Louise Jacobs

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Louise Jacobs has enjoyed a varied and rich educational career which she currently combines with her work as an individual and family therapist.

A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Chicago's DePaul University, Louise taught at the elementary and secondary levels, and was a high school curriculum director and principal before becoming the co-founder and educational director of a specialized school for youths with severe behavior disorders and learning disabilities.

In addition to her M.A. in history from Loyola University, Louise also possesses an M.A. in counseling-psychology from the Alfred Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago where she has taught as an adjunct faculty member.

Louise teaches graduate courses at Aurora University and National-Louis University and she has also been an instructor at the Chicago Consortium of Colleges and Universities, Alfred Adler School of Professional Psychology and the University of Northern Colorado.

In 2008 Louise introduced the highly regarded Be Well/Take Care: Social-Emotional Learning course into the Pathways to Learning summer schedule, assisting educators to support the social and emotionalo well-being of all students, as mandated by the State of Illinois.

Louise augments her vast educational experiences with her private practice as a therapist for individuals and families. Her particular concern is to assist students with behavior problems and to work with the school and the family to bridge communication.

Louise's signature in her on-going involvement with schools has been her unmatched kind-firm conflict resolution skills. Similarly, she has established a reputation as a "puzzle-solver," addressing the many complex issues that are involved in enhancing student performance.

Louise has given keynote addresses to educators and parents and has presented at national and international conferences. Often in association with her colleague Bernadette Herman, she has provided consultancy services and innumerable inservices and staff development seminars for systems as disparate as state departments of education, international symposia, professional organizations, individual private, parochial, and public schools, local parent-teacher organizations and public school K-12 districts.

Pathways to Learning, 414 Grouse Lane South, Deerfield, Il. 60015

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