Childhood Maltreatment

About Authors

Christine Wekerle, PhD, is Associate Professor of Education, Psychology, and Psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario, (UWO). She is also a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children at UWO. Dr. Wekerle has conducted research over the past decade in the areas of child welfare, childhood maltreatment, the overlap between substance abuse and relationship violence, and violence prevention. She recently received a mid-career award to further research on adolescent healthy functioning and violence prevention among child protective services clients (Ontario Women’s Health Council/ CIHR Institute of Gender and Health).

Alex L. Miller, PsyD, is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and is currently Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences; Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychology; Director of Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program; Director of Clinical Services at PS 8 School-Based Mental Health Program at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Dr. Miller has spent the last decade heading a clinical-research team and training therapists internationally in the adaptation of dialectical behavior therapy for suicidal, self-injurious, and maltreated adolescents.

David A. Wolf, PhD, is the first recipient of the RBC Investments Chair in Developmental Psychopathology and Children’s Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and past president of Division 37 (Child, Youth, and Family Services). Dr. Wolfe has broad research and clinical interests in abnormal child and adolescent psychology, with a special focus on child abuse, domestic violence, and developmental psychopathology. He has authored numerous articles on these topics, especially in relation to the impact of early childhood trauma on later development in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. He recently received the Outstanding Career Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and the John Dewan Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation.

Carrie B. Spindel, PsyD, received her BSc from Cornell University and her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Ferkauf School of Psychology, Yeshiva University. Dr. Spindel has expertise in the cognitive and behavioral treatment of maltreated children and adolescents. In 2004, she was granted the Distinguished Student Practice Award for Division 12 of the American Psychological Association. She is currently a post doctoral fellow at the Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants of Westchester in White Plains, NY.