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Gewirtz, A.H., CV, 2017

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Curriculum Vitae Abigail H. Gewirtz

University of Minnesota

Department of Family Social Science

& Institute of Child Development

290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55108

Tel: (612) 624-1475

Fax: (612) 625-4227

email: [email protected]

I. Identifying Information

Academic Rank

Professor – Department of Family Social Science and Institute of Child Development

Education

Degree Institution Date

B.Sc. (Hons.) Department of Psychology, University College London, England 1986

M.A. (Magna Cum Laude) Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Israel 1991

Ph.D., Department of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University

1997

License 2001 Licensed psychologist, State of Minnesota, #LP4278

1998 Licensed psychologist, State of Connecticut, #002202

Positions/Employment

2015- John and Nancy Lindahl Leadership Professor, with tenure, Department of

Family Social Science & Institute of Child Development, University of

Minnesota

2013- Director, Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health,


2011- Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Family Social Science &

Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota

2007-2011 Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Family Social Science &

Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota

2007- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of

Minnesota

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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2000- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of

Minnesota

2006-2007 Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Psychiatry, University

of Minnesota

2002-2006 Research Associate, Institute of Child Development, University of

Minnesota

2000-2002 Senior Policy and Planning Associate, University of Minnesota Law

School

2000-2002 Instructor, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine.

2000-2005 Research Director, Harriet Tubman Center

1996-2000 Associate Research Scientist, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University

School of Medicine.

1997-1999 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University

1995-1996 Predoctoral Psychology Intern, VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT.

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

Society for Prevention Research

National Council on Family Relations

Society for Research in Child Development

American Psychological Association

Association for Psychological Science

Minnesota Psychological Association

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Honors and awards


2015 Endowed Professorship: John and Nancy Lindahl Leadership Professor,

College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota

2012 Faculty Summer Research Award, College of Education and Human

Development, University of Minnesota

2009 Rising Star Award, Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Circle, University

of Minnesota

2008 New Career Excellence Award, College of Education and Human

Development, University of Minnesota

External Sources 2015 Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families Award Finalist,

Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University (MFRI)

2013 Finalist/alternate, Fulbright Faculty Scholar Award


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2013 Safe Start Center: Women Making an Impact on Children’s Exposure to

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2011 Professional of the Year Award, National Alliance on Mental Illness,

Minnesota Chapter

2000 Fellowship, American Psychoanalytic Association

Visiting Professorships

2013, Spring Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Israel

2010, Spring Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Israel

II. Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity

Grants and Contracts

External Sources

Received at the University of Minnesota:

Principal Investigator

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Center for Resilient Families. Award # 1U79SM080009-01, 2016–2021

Funding: $2,999,978


Department of Defense

SMART Optimization of a Parenting Program for Active-Duty Families.

Award # W81XWH-16-1-0407, 2016-2020

Funding: $4,304,180


US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Experiment Station (AES)

Mindfulness and Emotion Coaching Changes Resulting from a Parenting

Training Intervention Trial for Military Families; 2015-2018

Direct Costs: $


Sesame Workshop #303131

Evaluation of the Sesame Street for Military Families: Transitions Program.

Funding: $170,000


Department of Defense

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Comparing web, group, and telehealth formats of a military parenting

program. Award # W81XWH1410143, 2014-2019. Funding: $3,051,000.

Completed:


Minority supplement to R01 DA030114-05S1

National Institute of Drug Abuse, 7/1/14-6/30/16

Direct costs: $72,960

Co-Principal Investigator

Brion Marquez, David DeGarmo, Co-PIs

National Institute of Child Health and Development

After Deployment Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT), 1R44HD066896-01.

Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research Grant; 2013-2015


Co-Investigator

Lynne M. Borden, PI

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

The Center for Research and Outreach: Military REACH, 2013-48710-21515;

2013-2015

Co-Investigator

James Snyder, PI

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Preventing Military Post-Deployment Adjustment Problems: Key Family

Processes, R21; 2013-2015




Midwest Continuum of Care for Child Trauma. 2012-2016

Direct costs: $1,600,000


Minnesota Department of Human Services

Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy Learning Collaborative. 2013-

2015


Co-Principal Investigator

Gerald August, PI


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National Institute of Mental Health

Developing Center for Innovation in Services and Intervention Research,

P20MH085987. 2010-2015



National Institute of Drug Abuse

Effectiveness of a web-enhanced parenting program for military families,

1R01DA030114. 2010-2015




Assessing family emotion communication in the context of a parent training

intervention trial for military families; 2012-2015

Direct Costs: $133,808



Supplement, NIDA Summer Fellowship for Underrepresented Students; 2013




Supplement, NIDA Summer Fellowship for Underrepresented Students; 2012



National Institute on Child Health and Development

After Deployment Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT), 1R43HD066896-01.

Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research Grant, 2010-2012




Minnesota Continuum of Care in Child Trauma; 2009-2012




Implementation of a parent training intervention for families in supportive

housing; 2009-2012

Principal investigator

Minnesota Department of Human Services, Children’s Mental Health Division


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Statewide dissemination of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; 2009-

2012


Co-investigator

Ann Masten – Principal Investigator

National Science Foundation.

Executive Function in Learning and School Success (BCS-0745643); 2008-

2011



JBS International; Safe Start Center

Development of an inventory of evidence-based practices for children

exposed to violence; 2009-2010


Co-Investigator

Gerald August (PI)

National Institutes of Mental Health

Integrating Prevention Services within a Community System-of-Care (R01);

MH074610-01; 2005-2010

Direct Costs: $2,490,000

Co-investigator

Nicki Crick, Principal Investigator

University of MN, International Research Circle Partnership Award

Acholi Partnership Initiative; 2008-2009



Department of Human Services, State of MN, Children’s Mental Health Division

contract Statewide dissemination of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral

Therapy; 2008-2009



Minneapolis Public Schools contract

Training of Minneapolis School Social Workers in increasing access to care for

traumatized children; 2008-2009





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Integrating evidence-based treatment into community systems of care -

Minnesota Child Response Center; 2005-2009



National Center for Childhood Traumatic Stress

Development of a web-based curriculum “Listening to the voices of traumatized

African American families;” 2007-2008



City of Minneapolis contract

Child Development Policing Program; 2006-2008



Department of Human Services, State of Minnesota, Children’s Mental Health

Division. Assessing Trauma in Children conference presentation and

coordination; 2007.



University of Minnesota graduate school

Recovery and functioning of mothers and children following domestic

violence- pilot longitudinal study; 2004-2005


University Sources


Office of the Provost, Research Infrastructure Investment Award & Compact

Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health; 2013-2015



College of Education and Human Development

Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health; 2013-2015



Grant-in-Aid

Parenting and family functioning among Israeli families exposed to political

violence. 2012-2013

Direct costs: $29,554.


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College of Education and Human Development

Extension Block Grant

After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools; 2011-2013


Received at another institution


Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University

Risk behavior and functioning in HIV-affected adolescents; 1999-2000


Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Asterisks (*) indicate graduate student or post-doctoral fellow co-authors.

Zamir, O.*, & Gewirtz, A.H. (in press, Journal of Family Issues). Experiential

Avoidance, Dyadic Interaction, and Marital Adjustment in the Lives of Veterans

and their Partners.

Gewirtz, A.H., DeGarmo, D., & Zamir, O.* (2017). Testing a military family

stress model. Family Process, XX, 1-17. DOI: 10.1111/famp.12282

Gewirtz, A. H., & Youssef, A.* (2017). Introduction to the Special Section:

Advances in psychological prevention and treatment interventions to promote

children’s mental health. International Journal of Psychology, 52, 82-86. DOI:

10.1002/ijop.12417

Pinna, K.*, Hanson, S., Zhang, N.*, & Gewirtz, A. H. (2017). Fostering resilience

in National Guard & Reserve families: A contextual adaptation of an evidence-

based parenting program. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 87, 185-193.

DOI: 10.1037/ort0000221.

Donisch, K.*, Bray, C., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2016). Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Mental

Health, and Education Providers’ Conceptualizations of Trauma-Informed

Practice. Child Maltreatment, 21(2), 125-34. http:/dx.doi.org/

10.1177/1077559516633304

Doty, J. L.*, Rudi, J. H.*, Pinna, K. L.*, Hanson, S. K., & Gewirtz, A. H. (2016). If You

Build It, Will They Come? Patterns of Internet-Based and Face-To-Face

Participation in a Parenting Program for Military Families. Journal of Medical

Internet Research, 18(6).

Gewirtz, A.H., DeGarmo, D.S., & Zamir, O.* (2016). Effects of a military parenting

program on parental distress and suicidal ideation: After Deployment Adaptive

Parenting Tools. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 46 (Suppl. 1), S23-31.

http:/dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12255

Piehler, T. F., Ausherbauer, K.*, Gewirtz, A., & Gliske, K.* (2016). Improving

Child Peer Adjustment in Military Families Through Parent Training: The


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Mediational Role of Parental Locus of Control. The Journal of Early

Adolescence, 0272431616678990.

Sherman, M.D., Gress-Smith, J.L., Straits, K. Larson, J.L., & Gewirtz, A.H.

(2016). Veterans’ perceptions of the impact of their PTSD on their parenting and

children. Psychological Services, 13, 401–410.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ser0000101

Snyder, J., Gewirtz, A.H., Schrepferman, L.P.*, Gird, S.R., Quattlebaum, J.,

Pauldine, M.R., Elish, K., Zamir, O.*, Hayes, C. (2016). Parent-child

relationship quality and family transmission of parent posttraumatic stress

disorder symptoms and child externalizing and internalizing symptoms

following fathers’ exposure to combat-related trauma. Development and

Psychopathology, 28, 947-969.

Tangir, G., Dekel, R., Lavi, T., Gewirtz, A. H., & Zamir, O. (2016). The

Contribution of Maternal Care and Control, and Community Type to Children’s

Adjustment to Political Violence. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research,

Practice and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000209

Utržan, D. S.*, Piehler, T. F., Gewirtz, A. H., & August, G. J. (2016). Stressful

Life Events and Perceived Parental Control in Formerly Homeless Families:

Impact on Child-Internalizing Symptoms. The American Journal of

Orthopsychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000236

He, Y*., Gewirtz, A., Lee, S., Morrell, N., & August, G. (2015). A randomized

preference trial to inform personalization of a parent training program

implemented in community mental health clinics. Translational Behavioral

Medicine, pp. 1-8. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13142-015-0366-

4/fulltext.html

He, Y. L., & Dworkin, J. (2015). Parental Emotion Socialization in Military Families.

Child Studies in Asia-Pacific Contexts, 5, 1-19.

Brockman, C*., Snyder, J., Gewirtz, A., Gird, S., Quattlebaum, J., Schmidt, N., Pauldine,

M., Elish, K., Schrepferman, L., Zettle, R., & DeGarmo, D. (2015). Relationship

of service members’ deployment trauma, PTSD symptoms and experiential

avoidance to postdeployment family reengagement. Journal of Family

Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000152

Davis, L.*, Hanson, S., Zamir, O.*, Gewirtz, A.H., & DeGarmo, D. (2015). Associations

of contextual risk and protective factors with fathers’ parenting practices in the

post-deployment environment. Psychological Services, 12(3): 250-260.

Gewirtz, A.H., DeGarmo, D., Lee, S., & August, G.J. (2015). Two-year outcomes from

the Early Risers prevention trial with formerly homeless families residing in

supportive housing. Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 242-252. doi:

10.1037/fam0000066

Gewirtz, A.H., Davis, L.*, McMorris, B., & Hanson, S. (2014). Family adjustment of

deployed and non-deployed mothers in families with a parent deployed to Iraq or

Afghanistan. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, Advance online

publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0036235

http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/ser0000101

https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000209

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13142-015-0366-4/fulltext.html

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13142-015-0366-4/fulltext.html


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Gewirtz, A.H., Pinna, K*., Hanson, S.K., & Brockberg, D*. (2014). Promoting parenting

to support reintegrating military families: After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting

Tools. Psychological Services, 11, 31-40. doi: 10.1037/a0034134

Piehler, T. F., Bloomquist, M. L., August, G. J., Gewirtz, A. H., Lee, S. S., & Lee, W. S.

(2014). Executive Functioning as a Mediator of Conduct Problems Prevention in

Children of Homeless Families Residing in Temporary Supportive Housing: A

Parallel Process Latent Growth Modeling Approach. Journal of abnormal child

psychology, 42, 681-692.

Forgatch, M.S., Patterson, G.R., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2013). Looking forward: The promise

of widespread implementation of parent training programs. Perspectives on

Psychological Science, 8, 682-694.

Perlman, S., Cowen, B., Gewirtz, A., Haskett, M., & Stokes*, L. (2012). Promoting

positive parenting in the context of homelessness. American Journal of

Orthopsychiatry, 82, 402-412.

Narayan*, A. J., Herbers, J. E., Plowman*, E. J., Gewirtz, A. H., & Masten, A. S. (2012).

Expressed emotion in homeless families: A methodological study of the five-

minute speech sample. Journal of Family Psychology, 26(4), 648.

Gewirtz, A.H., DeGarmo, D., & Medhanie, A.* (2011). Effect of mother’s parenting on

children’s internalizing trajectories following partner violence. Journal of Family

Psychology, 25, 29-38.

Gewirtz, A.H., Erbes, C., Polusny, M.A., Forgatch, M.S., & DeGarmo, D. (2011).

Supporting military families during and after deployment: The need for parenting

interventions. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 42, 56-62.

