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CURRICULUM VITAE
Thomas F. Carr, M.A., LMFT, LMHC Specialist in the fields of Child
Development, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Child Welfare. Previously qualified
as an expert witness in diverse areas including (but not limited to) "Child
Abuse and Neglect", "Child Welfare", "Sexual Abuse", "Home Studies" , "Safety
Planning", "Permanent Planning", and
"Provision of Services to Children and Families" Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Licensed Mental Health Counselor …. Fellow of the Board Certified in
Professional Counseling by the American Psychotherapy Association Conducting assessments and evaluations on
parents and children. Assisting the Court in investigations and evaluations for a spectrum of cultures, including extensive work with Cambodian and Vietnamese families. Facilitator for visitation in domestic relations cases. Conducted home studies for the Court's consideration of placement of children, in more than twenty states, Canada, United Kingdom & Puerto Rico. Professionally assisting in "Pastoral Responses” utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, to the issue of sexual abuse in the church and other institutional settings. Individual work with victims and juvenile sex offenders. Marriage and Family Therapist primarily working with families with young adults and children. Work as Investigator, clinician, Case Manager, and Guardian ad Litem on Munchausen by Proxy cases. Child & Youth Behavioral/Military & Family Life Consultant Providing training is numerous public and professional forums. Certified trainer for the Massachusetts
Commission Against Discrimination [MCAD]. WORKSHOPS / PRESENTATIONS 7th European Congress of Community
Psychology
Clergy Sexual Abuse:
What brought the Legal System, Mental Health and Religion Together? Paris
(2009) Juvenile Bar Association,
Evaluations and Evaluators, Treatment
and Therapists; Figuring it All Out Eighth Annual Congress of the
International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services
[IAFMHS]; The Juvenile Court: The
Undiagnosed High Functioning Asperger’s Child; The Dilemma The Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia
Comunitária II International
Conference on Community Psychology
Safety Planning for Abused Children: Using a Multidisciplinary Approach
Third Annual National Conference on Child
Abuse and Neglect “Cultural Competence and Child Maltreatment: Theories and
Application.”
Equal Justice; Eliminating the Barriers for Culturally Diverse Families before
the Court The International Society for Prevention
of Child Abuse and Neglect [ISPCAN]
XIth European Conference,[1] Clergy
Sexual Abuse: What we can learn from survivors and family members & [2]
The Power of Smell
as a Trigger to Traumatic Memory & [3]
Treating Sexual Abuse : Using Time as a Context
& [4]
Working with the Alleged Perpetrator and the Intervention Model that does not
Consider that a Sexual Abuse Allegation Could Be False
Lorman Educational Services Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse” The
51a and B Process from Reporting to Appeal in Approved by American Psychological Association for 6 CEU’s The International Society for Prevention
of Child Abuse and Neglect [ISPCAN]
Xth European Conference, [1] Mandatory
Reporting; the Therapist’s Dilemma, & [2] Effectively Dealing With a
Crisis in the Residential or Foster Care Setting: Danger and & [3] Children in Foster Care: How are Medical, Pharmacological and
Specialized Education Decisions & [4] Avoiding Child Abuse in Your Organization: Safely Utilizing
Volunteers and Staff
International Conference on Family
Therapy [1]
Child Abuse: the Role of the Family Therapist
Colloquium of the American Professional
Society on the Abuse of Children
[APSAC] [1] Visitation in Dependency
Cases: Danger & Opportunity & [2] Professionally Assisting in
a “Pastoral Response” to the Issue of Sexual Abuse in the Church
6th National Child Welfare
Symposium Safety Planning for Children in Court
Involved Cases: Using a Multidisciplinary Approach XIV IFTA World Family Therapy Congress
[1] Effectively Dealing with a
Crisis in the Institutional Setting; Danger and Opportunity&
[2]
Clergy Sexual Abuse
& [2] Why we need a
Multidisciplinary approach in dealing with Munchausen’s by Proxy,
5th National Congress of the British
Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
[BASPCAN] Utilizing Proven Child Welfare
Methods in Dealing with Clergy Sexual Abuse: A York, England (2003) 20th Annual Conference on the National
Organization of Forensic Social Work; Visitation in Dependency Cases
22nd Annual National CASA
(Court Appointed Special Advocates)
Conference, [1] Ethnicity and Community:
Eliminating the Barriers [2]
Advocating for Effective Interventions in Cases Involving Unusual Forms of
Child Abuse & [3] Non-Traditional
Family? OK Placement
Community Teamwork Third Annual Division of Child and Family Services,
Professional Development Day'
Communicating With Difficult Clients,
VIIth
EUSARF CONGRESS [1]
Effectively Dealing With a Crisis in the Residential or Foster Care
Setting: Danger and [2]
Issues in Parent and Sibling Visitation in Residential and Foster Care
Setting
The Crisis of Parent-Child Visitation…
Danger and
& [2] Why We Need a
Multidisciplinary Approach in dealing with Munchausen’s by Proxy Danvers, Massachusetts
(2001)
I Never Sang for my Father (or my Child) Lost & Found Paternity,
Medicating Children: Child and Adolescent
Psychopharmacology Boston, Massachusetts (2000) Safety Planning for Children in Domestic Violence Cases: Using a
Multi-Disciplinary Approach
26th National Conference on Juvenile
Justice [NCJCC]; So you Want to Do a Presentation?
