Tenets Facilitators
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Ayannakai Nalo
LCSW
Carmen Rosa Noroña
LCSW, MSEd, CEIS
Cecilia Reus
MA
Kadija Johnston
LCSW
Kandace Thomas
MPP, PhD
Karen Frankel
PhD
Lynette Aytch
PsyD
Maria St John
PhD, MFT
Nucha Isarowong
PhD, LCSW
Teya Dahle
MSW, LICSW, IMH-E®IV-C
Staff
Tonia Spence
MSEd, MSW
Irving Harris Foundation
FaKelia
Guyton
PhD
Irving Harris Foundation
Gregory Tate
BA
Irving Harris Foundation
In Memory
Rebecca
Shahmoon-Shanok
LCSW-R, PhD
1943-2020
We are honored to have known Rebecca as an Advisory Council member, Tenets Workshop Facilitator and dear friend.
Her life and work will continue to guide, root and inspire us.
With deep breaths, we hold Rebecca in our hearts.
The Tenets were initially developed by:
Victor Bernstein, PhD
Family Support Program
The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
Karen Frankel, PhD
Irving Harris Program in Child Development and Infant Mental Health
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD
Child Trauma Research Program
University of California San Francisco
Linda Gilkerson, PhD
Irving B. Harris Infant Mental Health Certificate Program
Erikson Institute
Mary Claire Heffron, PhD
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Anne Hogan, PhD
Harris Infant Mental Health Training Institute
Florida State University Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy
Carmen Rosa Noroña, MSW, MSEd, CEIS
Child Witness to Violence Project
Boston Medical Center
Joy D. Osofsky, PhD
Harris Program for Infant Mental Health
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Rebecca Shahmoon-Shanok, LCSW-R, PhD
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services
Maria Seymour St. John, PhD, MFT
Infant-Parent Program
University of California San Francisco
Alison Steier, PhD
Harris Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Training Institute
Southwest Human Development
Kandace Thomas, MPP
Irving Harris Foundation
Other Contributors:
Nicola Brown
KOKORO
Sonja Okun
Root Cause
We are grateful to the following artists whose work is featured on this website and our materials:
Melisa Cardona, Photographer
New Orleans, LA
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Maria Galivez, Muralist
San Francisco, CA
Matt Parker, Photographer
Boston, MA
Ojos Nebulosos, Photographer
New York, NY
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