PCMID# 303635

Khaylis*, A., Polusny, M.A., Erbes, C.R., Gewirtz, A.H., & Rath, M. (2011).

Posttraumatic Stress, Family Adjustment, and Treatment Preferences Among

National Guard Soldiers Deployed to OEF/OIF. Military Medicine, 176,126-131.

Gewirtz, A.H., Polusny, M., DeGarmo, D., Khaylis*, A., & Erbes, C. (2010). Parenting,

family relationships and posttraumatic distress symptoms among National Guard

members deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Journal of Consulting and

Clinical Psychology, 78, 5, 599-610.

Catani, C*., Gewirtz, A.H., Wieling, E., Schauer, E., Elbert, T., Neuner, F. (2010).

Tsunami, war, and cumulative risk in the lives of Sri Lankan schoolchildren.

Child Development, 81,1176 – 1191.

Lee, S., August, G.J., Gewirtz, A.H., Klimes-Dougan, B., Bloomquist, M.L., &

Realmuto, G.M. (2010). Identifying Unmet Mental Health Needs in Children of

Formerly Homeless Mothers Living in a Supportive Housing Community Sector

of Care. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 421-432.

August, G. J., Gewirtz, A., & Realmuto, G. M. (2010). Moving the field of prevention

from science to service: Integrating evidence-based preventive interventions into

community practice through adapted and adaptive models. Applied and

Preventive Psychology, 14(1), 72-85.

Gewirtz, A.H., DeGarmo, D.S., Plowman, E*., August, G.J., & Realmuto, G. (2009).

Parenting, parental mental health, and child functioning in families residing in

supportive housing. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 79, 336-347.


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Gewirtz, A.H., Forgatch, M., & Wieling, L. (2008). Parenting practices as potential

mechanisms for child adjustment following mass trauma. Journal of Marital and

Family Therapy, 34, 2, 177–192.

Gewirtz, A.H., Hart-Shegos, E., & Medhanie, A.* (2008). Psychosocial status of children

and youth in supportive housing. American Behavioral Scientist, 51, 6, 810-823.

Gewirtz, A.H., & Medhanie, A.* (2008). Proximity and Risk in Children's Witnessing of

Intimate Partner Violence Incidents. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 8, 1-2, 67-83.

Gewirtz, A.H., & August, G.J. (2008). Incorporating multi-faceted mental health

prevention services in community sectors-of-care. Clinical Child and Family

Psychology Review, 11, 1-2, 1-11.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2007). Promoting children’s mental health in family supportive housing: a

community-university partnership for formerly homeless children and families.

Journal of Primary Prevention, 28, 3-4, 359-374.

Gewirtz, A., & Edleson, J. (2007). Young children’s exposure to adult domestic violence:

Towards a developmental risk and resilience framework for research and intervention.

Journal of Family Violence, 22, 3, 151-163.

Perry, C., Lee, S., Stigler, M., Farbakhsh, K., Komro, K., Gewirtz, A., Williams, C.

(2007). The impact of Project Northland on selected problem behaviors measured

by the MMPI-A. Journal of Primary Prevention.

Gewirtz, A., Miller, H., Weidner, R., & Zehm, K.* (2006). Domestic violence cases involving

children: effects of an evidence-based prosecution approach. Violence and Victims, 21,

2, 213-229.

Leon, G., Masten, A., Frazier, P., Gewirtz, A., Hubbard, J., Najarian, L., Noy, S.,

Mortensen, H. (2003). World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine:

Psychosocial task force – Alert and Impact. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine,

18, 2, 41-42.

Eden, D., Geller, D., Gewirtz, A., Gordon-Terner, R., Inbar, I., Liberman, M., Pass, Y.,

Salomon-Segev, I., Shalit, M. (2000). Implanting Pygmalion leadership style through

workshop training: Seven field experiments. Leadership Quarterly, 11, (2), 171-210.

Gewirtz, A., and Gossart-Walker, S.G. (2000). Home-based treatment with HIV/AIDS-

affected children and families: Dealing with disclosure, loss, stigma and secrecy. Child

& Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 9(2), 313–330.

Books

Gewirtz, A.H., & Youssef, A. (Eds.). (2016). Parenting and Children’s Resilience in

Military Families. New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Gewirtz, A.H. & Kearney, C. (book in preparation, under contract). Posttraumatic stress

disorder in children and youth. Oxford University Press.

Invited book chapters DeGarmo, D.S., & Gewirtz, A.H. (in press). Fixed allocation and dynamic adaptive

intervention designs for family psychology. In, APA Handbook of Contemporary

Family Psychology.


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Gewirtz, A.H., & Zhang, N.* (in press). Military deployment and trauma. In: J. Osofsky

and B. Groves (Eds.), Violence and trauma in the lives of children. Praeger

Publishers.

Forgatch, M.S., & Gewirtz, A.H. (in press). Evolution of Parent Management Training-

Oregon Model: A Dynamic Model of an Empirically Supported Intervention. In

Kazdin & Weisz (Eds.), Evidence Based Psychotherapies for Children and

Adolescents (3rd. ed.).

Hanson, R.F., Lang, J., Goldman-Frasier, J., Ake, G., Donisch, K.*, & Gewirtz, A.H. (in

press, APSAC Handbook). Trauma-informed systems of care: Definitions and

statewide initiatives.

Holtrop, K., Piehler, T. F., Gewirtz, A. H., & August, G. J. (2017). Observed Parenting in

Families Exposed to Homelessness: Child and Parent Characteristics as Predictors

of Response to the Early Risers Intervention. In, M.E Haskett (Ed)., Child and

Family Well-Being and Homelessness (pp. 27-48). Springer International

Publishing.

Gewirtz, A.H., & Gliske, K*. (2016). Enhancing positive adaptation, wellbeing, and

psychosocial functioning in children by promoting positive parenting. Oxford

Handbook of Treatment Processes and Outcomes in Counseling Psychology: A

Multidisciplinary, Biopsychosocial Approach, (pp. 334-347.)

Gewirtz, A.H., & Youssef, A. M*. (2016). Family-based prevention: Efficacy,

effectiveness, and widespread implementation of parenting programs to support

children’s healthy development. In: M. Israelashvilli & J. Romano (Eds.)

Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science, Cambridge University

Press.

Gewirtz, A. H., & Youssef, A. M. (2016). Parenting and Children’s Resilience in Military

Families: A Twenty-First Century Perspective. In A.H. Gewirtz & A.M. Youssef

(Eds.) Parenting and Children's Resilience in Military Families (pp. 1-9).

Springer International Publishing.

Gewirtz, A. H., & Youssef, A. M. (2016). Conclusions and a Research Agenda for

Parenting in Military Families. In A.H. Gewirtz & A.M. Youssef (Eds.)

Parenting and Children's Resilience in Military Families (pp. 299-306). Springer

International Publishing.

Nerenberg, L. S., & Gewirtz, A. (2016). Promoting children’s resilience by strengthening

parenting practices in families under extreme stress. The Routledge International

Handbook of Psychosocial Resilience, 369-378.

Youssef, A. M., Garr, A. S., & Gewirtz, A. H. (2016). Evidence-Based Parenting

Programs for School-Aged Children. In A.H. Gewirtz & A.M. Youssef (Eds.)

Parenting and Children's Resilience in Military Families (pp. 229-250). Springer

International Publishing.

Youssef, A., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2016). Deployment and Parenting (encyclopedia

entry). In: Couchenour, D., & Chrisman, K. (Eds.) the SAGE Encyclopedia of

Contemporary Early Childhood Education. Los Angeles: Sage.

Gewirtz, A.H., & Zamir, O*. (2014). The impact of parental deployment to war on

children: the crucial role of parenting. In: J. Benson (Ed.) Advances in Child

Development and Behavior, Vol. 46, pp. 90-113. Elsevier Press: Philadelphia, PA.


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Gewirtz, A.H., & Davis*, K. L. (2014). Parenting Practices and Emotion Regulation in

National Guard and Reserve Families: Early Findings from the After Deployment

Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT study. In. MacDermid Wadsworth, S., Stress

in US Military Families, p111 - 132; NY: Springer.

Gewirtz, A.H., Burkhart, K., Loehman, J., & Haukebo, B. (2013). Research on programs

designed to support positive parenting. In, M. Haskett, S. Perlman, & B. Cowan

(Eds.) Supporting Homeless Families: Current Practices and Future Directions

Flessert, H* & Gewirtz, A. (2012). Increasing access to mental health care. In F.

Anklesaria, A. Hill Duin, & E. Nater (Eds.) Cultivating Change in the Academy.

Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota. http://purl.umn.edu/125273

Gewirtz, A., & Taylor, T. (2009). Participation of homeless and abused women in a

parent training program: science and practice converge in a battered women's

shelter. In Mildred F. Hindsworth and Trevor B. Lang (Eds.). Community

Participation and Empowerment, p. 97-114. Hauppage, NY: Nova Science

Publishers.

https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=16103

Gewirtz, A.H. (2008). Prevention Programs. In: Jeffrey Edleson & Claire Renzetti,

(Eds.). Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

Publications.

Gewirtz, A.H., & Medhanie, A.* (2008). Proximity and Risk in Children's Witnessing of

Intimate Partner Violence Incidents. In, Robert Geffner, Dawn Griffin, James

Lewis III (Eds.). Children Exposed to Violence, Current Issues, Interventions

and Research, London, England: Routledge Psychology Press.

Gewirtz, A.H., (2008). National Child Traumatic Stress Network. In: Jeffrey Edleson &

Claire Renzetti, (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks,

CA: Sage Publications.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2008). Prosecutorial practices and interpersonal violence. In: Jeffrey

Edleson & Claire Renzetti, (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence.

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Masten, A., & Gewirtz, A. (2006). Vulnerability and Resilience. In Philip, D., &

McCartney, K. (Eds.). Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development,

Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing.

Non Peer-Reviewed Articles and Scholarly Reports

Gewirtz, A.H. (in press). First Friday Recap: Promoting Resilience in Highly Stressed

Children. Minnesota Psychologist.

Chesmore, A.*, & Gewirtz, A.H. (2016, Jan.). How do deployment and combat stress

affect parenting among military service members and their spouses? International

Society for Traumatic Stress Studies StressPoints.

Chesmore, A.*, & Gewirtz A.H. (2016, Jan.). Strengthening parenting in deployed

military families. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies StressPoints.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013). Existing knowledge on the interface between the educational

system and families of students with behavior problems or disorders. Report to

the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Initiative for Applied Education


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Research, Expert Team for Research on Therapeutic Interventions for Children

with Behavioral Difficulties and Disorders.

Hanson, S., Brockberg, D*., & Gewirtz, A. (2012) Development and evaluation of a web-

enhanced parenting program for reintegrating National Guard and Reserve

families: After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT. CYF News,

American Psychological Association, Public Interest Directorate,

http://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/newsletter/2013/01/military-family.aspx

Pinna, K*., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2012). The Impact of Trauma from Early Childhood

through Adolescence: A Developmental Perspective. Child Welfare 360.

Gewirtz, A.H., Perlman, S., Cowan, B., & Haskett, M. (2012). Supporting parenting

among families experiencing homelessness. American Psychological Association

Section on Child Maltreatment, Winter newsletter.

Hanson, S., Brockberg, D., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2011). Development of a web-enhanced

parenting program for reintegrating National Guard and Reserve families: After

Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT. American Psychological

Association Division 43 (Children, Youth, & Families) newsletter.

Gewirtz, A.H., Mohammad, J., Orieny, P., & Yaylaci, F. (2011). Adapting trauma

interventions for refugee families. The Dialogue, 7, 2-3.

Masten, A.S., Osofsky, J.D., Gewirtz, A.H., & Silverman, W.K. (2011). Effects of war,

terrorism, & disaster on children and child development. Handout.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2008). Intervening soon after trauma occurs. Book review of “Early

Intervention for Trauma and Traumatic Loss”, Edited by Brett Litz, Death

Studies, 32, 8, 792-798.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2008). Helping traumatized children to recover. Review of “Treating

Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents” by Judith Cohen,

Anthony Mannarino, & Esther Deblinger. Death Studies, 33, 5, 487-493.

August, G.J., Realmuto, G.M., & Gewirtz, A. (2007). Early-Age Targeted Prevention of

Mental Health Problems and Juvenile Delinquency for Maltreated Children: The

Early Risers Skills for Success Community Integration Program. The Link, 5, 4,

1-14.

Gewirtz, A., Harris, D., & Avendano, M.J. (2006). Improving access to care for

traumatized children: Law enforcement-mental health collaborations for child

witnesses to violence. CURA Reporter, 36, 2, 28-34.

Groves, B., & Gewirtz, A. (2006). Interventions and promising approaches for children

exposed to domestic violence. In, M. Feerick & G. Silverman (Eds.) Children

Exposed to Domestic Violence, pp. 106-136, Baltimore, MD.: Brookes

Publishing.

Masten, A. S., & Gewirtz, A. H. (2006). Resilience in development: The importance of

early childhood. In Tremblay, R. E., Barr, R. G., Peters, R. DeV., eds.

Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development (online). Montreal, Quebec:

Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development; 2006: 1-6. Available at:

http://www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca/documents/Masten-GewirtzANGxp.pdf.

Gewirtz, A., & Menakem, R. (2004). Working with young children and their families:

recommendations for domestic violence agencies and batterer intervention programs.


