All articles by Susan Hickey, LCSW

The Elephant in the Room: What about Clinicians going to Multiple Schools?



One group of public school staff that seems to be overlooked by the Chicago Teachers Union in deliberations to go back to in-person work in the Chicago Public Schools, during the ongoing COVID-19 . . .

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The Elephant in the Room Part 2: What about Clinicians and lack of workspace?



Since I wrote the last article, there have been a number of communications by CPS, CTU and Clinician delegates. There has not been a change about when the prekindergarten and cluster programs start . . .

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Trump's budget hit by The Guardian and many others as facts become more clear...'Trump doesn’t want an effective military; he wants a big, expensive, ostentatious one that he can march down Pennsylvania Avenue like a Soviet May Day parade...'

As the facts about Donald Trump's proposed federal budget become more clear, criticisms of the plans have come from a broad range of people and publications, with satires in The Washington Post and The Onion . . .

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Most CTU clinicians are opposing the proposed one day 'strike' despite heavy push from union officers... Only two out of 109 who returned survey are supporting the one-day 'strike'...

Chicago Teachers Union clinician members had a rousing meeting on March 21, 2017, with Maria Moreno, a former clinician who is now CTU Financial Secretary, speaking the CTU sound bites getting an earful! There were . . .

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BOARDWATCH: Bizarre is the best word to describe the December 7, 2016 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education... 'At one point, Forrest Claypool, showed his ignorance by stating that children can outgrow their disabilities!...'

It was a bizarre Board of Education meeting December 7, 2016, on so many levels; one that I am still trying to process. The CEO’s report took up more time than usual with public participation . . .

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