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Duke E. Ellis Human Development Institute

The Duke E. Ellis Human Development Institute
9 North Edwin C. Moses Boulevard
Dayton, OH 45402-6837
(937) 775-4300

Position Opening - Ellis Director

The fulfillment of a vision created in 1982 by the faculty of the School of Professional Psychology, the Duke E. Ellis Human Development Institute opened in the fall of 1989. The training mission, the range of services offered at the institute, its location within a major urban renewal area, and the administration of the facility by the School of Professional Psychology have set the Ellis Institute apart from any other facility in the state of Ohio, and possibly within the United States. The primary goals of the Institute are: to provide and train for the next generation of practicing psychologists, and to assist in meeting individual and community needs to overcome human problems and promote human effectiveness through utilization of the clinical and educational resources of the Wright State University School of Professional Psychology.

Named in honor of Duke E. Ellis, Ph.D., the first Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for the School of Professional Psychology, the Ellis Institute promotes state-of-the-art training, service provision, and research. The services provided at the Ellis Institute span a broad array of the traditional and innovative; and are intended for use by individuals, couples, families, health and human services, educational and law enforcement agencies, community organizations, and businesses. Services are provided primarily to residents of the Dayton community and also to persons or agencies throughout the southwestern region of the State of Ohio. The providers of these services are advanced doctoral trainees in professional psychology who are supervised by a highly qualified, licensed, and distinguished faculty.

Consistent with the School of Professional Psychology’s commitment to multiculturalism and diversity, the Institute emphasizes excellence in training and the provision of the highest quality psychological services to individuals of all ages, ethnicities and races, genders, mental and physical abilities, spiritual and religious beliefs, sexual orientations, and social and economic status.

Clinical Training and Services at the Ellis Institute

Community Memory Clinic

• Provides neuropsychological assessment services for the differential diagnosis of dementia disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia in the greater Dayton community
• The Community Memory Clinic provides services for the entire family including psychotherapy for patients and their families 

General Practice Clinic

• Community-based, fee-for-service, training clinic
• Staffed by doctoral level clinical psychology students, interns, and post-doctoral fellows, under the supervision of School of Professional Psychology faculty
• Offers a wide array of traditional and innovative psychological services and consultation to individuals, couples, families, schools, agencies, and organizations

The Resilient Young Ladies and Men Program (RYLM)

• Provides services to adolescent African American males and their families
• In-school intervention in Dayton Public Schools
• Community-based interventions at the Ellis Human Development Institute, including assessment, group therapy, multi-family therapy, individual therapy, and parent training workshops
• Tutorial support at the Dayton Urban League Family Center

Mental Health and Deafness Program

• Trains mental health professionals, interpreters, & students to work with the deaf community
• Provides mental health services to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals and their families
• Maintains a library of books, videotapes, and articles on mental health and deafness for use by area professionals, students, and consumers

Preventing Abuse in the Home

• Intervention for individuals with histories of intimidation, abuse, and/or violence toward their partners
• Accepts referrals from courts and agencies, as well as self referrals
• Community outreach and involvement with local area courts, victim advocacy centers, and judicial review committees concerning domestic violence
• One of a few domestic violence doctoral level training programs for clinical psychologists in the nation.

Center for Child and Adolescent Violence Prevention

• Local training: Parents Early Childhood Education/ Positive Action Choices Training
• National training: Positive Adolescent Choices Training
• Program development: Head Start children and families
• Integrated violence prevention curriculum
  

Location

• Located about 20 minutes away from the Wright State University campus, just west of downtown Dayton
• The building housing the institute has won numerous architectural awards and incorporates classrooms and seminar space, office space for faculty and trainees, and an outpatient clinic
• Corner of Edwin C. Moses Boulevard & W. 3rd Street, west of the Third Street Bridge

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