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In, S. Schecter, (Ed.). Domestic Violence, Poverty and Young Children, David and

Lucile Packard Foundation. http://www.uiowa.edu/~socialwk/publications.html

Manuscripts Under Review or in Progress

Chesmore, A.*, He, Y., Zhang, N.*, Gewirtz, A.H. (revise & resubmit, Journal of

Traumatic Stress). Parent Discrepancies in Ratings of Child Behaviors following

Wartime Deployment

Donisch, K.*, Gewirtz, A.H., Carmody, K.A., Briggs-King, E.C., Liang, L.J., Amaya-

Jackson, L., & Spinazzola, J. (in preparation). Associations among complex

trauma, impaired caregiving, and child functioning: Using a developmental

perspective.

Gewirtz, A.H. (under review, Journal of Family Theory and Review). A call for

theoretically informed and empirically validated military family interventions.

Gewirtz, A.H., DeGarmo, D., & Zamir, O.* (accepted pending minor revisions,

Prevention Science). One year outcomes of a parenting program for military

families: After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT.

Gewirtz, A.H., & Forgatch, M.S. (in preparation, for submission to Implementation

Science). Creating and sustaining science-based delivery systems for

psychological interventions: The widespread implementation of a parent training

intervention.

Gewirtz, A.H., Lee, S.S., August, G.J., & He, Y. (under review, Prevention Science.)

Does giving parents their choice of interventions for child behavior problems

improve child outcomes?

Gliske, K.*, Mehus, C.*, Gewirtz, A., & DeGarmo, D. (in preparation). With deployment

in the background: Associations of parental mental health and children’s

externalizing behavior and later risk for substance abuse in US National

Guard/Reserve Families.

He, Y., Gewirtz, A.H., Lee, S., & August, G. (under review, Journal of Family Process).

Does providing parent choices matter? A doubly randomized preference trial in

community children's mental health settings.

Snyder, J., Gewirtz, A.H., Zamir, O., Gird, S., Elish, K., Quattlebaum, J., Hayes, C.,

Schrepferman, L., & Pauldine, M. (in preparation). Effects of the After

Deployment: Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) Intervention on Distress

Avoidance and Parenting Behavior of Male Military Service Members Deployed

to Middle East Conflicts

Tangir, G. Dekel, R. Lavi, T., Gewirtz, A.H., & Zamir, O. (under review, Journal of

Child and Family Studies). Children's adjustment in a climate of political

violence: Who knows best and whose report contributes more: mother or child?

Tangir, G. Dekel, R. Lavi, T., Gewirtz, A.H., & Zamir, O. (under review,

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry). Do maternal dimensions contribute in

similar ways to prosocial behavior and posttraumatic stress symptoms? The case

of Israeli children exposed to a continuous security threat.


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Tangir, G. Dekel, R. Lavi, T., Gewirtz, A.H., & Zamir, O. (under review, Parenting:

Science and Practice). Prosocial behavior of Israeli school-aged children exposed

to political violence.

Zamir, O., & Gewirtz, A.H. (in preparation). Relationships under fire: Emotion

regulation, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and marital quality following

deployment.

Zamir, O., & Gewirtz, A.H. (revise & resubmit, Family Relations). The power of

being mindful: The actor-partner interdependent associations of mindfulness and

marital equality among military couples.

Zhang, N.*, Zamir, O., Rudi, J. & Gewirtz, A.H. (revise & resubmit, Mindfulness).

Enhancing parental dispositional mindfulness by using online exercises: A

longitudinal study among military families.

Zhang, N.*, Gewirtz, A.H., Zamir, O., Snyder, J., & Piehler, T. (in preparation).

Mindfulness and anger expression during couple interaction.

Presentations at Scholarly Meetings

*indicates refereed presentations

Gewirtz, A. H. (2016, November). Prevention and intervention research with children and

families after disasters. Presentation at the 5th International Workshop on

Psychological Intervention after Disasters, Manila, Philippines. Gewirtz, A. H. (2016, November). A Self-directed Parenting Program for Military

Families: Outcomes of the After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools Online

Program. Symposium presentation in Innovative Interventions: How to Make

Therapy More Accessible, Annual Meeting of the International Society of

Traumatic Stress Studies, Dallas, TX.

Zamir, O, & Gewirtz, A.H. (2016, November). The Place of Maternal Communication in

the Transmission of Posttraumatic Symptoms across Generations among Israeli

Families Exposed to Political Violence. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of

the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Dallas, TX.

Gewirtz, A.H., He, Y., & Lee, S. (2016, October). A doubly randomized preference trial

to examine choice and engagement in community mental health interventions for

child conduct problems. Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental

Health Symposium: Moving Toward Precision Healthcare in Children’s Mental

Health. Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2016, June). A comparative effectiveness study testing web, group and

telehealth formats of a military parenting program and examination of links

between parenting, PTSD, and youth substance use and related problems. In

Jacqueline Lloyd (Chair), NIH-DoD Initiative to Prevent Substance Use and

Promote Behavioral Health Among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Families:

Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. Roundtable session, Annual Meeting of

the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.

Chesmore, A., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2016, June). PTSD as a Moderator of ADAPT: A

Parenting Intervention for Military Parents. Symposium presentation, Annual


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Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.

Hanson, S.K., Pinna, K.L.M., Gewirtz, A.H., & Zhang, N. (2016, June).

Contextualization Modifications of an Evidence-Based Program Fostering

Resilience in National Guard and Reserve Families. Poster session, Annual


Gewirtz, A.H. (2016, June). Developing a Model for Delivering School-Based

Mentoring: Military Student Mentoring. Poster Forum Discussant. Annual


Gewirtz, A.H. (2016, April). Comparing web, group, and telehealth formats of a military

parenting program: ADAPT 4U. Department of Defense-National Institute of

Health grants in-progress review meeting, FT. Detrick, MD.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, November). Prevention and intervention research with children and

families after disasters. In: Building Individual and Organizational Capacity in the

Asia-Pacific Region. International Union of Psychological Science. Taipei,

Taiwan.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, November). Relationships under fire: Dyadic processes in

adjustment and treatment of military couples across the combat deployment cycle.

Symposium chair/discussant. Annual meeting of the International Society for

Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans, LA.

Gewirtz, A.H., & Snyder, J. (2015, October). Emotional socialization, parenting, and

emotional adjustment in fathers deployed to war and their children. American

Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, July). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT: A

web-enhanced parenting program for military families. MCEC National Training

Seminar.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, July). Parenting approaches for at-risk service members and

veterans. Interview panel with COL. Rick and Mrs. Tib Campese, at the

NCTSN/MCEC Pre-Conference. Washington, DC.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, May). Suicide risk and prevention among adults and their child:

Data from the After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools effectiveness trail. In

Eve E. Reider (Chair), Long-Term and Cross-over Effects of Drug Abuse

Prevention Interventions on the Reduction of Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors.

Symposium presentation, Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research,

Washington, DC.

Donisch, K.*, Gewirtz, A.H., Carmody, K., Liang, L., Briggs-King, E., Spinazzola, J.,

Amaya-Jackson, L., & Steinberg, A. (2015, March). Examining the relations

among complex trauma, impaired caregiving, and child functioning using a

developmental perspective. In Karen Carmody (Chair), Toward Developmentally-

Informed Trauma Treatment: Examining the Influences of Family Context in

Trauma and Maltreatment Research. Symposium presentation, Annual meeting of

the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.

He, Y.*, Gewirtz, A.H., Lee, S., & Morrell, N. (2015, March). Parent preferences and

family engagement in a conduct problems prevention program. Poster

presentation. Annual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development

(SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.


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Hanson, R.F., Self-Brown, S., Gewirtz, A.H., & Kolko, D. (2015, January). Parallel play

in implementations of evidence-based practices for maltreated youth and their

families. Presentation at the 29th Annual San Diego International Conference on

Child and Family Maltreatment. San Diego, CA.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2014, December). Moving research into practice: Testing the

effectiveness and implementation of parenting interventions to promote children’s

resilience. In: Building Individual and Organizational Capacity for Psychological

Intervention after Disasters in the Asia and Pacific Region; International Union of

Psychological Science, Sichuan, China.

Zamir, O.*, He, Y., Gewirtz, A.H., & DeGarmo, D. (2014, November). Emotion

regulation, parenting, and child distress: longitudinal associations in a deployed

military sample. In Lynn Katz (Chair). The impact of traumatic stress on diverse

family relationships: Marital, parent-child and sibling functioning. Symposium

presentation, Annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress

Studies, Miami, FL.

Donisch, K.*, Carmody, K., Briggs, E., Amaya-Jackson, L., Gewirtz, A., Spinazzola, J.,

Liang, L. (2014, November). Associations among Complex Trauma, Impaired

Caregiving, and Child Functioning: A Developmental Perspective. In: Z. Adams

(Chair). Polyvictimization and Complex Trauma across Childhood:

Characterizing Patterns of Victimization and Impacts on Mental Health and

Development among Clinic-Referred Youth. Symposium presentation, Annual

meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.

Gewirtz, A.H.*, Zamir, O., DeGarmo, D. (2014, November). Impact of a Parenting

Program for National Guard and Reserve Component Military Families: After

Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. In: J. Howard (Chair). An Examination of

Military Trauma Exposure on Parents and Children: Effectively Helping Children

Heal. Symposium presentation, Annual meeting of the International Society for

Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL

Gewirtz, A.H.*, Zamir, O., DeGarmo, D. (2014, November). A Community-Based

Parenting Intervention to Prevent Behavior and Emotional Problems in Children

with Parents Deployed to War: ADAPT. In E. Bui (Chair). Children and Their

Parents’ Combat Deployments: From Emotional and Behavioral Problems to

Community Interventions. Symposium presentation, Annual meeting of the

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2014, September). Comparing web, group, and telehealth formats of a

military parenting program: ADAPT 4U. Department of Defense-National

Institutes of Health grants in-progress review meeting, FT. Detrick, MD.

*Gewirtz, A.H. DeGarmo, D.S., Zamir, O., & Forgatch, M.S. (2014, May). Preliminary

evaluation of After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools: A web-enhanced

parenting program for military families. Symposium presentation, Annual

Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.

*Gewirtz, A.H. & Forgatch, M.S. (2014, May). Implementation outcomes as a function

of context and culture: Parent Management Training-Oregon model. Symposium

presentation, Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research,

Washington, DC.


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Gewirtz, A.H. (2014, May). Development, evaluation, and implementation of parenting

interventions to promote children’s resilience. Invited Keynote Speaker,

International Conference on Child Development, Liaoning Normal University,

Dalian, China.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2014, January). Evaluation of a parenting program for military families:

After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. Research Workshop of the Israel

Science Foundation: A Conference on Trauma and the Family; Tel Aviv, Israel.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, December). Parenting under stress: An intervention and prevention

research perspective. Presentation to the Psychology Department, Hebrew

University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, December). ADAPT: Preliminary baseline and posttest findings

from a randomized controlled trial of a prevention program for military families.

Colloquium presentation, Institute of Child Development, University of

Minnesota.

*Zamir, O., Gewirtz, A.H., Dekel, R., Lavi, T., & Tangir, G. (2013, November).

Observations of parenting in families affected by missile attacks. Symposium

presentation, Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress

Studies, Philadelphia, PA.

*Gewirtz, A.H., DeGarmo, D.S., Davis, L., & McMorris, B. (2013, November). Factors

associated with resilience in National Guard and Reserve families with a parent

deployed to war: the role of parenting. Symposium presentation, Annual Meeting

of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Philadelphia, PA.

*He, Y., Davis, L., DeGarmo, D.S., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, October). Eight-Month

Mindfulness Outcomes of a Modified Parenting Intervention for Deployed

Military Families. Conference for Contemplative Practices to Promote Child and

Family Well-Being, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, October). Moving research into practice: Testing the effectiveness

and implementation of parenting interventions to promote children’s resilience.

In: Building Individual and Organizational Capacity for Psychological

Intervention after Disasters in the Asia and Pacific Region; International Union of

Psychological Science, Beijing, China.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, September). Fostering resilience in military families: Cascading

effects of positive parenting. In: Military Families in Transition: Stress,

Resilience, and Well-being, Uniformed Services University of the Health

Sciences, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD.

*Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, August). Six-month outcomes of a web-enhanced parenting

intervention for deployed military families: After Deployment, Adaptive

Parenting Tools/ADAPT. In: Sarah Friedman (Chair). Promoting resilience

through Effective programs: A discussion. Annual Meeting of the American

Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

*Gewirtz, A.H., DeGarmo, D.S., Zamir, O., Hanson, S. (2013, August). Preliminary

outcomes of a web-enhanced parenting intervention for deployed military

families: After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT. In: Patti Johnson

(Chair). Effective Psychological Interventions for Military Children and Families.

Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.


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*Davis, L., Gewirtz, A.H., & Hanson, S. (2013, August). Physiological regulation of

emotion, emotion awareness, and parenting practices in reintegrating military

families. In: Wendy Troxel (Chair), Deployment Stress and Military Families’

Health - A Focus on Health-Risk Behaviors and Physiology. Annual Meeting of

the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, June). Evidence-based prevention and intervention: Promoting

healthy parenting. Invited keynote presentation, Clinical Interdisciplinary Center

for the Study of the Family, Haifa University, Israel.

*Davis, L., McCormick, C., Hammond, M., Gewirtz, A.H., Hanson, S.K. (2013, May).

Problems in emotion awareness as a pathway from physiological regulation to

parenting practices in reintegrating military families. Annual Meeting of the

Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.

