The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghousetest.org/

Scientific Panel

Our national Scientific Panel is comprised of five core members who are nationally recognized as leaders in child welfare research and practice, and who are knowledgeable about what constitutes best practice/evidence-based practice. The Panel will assist in identifying relevant practices and research and provide guidance on the scientific integrity of the CEBC products.

Role of the Scientific Panel

  • Assist with identifying relevant practices and research for programs within the selected topic areas that have known evidence or are commonly utilized in California.
  • Provide recommendations for Topic Experts once topic areas have been selected.
  • Provide guidance on the scientific integrity of the CEBC products.
  • Ensure the CEBC remains up-to-date on the latest emerging evidence and literature.

Scientific Director -
John Landsverk, Ph.D.
Director, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center,Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

Scientific Panel -

Topic Experts

One Topic Expert is chosen for each topic Area that appears on the CEBC website.

Role of the Topic Experts

  • Assist the CEBC team in identifying programs and practices that have known evidence in their area of expertise, or programs that are commonly used in California with or without evidence.
  • Rate each program that has been identified and reviewed on both the Scientific Rating and Relevance to Child Welfare Scales.

Click the topic area below to obtain information about the Topic Experts.

Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence(both types of D/IPV programs)

Jeffrey L. Edelson, Ph.D., Professor, University of Minnesota School of Social Work and Director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jedleson/, St. Paul, MN

Interventions for Neglect

Mark Chaffin, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Motivation and Engagement

Mark Chaffin, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Parent Training

Richard P. Barth, Ph.D., Frank A. Daniels Distinguished Professor, Dean, School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Placement Stabilization

Sonya Leathers, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Services Admin, Chicago, IL
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/facultystaff/leathers.html

Prevention(Secondary)

Deborah Daro, Ph.D., Research Associate/Associate Professor, Chapin Hall Center for Children,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
http://www.about.chapinhall.org/research/research.lasso

Reunification

Anthony Maluccio, Professor (Emeritus) DSW, Boston College - Graduate School of Social Work, Boston, MA

Substance Abuse (Parental)

Nancy Young Ph.D., Director, National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA

Supervised Visitation

Peg Hess, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus), Social Work, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana

Trauma Treatment for Children

Benjamin E. Saunders, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Family and Child Program, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Youth Transitioning to Adulthood

Curtis McMillen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO


Prior Scientific Panel Members -

  • 2005-2006 Mark Courtney, Ph.D., Director, Chapin Hall for Children; Associate Professor-School of Social Service, University of Chicago