute on Disability and Health Psychology (IDHP) promotes social justice and quality of life by working to inform and change systems, policies, providers, and legislators relative to disability. It aims to increase representation of people with disabilities in psychology, promote training of psychologists on the conjunction of disability studies and psychology, to conduct research in disability studies that informs the work of psychologists. The IDHP conducts research projects on a range of topics, including deaf prisoners, eating disorders, intellectual disabilities and health, and pain experiences and coping. The main activities of the IDHP are policy, research, education, training, and dissemination of knowledge, evaluation and consultation, and prevention. IDHP’s current activities include developing a model graduate psychology course on disability, ethnicity, and culture, designing and piloting a template for understanding quality of life for persons with disabilities and developing a protocol for doctoral psychology dissertations in American Sign Language.
Director,
Rhoda Olkin, PhD, Distinguished Professor,
California School of Professional Psychology
The Rockway Institute
The Rockway Institute, Alliant’s National Think Tank for LGBT Research & Public Policy, brings together scientific research and professional expertise to counter antigay prejudice and inform public policies affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. The Institute’s view is that public opinion, policies, and programs should be shaped by the facts about LGBT lives, not by political ideology.
The institute aims to organize the most knowledgeable social scientists, mental health professionals, and physicians in the United States to provide accurate information about LGBT issues to the media, legislatures, and courts. It has assembled a large group of professionals around the country to participate in this public policy work.
The Rockway Institute also conducts targeted research projects to address the nation’s most pressing LGBT public policy questions. Current and planned projects are on same-sex couples, lesbian/gay parents and their children, family of origin relations of LGBT adults, LGBT youth and schools, the effects of minority stress on LGBT persons’ mental health, and LGBT issues in the workplace. Students from all degree programs within the university may become involved in these projects by establishing a mentoring relationship with one of the 21 core faculty members at Alliant’s various schools who are affiliated with the Institute. The Institute organizes a sequence of online courses on LGBT issues that students in any graduate program at Alliant can take.
Also, in Academic Year 2009-2010, Rockway will be launching an online Certificate Program in LGBT Human Services for external learners including: (1) pre-K through grade 12 teachers, school counselors, and school administrators; (2) higher education student services professionals; (3) directors and staff of LGBT community nonprofit organizations; (4) licensed mental health professionals; (5) clergy and pastoral counselors serving LGBT members of their faith communities; and (5) medical care professionals such as nurses, nurse practitioners, primary care physicians, and their assistants. Continuing Education units will be offered for these online workshops and courses. For more information, visit the website at http://rockway.alliant.edu
Director,
Robert-Jay Green, PhD, Distinguished
Professor, California School of Professional
Training and Research Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy at Alliant (TRI EFT Alliant)
The Training and Research Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy at Alliant advances Emotionally Focused Therapy through providing 1) training, 2) scholarship, and 3) and community services.
Training. TRI EFT Alliant provides training and support to students, interns, and professionals in the practice of EFT through workshops, externships, advanced externships, core skills trainings, supervision, internships, practicums, courses, training materials, and social events.
Scholarship. TRI EFT Alliant engages in and supports scholarship that advances the theory and practice of EFT through producing peer reviewed published research and professional presentations, attracting and supporting leading researchers, obtaining external funding, and collaborating with leading researchers and institutions.
Community Services. TRI EFT Alliant provides direct services to the public through Alliant based couple and family clinics and disseminates information to educate the public through talks, written materials, and media events.
TRI EFT Alliant supports and operates in collaboration with the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT).
Director,
Scott R. Woolley, PhD, Professor,
California School of Professional
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