*Hanson, S., Zemanek, L., Davis, L., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, May). Adaptive tools for

military parents after deployment: Building Military Family Resilience. Annual

Meeting of the Minnesota Council on Family Relations. Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, April). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. Invited panel

presentation, National Research summit on reserve component military families,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, November). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. In:

Beardslee, W. (Chair). Promoting the Resilience of Military Children Through

Effective Programs, Conference on Resilience in Military Children, Center for

Naval Analysis, Washington, DC.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, November). Terrorized Families: Understanding and Treating

Trauma in a Family Setting. Invited Keynote Speech, Norwegian Center for Child

Behavioral Development (Atferdssenteret) 12th Annual Conference, Oslo, Norway

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, November). Using PMTO with Children and Families Affected by

Traumatic Events, Workshop Presentation, Norwegian Center for Child

Behavioral Development (Atferdssenteret) 12th Annual Conference, Oslo, Norway

Gewirtz, A.H., & Johnson, L. (2012, September). “What do they want?” Personalizing

interventions to consumer preferences. Colloquium, Center for Personalized

Prevention Research, University of Minnesota.

*Gewirtz, A.H., & Marquez, B. (2012, May). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting

Tools. Technical demonstration, Annual Conference of the Society for Prevention

Research, Washington, DC.

*Gewirtz, A.H., DeGarmo, D.S., August, G.A., & Lee, S. (2012, May). Two-year

outcomes of a prevention trial in a supportive housing sector of care. In: Gewirtz,

A.H. (Chair), Forging community partnerships for selective prevention research:

Process and Outcome. Annual Conference of the Society for Prevention Research,

Washington, DC.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, May). Parenting, trauma, and children: what do we know and what

can we do? Invited presentation to the Annual Conference of the Midwestern

Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, May). Evaluation of a web-based parenting program for military

families. Invited presentation to Center for Chronic Disease Outcome Research,

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs


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Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, May). Adaptation of an empirically-supported parent training

program for highly-stressed families. Invited presentation at 2012 Obesity

Prevention Symposium: Home-based parenting interventions to promote child

health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A.H., & Shunkwiler, T. (2012, March). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting

Tools. Colloquium presentation, Department of Family Social Science, University

of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, February). Moving research into practice: Testing and

implementing parenting interventions to improve children’s resilience. Invited

presentation to the International Union of Psychological Science, Building

Capacity for Psychological Interventions After Disasters, Beijing, China.

*Gewirtz, A.H., Davis, K.L., & DeGarmo, D.S. (2011, November). Parenting, Exposure

to Violence, and Child Adjustment in Formerly Homeless Families. In: M.

Ehrensaft (Chair). Conduct Disorder and Partner Violence Prevention: Novel

Approaches for Integrated Intervention. Symposium presentation at the American

Society for Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

*Gewirtz, A.H., & Marquez, B. (2011, November). After Deployment, Adaptive

Parenting Tools (ADAPT): Internet-Only and Web-Enhanced Group-Based

Parenting Program for Military Families. In: J Cuellar (Chair) & R. MacMahon

(Discussant): Technology's Role in the Dissemination of Parenting Programs.

Symposium presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive

Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

*Gewirtz, A.H., Reckinger, D., Flessert, H., & Wahl, A. (2011, November). Role

of evaluation in statewide community-based implementation of trauma-focused

therapy for children. In: Jaycox, L. (Chair): Challenges and successes in

evaluating community-based interventions to improve outcomes for children

exposed to violence and trauma. Symposium presentation at the International

Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, October). Moving research into practice: Testing and

implementing parenting interventions to improve children’s resilience. Invited

presentation to the International Union of Psychological Science, Capacity

Building Workshop on Bereavement, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, September). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools

(ADAPT). Invited presentation to the Military Families Research Institute

International Conference on Military Families, Indianapolis, IN.

*Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, August). Supporting parenting in mothers experiencing

homelessness. In Mary Haskett (Chair). Intersection of Child Maltreatment and

Family Homelessness: The Problem and Emerging Solutions. Presidential

Symposium, Section on Child Maltreatment, Annual Conference of the American

Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, July). Substance Use Disorder Prevention for Military Families.

Invited presentation to the Institute of Medicine committee meeting on

Prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of substance use disorders in

the US armed forces. Irvine, CA.


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Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, May). Adapting PMTO for military families: After Deployment,

Adaptive Parenting Tools. First International Conference on Parent Management

Training – Oregon Model. Oslo, Norway. Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, May). Supporting African Refugee Mothers with PMTO. First

International Conference on Parent Management Training – Oregon Model. Oslo,

Norway. Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, May). Responding to traumatic stress in children. Minnesota

Statewide Conference on Traumatic Stress in Children and Families, St Paul, MN. Plowman, E. J.*, & Gewirtz, A. H. (2011). Does parenting change in the context of

environmental risk? Parenting practices of formerly homeless mothers. Paper

presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child

Development, Montreal, QUE.

*Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, March). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. In, Bill

Saltzmann, (Chair) Enhancing Military Family Resilience: Current Model,

Specific Strategies, and Opportunities. Annual Meeting of the National Child

Traumatic Stress Network, Baltimore, MD.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, February). Invited panelist in: Exploring the impact of deployment

on military youth and families: Recent research findings. University of Minnesota

Extension, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2010, November). Psychological posttraumatic stress in children. Invited

presentation at the 10th Annual Education Day in Paediatric Anaesthesia:

‘Trauma in the child.’ St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England.

*Gewirtz, A.H. (2010, August). A partnership to improve resilience among children in

family supportive housing. In Monica Mitchell (Chair) Engaging Schools and

Communities: Advancing Behavioral, Physical, and Public Health. Annual

Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2010, April). Prevention science, parenting, and traumatized families.

Invited faculty colloquium, Child Clinical Psychology Program, Bar Ilan

University Department of Psychology.

*Gewirtz, A.H. (2009, October). Lessons learned in the negotiation of a research-service

partnership between an academic institution and a community service agency. In:

G.J. August (Chair): Incorporating prevention services for at-risk children in

community systems-of-care. 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Honolulu, Hawaii. Gewirtz, A.H. (2009, June). Implementing Effective Strategies for School-Age Children

and Youth in Communities. Invited presentation. Cape Cod Institute, 4th Annual

American Orthopsychiatric Symposium, Eastham, MA. *Gewirtz, A.H., & Forgatch, M.S. (2009, May). A government-research partnership to

implement Oregon Parent Management Training among child welfare agencies in

Detroit-Wayne County, MI. In, Gerald August, (Chair): Employing Strategic

Partnerships and Community Engagement to Conduct Prevention Research in

Non-traditional Service Settings. 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for

Prevention Research, Washington, DC.


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*Gewirtz, A.H. (2009, March). Discussant. In Laura McCloskey (Chair). Pathways to

resilience among children and youth exposed to domestic violence. Student poster

symposium, Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting,

Denver, CO. *Gewirtz, A. H. & Forgatch, M.S. (2009, January). Midnight sun to great lakes:

Taking Oregon Parent Management Training (PMTO) to scale in Norway and

Michigan. In B. Sims (Chair). Models for implementing and sustaining evidence-

based Panel presentation at the National Institutes of Health 2nd Annual

Conference on Implementation and Dissemination Research, Bethesda, MD. *Layne, C. M. (Chair), Gewirtz, A., Ghosh-Ippen, C., Abramovitz, R., Dominguez, R., &

Stuber, M. (2008, November). The Core Concepts, Skills, and Components

Curriculum: Increasing trauma expertise in practitioners. Workshop presented at

the Annual Meeting of the ISTSS, Chicago, IL.

Gewirtz, A. (2008, June). Parenting practices following trauma and implications for

prevention: Development and evaluation of a trauma-focused parent coaching

intervention. Invited departmental colloquium. Department of Education and

Human Development, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Gewirtz, A.H., & Wieling, E. (2008, May). Modifying Oregon model Parent

Management Training (PMTO) for traumatized families. Group meeting with five

Norwegian psychologists visiting U of M to collaborate on the implementation of

PMTO with Somali families. *Hektner, J.M., Gewirtz, A.H. & August, G. (2008, May). One program, two versions:

Adapted and adaptive models of Early Risers implemented in school and

supportive housing contexts. In, A. Gewirtz (Chair). Incorporating adapted and

adaptive prevention interventions in community contexts. Symposium

presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research.

*Gewirtz, A. (2007, November). Lessons from the ‘front lines’: Adaptation and

implementation of an evidence-based intervention for traumatized families in

shelters. In R. Murphy (chair). Prevention of Abuse & Trauma in Community

Systems: Child Protection and Domestic Violence. Annual meeting of the

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Hollywood, CA.

Gewirtz, A. (2007, August). A resilience-focused parenting intervention for homeless

families. In: A. Masten & Y. Jackson (chairs). Child trauma and resilience:

emerging models in practice and theory. Invited symposium. Annual Meeting of

the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Gewirtz, A. (2007, June). Trauma, resilience, and developmental psychopathology. In

Wieling, E., & Gewirtz, A. – 2-day presentation on Oregon Parent Management

Training and family-based intervention models to Department of Psychology,

University of Konstanz/Vivo, Konstanz, Germany.

*Gewirtz, A., Taylor, T., Olson, H. & Forgatch, M. (2007, May). Adaptation and

implementation of the Oregon model of parent management training (Parenting

Through Change) for high-risk homeless mothers. In: A. Gewirtz (chair).

Implementation of science-based prevention: cultural and contextual adaptations

of the Oregon model of parent management training. Society for Prevention

Research Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.


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Gewirtz, A. (2007, January). Evidence-based parenting interventions for young children.

Invited panel presentation: Eyberg, S., Forgatch, M., Gewirtz, A., Ryan, B., &

Webster-Stratton, C. International Conference on Child Maltreatment, Chadwick

Center, San Diego, CA.

*Forgatch, M. & Gewirtz, A. (2007, January). Parent management training with

traumatized populations: Building skills to support children and parents exposed

to violence. In: International Conference on Child Maltreatment, Chadwick

Center, San Diego, CA.

*Gewirtz, A., Medhanie, A., Goldstein, L., Schneider, K., Trombley, H., & Endicott, L.

(2006, June). Parenting, risk, and child distress after exposure to domestic

violence: implications for prevention. In A. Gewirtz & D. Capaldi (chairs): New

directions in family violence. Annual meeting of the Society for Prevention

Research, San Antonio, Texas.

Gewirtz, A. (2006, January). Interventions for children exposed to violence: Clinical and

legal approaches. Invited Practitioner-Scholar Lecture: Interdisciplinary

Colloquium, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2005, December). Exposure to violence and homelessness: Preventive

interventions for highly stressed children. Center for Neurobehavioral

Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2005, October). Risk and resilience in the context of family violence.

Invited speaker. Women’s health research conference. Department of Psychiatry,

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Hart-Shegos, E., & Gewirtz, A. (2005, September). Homelessness and its Effect on

Children: Opportunities for Overcoming Trauma Through Supportive Housing.

Building Healthy Communities for Children: The Physical and Social

Environments. Continuing Education Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul,

MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2005, September). Using an Evidence-Based Approach to Prosecute

Domestic Violence Cases: Results from the Joint Prosecution Unit. Fifth

anniversary symposium: Ramsey County Attorney and St. Paul City Attorney, St.

Paul, MN.

*Gewirtz, A. (2005, May). Psychosocial recovery and functioning of children exposed to

violence: Implications for prevention and intervention. Annual Meeting of the

World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland.

*Gewirtz, A. (2005, May). Prevention research challenges in developing models of acute

crisis response. In: A. Gewirtz (Chair), Indicated prevention in the case of

children’s exposure to violence: developing research-based models to address

acute needs of children and families. Society for Prevention Research Annual

Meeting, Washington, DC.

Gewirtz, A. (2004, October). A research framework to meet the needs of traumatized

children. Invited presentation. Meeting the needs of the most vulnerable young

children. National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University School of

Public Health, NY., NY.

Gewirtz, A. (2004, October). Meeting the needs of children exposed to violence. Invited

speaker. Center for Reducing Rural Violence Annual Conference, Brainerd, MN.


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Gewirtz, A. (2003, August). The effects of trauma on young children’s development.

Conference on Early Brain Development, White Earth, MN.

*Gewirtz, A. (2003, April). Developing collaborations between police officers, mental

health and domestic violence professionals for children exposed to violence. In:

R. Murphy (Chair), Interventions for Children Exposed to Violence, Society for

Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Tampa, FL.

Gewirtz, A. (2002, May). The effects of trauma on the development of young children.

Annual Conference of Early Childhood Family Educators, Minnesota Department

of Children, Families, and Learning, State of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2002, April). The use of statutes to protect children exposed to domestic

violence: a review of the literature and research. In: A. Gewirtz, C. Lederman, J.

Osofsky: Court interventions for children exposed to violence. Safe Start Cross-

site meeting, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Rochester, NY.

Gewirtz, A. (2002, April). Research and intervention with children exposed to violence.

In, Gunnar, M. Stress and the Developing Child, University of Minnesota School

of Social Work, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2002, February). Intervening with children exposed to violence. Minnesota

Society of Clinical Social Workers, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2001, November). The effects of trauma and violence on children’s learning

and development. Conference on School Violence, University of Wisconsin,

Milwaukee, WI.

Gewirtz, A. (2001, November). The use of assessment tools with children exposed to

violence. Safe Start Cross-site meeting. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of

Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,

Chatham Co., NC.

