Youth Advocate Social Worker

CROYA is an important safety net for the youth in our community - a place where kids feel comfortable speaking freely with adults committed to listening and supporting them.

A licensed social worker, Jean Odwazny, LCSW, is available at CROYA for individual and family counseling by appointment only. Jean Odwazny is associated with CAFDC, Children Adolescent and Family Development Center, but maintains an office at CROYA and in Lake Bluff.

Contact Social Worker Jean Odwazny at 847-363-3665, or jodwazny@fsslc.org to schedule an appointment. All appointments are completely confidential.

Some of the most frequently discussed topics are:

• Depression
• Divorce
• Peer Pressure
• Parents/ family concerns/ communication
• Peer issues/ assertiveness skills/ behavior management
• Self injury
• Financial hardship
• Self esteem
• Substance abuse
• Chronic illness
• Stress and coping with it
• Anxiety
• Eating disorders/ body image issues
• Conflict resolution/ anger management
• Suicide
• Bullying

The social worker also assists teens with court-mandated service hours arising from convictions for a variety of offenses including DUI, drugs, drinking, speeding, vandalism, stealing and trespassing. Last year, a total of 40 students participated in this program through CROYA, putting in a total of 1,081 service hours.