[2] Dreikurs lived and worked in Chicago's Hull House, and he was instrumental in the child guidance movement in the U.S.
Early instructors and founders of the institute were also Bernard Shulman, Harold Mosak, Bina Rosenberg, and Robert Powers.
In 1972, the institute established its on-campus Dreikurs Psychological Services Center, a community mental health center and training site for students, which was the precursor to today's Adler Community Health Services (ACHS), directed by Dan Barnes.
[3] In 1973, the Illinois Office of Education granted the institute the authority to award the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology.
[citation needed] Adler University's Chicago campus is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission[5] and the American Psychological Association.
[7] Doctoral programs at the university's Vancouver campus are not accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association.
A distinctive feature of Adler's programs, the Community Service Practicum (CSP)[11] is a requirement for all first-year students at the School.