Gewirtz, A., & Verelli, S. (2001, May). Children exposed to family violence: The Child

Development-Community Policing Model. The Challenge of Domestic Violence,

Institute on Criminal Justice, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis,

MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2001, May). System-wide responses to children exposed to violence: The

Safe Start Initiative. The Challenge of Domestic Violence, Institute on Criminal

Justice, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A., & Nowicki, D. (2001, April). Legal barriers to information sharing. Safe

Start cross-site meeting, Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention, Washington, DC.

*Murphy, R. A., Casey, R., & Gewirtz, A. (2001, April). Children exposed to domestic

violence: Findings from the Child Development-Community Policing Program.

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

*Gewirtz, A. (2000, August). HIV-affected adolescents and the juvenile justice system.

In L. Saxe, Partnerships Among Mental Health, Juvenile Justice and Managed

Care. Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association,

Washington, DC.

Gewirtz, A., Schaefer, M. S., Murphy, R.A., & Westerveld, M. * (2000, August).

Psychological assessment and managed care: Guidelines for practice with


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children and adolescents. Continuing education workshop. Annual meeting of the

American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Gewirtz, A. (2000, March). Child development and community policing:

Developmentally-informed interventions for children exposed to violence.

University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Development.

Gewirtz, A. (1999, September). The Child Development-Community Policing Program:

Intervening with children exposed to violence. In: Conference on School

Violence: Investigative, Predictive and Preventive Strategies for the 21st Century.

Behavioral Science Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, VA.

*Murphy, R. A., Gewirtz, A., & Schaefer, M. S. (1999, August). Psychological

assessment and managed care: Guidelines for practice with children and

adolescents. Continuing education workshop. Annual meeting of the American

Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

*Gewirtz, A. (1999, July). Parent-child dynamics in understanding family violence. In I.

Weiner (Chair). Rorschach assessment of violent and nonviolent adolescents:

Police, juvenile justice, and clinical responses. XVIth International Congress of

Rorschach and Projective Methods, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Gewirtz, A. & Marans, S. (1999, June). The role of psychological assessment in the

evaluation of juvenile family violence offenders: The Child Development-

Community Policing Program Model. Invited master workshop. 3rd Annual

Conference on the Contemporary Applications of Psychological Testing,

Massachusetts Mental Health, Boston, MA.

*Marans, S., & Gewirtz, A. (1999, May). Psychodynamic perspectives on juvenile

offenders. Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association,

Washington, DC.

Gewirtz, A., & Murphy, R. A. *(1999, April). A good mother always pleases her

children?: Psychoanalytic perspectives on adolescent family violence. Annual

Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis,

New York, New York.

*Gewirtz, A. (1999, March). No COPs here: Rorschach assessment of adolescent

perpetrators of family violence. In A. Gewirtz (Chair). No COPs here: Rorschach

assessment of adolescent perpetrators of family violence. Annual meeting of the

Society for Personality Assessment, New Orleans, LA.

Marans, S., McGregor, D., Gewirtz, A. (1999, March). The Child Development-

Community Policing Program. In: Juvenile Justice Responses to Child

Maltreatment, National Institute of Justice, Alexandria, VA.

Gewirtz, A., & Gossart-Walker, S. (1997, December). The Yale program for HIV-

Affected children. Workshop presentation. First National Conference on HIV-

Affected Children and Families, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.

Gewirtz, A. (1997, November). Program for HIV-Affected Children and Families.

National Conference on Home Visiting with Substance-Involved Families,

Abandoned Infants Association, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

III. Teaching and Curriculum Development Activities


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Courses taught

Integrative Research Seminar (FSOS 8047)

Prevention Science Capstone (PREV 8005)

Prevention Science Core Course (PREV 8001)

New Topics in Prevention: Implementation & Dissemination (FSOS 5703/PREV 8003)

Human Development in Families: Lifespan (FSOS 1201) – taught 4 times

Children’s Exposure to Domestic Violence (CAPY 5672; undergraduate/graduate)

Clinical Interventions with Children (CPsy8360; graduate) –taught 6 times

Directed Studies: (Psy 4993/8993; CPsy 4994/8994 Undergraduate/graduate)

Children & Youth in Society (CPsy 4334; undergraduate)

Emotional & Behavioral Problems of Children (CPsy4311; undergraduate)

Invisible victims: children’s exposure to family violence (CPsy 4310; undergraduate/

graduate)

Treatment (Psy8622; graduate)

Honors seminar (PSTL 1525) (guest lecture)

Treatment of childhood anxiety (CAPY 5675) (guest lecture)

Trauma Treatment (FSoS 8150) – Dr. Elizabeth Wieling (guest lecture)

Conceptual Frameworks (FSoS 8001) – Dr. B. Jan Hogan (guest lecture)

Conceptual Frameworks (FSoS 8001) – Dr. B. Jan Hogan (guest lecture)

Psychotherapy course for postdoctoral and psychiatry fellows, “Treatment of Trauma”

(Psychiatry department) (guest lecture)

Curriculum Development

Graduate Competencies and Portfolio Committee,

Family Stress course committee

Child Adjustment within a Family Context curriculum development

Development of a new graduate course in Implementation and Dissemination Research in

Prevention (FSOS 8550) with Gerald August

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Courses taught

Introduction to prevention science (graduate; 15 hours of lectures over 3 days)

Quinipiac University, Hamden, CT

Courses taught

Introduction to Psychology (undergraduate)

Abnormal Psychology (undergraduate)

Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel


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Other teaching

Bar Ilan University Research Day Closing Panel: Evidence-based practice in children’s

mental health.

Teaching Workshops Attended

2010, September: The Digital Idea Stream


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IV. Advising and Mentoring

Undergraduate Student Supervision and Mentoring

NIDA Summer Fellowship (competitive awards to undergraduates) Diana Anthony (Duke University) – Summer 2013

Desiree Wiercyski (University of Portland) – Summer 2012

Samantha Benning (University of Minnesota) – Summer 2012

Honors Research Practicum and Project (CPsy 4994V/Psy5993v): Jessica Baker (2014). Posttraumatic stress disorder and healthy family life.

Ashley Wahl (2009). The relationship between parental monitoring and

achievement in adolescents.

Reva Williams (2009). Positive parenting and parent-child problem-solving

outcomes.

Heidi Flessert (2008). Socializing depression in formerly homeless children:

Effects on emotion identification.

Christina Shoaf (2007). The effects of cumulative trauma on maternal post-

traumatic stress disorder in domestic violence.

Shauna Tiede (2007). Comparing parent and child reports of children’s exposure to

community and domestic violence: does lack of concordance affect children’s

mental health?

Abry Deshong (2006). Children’s perceptions of their father-figure following an

incident of domestic violence.

Alissa Karges (2005). The influence of maternal PTSD on parent-child agreement

of child’s social support.

Meredith Newlin (2005). Children’s perceptions of social support in the context of

exposure to domestic violence: does mother’s mental health make a difference?

Directed Studies (CPsy 4994) Over 300 students have signed up for and completed directed research credit with

me since 2004

Past year enrollment – 19 students


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Undergraduate Research Partnership Program/Undergraduate Research

Opportunity Program (URPP/UROP) awards Ashley Wahl (2009): Examining Associations between Service Utilization and

Family Stability in Families Using Supportive Housing

Marcia Thomas (2008)

Heidi Flessert (2007)

Multicultural Summer Research Opportunities Program Award/McNair

Scholars Award Caprecia Mathias (2012)

Chenea Sparks (2008)

Sandy Kwan (2005)

Graduate Student Activities

Masters Students Advisees (completed) Meaghan Nelson (FSoS, M.A. Plan B; December 2011)

Fatima Yaylaci (Institute of Child Development/ICD)

Graduate Research Assistants Ashley Chesmore (2014-

Na Zhang (2014-

Kate Gliske (2013 –

Muzi Chen (2013-2014)

Matthew Miller (2011-2012)

Yaliu He (2010-2014)

Fatima Yaylaci (2010-2011)

Nanci de Felippe (2009)

Elizabeth Plowman (2008-2012)

Shuling Peng (2008-2009)

Laurel Davis (2008-2014)

Karen Kraemer (2008)

Holli Trombley (2007-2008)

Janet Yeats (2007-2008)

Kristin Schneider (2006-2008)

Lisa Goldstein (2005-2006)

Graduate Practicum Students Julianna Sapienza (2013-2014)

Adrienne Banny (2012-2014)

Laura Supkoff (2012-2013)

Adriana Herrera (2010-2012)

Christopher McCormick (2010-2012)

Brianna Coffino (2007-2009)

Holli Trombley (2007-2008)


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Theresa LaFavor (2007)

Dustin Wahlstrom (2006-2007)

Cheryl Bemel (2005-2006)

Doctoral Dissertations Directed (completed)

Yaliu He (Family Social Science) – co-advisor with Jodi Dworkin

“Which treatment do parents prefer? A randomized preference trial to inform

personalization of a parent training program”

Date of completion of Ph.D.: May 16, 2016

Nanci de Felippe (Family Social Science)

“The Association of Risk, Parenting, and Child Functioning in a National Guard

and Reserve Population”

Date of completion of Ph.D.: May 9, 2016

Laurel Davis (Family Social Science) – Advisor

“Mental health correlates of children with currently and formerly incarcerated

parents”

Date of completion of Ph.D.: October 15th 2015

Laura Supkoff Nerenberg (Institute of Child Development) – co-advisor with Ann

Masten

“Mindfulness and parenting in military families”

Date of completion of Ph.D.: August 12th 2014

Elizabeth Plowman (Family Social Science) – Advisor

“Factors accounting for change in parenting following homelessness”

Date of completion of Ph.D.: August 6th 2012

Kristin Schneider Dillon (Family Social Science) – co-advisor with Jodi Dworkin

“Parenting and children’s adjustment in families living in supportive housing”

Date of completion of Ph.D.: June 30th 2010

Doctoral Students Advised (current) Na Zhang (FSOS)

Ashley Chesmore (FSOS)

Kate Gliske (FSOS)

Katelyn Donisch (ICD)

Kadie Ausherman – co-advisor with Tim Piehler

Jingchen Zhang (FSOS)

Cheuk Hei Cheng (FSOS)

Doctoral Committees Served on– (Family Social Science unless noted): Madelyn Labella (ICD)


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Shahar Globerman (Argosy University)

Allie Giovanelli (ICD) - completed

Lisa Kiesel (SSW) – completed

Kayla Anderson - completed

Jessie Rudi - completed

Jennifer Doty - completed

Jessica Pleuss (ICD) – completed

Chris McCormick (ICD) - completed

John Joseph Cutuli (ICD) - completed

Brooke Dean (Psychology) - completed

Janette Herbers (ICD) - completed

Wendy Lee (ICD) - completed

David Martin (ICD) - completed

Amy Monn (ICD) - completed

Brooke Skinner-Drawz - completed

Narae Shin (Social Work) - completed

Gloria Whaley (ICD) - completed

Jason Wilde - completed

Nathan Dean - completed

Kristin Dillon (ICD) - completed

Adriana Herrera (ICD) - completed

Jessica Pleuss (ICD) - completed

Seo Hee Son - completed

Dustin Wahlstrom - completed

Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised Keri Pinna, Ph.D. (2011-2013)

Xiaohui Li, Ph.D. (2013-2014)

Osnat Zamir, Ph.D. (2011-2016)

Jessie Rudi, Ph.D. (2016-

Other student mentoring activities

2016: M.A. Committee member – Amy Majerle – Family Social Science (Lynne

Borden, Advisor)

2013: Ph.D. External Committee member – Neveen Saleh Drawsheh – School of

Social Work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Muhammad Haj-Yahia, Advisor)

2013: D.Psych. Thesis External Reviewer – Jessica Klug, “Maternal exposure to

traumatic and stressful events: the effects on parenting practices and child

psychological wellbeing”, Macquarie University, Australia

YEAR?: M.A. Final Committee member – Wendy Seong-Cheng Lee

2008: Kristen Case, M.D., Child Psychiatry Fellow, University of Minnesota.

Presentation Mentor for Dr. Case’s Grand Rounds presentation.