Pre-Conference Seminar Minneapolis, Minnesota
(1999)
* Co-CHAIRPERSON/Conference
Organizer [1] The Investigation of Sexual
Abuse: Patterns, Controversies, Motives and other considerations [2] Munchausen’s (Syndrome) By
Proxy: The Black Hole of Investigations
[1] Being Prepared to Testify
[2] Expediting National and
International Home Studies [3] Sexual Abuse and the
Church; Professionally Assisting a' Pastoral Response
Boston, Massachusetts
(1996) * Co-CHAIRPERSON Boston, Massachusetts
(1995) Juvenile Bar Association Being an Informed Consumer of Court
Investigations and Other Clinical Reports Sturbridge,
Massachusetts (1995) Court Investigators in Care and
Protections Northampton Massachusetts
(1994)
Sexual Abuse and the Church; Professionally Assisting a 'Pastoral
Response’ Court Investigators in Care and
Protections Obtaining Data from Collaterals &
Cultural Issues * Co- CHAIRPERSON [1] Psychological Effects of
Multiple Placements on Children [2] HIV Infection:
Implications for Permanency Planning
Conference
Forum: Sexual Abuse
The International Conference on Pediatric
Social Work
Individual
work with the drug or alcohol involved adolescent
Clinical Issues and Legal Aspects of Working
with the Sexually Abused Child
National Association of Social Workers
Professional Symposium
The Initial Interview and Treatment of the
Sexually Abused Child; Clinical Issues and Legal Aspects
[1] The Problem of Missing
Children and What Can Be Done [2]Talking
to the Sexually Abused or Molested Child Down's Syndrome Congress Convention, Respite Care Services for Special Needs
Children and Their Families
[1]
Child Abuse in Divorce Cases, Parent Against Parent or Parent Against
Child [2] Superkids: the Invulnerables International Congress on Child Abuse and
Neglect Residential Schools, Solving the Problem
or Getting Rid of It ` Intensive Cultural Courses Ethnicity & Portuguese Families,
34 Credit Hour Workshop approved for Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors,
and Marriage & Family Therapists. Ethnicity & German Families,
31 Credit Hour Workshop approved for Social Workers Ethnicity & Turkish Families,
27.5 Credit Hour Workshop approved for Social Workers, and Marriage & Family
Therapists. Ethnicity & Norwegian Families,
40 Credit Hour Workshop approved for Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors,
and Marriage & Family Therapists. Ethnicity & Irish Families,
40 Credit Hour Workshop approved for Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors,
and Marriage & Family Therapists.
