Credentials & Experience
- Twenty-Seven Years of Experience Working in Child Welfare
- Six Years as Program Director and Treatment Coordinator for the Nashua Children's Home, a Residential Treatment Setting in Southern, New Hampshire
- Fifteen Years of Experience as a Workshop Presenter
- First Place Award Recipient in the Albert Trieschman Literature Competition Open Category, 1991
- Received Master of Social Work Degree in 1987 from Simmons College of Social Work
- Consult and Provide Training to Numerous School Systems throughout New England, Primarily in Massachusetts
- Consult and Provide Ongoing Training to Residential Programs throughout the Country
- Author of The Gus Chronicles: Reflections from an Abused Kid
- Author of The Gus Chronicles II: Reflections from a Kid Who Has Been Abused
- Author of No Such Thing As a Bad Kid: Understanding and Responding to the Challenging Behavior of Troubled Children and Youth
- Created the Successful Train the Trainer Seminar for Senior Residential Care Professionals, and Authored a 100-Plus Page Training Manual
- Frequent Presenter at Regional and National Child Care Conferences
- Provided the Keynote Address at the 2004 CWLA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
Listed below is a sampling of the Associations for whom Charlie has Conducted Workshops and/or Provided a Keynote Address:
- American Association of Children's Residential Centers
- Massachusetts Association of Ch766 Approved Private Schools
- Minnesota Council of Child Caring Agencies
- Rhode Island Council of Resource Providers to Children, Youth, and Families
- Massachusetts School Counselors Association
- Missouri Juvenile Justice Association
- Coalition for Family and Children's Services in Iowa