Monday, July 7, 10am-noon on Zoom

Registration: $10

FREE CEUs available for Social Work and Behavioral Health (2 credit hours)

Presenter’s bio:

Dr. Elissa Brown is Professor of Psychology and Executive Director of the Child HELP (Heal, Empower, Learn, Prevent) Partnership at  St. John’s University. Her primary clinical and research interests include the prevention and treatment of child trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. She is the Director of a Category II site of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. She is a co-developer of Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, a treatment for family conflict and physical abuse and a certified trainer of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, a treatment for traumatized youth and their non-offending caregivers. Dr. Brown is a member of several national and international organizations dedicated to improving mental health services for traumatized children and served on the Board of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. She recently received the Mark Chaffin Outstanding Research Career Achievement Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.