Visitation in Dependency Cases, in
Access to Justice for Children;
Children's Law Manual Series, National Association of Counsel for
Children, Chapter 19 (2003) Court investigators in care and protection cases / Thomas F. Carr,
co-chair ... [et al.]. Court investigations in care and protection: training for appointments
in the Juvenile Court / Thomas F. Carr [and] Shanna O'Grady Frost,
co-chairs ... [et al.]. How To's of Investigations-- Considerations in the Investigation of Care
and Protection Petitions and Investigations as Guardian Ad Litem
(2)
Cultural Factors and Considerations in the Investigation of Care and
Protection Petitions in
Court investigators in care &
protections / Catherine C. Ayoub ... [et al.] ; in cooperation with the
Massachusetts Chapter of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of
Children Boston, MA : MCLE, c1992
Treat Each Child as If the Only One in
You Can Make a Difference Stories
from Juvenile Court (audio CD) 2002 National Council of Juvenile and
Family Court Judges, PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Clinical Guardian ad Litem work in the
Juvenile Courts, District Courts (Juvenile Sessions)
and Probate Courts. (Category E & F certified) Independent Investigator on more than 500
child abuse and neglect cases primarily for the Boston Juvenile Court , but
also numerous Juvenile/District/Probate courts in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Consult attorneys and review reports in
child welfare matters. Facilitate Investigations Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 119 Section 24 on cases with special circumstances (Shaken Baby, MSBP etc.) or ethnic issues (Cambodian and Vietnamese) Educational Advocate [EDCO Approved] Child & Youth Behavioral/Military & Family Life Consultant (CYB-MFLC) MHN Government Services (2008- Current) Deployed for up to
sixty days to various military locations to provide short-term, non-medical
counseling to service members and their families through the Military & Family
Life Consultant (MFLC) Program to augment existing military support programs
worldwide. Assist service members and their families with issues they may face
through the cycle of deployment - from leaving their loved ones and possibly
living and working in harm's way to reintegrating with their community and
family, crisis intervention, stress management, grief, occupational and other
individual and family issues. Psycho-educational presentations on
reunion/reintegration, stress/coping, grief/loss and deployment are provided
to commands, Family Readiness Groups, Soldier Readiness Processing and other
requested locations. Director, Pastoral Response Assistance Team Inc. Responsible for the operation of this
503(c)(3) nonprofit corporation; organized,
utilizing a multidisciplinary team to initially address the clergy sexual
abuse problem in the Archdiocese of Boston ( St. Paul’s in Hingham, and St.
Charles in Woburn), and eventually taking on the issue nationwide;
now working worldwide and with other denominations and in other
institutional settings. Provided direct clinical work, consultation, training,
mediation, and work with the media. Forensic Clinical Social Worker, Children and the Law Program; May 1997-
December 2000, at Aided in the development of , and provide
assessments and training for newly established Norfolk County Juvenile
Court Clinic (3 days) .Clinical Director ; Norfolk Juvenile Court Clinic. Also
worked on M[S]BP cases . Conducted psycho-social evaluations on children and
parents and parenting evaluations for Care & Protection Matters, and
evaluations as an aid in sentencing pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 119 Section 68a Child Development Specialist, Naval Air Station, Provided assessments, referrals, and
counseling, as well as crisis intervention to children and their families of
military stationed in the area. Designed and implemented programs for
military families. Coordinated family violence related programs, parenting
programs and child safety programs, acted a representative of Supervisor of Social Workers, Marlborough Area Office (1980- 1985) Acted as liaison to District Courts and
Probate Courts, and worked closely with the District Attorney's Office. Worked
with a variety of agencies including schools, mental health agencies, and
police. Carried out Department and Community training. Performed individual
and family therapy,
Protective Social Worker, Department of Public Welfare,
Managed up to twenty-two child abuse cases,
developed and implemented treatment (service) plans. In Prior Employment:
served as a Head Teacher in an after school day care program at S.M.O.C. Day
Care Center in Framingham (1978-1979), Night Supervisor at the Spear
Educational Center with 17 autistic and schizophrenic children (1977-1978),
and as a preschool teacher with three and four year olds at F.A.C.E. Day Care,
in Natick (1974-1976). Clinical Aide, Framingham Youth Guidance Center (1976). children's educational products,
specifically with products dealing with missing or exploited children. B.A. Psychology, 1977
M.A. Psychology/Counseling, 1980
Other Miscellaneous
Notary Public (Commission Expires May, 2014) Other American Psychotherapy Association
Board Certified in Professional Counseling (2007)
Educational Surrogate Parent, Education
Collaborate for Greater Category E & F Guardian ad Litem -Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate & Family Courts Other Affiliations Natick Visiting Nurse Association;
Professional Advisory Committee 2003- [1] This is cited as a primary reference to the Guidelines for Court Investigator Reports promulgated by the Juvenile Court in January of 2002, and cited in the 2005 Massachusetts Juvenile Delinquency & Child Welfare Law Sourcebook, Kantrowitz, Karp & Limon
[2] NECO is a
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