Child Abuse

Dr. Wolfe holds the inaugural RBC Chair in Children's Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and heads the CAMH Centre for Prevention Science. He is also Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Toronto. Since 2007 he has served as Editor-in-Chief of Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, past President of Division 37 (Child, Youth, and Family Services), and received a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He has provided extensive assessment and consultation to child protective services, schools, and the court with respect to issues of child abuse and violence. Dr. Peters is a Professor of Psychology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He has been involved in the field of child development and children's mental health research for over 35 years. His major research interests concern the promotion of children's well-being and the prevention of children's mental health problems. As Research Director for the Better Beginnings, Better Futures Project, he heads a multidisciplinaryJanuary 24, 2008iversities, and local research teams in disadvantaged neighbourhoods across Ontario. The focus of this research is evaluating community-based programs which influence the development of young children and their families. Dr. Peters has been a Visiting Scientist at the Mental Health Division of the World Health Organization in Geneva, and the Social Learning Center in Eugene, OR. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Banff International Conference on Behavioural Science since 1981, and chaired the March 2003 meetings on "Effective Progress for Early Childhood Development." He has also served as a member of the Expert Advisory Committee for the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, and is a member of the Directing Counsel for the Health Canada Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development.

Prevention and treatment of child physical abuse: marital conflict, abuse and adversity in the family and child adjustment - a developmental psychopathology perspective, E. Mark Cummings; child physical abuse - review of offender characteristics, Joel S. Milner and Cynthia Dopke; children and adolescents who witness violence - new directions in intervention and prevention, Marlies Sudermann and Peter Jaffe; a cognitive behavioural approach to understanding and treating parents who physically abuse their children, Sandra T. Azar; interrupting the cycle of violence - empowering youth to promote healthy relationships, David A. Wolfe et al; the prenatal early infancy project - preventing child abuse and neglect in the context of promoting maternal and child health, David Olds. Prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse: treatment outcome with sexual abuse, Lucy Berliner; critical issues in the intensive treatment of adults abused as children, John Briere; psychotherapy with sexually abused boys, William Friedrich; the emergence of sexual abuse treatment models within first nations communities, Edward A. Connors; preparing child victims of sexual abuse for courtroom testimony, Louise Sas.