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 Institute for Relational Development

Co-founded by Dr. Covington and Dr. Anne Dosher in 1994, the Institute for Relational Development seeks to develop caring, compassionate, and empowering environments. Through consultation and organizational development, the Institute assists in strategic planning, program development and staff training for agencies interested in creative growth and system change. It also provides clinical services to individuals, couples, and families.

Services to Agencies and Organizations

The Institute for Relational Development assists agencies in both the public and private sectors by providing expertise, leadership, technical assistance, and services in the following areas:

  • System analysis: analyzes system readiness for gender-responsive
         approaches

  • Policy review and development: reviews existing policies with
         respect to women and girls and assists in developing
         gender-responsive policies

  • Strategic planning: provides facilitation to agencies for short- and
         long-term planning of gender-responsive approaches to policy
         and programs

  • Program development: helps to develop gender-reponsive and
         culturally sensitive services and programs for women and girls.

  • Training: provides technical assistance and training to
         administratorsand line staff who work with women and girls

  • Assessment: assesses the environment and content of programs in
         institutional and community-based settings

    Consultation

    The Institute for Relational Development, in addition to providing clinical services to individuals and families, has assisted agencies with institutional, program, and staff development. The following are among the past and present clients:

    Betty Ford Treatment Center, Rancho Mirage, California
    Biola University, La Mirada, California
    Center for Mental Health Services, Rockville, Maryland
    Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Rockville, Maryland
    Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Rockville, Maryland
    Connecticut Women's Consortium
    Drug Strategies, Washington, D.C.
    Department of Mental Health, Guam
    Edgehill Newport Foundation, Newport, Rhode Island
    Ersta Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    Human Services System, Fresno, California
    McAlister Institute, San Diego, California
    Mental Health Systems, San Diego, California
    North Carolina Department of Mental Health
    Pine Grove Women's Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency, Rockville, Maryland
    Women's Alcoholism Center, San Francisco, California
    Women's Recovery Center, Hanley Treatment Center, West Palm Beach



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