

Slater was the Director of the Child Sexual Abuse Project at Lawyers for Children, one of the first legal organizations to use an interdisciplinary approach in the representation of children. Slater’s research interests are interprofessional family centered care, child abuse prevention, inter-professional education and practice, program evaluation and the differential impact of social policies and laws on individual clients and communities.īefore coming to Fordham, Dr. She is also the Supervising Social Worker at the School of Law’s Family Advocacy Clinic, where interdisciplinary teams of law and social work students provide preventive interventions and legal assistance to families that have children with special needs. Slater received an MA in Criminal Justice from SUNY Albany, an MSW from Hunter College and a doctoral degree in Social Welfare from CUNY Graduate School and University Center. Professor Slater coordinates the Social Work and the Law specialization in the Graduate School of Social Services. She has also taught Social Justice: Practice with Organizations and Communities and Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups. She teaches and developed two courses on child abuse and neglect one with a focus on evidence-based assessment and intervention and the other with a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. Lyn Slater is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Social Services and an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law. International Military Social Work Consortium PIPELINE for Youth Health Fellowship Program


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