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V. Service Activities and Public Outreach

Service to the Profession

Editorial Review Board

Incoming Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Psychology; 2017-

Editorial Board, Journal of Family Psychology (up to 10 reviews/year); 2016-

Associate Editor, International Journal of Psychology, 2015 –

Editorial Board, Military Psychology, 2015-2016

Editorial Board, International Journal of Psychology, 2013 – 2015

Guest Editor, Child Welfare 360 Journal, 2012

Consulting Editor, Child Development (approx. 10 reviews/year), 2011 – 2015

Editorial Board, Open Family Studies Journal, 2008 – present

Ad hoc Editorial Review Board

2016 BMC Pediatrics

2016 BMC Psychiatry

2016 Military Behavioral Health

2016 European Journal of Psychotraumatology

2016 American Journal of Clinical Psychology

2016 Child Development

2016 Prevention Science

2016 Journal of Child and Family Studies

2016 Journal of Traumatic Stress

2016 BMC Psychology

2016 Translational Behavioral Medicine

2015 Translational Behavioral Medicine

2015 Social Development

2015 Journal of Primary Prevention

2015 Clinical Psychology Review (2 reviews)

2015 BMC Psychology

2015 Child Development

2015 American Journal of Community Psychology

2015 Journal of Clinical Psychology

2015 Prevention Science (2 reviews)

2014 Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

2014 Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes

2014 Military Psychology

2014 Psychological Services

2014 Developmental Review

2013 Annals of Behavioral Medicine

2013 Journal of Family Issues

2013 Journal of Pediatrics

2012- Psychology of Violence (3 reviews)


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2012- Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (2 reviews)

2011 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (1 review)

2011- Child Development Perspectives (2 reviews)

2011 Journal of Family Issues (1 review)

2011 Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (2 reviews)

2010 Applied Developmental Science (1 review)

2009 Child Development Monographs (1 review)

2009 Journal of Research on Adolescence (1 review)

2009- Journal of Family Psychology (5 reviews)

2009 Social Development (1 review)

2009- Prevention Science (5 reviews)

2008- Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (2 reviews)

2008- Child Abuse and Neglect (2 reviews)

2007- Development and Psychopathology (13 reviews)

2007- Violence Against Women (2 reviews)

2006 Violence and Victims (2 reviews)

Grant Reviews

2016 Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2016/05 ZRGI RPHB-

W (03) M, National Institutes of Health

2015 National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Extramural Affairs, N44DA-

15-5577 High Impact Substance Abuse Prevention

2015 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC),

435-2015-1024 A longitudinal analysis of resilience in preschoolers who

were victims of sexual abuse

2014 National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Social Media and

Substance Use and Addiction (R01)

2014 National Institutes of Health, ZRG1 RPHB-S Interventions for Health

Over the Life Course

2014 Special Emphasis Committee Member, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Small Business Innovation Research Grants

2013 Special Emphasis Committee Member, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Small Business Innovation Research Grants

2013 Reviewer, Concept paper, Small Business Innovation Research RFA,

National Institute on Drug Abuse

2013 Special Emphasis Committee Member, National Institute on Drug Abuse,

U01 Center grants

2012 Grant reviewer, Israel Science Foundation

2012 Special Emphasis committee, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH (R13

conference grants)

2010 Grant reviewer, National Science Foundation

2010 Grant reviewer, National Institute of Justice

Other Review Activities


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2016 Reviewer for RAND Corporation’s publication, “Deployment Life Study:

Final Report”

2014- External reviewer for six faculty members going through promotion

process for tenure or full professorship

2013 External reviewer, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine:

Report by the Committee on Assessment of Resiliency and Prevention

Programs for Mental and Behavioral Health in Service Members and

Their Families

2010 Review of William T. Grant Foundation’s proposed scientific agenda in

the arena of prevention research

2010 Review of a book proposal for Oxford University Press.

2009 Textbook Reviewer: Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Laura E. Berk; 6th

Edition, Allyn & Bacon, Boston: MA.

2009-2011 Reviewer for Rand Corporation, Report on Safe Start Demonstration

Initiative Evaluation, for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention, US Department of Justice.

2007- Abstract Reviewer, Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting

1999-2000 Grant reviewer, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale

University

Other Service to the Profession

2015-2018 Board of Directors, Society for Prevention Research

2015 Member, APA Interdivisional Task Force on Promoting Positive Parenting

in the Context of Family Homelessness

2015 Consultant, Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center

(MIRECC) Clinical Education Grant, A Veteran’s Guide to Talking with

Kids About PTSD, Michelle Sherman, PI

2013 Co-chair, Policy Committee, National Child Traumatic Stress Network

2011 Member, Publication Review & Data Operations Committees, NCTSN

2010 Member, National Steering Committee, NCTSN

2010 Member, American Psychological Association Committee on Promoting

Positive Parenting in the Context of Homelessness

2009 Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Parent Trauma, Child Welfare Committee of

the National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Service to Department of Family Social Science

2013-2014 Faculty Search Committee (Parenting/Extension Faculty Search)

2012-2015 Committee on Graduate Assistantships

2011- Curriculum Committee activities

2009-2012 Diversity Committee

2007-2009 Awards and Honors Committee

Service to College of Education and Human Development

2015- Promotion and Tenure Committee


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2013-2014 Faculty Leaves Committee

2008-2009 Awards and Honors Committee

2008-2012 Advisory Committee, Center on Relational Aggression

2007- International Committee

Service to University 2016- Serendipity Team, Office of the Vice President for Research

2014- Director of Graduate Studies, Prevention Science Minor

2012 Interim Director of Graduate Studies, Prevention Science Minor

2011-2014 Senator, University of Minnesota Faculty Senate

2008-2011 Advisory Board, Center for Excellence in Children’s Mental Health

2007-2012 Advisory Committee, Early Childhood Mental Health Certificate, Center

for Early Education and Development

2007 Search Committee, Director for the Center of Excellence in Children’s

Mental Health

2005- Prevention Science Steering committee

Service to Community 2016 Catholic Charities CFS Strategic Planning Mental Health Stakeholder

Team

2009-2011 Jurist, Socio Design Foundation, International Architecture Competition to

design spaces for homeless youth;

http://www.sociodesignfoundation.org/thanks2010comp.html

2004-2007 Board of Directors, Talmud Torah of St. Paul School

Community Outreach: Presentations

Gewirtz, A. H., & Fletcher, M. (2017, January 10). After Deployment, Adaptive

Parenting Tools: Supporting military family resilience by strengthening parenting.

Presentation at the Quarterly Senior Commanders’ Conference, Michigan Air

National Guard, Lansing, MI.

Gewirtz, A. H., & Fletcher, M. (2016, June 8). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting

Tools. Panelist on webinar, Michigan Veteran and Military Resource Highlights.

Gewirtz, A.H., & Majerle, A. (2016, May 11). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting

Tools: Supporting military family resilience by strengthening parenting. Quarterly

Briefing to the Adjutant General, Minnesota National Guard, 133rd Airlift Wing.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2016, May 13). Promoting resilience in highly stressed families: Long-

term program findings. Minnesota Psychological Association’s Friday Forum

Encore. St. Paul, MN.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2016, April 14). Lecture on “Coercive Parenting” and how to build

parents’ skills to improve child and family resilience. Family Advocacy and Child

and Youth Program Managers Meeting, Office of Family Readiness Policy,

Department of Defense, Alexandria, VA.

Gewirtz, A. H. (2016, March 10). The impact of toxic stress and violence on children and

adolescents: What do we know and what can we do about it? HealthPartners/Park


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Nicollet Conference, Psychiatry Update for Primary Care, Minneapolis, MN. (250

attendees).

Gewirtz, A. H. (2016, March 5). Enhancing the Resilience of Children in Military

Families. University of Minnesota Alumni Association, 2016 Minne-College,

Scottsdale, AZ. (50 attendees).

Gewirtz, A. H. (2016, February 24). Promoting effective parenting during reintegration

after deployment: After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT. Military

Families Learning Network webinar, "Parenting during times of transition-Part 2:

Parenting during deployment and reintegration." (35 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, December). Buffering parenting to promote children’s resilience:

After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT. Minnesota Center for

Chemical and Mental Health (MNCAMH) webinar. (35 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, December). National Child Traumatic Stress Network: A national

leader in addressing child trauma. Congressional briefing with NCA and the

NCTSN, a discussion of effective federal programs for addressing child trauma:

Lessons from CACs and NCTSN. Washington, DC. (50 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, November). Programs that improve resilience and how to

implement them. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). St.

Paul, MN. (45 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H., & Bray, C. (2015, November). Contextual trauma-adaptation: Beyond

being trauma-informed. National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) webinar. (75 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, August). Building resilience in at-risk children. Minnesota

Psychological Association President’s Conference. (400 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, July). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. Marine Corps

Research Summit, Quantico VA. (50 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, June). Briefing on After Deployment Adaptive Parenting

Tools/ADAPT. 133rd Airlift Wing presentation to commanders. St. Paul, MN.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, May). Engaging parents and children affected by traumatic stress.

Minnesota Department of Human Services. St. Paul, MN. (40 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, April). Trauma and children’s mental health: What do we know and

what are we doing about it? Keynote speech at annual conference of Minnesota

Association for Children’s Mental Health (MNCAMH). Duluth, MN. (800-1000

attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, April). So what do we do? Overview of interventions. University of

Minnesota Extension, ConnectU. Lamberton, MN. (100 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, April). Panel member. CPPR Community Engagement Colloquium.

Minneapolis, MN. (20 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, April). Coming home: A female perspective. Joint Female

Professional Development Training Symposium. MN National Guard. (60

attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2015, January). Impact of a parenting program for National Guard and

Reserve component military families: After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting

Tools/ADAPT. VA Grand Rounds, Minneapolis, MN. (50+ attendees).


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Gewirtz, A.H. (2014, September). Strengthening children's resilience by supporting

parenting - what do we know? Invited presentation to the Emily Program, St

Louis Park, MN. (20 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2014, June). Parenting, domestic violence, and children. Army Spouse

Abuse Family Advocacy Treatment Course, San Antonio, TX (75 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2014, June). The impact of trauma on children’s development. Hennepin

County Human Services Conference, Minneapolis, MN. (60 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2014, May). Impact of trauma on the developing child: Training for the

St. Cloud area–Child response initiative. St. Cloud Law Enforcement Training.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2014, March). The impact of domestic violence on children. Army

Spouse Abuse Family Advocacy Treatment Course, San Antonio, TX (75

attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, October). Parenting and trauma: what do we know and what do we

need to know? In: Voices of Caregivers and Perspectives on Parenting. Third

Annual Statewide Conference on Traumatic Stress in Children and Families,

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Hanson, S., Pinna, K., Brockberg, D., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, March). Engaging

reintegration military families in a web-enhanced parenting program: After

Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. CEHD Research Day, University of

Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A.H. 2013, March). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. In S. Cozza

(Chair), Engagement and Stages of Intervention with Military Families and

Children: Minimizing Risk and Morbidity. Annual Grantees Meeting of the

National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Baltimore, MD.

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, March). Evaluation of a web-enhanced parenting program for

military families: After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT. In:

Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: How Substance Abuse

Research is Effecting Positive Change, hosted by the Friends of NIDA in

conjunction with the Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus

and the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse. Washington, DC.

(120 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, February). Parenting amidst rocket attacks. Presentation to the

Sha’ar Ha’Negev Regional Council Social Workers, Israel. (20 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H., Shunkwiler, T., Wetterstrom, D., & ADAPT parent participants (2013,

February) After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. MN National Guard

Generals and Commanders’ Briefing, FT. Snelling/133rd Air Guard Base,

Minnesota (40 attendees)

Bray, C., & Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, January). Trauma-informed services. Presentation to

White Earth community leaders, White Earth Band of Ojibwe, MN. (30 attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, January). Trauma and children’s mental health. Testimony to the

Minnesota Legislature State House Early Childhood and Youth Development

Policy Committee (200 attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H. (2013, January). Impact of trauma on children’s mental health.

Presentation to Hennepin County Juvenile Court Mental Health Consultation

Project, Minneapolis, MN.


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Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, December). How Being Trauma-Informed Improves the Family

Court and Juvenile Justice System Response. Invited presentation to the Annual

Statewide Judges Conference, Bloomington, MN. (50 attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, December). Partnerships to build trauma-informed service systems

in Minnesota. Invited panel for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s

New Grantee Orientation Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Gewirtz, A.H., Bray, C., & Flessert, H. (2012, December). Implementing Trauma-

focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Minnesota. Invited presentation to

Minnesota Psychological Association Friday Forum, St. Paul, MN (45 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, October). After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools.

Presentation to families and service providers at FT. Belvoir, VA (25 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, October). Trauma, kids, and families. Presentation to Child Success

NYC, Administration on Children’s Services, New York, NY. (45 attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, September). Traumatized parents and terrified children: PMTO

with families affected by violence and other adverse events. Invited keynote

speech, State of Michigan PMTO Annual Conference; Kalamazoo, MI (200

attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, September). Ghosts in the Nursery: Trauma, Attachment, and

PMTO. Invited keynote speech, State of Michigan PMTO Annual Conference;

Kalamazoo, MI. (200 attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, August). What about the parents? Trauma, Parents & Kids, and

Parenting. Webinar for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (80

attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, August). Supporting Parenting in Families Affected by Highly

Stressful and Traumatic Events. Invited presentation: Annual Conference on Early

Childhood Brain Development, White Earth, MN. (115 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, July). Trauma, kids, and families. Presentation to Child Success

NYC, New York, NY. (50 attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H., Flessert, H., & Nygaard, P. (2012, June). Developing a Statewide

Trauma-Informed Service System. Invited Presentation to National Child Welfare

Professionals, Minneapolis, MN. (20 attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, June). Protecting Their Future: Finding and Helping Stressed

Families. Ambit Network 2nd Annual Conference on Traumatic Stress in

Children, Minneapolis, MN. (850 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, May). The Impact of Early Adverse Experiences: Traumatic Stress

in Children and Families. Invited Presentation to the State of Minnesota

Governor’s Children’s Cabinet, St. Paul, MN (150 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H., & Shunkwiler, T. (2012, May). A Web-Enhanced Parenting Program for

Military families. National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Military Families

Webinar Series. (80 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H., (2012, May). A trauma-informed parenting program for highly-stressed

families: Parent Management Training-Oregon Model. Webinar for Child Welfare

League of America. (75 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, April). Supporting resilience in military families: After

Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools. Congressional Briefing to the House


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Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Reintegration Subcommittee, Syracuse, NY

Gewirtz, A.H., & Bray, C. (2012, April). Trauma and Youth. Ramsey County Attorney’s

Office & Minnesota Alliance on Crime Seminar on PTSD in the Criminal Justice

System, St. Paul, MN (120 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, March). Working with traumatized children in schools. Invited

presentation to the Special Education Directors’ Forum, MN Department of

Education, Roseville, MN. (130 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2012, March). Parenting and child outcomes for military families.

