Peter Sheras How Safe are Our Children?: School
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Senate Speakers Bureau Law Student Advocacy for Children ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About the speakers Professor Sheras' work with adolescents,
couples and families includes service as a co-coordinator
of the Charlottesville/Albemarle School Crisis Network and
as a member of the Phi Delta Kappa National Task Force on
Adolescent Suicide. He served on the national expert panel
that produced Early Warning: A Timely Response for the U.S.
Department of Education and was a consultant to the American
Psychological Association's joint effort with MTV to produce
the Warning Signs Television program which aired in April,
1999. Dr. Sheras is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and
counsels and lectures in the area of parenting adolescent
children. Dr. Sheras is the Past-President of the Virginia Psychological Association and Past-President of the Virginia Psychological Foundation. He is an Advocacy Consultant to the American Psychological Association. He has been a member of the Virginia State Department of Education Task Force on Crime and Violence in School Settings, and is the Central Virginia Regional Coordinator of the joint program for disaster relief of the American Psychological Association and the American Red Cross. He is the author of books and articles on adolescent behavior, youth violence, and clinical psychology, and co-author of the Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents. Dr. Sheras is responsible for the project's educational programs for schools, agencies, and communities to aid in addressing youth violence. He works with many schools systems on crisis response and prevention. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Speaker News Read about this speaker in the news View news stories about topics related to this speaker's research and teaching |