Children's Resilience in the Face of Trauma (continued)

About the Authors

Marylene Cloitre, Ph.D. is the Cathy and Stephen Graham Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Institute for Trauma and Stress at the NYU Child Study Center. Dr. Cloitre provides consultation and treatment to adolescents and adults exposed to a variety of adverse life circumstances such as childhood abuse, parental loss, and domestic violence. She has received several research awards and published widely on the topic of traumatic stress.

Nicole Anne Morin, MA is the assessment coordinator at the NYU Child Study Center for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Her research interests include positive psychology, child maltreatment, and assessment of trauma.

L. Oriana Linares, Ph.D. is a developmental psychologist and Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Child Study Center. She has conducted studies of community violence among preschoolers residing in high crime neighborhoods and of maltreated children entering foster placement.

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