Webinar presentation for the Military Families Research Institute. (25 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. & Reckinger, D., (2012, March). Traumatic Stress in Children and

Families. Presentation to MN Department of Human Services Divisions of

Children’s Mental Health and Child Safety and Permanency. (65 attendees)

Gewirtz, A.H., Rains, L.A., & Forgatch, M.S. (2012, January). A course in the Oregon

model of parent management training. Four-day workshop for child welfare

providers in Wichita, KS. (40 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, December). Practical skills for working with military families.

Presentation to the Minnesota Association for Community Mental Health

Programs, Minneapolis, MN (30 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, December). Supporting parenting in families affected by highly

stressful and traumatic events. Presentation to the Minnesota Association for

Children’s Mental Health, St Paul, MN. (30 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, October). Impact of trauma on the developing child. Presentation to

MN Department of Human Services CABHS group, Roseville, MN. (10

attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H., & Reckinger, D. (2011, September). What is trauma-informed care?

Presentation to the Minnesota Association for Community Mental Health

Programs, Minneapolis, MN (30 attendees).

Gewirtz, A.H. (2011, September) After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools.

Presentation to the Men’s Club, Jewish Community Center, St Paul, MN.

Rains, L.A., Gewirtz, A.H., & Forgatch, M.S. (2011, June). A course in the Oregon

model of parent management training – workshop one. Four-day workshop for

child welfare and juvenile justice service providers in Detroit-Wayne County, MI

(11 attendees).

Gewirtz, A. (2011, May). Trauma and Children’s Mental Health. US Senate Briefing for

National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. United States Senate,

Washington, DC; http://www.apa.org/about/gr/pi/news/2011/childrens-

issues.aspx. (100 attendees)

Gewirtz, A. (2011, May). Examining parenting in military families – the After

Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) project. Invited presentation at

the University of Minnesota Rochester Connects (UMR Connects) Weekly

Lecture Series. (10 attendees)

Gewirtz, A., & Reckinger, D. (2011, March). Assessing and treating child trauma. In:

Reflective supervision for child welfare supervisors. Invited presentation for the

Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, University of Minnesota (50

attendees).


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Gewirtz, A., & Bidwell, L. (2010, November, and 2011, January). Parenting through

deployment. Workshop for Minnesota Army National Guard, Family Preparation

Academies, St. Paul, and Brainerd, MN (10 workshops, 400 attendees).

Gewirtz, A., & Cullerton-Sen, C. (2010, August). Parenting of school-aged children.

Workshop for Minnesota Army National Guard, Reintegration Training,

Bloomington, MN (60 attendees).

Gewirtz, A., & Forgatch, M.S. (2009, September). A course in the Oregon model of

parent management training – workshop five. Three-day workshop for child

welfare and juvenile justice service providers in Detroit-Wayne County, MI (11

attendees).

Orieny, P., Mohamed, J., & Gewirtz, A. (2009, June). Trauma, coping, and African

refugee families. Invited presentation for New Hampshire Child Trauma

consortium (55 attendees).

Gewirtz, A. (2009, June). The impact of trauma on immigrant families. Invited

presentation to human service professionals in Owatonna, MN, for Center for

Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, University of Minnesota (50 attendees).

Gewirtz, A., & Forgatch, M.S. (2009, May). A course in the Oregon model of parent

management training – workshop four. Three-day workshop for child welfare and

juvenile justice service providers in Detroit-Wayne County, MI (11 attendees).

Gewirtz, A., & Rains, L. (2009, February). Trauma-focused parent coaching Part 3.

Three-day workshop on Oregon model parent management training for

community providers serving immigrant and refugee traumatized families. (10

attendees).

Gewirtz, A., & Forgatch, M.S. (2009, January). A course in the Oregon model of parent

management training – workshop three. Three-day workshop for child welfare

and juvenile justice service providers in Detroit-Wayne County, MI (11

attendees).

Gewirtz, A., Gearity, A., Masten, A., Toro, P. (2008, October). Combining the best of

research and practice to meet the needs of homeless children. Invited panel

presentation for the Inaugural Visible Child Conference, Family Housing Fund,

St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN (150 attendees).

Gewirtz, A. (2008, October). Introduction to trauma-informed practice with children.

Half day workshop with 30 staff from the MN Department of Human Services’

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health (CABHS) Inpatient unit, Wilmar, MN.

Gewirtz, A., & Forgatch, M.S. (2008, September). A course in the Oregon model of

parent management training - workshop two. Five-day workshop for child welfare

and juvenile justice service providers in Detroit-Wayne County, MI (12

attendees).

Gewirtz, A., & Rains, L. (2008, September). Trauma-focused parent coaching Part 2.

Five-day workshop on Oregon model parent management training for community

providers serving immigrant and refugee traumatized families. (12 attendees).

Gewirtz, A., & Cullerton-Sen, C. (2008, August). Impact of trauma on families and

children. First in a series of trainings for Minneapolis School District social

workers, Minneapolis, MN. (110 attendees).


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Gewirtz, A., & Forgatch, M.S. (2008, July). A course in the Oregon model of parent

management training. Five-day workshop for child welfare and juvenile justice

service providers in Detroit-Wayne County, MI (12 attendees).

Gewirtz, A., & Rains, L. (2008, July). Trauma-focused parent coaching Part 1. Five-day

workshop on Oregon model parent management training for community providers

serving immigrant and refugee traumatized families. (12 attendees).

Gewirtz, A. (2008, April). Impact of disasters on children’s mental health and

development. Invited workshop presentation for Hennepin County/HCMC

Psychological Footprint of Disasters Conference, Earle Brown Conference

Center, Brooklyn Center, MN. (110 attendees).

Gewirtz, A. (2008, March). Embedding prevention in community settings: best and

promising practices. Invited plenary presentation. Safe Start Statewide

Conference, organized by San Diego County, San Diego, CA. (250 attendees).

Gewirtz, A. (2008, March). Parent coaching for families who have experienced domestic

violence. Invited workshop presentation. Safe Start Statewide Conference,

organized by San Diego County, San Diego, CA. (150 attendees).

Gewirtz, A. (2008, February). Impact of trauma on the developing child. Invited

presentation for Center for Excellence in Children’s Mental Health, University of

Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 900 attendees.

Gewirtz, A., & Edwall, G. (2007, October). Assessing trauma in children. Workshop

developed and presented at request of MN Department of Human Services,

Children’s Mental Health Division. Center for Continuing Education, University

of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. 400 attendees.

Gewirtz, A., & Gearity, A. (2007, September). The understanding and treatment of child

trauma. Pre-conference workshop for Annual Meeting of the Minnesota

Association of Community Mental Health Programs, Duluth, MN.

Gewirtz, A., & Avendano, M.J. (2007, February). The mental health needs of homeless

children. Invited to testify before the Minnesota State Legislature, St. Paul, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2006, December). Trauma and children’s mental health. Invited presentation

to Critical Incident Team, Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2006, May). University-community partnerships for homeless and formerly

homeless children and families. Invited presentation, Minnesota Early Childhood

Funders Network, St. Paul, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2006, May). Making children visible: ending the cycle of family

homelessness. Invited keynote speech for Family Housing Fund and St Paul-

Travelers Foundation. St Paul-Travelers, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Gewirtz, A. (2005, June). Meeting the needs of children exposed to violence. Invited

speaker. Annual meeting, Office of Justice Programs, MN Department of Public

Safety, Brainerd, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2005, May). Clinical interventions for children exposed to violence. Invited

presentation to Family and Children’s Services, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2005, March). Meeting the mental health needs of children and families

exposed to violence. Invited talk to State of MN Mental Health Advisory Council

and Children’s Mental Health Subcommittee.


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Gewirtz, A. (2004, August). Applying research to policy and practice for children

exposed to domestic violence. Invited speaker. Listening session on children and

the courts. Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2003, February). Effects of trauma on learning and development –

implications for school-based mental health professionals. Minneapolis Public

Schools, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (2002, July). Child development and exposure to domestic violence.

Advanced Family Advocacy Training, U.S. Army Medical Corps, San Antonio,

TX.

Gewirtz, A. (2001, October). The effects of exposure to violence on children.

Presentation to Mayor Richard F. Daley, Chicago Department of Public Health,

Chicago, IL.

Gewirtz, A., Szydlo, J., & Verrelli, S. (2000, November). Interventions for children

exposed to violence, and the child development-community policing model. Child

Witness to Violence Program, Children and Family Services, Cedar Rapids, IA.

Gewirtz, A. (2000, September). The effects of domestic abuse on children. Hennepin

County Attorney’s Office/ Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A., & Redding, P. (2000, July). Child development and children’s exposure to

violence. Upper Midwest Community Policing Consortium/ US Department of

Justice Office of Community-Oriented Policing, Minneapolis, MN.

Gewirtz, A. (1999, May). The Child Development-Community Policing Program. In M.

Moore (Chair). The relationship between early child development programs and

reducing youth violence. National Association of Attorneys General Presidential

Summit on Youth Violence and School Safety, Jackson, Mississippi.

Gewirtz, A, & Gossart-Walker, S. (1998, December). Issues facing HIV-affected children

and youth. Workshop presentation to Connecticut Department of Education,

Hamden, CT.

Gewirtz, A. (1998, November). Interventions that promote resilience among high-risk

children and adolescents”, workshop presentation: Working with the

Overwhelmed: Treatment strategies for clients with multiple needs. Mental Health

Association of Connecticut, Meriden, CT.

Gewirtz, A, & Gossart-Walker, S. (1998, July). Meeting the needs of HIV-affected

children. Connecticut Pediatric AIDS program: Meeting the Needs of HIV-

Affected Children, Yale Child Study Center.

Gewirtz, A. (1998, March). Resilience among high-risk children and adolescents. Paper

presented to Family Support Services, Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT.


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Outreach Publications

2016, September—Why Does the ‘Evidence’ in Evidence-Based Practice Matter? Blog

post for the National Children’s Alliance.

http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/blog/why-does-

%E2%80%98evidence%E2%80%99-evidence-based-practice-matter

2015, Winter – CEHD Connect, “Understanding how genes and environment interact.”

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. http://connect.cehd.umn.edu/how-

genes-and-environment-interact/ 2015, Fall – CEHD Connect, “Giving Matters: Race against time.” University of

Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

http://www.cehd.umn.edu/giving/matters/lindahl.html 2015, August – Consultant on “A Veteran’s Guide to Talking with Kids about PTSD,”

by M.D. Sherman, K. Straits-Troster, J. Larson, J. Gress-Smith.

http://www.mirecc.va.gov/VISN16/docs/Talking_with_Kids_about_PTSD.pdf 2015, Summer – Vision 2020 Blog, “Studying the Effects of Deployment on America’s

Military Women.” http://cehdvision2020.umn.edu/cehd-blog/effects-of-

deployment-military-women/ 2014, Winter – Minnesota Magazine. “University researchers play a lead role in the

burgeoning field of resilience science,” by Richard Broderick.

http://www.minnesotaalumni.org/s/1118/images/editor_documents/Minnesota%2

0PDFs/winter14/w14_resilience_2kax.pdf 2013, Winter – Child Welfare 360, Journal Guest Editor (with Chris Bray): Trauma-

informed practice in child welfare. Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare,

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2012, March - Supporting Positive Parenting among Families Experiencing

Homelessness, Report for APA Section on Child Maltreatment Newsletter.

2011, June - Development of a web-enhanced parenting program for reintegrating

National Guard and Reserve families: After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting

Tools/ADAPT. The Family Psychologist, APA Division 43 Newsletter.

2011, March – “Birth parent trauma” Fact sheet for Child Welfare Workers. National

Child Traumatic Stress Network.

2009, December – “Who are the Resilient Children in Family Supportive Housing?”

Report written for the Family Supportive Housing Center, St. Paul, MN.

2009, December – “Exposure to Violence Among Children in Family Supportive

Housing”. Report written for the Family Supportive Housing Center, St. Paul,

MN.

2009, October – “Supporting Children’s Potential and Resilience – Executive Summary.

A Community-University Partnership: Early Risers and the Supportive Housing

Provider Group.” Report written for the Family Supportive Housing Center, St.

Paul, MN.

2009, Winter – “Supporting the mental health needs of traumatized young children”.

Article for ‘Healthy Generations’, newsletter of the Program in Maternal Child

Health, University of Minnesota.

2009, October – Psychological First Aid for Homeless Families. Adaptation of

Psychological First Aid manual for shelter populations developed with Crystal

http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/blog/why-does-%E2%80%98evidence%E2%80%99-evidence-based-practice-matter

http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/blog/why-does-%E2%80%98evidence%E2%80%99-evidence-based-practice-matter


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Cullerton-Sen for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, available online

at: 66.104.246.25/ucla/PFA_Families_homelessness.pdf. Also translated into

Chinese.

2008, October – Complex trauma among homeless children and families. Brief developed

with Crystal Cullerton-Sen for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s

complex trauma working group, for distribution on www.nctsn.org.

2008, March – Core concepts in trauma: Late elementary aged case example – “The good

shepherd”. Developed for the National Center for Childhood Traumatic Stress to

introduce service providers to key concepts in childhood traumatic stress. 2007, December - Issue brief on “Children’s Exposure to Domestic Violence: What

should shelters know?” Developed for the US Department of Justice’s Safe Start

Initiative.

