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Gizane Indart, PsyD.: Gizane is a bilingual and bicultural professional educated and trained in Argentina and in the United States. She holds a Doctorate in Clinical Child Psychology (1987), and a Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology (1997), and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Colorado. Gizane is the Executive Director of the Denver Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC), a private, non-for-profit Center that provides assessment and treatment services to traumatized children and the non-offending family members in the Denver community. She is also a ChildTrauma Fellow with Bruce Perry’s ChildTrauma Academy. Gizane has over 17 years of experience working with traumatized children and their families. She is a seasoned public speaker and trainer who has presented locally, nationally and internationally on the impact of abuse and neglect in early development, attachment difficulties in children exposed to maltreatment, and sexualized behaviors in children. Gizane authored a chapter about the short-term outcomes of sexual abuse in the book The Web of Meaning, Gail Ryan and Associates (1999 Safer Society Press). In addition, she has served on the Kempe Children’s Center Perpetration Prevention Study Group since 1992, is a member of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Colorado Coalition of Adoptive Families. Gizane is the mother of two children, one through birth, one through
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Stephen Krausz: Steve and his wife, Vicki, have six children, 3 birth children and three adopted; two of the adopted children have Down syndrome, while the third has a family history of mental illness. As a result of the adoption of their first child in 1987, the Krauszs formed The Jewish Children's Adoption Network, a national adoption exchange that finds homes for about 100 children a year (90+% with special needs). Dr. Krausz, who has a Ph.D. in Physiology, has both personal and advocacy experience with the fair hearing process. On a personal level, he was successful in receiving a post-finalization subsidy five years after finalization of his daughter's adoption, and was also successful in subsequently having the subsidy raised above the base rate. Steve is always willing to help persons through and in the fair hearing process. |
Lori Rienstra: Lori has a Bachelors Degree in Social Work, and has completed several courses toward her Masters Degree in Educational Counseling. She is employed as a Senior Case Manager, Post Adoption, for the Mesa County Department of Human Services (MCDHS), and is responsible for the development of (the) MCDHS post-adoption programs and all ongoing adoption subsidy maintenance. Lori authors child adoption studies and adoptive home studies for the MCDHS as assigned. She previously conducted adoption home studies and post-placement visits for special needs children and infants through The Adoption Alliance. Lori is the mother of two grown birth children. |
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| Alice Spencer: Alice is the mother of 11 children, 10 of whom are adopted. She also works outside of the home as an advocate for adoptive families in El Paso County, working for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) project. Ms. Spencer trains adoptive families on attachment disorder through the Pikes Peak Community College, and co-facilitates groups on attachment-disorder at Pikes Peak Mental Health facility. | |
Jan Tomski: Jan has 22 years of individual, group and education experience with foster care, chemical dependency, psychiatric issues and school counseling. She is also a foster, adoptive and birth parent. She has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. |
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