Biographical sketch:
Cheryl Lanktree, Ph.D.
Cheryl Lanktree, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Miller Children’s Hospital Abuse and Violence Intervention Center (MCAVIC), a multidisciplinary outpatient center in Long Beach, California providing evaluation and treatment services for children, adolescents, and their families traumatized by child abuse and neglect, family and community violence, medical illness, and family loss. She has successfully obtained numerous grants for the past ten years, to support the services of MCAVIC including federal grant funding (SAMHSA) since 2001, expanding services to the community as a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). She is Project Director and Principal Investigator for the SAMHSAfunded MCAVIC-USC Child and Adolescent Trauma Program, a Treatment and Service Adaptation Center (Category II) Center of the NCTSN.
Dr. Lanktree graduated from the University of Manitoba, Canada with a PhD in Clinical Psychology following a predoctoral internship in Clinical Psychology at Yale University. Dr. Lanktree also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Behavioral Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. From 1988 to 1996, she was the Clinical Director at Stuart House, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Lanktree is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice and presents extensively on the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma in children and adolescents. She has presented workshops world-wide including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Russia, and Scotland, as well as throughout the United States.
Dr. Lanktree has published a number of papers on the assessment and treatment of child trauma. She is currently Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California and previously held a faculty appointment at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Lanktree previously served as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Children’s Alliance, on the Steering Committee for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and as member of the Board of Directors for the California Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers.
New announcements
- Professional art director & graphic designer supports PROMISE
Carolyn Flynn, professional art director and graphic designer graciously supports PROMISE by designing resource guides and other material to help victims of commercial sexual exploitation. We are honored to have her as a partner of PROMISE.
If you are in need of creative and innovative art direction or graphic design, we encourage you to utilize her services. Carolyn Flynn is available for freelance both Onsite & Offsite. View samples of her work. - PROMISE welcomes UIC Students
Students from the University of Illinois at Chicago have chosen PROMISE for their 'Research Methods for Art and Design' class project. The students will conduct research on PROMISE and develop design recommendations for the CSEC [Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children] prevention curriculum resource guide being used in our Chicago high schools. - The Salvation Army is hosting an international conference to launch Stop the Traffik’s START FREEDOM project. Learn more »
- Buy the DVD Holly.
As part of our fight against human trafficking The Salvation Army is proud to support Holly, an award winning,captivating film, now available on DVD. View the flyer (369KB pdf).
- Malia Designs supports PROMISE
Malia Designs, a Chicago company with a mission to combat human trafficking, has generously agreed to donate 15% of any purchase to The Salvation Army PROMISE program. Malia Designs sells products such as bags, wallets and accessories made by non-profit organizations that employ disadvantaged people in developing countries as well as small family producers. To check out their beautiful products visit http://www.maliadesigns.com.Please be sure to type “PROMISE” in the coupon code box when making your purchase. - Previous announcements
Updated 9/19/09.