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Mark Chaffin
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Counselor for Press and Culture Ed Kulakowski is pleased to announce a presentation by Mark Chaffin as part of our America Presents program on October 24 (Monday) at 3:00 p.m. at the American Embassy in Warsaw. The presentation is titled: “Developing better services for preventing child abuse and juvenile delinquency.”
Dr. Chaffin is Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is research director within the Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and for the OUHSC Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.
Dr. Chaffin’s main areas of research center around child abuse and neglect and delinquency intervention and service systems, particularly the development and implementation of evidence-based prevention and treatment approaches within public sector service systems. His research is supported by the National Institutes for Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Current studies by Dr. Chaffin include testing new treatments for preventing child maltreatment recidivism among families in the child welfare system, examining different approaches to implementing models in large statewide children’s services systems, testing interventions designed to reduce delinquent behavior, and studying long-term service outcomes. Dr. Chaffin has served as Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Child Maltreatment, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. In addition to his research work, he has remained actively involved in delivering clinical services and clinical supervision at OUHSC.
RSVP: Please let us know by October 21 if you will attend.
E-mail: AmericaPresents@state.gov.
Phone: 504-2395.
Please enter at Piękna entrance at between 2:45-2:55 October 24.
We hope to see you all there!
America Presents Coordinator.
U.S. Embassy web site: http://warsaw.usembassy.gov
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