CLC-NH and the NH Judicial Council present a 90-minute live webcast featuring Dr. Martin Irwin.
Psychiatrist Martin Irwin, MD, joins CLC-NH to discuss the consequences of congregate placement on children who have experienced childhood trauma. Dr. Irwin is a clinical professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He has designed community-based programs at the interface of child welfare, child mental health, and education systems, including award-winning programs for mental health services for foster children, for improving the consent process for treatment with psychiatric medications, and reducing the over usage of medication for children. He lectures widely to medical, mental health, social work, legal, advocacy, and child welfare audiences.