Patricia Mulhearn Blasco, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University. She currently conducts assessments of young children at the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center. She has completed postdoctoral research in early intervention/early childhood education at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her PhD from the University of Virginia is in special education/early childhood education. She is currently on the editorial board of Young Exceptional Children and The Journal of Early Intervention. Dr. Blasco is the author of one book and many articles on early intervention. She has presented at national and local conferences on family-centered, culturally responsive intervention, and the social and emotional development of children birth to three.

Mary Foltz, BS, is an early childhood specialist at the Early Childhood Training Center at Portland State University. She provides consultation and training to programs serving children from the prenatal period to five years of age, both regionally and nationally. Ms. Foltz has been instrumental in the initiation and development of Early Head Start programs in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska. She has presented at and coordinated numerous regional and national conferences and was a co-developer of The Infant/Toddler Caregiver Program. She has provided consultation and early childhood-education professional support for 27 years. During this time, a strong focus of her work has been on assisting programs to develop effective systems that promote reflective practice.

Stephen Mandler, MD, is a physician with specialty training in child and adolescent psychiatry. He has extensive experience in the evaluation and treatment of very young children and their families. After medical school, Dr. Mandler completed his adult, child, and adolescent psychiatry training at the Menninger Clinic. He served as a clinical researcher at Menninger's Child and Family Study Center. He has research interests in the areas of mental illness prevention, the role of the father in children's personality development, and the treatment of disorders of relatedness. He is a clinical instructor for the Oregon Health & Science University in the department of child and adolescent psychiatry and in the medical school. Dr. Mandler has served as a consultant to the Portland Public Schools Early Intervention Program and was one of the founding members of the Northwest Early Childhood Institute.

Leslie J. Munson, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Special Education and Counselor Education at Portland State University. She also serves as the faculty liaison for the Infant/Toddler Mental Health program. In addition to participating in the development of the Behavioral Health Screening Tool (BHS), Dr. Munson developed the Infant-Caregiver Interaction Scale (ICIS), a tool to assess the interactive behaviors of caregivers and infants during feeding and playing in the home environment. She has worked extensively with young children with special needs in a variety of settings, including hospitals, health departments, early intervention programs, and public schools. Her areas of interest include parent-infant interaction, families, parenting when the parent has a cognitive disability, and grief related to the death of a child.

Nancy Parker, MM, has a certificate in Infant Mental Health from the University of Washington. She has worked as a child and family therapist in a range of settings—private for-profit and non-profit agencies, state hospital, schools, and private practice. She was the clinical director of children’s services for a large community mental health agency and served as a senior administrator overseeing children and adult in-patient and out-patient mental health and chemical dependency services. She continues to consult in Clark County, Washington, in system development and Infant Mental Health mentoring programs and trauma recovery services.

Redmond Reams, PhD, has a doctorate in psychology from the University of Washington and has also earned a postgraduate diploma in infant mental health. He is on the faculty at Pacific University and Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Reams has presented research on infant/toddler mental health at national conferences and in professional journals. He is in private practice seeing children, adults, and families and in consulting to Early Head Start programs, child care centers, and mental health agencies.

Lara T. White, MSW, LCSW, is a counselor in private practice with 20 years of experience working with children and families. Ms. White has extensive experience in community mental health agencies, foster care, and interfacing with school systems. She received her graduate degree in social work from the University of Denver and received her LCSW in 2005. Ms. White is a graduate of the inaugural cohort of Portland State’s Postgraduate Training Certificate in Infant/Toddler Mental Health: A Relationship-Based Approach. Ms. White continually seeks to increase her knowledge in her field and has advanced training in infant mental health, play therapy, and trauma recovery for infants, children, and adults.

Sue Yockelson, PhD, is the coordinator of the Educational Foundations option in educational studies at the University of Oregon. Dr. Yockelson has taught typically and atypically developing children in early childhood special education and elementary education. She has experience as a Spanish bilingual kindergarten and primary grade teacher. As a doctoral student, Dr. Yockelson contributed as a research assistant to the development of the Early Intervention Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ-SE). She has also been an investigator in the effectiveness of a parent-training program. She received her doctorate in special education early intervention from the University of Oregon and her master's in early childhood education and special education from California State University at Northridge.