About Trauma ScreenTIME
Learn about the staff, content experts, partners, and funders of the Trauma ScreenTIME initiative.

In 2020, the Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI) launched the Trauma ScreenTIME (Screen, Triage, Inform, Mitigate, Engage) initiative to improve child trauma screening across child-serving systems. Trauma ScreenTIME is part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and is funded through a five year, $3 million federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Category II grant.
Trauma ScreenTIME is developed and managed by CHDI staff with support from nationally recognized content experts and a Connecticut-based advisory board comprised of state agencies, families, and family advocacy groups:
Staff
Jason Lang, PhD, Principal Investigator & Project Director
Chief Program Officer, CHDI
Kellie Randall, PhD, Project Co-Director
Vice President of Quality Improvement, CHDI
Brittany Lange, DPhil, MPH
Senior Associate, CHDI
Annie Winneg, MPH
Senior Project Coordinator, CHDI
Tiffany Franceschetti, LCSW
Senior Associate, CHDI
Content Experts
Content experts who contributed to Trauma ScreenTIME are nationally recognized for their expertise in child trauma and at least one of five child-serving systems (schools, early childhood, pediatric primary care, child welfare, and juvenile justice):
Children's Behavioral Health
Christian Connell, PhD
Penn State University
Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
Rochelle Hanson, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
National Crime Victims Research
and Treatment Center
Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH
UConn Health
The EvidenceWatch Collective, Inc.
Child Welfare
Amanda Bishop, LSCW-C
Washington County Department of Social Services
Lisa Conradi, PsyD
Trauma-Informed Innovations, LLC
Jeanette Vega
RISE
Early Childhood
Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Child Trauma Research Program
Amy Hunter, LICSW
Georgetown University
Center for Child and Human Development
Sufna John, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Neena McConnico, PhD, LMHC
Boston Medical Center
Boston University
Joshua Mersky, PhD, MSW
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Institute for Child and Family Well-Being
Salam Soliman, PsyD
National Service Office for
Nurse-Family Partnership
Child First
James “Dimitri” Topitzes, PhD, LCSW
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Institute for Child and Family Well-Being
Juvenile Justice
Julian Ford, PhD, ABPP
University of Connecticut
Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice
Pediatric Primary Care
Heather Forkey, MD
UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center
Amanda Jones, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Associates of Charlottesville
Brooks Keeshin, MD
University of Utah
Adwoa Osei, MD, FAAP
University of California School of Medicine
Paige Perriello, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Associates of Charlottesville
Schools
Beth Cooney, LCSW-BACS
Project Fleur-de-lis
John Crocker, MEd
Methuen Public Schools
Massachusetts School Mental Health Consortium
Laura Danna, LCSW
Project Fleur-de-lis
Sharon Hoover, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
National Center for School Mental Health
Lisa Jaycox, PhD
RAND Corporation
Erum Nadeem, PhD
Rutgers University
Minu Ranna-Stewart, LICSW
Puget Sound Education Service District
Connecticut Advisory Board
Tim Marshall, MSW
Connecticut Department of Children & Families
Scott Newgass, LCSW
Connecticut State Department of Education
Carly Sheil, MSW
Connecticut Judicial Branch
Barbara Ward-Zimmerman, PhD
Child and Adolescent Psychologist
Family Partners
ScreenTIME has partnered with FAVOR, Inc. (the Connecticut affiliate of the National Federation of Families) to ensure training, materials, and implementation plans incorporate the perspectives and lived experiences of families. Family representatives from FAVOR have attended advisory board meetings and provided feedback on all course materials.
FAVOR advocates and family representatives who contributed to Trauma ScreenTIME include:
Maguena Deslandes, MS
FAVOR, Inc.
Lisa Girard
FAVOR, Inc.
Keisha Martin-Velez
FAVOR, Inc.
Family Representatives
FAVOR, Inc.
Acknowledgements
Trauma ScreenTIME is funded by

and is a Partner of

Course Videographers
Rich Wright Productions is an award-winning, full-service video production company founded in 2009 serving local, national and global clients. RWP has produced a range of content related to mental health, including suicide prevention, intimate partner violence, substance use disorder recovery, and other topics, and has partnered with CHDI to create content for Trauma ScreenTIME. RWP has also partnered with United Way, Connecticut Children’s, Bristol Health, Interval House, DPH, DCF, Wheeler Clinic, and Carelon to produce live-action and animated training and marketing content related to mental health.