Marleen Wong, PhD (she/her/hers)

CEO, Center for Safe and Resilient Schools and Workplaces
Senior Vice Dean; Professor of Mental Health Emerita, USC
Kapoleui, HI, United States

Marleen Wong, Ph.D. is the Stein/Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health and Senior Vice Dean Emerita at the USC Peck School of Social Work. Identified as one of the "pre-eminent experts in school crisis and disaster recovery “by the White House and the "architect of school-safety programs" by the Wall Street Journal”, Dr. Wong is one of the original developers of Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) and Psychological First Aid for Schools: Listen Protect Connect Model and TEACH. She has worked with survivors and school districts of targeted violence and terrorist attacks including those in Littleton, Newtown, Parkland, Oklahoma City, 9/11 NYC and San Bernardino. She has worked as a subject matter expert and K-12 program developer and consultant for disasters and trauma recovery after hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Iniki, after wildfires in Oregon and Maui, typhoons in the Republic of the Philippines and earthquakes in the US, Kobe Japan, PRC (China) and Taiwan. Her work has been funded by private foundations, FEMA, UNICEF, international teachers’ unions, education ministries, the US Department of Education and the World Health Organization.

Formerly the Director of Mental Health, Crisis Intervention, Threat Assessment Teams and Suicide Prevention Programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Dr. Wong is Co-Founder and CEO, Center for Safe and Resilient Schools and Workplaces. She has been honored as a NASW Social Work Pioneer®; a Fellow, American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and inductee in the Hall of Distinction, California Social Welfare Archives

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Presentation(s):

• From Threat Assessment to Threat Management: A Mental Health Lens on School Safety

  Saturday, October 26, 2024
  3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT