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Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D.

Founder, IECMH Program
(Retired as of June 2008)
Senior Fellow
Director, Harris Programs
Co-Chair, President's Initiative on Children, Youth, & Families, University of Minnesota

Email: mferick@umn.edu

Having served as the first Director of the University of Minnesota's Children, Youth, & Family Consortium (1991 to 2003), Marti Erickson now directs the Harris Programs for CEED and co-chairs the President's Initiative on Children, Youth and Families. Marti specializes in linking research, practice, and policy in the areas of parent-child attachment, child abuse prevention, and children's mental health. With Byron Egeland, Marti developed the STEEP™ program and the Seeing Is Believing® video strategy for working with parents and infants, and she oversees training for both of those programs.

Marti's publications include many scholarly articles and books as well as a syndicated parenting column "Growing Concerns." Since 1995, Marti also has appeared regularly on KARE-TV's (NBC) Today Show and Sunrise Show and, with her daughter, hosts a weekly radio show, "Good Enough Moms," on FM 107. Marti has been honored by numerous state and national organizations, including the Minnesota Psychological Association (Outstanding Contribution to Psychology Award, 2003) and the Minnesota School Psychologists Association (Distinguished Best Practices Award, 2003).

Christopher Watson, Ph.D.

Co-Director, IECMH Program
Director of Professional Development, CEED

40 Education Sciences Building
56 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-625-2898
Fax: 612-625-2093
Email: watso012@umn.edu

Christopher Watson is Director of Professional Development at the Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Prior to his work at the University of Minnesota, Mr. Watson worked at California State University Sacramento, a statewide training program for general and special educators, administrators, and parents. Mr. Watson is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology at the University of Minnesota.

Currently he is working on a multi-year research and training project focused on early childhood social-emotional development, mental health and challenging behaviors, funded by the Minnesota Department of Education. He is co-director, along with Martha Farrell Erickson, of the new interdisciplinary Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program being developed by CEED.

Co-Director, IECMH Program
Research Associate, Instructor, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota

Email: carls032@umn.edu

Dr. Carlson is a Research Associate and Instructor at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota. She conducts research on the Minnesota longitudinal study of parents and children and has published numerous papers on the effects of early experience on development. Dr. Carlson provides training as well as research and clinical consultation regarding attachment and infant mental health and works directly with children and families in private practice.

Additional Assistance

Members of the IECMH planning group include tenure-track and non-regular faculty of the University of Minnesota, Professional and Academic staff from departmental and interdepartmental units at the University, and researchers, family service providers, and mental health professionals from throughout Minnesota.

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