Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD - an enrolled member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and is an Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Pediatrics, OUHSC. Dr. BigFoot is the Co-Director of the Indian Country Child Trauma Center that is part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Dr. BigFoot is a doctoral-level counseling psychologist and provides consultation, training, and technical assistance to tribal, state, and federal agencies; mental health and family service agencies; and Indian Head Start programs in 22 states. She is recognized for her efforts to bring traditional Indian practices and beliefs into the formal teaching and instruction of Indian people and professionals working with Indian populations. Dr. BigFoot developed an American Indian parent training program which builds on the strengths of Indian parents, families, and communities to parent children and has co-authored, “Helping Indian Parents Discipline their Children,” a brochure distributed by the Prevent Child Abuse American that is being used by a number of tribes in their child abuse prevention and treatment programs.

Susan R. Schmidt, PhD – a psychologist, is an Assistant Professor at the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Her clinical and research interests include interventions for trauma-exposed children, treatment outcome and program effectiveness, and treatment of adolescents with inappropriate or illegal sexual behavior. She currently directs the Child Trauma Services Program, an assessment, treatment, and research program for children exposed to domestic violence and their non-offending caregivers.