Clinical Psychologist; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech; Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Technology in Sydney, Australia; Former Faculty, Harvard Medical School; Founder/Director, Lives in the Balance; Host, “Lives in the Balance” Podcast; Executive Producer of the Documentary, The Kids We Lose, Winner of the Best Feature Documentary Award at the 2018 New Hampshire Film Festival, the 2019 Women's Film Festival in Philadelphia, and the 2019 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival; Author, The Kids Who Aren't Okay: The Urgent Case for Reimagining Support, Belonging, and Hope in Schools(2026), The Explosive Child (2021, 6^th Edition), Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership With Your Child (2016), Lost and Found: Helping Behaviorally Challenging Students (and, While You're At It, All the Others) (2016), and Lost at School: Why Our Kids With Behavioral Challenges Are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them (2008)