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Project ABC - About Building Connections
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Project ABC:
About Building Connections for Young Children and Families 
The SAMHSA funded Project ABC will provide comprehensive, family-centered, culturally competent mental health services to young children, ages birth to five, and their families. These children are either already in the child welfare system or at risk of entry, have a serious emotional or behavioral problem, and live in an underserved geographical area of Los Angeles County that receives over 5600 child abuse and neglect referrals of children ages birth to five annually.
Approximately 500 young children and families will be enrolled during the six-year period of performance. In addition to providing core mental health services, the project will identify and coordinate a broad palette of community-based services; develop a social marketing campaign; provide training and workforce development related to delivery of services to birth to five year olds; and participate in local and national evaluation efforts.
Strength-based, individualized service plans will be developed in collaboration with families by the interagency Care Team, including:
-- Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
-- Department of Child and Family Services
-- Children’s Institute Inc.
-- Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Interagency collaboration, increased community capacity, policy development, and advocacy for system change are critical components of this interagency project.
Key Program Staff
Principal Investigator: William Arroyo, MD, LAC Department of Mental Health
Co-Principal Investigators: Marie Kanne Poulsen, PhD (USC Keck School of Medicine & Childrens Hospital LA) & Mary Emmons, M.A. (Children’s Institute, Inc.)
Project Director: Karen Moran Finello, PhD (USC Keck School of Medicine & CHLA) kfinello@chla.usc.edu
Clinical Directors: Steve Ambrose, PhD (CII) & Nancy Ezra, PhD (CHLA)
Training: Cary Kreutzer, MPH, RD (CHLA), Maureen Maki (CHLA)
Evaluators: Ferol Mennen, PhD & Tara Rose, PhD (USC School of Social Work)
Key Family Contacts: Fran Goldfarb, MA (CHLA) & Gabriella de Gaudio Ochoa (CII)
Social Marketing: Kimberley Clayton Blaine (CII)
Project Offices
155 N. Occidental Blvd.
Suite 245 & 246 Los Angeles, CA 90026
Phone: 213-383-5992
Fax: 213-383-5963
E-mail: mmaki@chla.usc.edu
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Previous Trainings
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- June 20, 2008
"Infants and Toddlers in Foster Care: Issues and Considerations for Development, Attachment, Assessment, and Treatment"
Valerie Wajda-Johnston, PhD
Registration Form
- May 16, 2008
"The Impact of Migration: Working with Latino Immigrant Families"
Chela Rios Munoz, LCSW and Margie Gutierrez-Padilla, LCSW
Registration Form
- April 28, 2008
"Autism Spectrum Disorders in Young Children: Risk Factors, Diagnostic Indicators, and Early Intervention"
Ann Mastergeorge, PhD
Registration Form
- March 31, 2008
"Multi-Cultural Fatherhood Treatment Group"
Hershel K. Swinger, PhD
Registration Form
- January 28, 2008
"Parents are their children's first relationship: But what does this mean?"
Donna R. Weston, PhD
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- December 7, 2007
"Medical-Legal Aspects and the Medical Evaluation and Assessment"
Karen Kay Imagawa, MD
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- October 30, 2007
"Child-Parent Psychotherapy"
Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD
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- July 20, 2007
"Screening Techniques for Children"
Ann Mastergeorge, PhD
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- June 29, 2007 - SOLD OUT
"Occupational Therapy Strategies for Children Birth to Five Years"
Alice Kibele, PhD, OTR/L
Please click here to download registration form:
Registration Form
- May 18, 2007
“Fussy Babies”
Linda Gilkerson, PhD
Please click here to download the registration form:
Registration Form
- April 16, 2007
“Infusing Mental Health Services into Early Education Programs: Community Examples & Strategies”
Irit Bar-Netzer, PsyD & Debra Hayes, LCSW
Please click here to download the registration form:
Registration Form
- March 30, 2007 - SOLD OUT
“Developmental Milestones: Using Axis V of the DC:0-3R as a Treatment Roadmap”
Mona Delahooke, PhD
Registration Form
- January 29, 2007 – SOLD OUT
“Reflective Supervision and Consultation: Creating the Capacity for Authenticity and Connection”
Deborah Weatherston, PhD and Bill Schafer, PhD
Registration Form
To register for a training or for questions about training,
please call 213-383-5992 or email mmaki@chla.usc.edu.
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Announcements
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Related Links
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Project Specifics
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Targeted Population:
Children Birth - 5 and their families
Program Type: Program/Policy Development & Advocacy
Funding Source: SAMHSA
Project Period: 2005 - 2011
Project Director: Karen Finello
Project Coordinator: Maureen Maki
Phone: 213-383-5992
E-mail: mmaki@chla.usc.edu
Website: www.projectabc-la.org
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