The ChildTrauma Academy is a
not-for-profit organization based in
Houston, Texas
focused on education, service delivery and program
consultation in the areas of child
maltreatment.
Mission:
The mission of the Academy is
to help improve the lives of traumatized
and maltreated children. We
endeavor to
improve
the systems that educate, nurture, protect and enrich
these children - through education,
service delivery and program
consultation. We work to improve
individual lives through clinical
assessment and treatment.
Strategy:
Essential to this process is the collaboration of all sectors of society. As such, we engage in a continuous process of identifying key partners, drawn from academia, the corporate world, private organizations and public sector systems. While each partnership has a distinct focus-- identifying best practices in child protection, evaluating the latest research in child development, defining optimal ways to provide resources to parents or creating a novel therapeutic approach with traumatized children-- all are engaged in the continuous process of testing, refining and distributing innovations that can improve the lives of children.*
Our Contact
information
The ChildTrauma
Academy
5161 San Felipe, Suite
320
Houston, Texas 77056
Email
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ChildTrauma@ChildTraumaAcademy.org
Toll Free
Phone -
(866) 943-9779
Fax -
(713) 513-5465
Please note that
we are unable to provide clinical
impressions via email or phone.
Arranging for private assessment is
possible.
CTA Primary Work Group:
Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Jana Lihn
Rosenfelt, M.Ed., LPC
Executive Director, ChildTrauma
Academy
Christine Ludy-Dobson, Ph.D., LMSW
Director
of Progams, ChildTrauma
Academy
Stephanie
Schick, M.Ed., LPC
Director of Education and
Training,
ChildTrauma Academy
The ChildTrauma Academy
Fellows Program:
Childhood trauma and maltreatment create
complex and multi-dimensional problems which impact
every sector of our society. Addressing these problems
requires active leadership from a diverse range of
professional disciplines. Our current problem-solving
organizations – universities, foundations, government
and non-governmental organizations – are limited in
their capacity to create and sustain a large
interdisciplinary pool of expertise within the bounds of
their single organizations. Simply stated, the critical
mass of experienced professionals needed to create and
implement innovative, effective solutions is lacking in
most communities.
To address this, The ChildTrauma Academy
chooses to use a different model for creating this pool
of expertise. Rather than organize and unify this
expertise under a single organization and administrative
structure, we choose to identify individuals of
excellence, our Fellows, and when appropriate, bring
them together for specific program or training
activities. The Fellows maintain their primary
organizational affiliation and work; in instances where
their expertise, interest and time allow, they will be
invited to participate in a specific CTA service or
project. The organizing principle for The ChildTrauma
Academy Fellows is a common desire to improve the lives
of high-risk children and their families. Unified by a
common vision and selected on the basis of proven
excellence in their field, the Fellows help the CTA and
its partners improve their practice, programs and
policy.
ChildTrauma Fellows
Sarah Webster, ACSW-LMSW-AP
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Richard L.
Gaskill, Ed.D.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Gizane Indart, Psy.D.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Robin
Fancourt, M.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
The North South article - This excellent
magazine article highlights the work and life of
Dr. Robin Fancourt, our first International
ChildTrauma Academy Fellow and a distinguished
pediatrician in New Zealand.
Child Health in Times of Social
and Economic Change -
Get a flavor of Dr. Fancourt's work by
reading this recent article.
Jeanne Morris, M.Ed.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Donald Smith, Ph.D.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Louise Lee J.D.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Mary Beth Arcidiacono
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Annette Jackson, MSW
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Jerry B. Yager, Psy.D.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Tamar Jacobson, Ph.D.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Stewart T.
Gordon, M.D., FAAP
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Kalena Babeshoff
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Diane
Vines, LMFT, LPC, RPT
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Eugene Griffin,
J.D., Ph.D.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Past Fellows
Alan Hague,
M.S.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Toi Blakley Harris, M.D.
Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
Strategy Elaborated:
* There are
many individuals and organizations
sharing our vision and hopes for
children; it is a central operating
principle of the CTA to seek out,
support and work side by side with these
individuals and organizations - both
public and private.
We believe that it is only through
pooling the resources and strengths of
all sectors in our community, that the
multidimensional problems and complex
issues related to childhood trauma and
maltreatment can best be studied,
understood and solved.
The CTA works to create unique
partnerships with corporate, public and
other private organizations. Over the
years, The ChildTrauma Academy has
developed a unique insight and skill set
that helps create and sustain successful
partnerships and projects. Two primary
activities of The ChildTrauma Academy
are 1) program consultation and
development and 2) education and
training.
Program History:
The ChildTrauma Academy is a unique organization dedicated to helping understand and serve high-risk children. Founded in 1990 by Dr. Perry as the Center for the Study of Childhood Trauma, the original partner in this unique “institute without walls” was St. Joseph Carondolet Children’s Center, a not-for-profit agency in Chicago, Illinois serving abused and neglected children. In 1992, the Center became the ChildTrauma Programs and moved to Houston when Dr. Perry became Chief of Psychiatry at Texas Children’s Hospital at Baylor College of Medicine. The ChildTrauma Programs functioned as a component of the Psychiatry Service at Texas Children’s Hospital affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. In 1994 CIVITAS Initiative, a Chicago-based communications foundation, became a primary funding partner and from 1995 to 1998 the ChildTrauma Programs became the CIVITAS ChildTrauma Programs, a partnership between the three primary institutions supporting its work, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and CIVITAS Initiative.
In 1998, in recognition of a shift in our focus to interdisciplinary educational activities (e.g., judges, caseworkers, psychologists, pediatricians, psychiatrists, foster parents, educators, early childhood specialists) we became the ChildTrauma Academy. With a number of innovative public and private partnerships and programs, our work – while still focused on maltreated children - became increasingly focused on non-medical models of care and cross–agency collaborations. Our work was beginning to impact policy on a state and national basis and our research projects became increasingly focused on clinical and systemic outcomes. By 2000 our primary partners came from the public-private partnerships we had created to implement our innovative programs, specifically the State of Texas via the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (TDPRS) and a visionary corporation, Digital Consulting and Software Services (DCSS).
Supporters:
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The Weekley Family Fund
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The Weekley Family
Fund has joined the ChildTrauma Academy to
support its Education and Training efforts.
Thanks to their generous support, the
ChildTrauma Academy is now offering new
educational courses including "Ethical Issues in
Working with Children" and "Bonding and
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Andrew Vachss is an attorney and
best-selling author who has dedicated his career to protecting maltreated
children. In his book entitled False Allegations, Mr. Vachss invites
readers to support Dr. Perry's work. His site, www.vachss.com, has a
host of useful links, compelling writing and powerful, effective methods for
changing social policy, law and practice related to the maltreatment of
children. |
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The Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services remains a wonderful partner to us, supporting the development and implementation of innovative programs designed to improve state services to children and their families. The Children's Crisis Care Center is one such partnership program, so successful in its pilot phase that the state is working with us to develop and implement a Core Assessment for children and families in the CPS system across Texas. TDPRS is working with the ChildTrauma Academy on several projects including a Judicial Training Project in the areas of child development and maltreatment, a Critical Incident Debriefing Project and a Secondary Trauma Prevention Program. |
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Celebrating its sixtieth
anniversary in 2000, the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has been managing
both operating programs and grant making activities that support mental
health service and research projects in Texas for more than half a century.
The Hogg Foundation supported the Academy's unique service delivery project
for acutely traumatized children. |
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Shadow Cove Soaps has created a
special soap to help support our work. Ten percent of this soap's
sales, entitled Herbs and Spices, is donated to the
ChildTrauma Academy. Mention any book by
Alice or Andrew Vachss, and 10% of your entire order will be donated. |
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