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| | EDUCATION | Ph.D., Psychology and Education: 1980; MA, Psychology: 1973
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan BS, Psychology: 1970; (Also completed all requirements for BA - English: 1970)
St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York | | SKILLS | Expert litigation support, Team building, Strategic planning, Systems analysis, Problem solving, Oral and written communication, Information management, Quality assurance, Training and development | | EXPERIENCE | | | 3/91 - Present | Independent Child Welfare Consultant
New Smyrna Beach, Florida Provision of litigation support as a consultant and expert witness in out-of-home care child abuse cases (adoption, foster care, daycare, child placing agencies, institutions, respite care). Expertise spans adequacy/appropriateness of abuse and complaint investigations, disclosure of information, provision of services, staff training, foster care/daycare licensing, assessment, and supervision, and the matching of foster and adoptive children with appropriate caregivers by both public and private child placing agencies. In addition to rendering opinion and testifying at depostion and trial, services span document review, case preparation, and consultation involving avenues for discovery, interrogatories, and questioning during deposition and trial. Provision of consultation, technical assistance, and training to public and private child placing agencies, institutions, and city and state licensing programs in program design, practice, and administration. National surveys. Other Provision of individual and group therapy to foster children and their families. Provision of comprehensive behavioral assessments/service need evaluations for children in out-of-home care. Peer evaluator for Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children. | | 5/90 - 3/91 | Clinical Administrator for Case Management and Satellite Services
ACT Corporation, Daytona Beach, Florida Responsible for overall direction, functioning, outcome, and evaluation of case management and crisis support services for 1200+ mentally ill clients served through five locations in two counties. | | 8/89 - 5/90 | Family Time | | 3/84 - 8/89 | Child Welfare Licensing Consultant
Michigan Department of Social Services, Detroit, Michigan Responsible for thorough regulatory evaluations (administration, program, and practice) of foster care/adoption agencies, institutions, and detention centers; consultation to and training of administration and staff; investigation of alleged abuse and neglect. | | 8/79 - 3/84 | Foster Home Licensing Specialist
Michigan Department of Social Services, Detroit, Michigan Responsible for reviewing negative licensing actions, providing consultation and training to agency/institution staff - 300+ facilities; identifying and resolving individual case and system-wide problems. | | 1/77 - 8/79 | Return to Graduate School | | 5/73 - 1/77 | Director of Research
Spaulding for Children, Chelsea, Michigan Responsible for total research/writing/editing of 374 page text on the placement of older and handicapped children for adoption; responsible for budgeting, recruiting, supervision, and termination of research staff. | | 8/71 - 4/73 | Research Associate
Institute for the Study of Mental Retardation and Related Disabilities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Responsible for planning and developing management programs and coordinating child evaluations among eleven professional disciplines. Evaluated handicapped children. Responsible for the total research and writing of a history and description of the treatment of childhood deviance by the social welfare system. |
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