Evaluation of a Collaborative Community-Based Child Maltreatment Prevention Initiative.

Katie Rosanbalm is trained as a child clinical and quantitative psychologist. Her work focuses on program implementation and evaluation in the areas of early care and education, self-regulation development, child welfare, and trauma-sensitive schools. She has conducted longitudinal evaluations of child welfare reform, early childhood Systems of Care, and prevention/intervention programs for mental health and education.

Rosanbalm currently leads implementation and evaluation for two trauma-informed programs in NC:

• ITTI Care, a multi-level professional development framework for the early care and education (ECE) workforce that promotes workforce wellness and trauma-informed practices, prioritizing co-regulation and early relational health. 

• Resilience and Learning, a partnership with the Public School Forum of NC to deploy a “whole child, whole school” framework that equips and supports North Carolina schools/districts in creating trauma-informed learning environments through specialized training and technical assistance.

Rosanbalm has co-authored a series of white papers and briefs on self-regulation development from birth through early adulthood. Links to tip sheets for the early childhood workforce are provided below.

Tip Sheets on Supporting the Development of Self-Regulation in Young Children

Co-authored by Katie Rosanbalm for the Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

• Tips for Promoting Self-Regulation when Working with Infants
• Tips for Promoting Self-Regulation when Working with Toddlers
• Tips for Promoting Self-Regulation when Working with Preschoolers
• Tips for Promoting Self-Regulation when Working with Young Children in Home Settings

• Child Maltreatment Prevention
• Self-Regulation/Co-Regulation
• Trauma-Informed Schools
• Program Evaluation
• Early Care and Education

Kenneth A. Dodge is the William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. He is also the founding and past director of the Center for Child and Family Policy, as well as the founder of Family Connects International. 

Dodge is a leading scholar in the development and prevention of aggressive and violent behaviors. His work provides a model for understanding how some young children grow up to engage in aggression and violence and provides a framework for intervening early to prevent the costly consequences of violence for children and their communities.

Dodge joined the faculty of the Sanford School of Public Policy in September 1998. He is trained as a clinical and developmental psychologist, having earned his B.A. in psychology at Northwestern University in 1975 and his Ph.D. in psychology at Duke University in 1978. Prior to joining Duke, Dodge served on the faculty at Indiana University, the University of Colorado, and Vanderbilt University.

Dodge's research has resulted in the Family Connects Program, an evidence-based, population health approach to supporting families of newborn infants. Piloted in Durham, NC, and formerly known as Durham Connects, the program attempts to reach all families giving birth in a community to assess family needs, intervene where needed, and connect families to tailored community resources. Randomized trials indicate the program's success in improving family connections to the community, reducing maternal depression and anxiety, and preventing child abuse. The model is currently expanding to many communities across the U.S.

Dodge has published more than 500 scientific articles which have been cited more than 120,000 times.

Elected into the National Academy of Medicine in 2015, Dodge has received many honors and awards, including the following:

• President (Elected), Society for Research in Child Development
• Fellow, Society for Prevention Research
• Distinguished Scientist, Child Mind Institute
• Research Scientist Award from the National Institutes of Health
• Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution from the American Psychological Association
• J.P. Scott Award for Lifetime Contribution to Aggression Research from the International Society for Research on Aggression
• Science to Practice Award from the Society for Prevention Research
• Inaugural recipient of the “Public Service Matters” Award from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration
• Inaugural recipient of the Presidential Citation Award for Excellence in Research from the Society for Research on Adolescence

Karen Appleyard Carmody, PhD, serves as a Co-Director of the Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS). She is a licensed psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences as well as the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Her clinical and research expertise is in infant mental health, child-parent attachment, early childhood trauma and maltreatment, and evidence-based practices to address these issues. Prior to serving at the national level, she served the Durham and NC communities for 13+ years at the Center for Child & Family Health, where she served as the Director of Early Childhood Prevention Programs. In this role, she directed three evidence-based home visiting programs serving over 1,000 families per year supported by local, state, and federal funding, and managed two federal SAMHSA grants enhance Durham's early childhood system of care and support statewide early childhood mental health workforce development. She has significant experience providing trauma treatment to children and families. Additionally, Dr. Appleyard Carmody conducted program evaluation and dissemination projects for evidence-based practices for young children who have experienced trauma and early adversity, including Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Dr. Appleyard Carmody also is engaged at the state and national level, including he Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative research council, as well as past roles as President of the North Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association Board of Directors and the American Psychological Association's Division 37 Section on Child Maltreatment Board.