2007, August – Guidelines for Parents following the 35W Bridge Collapse. Available in

English, Spanish, and Somali; distributed by the National Child Traumatic Stress

Network. Available on www.nctsn.org.

Outreach - Miscellaneous Activities 2016, December 7th, Interviewed by Andy Steiner for MinnPost.com article,

“Center for Resilient Families will focus on boosting parenting skills,

confidence.” www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2016/12/center-

resilient-families-will-focus-boosting-parenting-skills-confi 2016, November 11th, Interviewed on KARE-11 television, “Talking to kids about the

mood of the country.” http://www.kare11.com/news/talking-to-your-kids-about-

the-mood-of-the-country/350996110

2016, October 30th, Interviewed for Star Tribune article by Beena Ranhavendran,

“Teachers across Minnesota grapple with teaching politics in an election year.”

http://www.startribune.com/teachers-across-minnesota-grapple-with-teaching-

politics-in-an-election-year/399112651/#1

2016, October 12th, Interviewed for Star Tribune article by Sharyn Jackson, “Minnesota

clowns distraught over ‘creepy clown’ craze.”

http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-clowns-distraught-over-creepy-clown-

craze/396219091/

2016, September 20th, Television interview for “Positive Parenting” with Luke

Spiegelhoff, Town Square Television.

2016, June 4th, Interviewed for St. Cloud Times article, “Child homelessness can have

long-term consequences.”

http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/homelesskids/2016/06/04/child-

homelessness-can-have-long-term-consequences/84902750/

2016, May 26th, Interviewed about ADAPT for Minnesota Military Radio:

http://minnesotamilitaryradiohour.com/20160710/.

2016, January 16th, Interviewed about ADAPT by Denny Gillem on Frontlines of

Freedom, a nationally syndicated radio program.

http://frontlinesoffreedom.com/2016/01/16/show-421-2nd-hour/

http://www.kare11.com/news/talking-to-your-kids-about-the-mood-of-the-country/350996110

http://www.kare11.com/news/talking-to-your-kids-about-the-mood-of-the-country/350996110

http://www.startribune.com/teachers-across-minnesota-grapple-with-teaching-politics-in-an-election-year/399112651/#1

http://www.startribune.com/teachers-across-minnesota-grapple-with-teaching-politics-in-an-election-year/399112651/#1

http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-clowns-distraught-over-creepy-clown-craze/396219091/

http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-clowns-distraught-over-creepy-clown-craze/396219091/

http://www.townsquare.tv/positiveparenting.cfm

http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/homelesskids/2016/06/04/child-homelessness-can-have-long-term-consequences/84902750/

http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/homelesskids/2016/06/04/child-homelessness-can-have-long-term-consequences/84902750/

http://minnesotamilitaryradiohour.com/20160710/




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2016, January 5th, Interviewed about ADAPT4U by Shelley Irwin on WGVU radio’s

Morning Show in Michigan.

http://cpa.ds.npr.org/wgvu/audio/2016/01/0105ADAPT4U.mp3

2014, August 15th, Interviewed for Star Tribune article, “Real horrors captured on video

intrigue teens,” http://www.startribune.com/pam-louwagie/10645326/

2014, July 6th, Interviewed for Star Tribune article, “St. Cloud police reach out to kids

scarred by trauma,”

http://www.startribune.com/st-cloud-police-reach-out-to-children-scarred-by-

trauma/265911841/

2013, December 21st, Interviewed for CBS local affiliate for story “U program helps

families reconnect after deployment”: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/tag/abigail-

gewirtz/

2013, July 16th Interviewed for KSTP TV on impact of trauma on children following

sentencing of a father convicted of the murder of his three children:

http://westernwisconsin.kstp.com/news/news/322492-expert-schaffhausen-might-

be-targeted-prison

2013, February, College of Education and Human Development blog –

http://cehdvision2020.umn.edu/cehd-blog/military-families/

2013, January, Interviewed for Minneapolis Star Tribune article about a Texas bill to give

military children leave for parents’ return from deployment,

http://www.startribune.com/local/186102381.html

2013, January, Interviewed for University of Minnesota College of Education and Human

Development CONNECT Magazine. Coming Home: Testing Parenting Tools for

Life After Deployment, http://www.cehd.umn.edu/Connect/PDFs/Connect-2013-

Winter.pdf

2012, December, Interviewed for CNN news story about returning veterans and the

ADAPT program,

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/21/us/iyw-welcome-home-not-

really/index.html?iref=allsearch

2012, July, Interviewed on Ruth Today radio show (in collaboration with NAMI

Minnesota) about Reframing Mental Illness: Recovery from Childhood Trauma.

http://www.ruthtoday.com/helpers/audioplay.php?app=40&item=139

2012, May, National Public Radio, All Things Considered story about ADAPT study,

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=153704967

2012, May, Interviewed for Minnesota Public Radio article about ADAPT study,

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/05/13/soldiers-families

2012, March, Interviewed for Minneapolis Star Tribune article (Mark Brunswick) about

the ADAPT study, http://www.startribune.com/local/145447805.html

2012, February 24th, Interviewed for Star Tribune article on Minnesota Guard

deployment to Iraq (Mark Brunswick), http://www.startribune.com/mark-

brunswick/10644526/

2012, February, Interviewed for Minneapolis Star Tribune article (Jeremy Olson) about

the ADAPT study, http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/138981984.html



http://www.startribune.com/pam-louwagie/10645326/

http://www.startribune.com/pam-louwagie/10645326/

http://www.startribune.com/st-cloud-police-reach-out-to-children-scarred-by-trauma/265911841/

http://www.startribune.com/st-cloud-police-reach-out-to-children-scarred-by-trauma/265911841/

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/tag/abigail-gewirtz/

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/tag/abigail-gewirtz/

http://westernwisconsin.kstp.com/news/news/322492-expert-schaffhausen-might-be-targeted-prison

http://westernwisconsin.kstp.com/news/news/322492-expert-schaffhausen-might-be-targeted-prison

http://cehdvision2020.umn.edu/cehd-blog/military-families/


http://www.cehd.umn.edu/Connect/PDFs/Connect-2013-Winter.pdf

http://www.cehd.umn.edu/Connect/PDFs/Connect-2013-Winter.pdf

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/21/us/iyw-welcome-home-not-really/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/21/us/iyw-welcome-home-not-really/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://www.ruthtoday.com/helpers/audioplay.php?app=40&item=139

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=153704967

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/05/13/soldiers-families


http://www.startribune.com/mark-brunswick/10644526/

http://www.startribune.com/mark-brunswick/10644526/

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/138981984.html


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2011, October, Interviewed for Minneapolis Star Tribune article (Mark Brunswick) about

National Guard upcoming deployment,


2011, July, Interviewed for Mom Enough Radio show about challenges of deployment

for families. http://momenough.com/2011/07/what-are-the-unique-challenges-

faced-by-children-and-families-when-a-parent-is-deployed-to-serve-in-our-

nation%E2%80%99s-current-conflicts

2011, May, Interviewed for Minneapolis Star Tribune article (Jeremy Olson) about the

ADAPT study, http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/wellness/122203229.html

2011, May, Interviewed for KSTP television story about ADAPT study,

http://maplewood-oakdale-northstpaul.kstp.com/news/news/new-research-u-m-

will-help-military-parents/77751

2011, April, Interviewed for MPR news story about the ADAPT study,

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/28/parenting-study

2011, March 30th, Interviewed on KARE-11 morning show about talking to children

about disasters.

http://archive.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=916907

2011, February 23rd, Interviewed for Star Tribune article, “Teens in military families

finally have voice,” (Kelly Smith), http://www.startribune.com/kelly-

smith/101372379/

2011, January 21st, Parenting Experts Weigh in on ‘Tiger Mom’. Interviewed for Los

Angeles Times article about Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/21/health/la-he-tiger-mother-parenting-

20110121/2

2008, Fall - Rebuilding Trust. Interview for Avenue Magazine, University of Minnesota.

2008, July 11 - Domestic dispute turns deadly. Interviewed about domestic violence and

its impact on children for Star Tribune article,


2008, May 3 - Children affected by parents’ behavior following trauma. Interviewed and

cited in Science Daily (May 3) and Eureka Science News (May 2);

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502104543.htm ;

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/05/02/children.affected.parents.behavior.fo

llowing.trauma

2007, Fall - Responding to traumatic events: Children in life-threatening circumstances.

Interview for Practice Notes, Issue #20: Center for Advanced Studies in Child

Welfare, University of Minnesota 2007, Oct 30- What to do with all that Halloween candy. Interview on KARE-11 News

2007, October – Interview about domestic violence on “Good enough moms” hosted by

Marti Erickson and Erin Erickson Garner; FM 107.1

2007, September – Minnesota Educator article on the work of the Minnesota Child

Response Center with regard to the 35W bridge collapse.

http://www.educationminnesota.org/index.cfm?PAGE_ID=1212

2007, May – Invited to participate in small roundtable discussion with Mike Leavitt,

Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Governor Tim Pawlenty, on

prevention of school violence; St. Paul, MN.


http://momenough.com/2011/07/what-are-the-unique-challenges-faced-by-children-and-families-when-a-parent-is-deployed-to-serve-in-our-nation%E2%80%99s-current-conflicts




http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/wellness/122203229.html

http://maplewood-oakdale-northstpaul.kstp.com/news/news/new-research-u-m-will-help-military-parents/77751

http://maplewood-oakdale-northstpaul.kstp.com/news/news/new-research-u-m-will-help-military-parents/77751

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/28/parenting-study



http://www.startribune.com/kelly-smith/101372379/

http://www.startribune.com/kelly-smith/101372379/

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/21/health/la-he-tiger-mother-parenting-20110121/2

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/21/health/la-he-tiger-mother-parenting-20110121/2


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502104543.htm

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/05/02/children.affected.parents.behavior.following.trauma

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/05/02/children.affected.parents.behavior.following.trauma

http://search.kare11.com/sp?eId=131&gcId=3695771&rNum=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kare11.com%2Fnews%2Fnews_article.aspx%3Fstoryid%3D268519&siteIdType=2

http://www.educationminnesota.org/index.cfm?PAGE_ID=1212


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2006, July – ‘Taking care of the children’ – about the work of the Child Development

Policing Program, posted by Vic Bloomfield, VP for Public Engagement,

University of Minnesota.

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/victor/publicengagement/2006/07/taking_care_of_the_chil

dren.html

2005, November - Twin Cities Public Television & Tubman Family Alliance co-

produced Family Matters: Breaking the Cycle Now, a 30-minute documentary

about the Minnesota Child Response Center’s Child Development Policing

Program (Aired in 2005 and 2006 on Channel 17).

2005, Apr 12, Red Lake Student Ordered to Appear Before Grand Jury. Interview on

KARE-11 News.

Consulting activities

2015- Parenting consultant to UNICEF/JIMAT Development, regarding

evaluation of parenting programs in Zimbabwe.

2010-2011 Parenting consultant for Aquafresh toothpaste (Glaxo Smith Kline) –

created web materials to assist parents in developing routines, teaching

new behaviors, setting limits, and problem-solving with children.

http://www.facebook.com/aquafresh?sk=app_169593113078179

http://www.aquafresh.com/Mom_Experts_DrAbi.aspx

2009-2012 Consultant, Implementation Sciences International. Provide training and

coaching to communities implementing Parent Management Training-

Oregon Model (New York, Kansas, Michigan)

2008-2009 Minnesota Department of Human Services. Consultation to State Operated

Services on the transition of DHS’ Child and Adolescent Behavioral

Services Inpatient unit in Wilmar, MN to a psychological trauma unit.

2008-2010 Minnesota Department of Human Services. Consulting on the

development of a plan to assist Waite House community center in

promoting recovery among children affected by the 35W bridge collapse

(52 children and counselors were on the school bus on the 35W bridge

during the collapse).

2008-2009 National Center for Child Traumatic Stress. Expert reviewer – Core

concepts and core components curriculum review.

2007-2010 Detroit-Wayne County Department of Human Services, MI., and

Implementation Sciences International. Research coordinator for Detroit-

Wayne County PMTO implementation, and training mentor (with Dr.

Marion Forgatch) for 14 mental health professionals and 12 child welfare

professionals completing an 18 month PMTO certification program.

2006-2007 US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention. Training and technical assistance consultant to Safe Start

program on implementation of evidence-based practices in shelter and

housing settings.

2005-2007 Minneapolis Public Schools. Consultant to Safe Schools Healthy Students

grant (U. S. Dept. of Education) and Robert Wood Johnson Caring Across

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/victor/publicengagement/2006/07/taking_care_of_the_children.html

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/victor/publicengagement/2006/07/taking_care_of_the_children.html

http://search.kare11.com/sp?eId=100&gcId=3695771&rNum=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kare11.com%2Fnews%2Fnews_article.aspx%3Fstoryid%3D78401&siteIdType=2

http://www.facebook.com/aquafresh?sk=app_169593113078179

http://www.aquafresh.com/Mom_Experts_DrAbi.aspx


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Communities project. Training technical assistance on implementing

trauma-informed evidence-based practice for refugee students.

2004- Family Housing Fund, Minneapolis, MN. Created and coordinated a

comprehensive curriculum for supportive housing providers on child and

family mental health, trauma, and children’s healthy development.

2000-2005 Tubman Family Alliance. Research Director: Oversaw evaluation

activities for all programs.

2000-2002 Resource consultant, National Center for Children Exposed to Violence,

Yale University Child Study Center.

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