Neal Horen, Ph.D.

Research Instructor, Department of Pediatrics
Senior Policy Associate/Clinical Psychologist, Center for Child and Human Development

• Ph.D., University of South Florida, 1998

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Dr. Horen is a clinical psychologist who has focused on community-based work for the last ten years. He has developed and coordinated a violence prevention effort focused on capacity building, as well as served as Associate Director of the Early Childhood team of the National Technical Assistance Center. In that capacity, Dr. Horen has worked closely with numerous states and communities in development of systems of care for young children and their families. Currently, he is working closely with a native health corporation serving 58 Yupik Eskimo villages in Southwest Alaska on how to develop a system of care for children birth to five. In addition, Dr. Horen continues to spend time working in direct clinical care including development of social skills interventions for young children, reflective supervision of early childhood mental health clinicians, and serving on several national committees including the Early Childhood curriculum committee of the National Traumatic Stress Network grant program. He is director of the HOYA clinic which offers therapeutic and assessment services for children and families.

He also is Director of the State Infrastructure Grants Technical Assistance Center which assists states to: 1) learn skills and strategies for comprehensive cross agency planning to improve service delivery systems for youth with co-occurring disorders and their families; 2) develop effective partnerships with SAMHSA funded community grant sites; and 3) sustain and grow community-based systems of care as part of an overall state plan. Dr. Horen's primary interest is in early childhood mental health and he has lectured extensively on infant mental health, as well as the impact of trauma on child development. Dr. Horen is married and is the father of three children, ages, 6, 5,and 5.

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• Center for Child and Human Development