Schizophrenia Expert Witnesses in New Jersey

This highly qualified expert has 22 years of experience in Child Protective Services, Mental Health, & Addiction. She earned a PhD from Rutgers University and has a broad array of expertise including Child Welfare, Behavioral Health, Diversity issues, Institutional, and Evaluation services. She is a professor at a PA University, the Executive Directorof a social services nonprofit organization that provides mental health and substance abuse evaluations as well as training, consultation, and therapy, and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. This expert is a member of several professional organizations including the National Association of Social Workers, Council on Social Work Education, Society for Social Work and Research, and National Network of Social Work Managers. In her former position as Investigator and Social Worker for the CT Department of Children and Families, this expert's focus was children in the foster care system. She trained city school districts on when to make a child abuse report and trained social worker trainees regarding child protective services and assessing risk and safety.

This well-credentialed expert is a licensed psychologist in New York and New Jersey, as well as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in New York. He earned his B.A. in Psychology from Adelphi University, his M.A. in Clinical Psychology, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing his Ph.D., the expert began his career working at the Catholic Charities foster care and group home agency in Brooklyn. He later directed a large mental health system in Oklahoma and then served as the Clinical Director of a large county mental health clinic upon returning to New York. The expert is active in New York and New Jersey as a forensic psychologist, providing testing and assessment of patients including psychological diagnosis, child abuse/neglect assessments, and alcohol/substance abuse assessments.

This highly-qualified applied behavior analysis expert has 20 years of experience in her field, specializing in autism, developmental disabilities, and early intervention. She earned her BA in clinical psychology from Lock Haven University and her MA in applied behavior analysis from Penn State University. She is a board-certified behavior analyst and certified as a Competent Learner Model coach. This expert is active in her field as a member of the Association for Professional Behavior Analysis and as an author of several peer-reviewed publications. She formerly served as a behavior analyst for Keystone Human Services, a clinical adjunct of psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine, and the clinical director, chief clinical officer, and CEO of Vista Autism Service & The Vista School. Currently, this expert owns a private practice and serves as an ABA business and clinical consultant.

This certified clinical psychologist is a fellow of such prestigious professional societies as the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, and has been fellowship trained at among the top institutions for psychiatry in the country. He is published in his field, and practices both in a hospital setting and in private practice.

This expert has been practicing for over 40 years and has experience in both hospital and ambulatory care settings. A Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Specialist, she has been honored as a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. A Former President of the Greater New York Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, she is a reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Nursing, the Journal of Pediatric Health Care, as well as The American Journal for Nurse Practitioners. The recipient of awards such as Nurse Practitioner of the Year by the Nurse Practitioner Association of Long Island and the Nelms-Miller Editorial Award by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, she is involved in research to improve the health care outcomes for children and has been awarded thousands of dollars in grants. Currently, this expert is a Clinical Professor at a major college of nursing, where she is also the Coordinator of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program and she practices as a pediatric nurse practitioner in a pediatric ambulatory care setting for at-risk infants, children, adolescents, and young adults as part of her faculty practice.

As a Residence Case Manager for a major Cerebral Palsy corporation, this expert supervised staff at two residential locations and managed the cases for up to 12 consumers, preparing all program documentation for consumers based on Residential Habilitation Plans and Office for People With Developmental Disabilities regulations Currently, and since January 2010, this expert is a Director at United Cerebral Palsy, wherein she is the administrator of a 22-bed Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled. She supervises a staff of 75, which includes direct care workers, management, clinical, physicians, and nursing staff. She is responsible for the training of all staff, she develops policies and procedures for all systems, and she is also in charge of all Incident Management.