Kathleen C. Faller
Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Social Work
Kathleen C. Faller
Degrees
- AB, Political Science, 1963, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH;
- MSW, Social Work, 1971, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
- PhD, Social Work and Psychology, 1981, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BioSketch
Kathleen Coulborn Faller, Ph.D., A.C.S.W., D.C.S.W., is Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families and director of the Family Assessment Clinic. Her main research interest is child welfare and her research involves the use of multidisciplinary assessments with first-time substantiated child protection cases, successful criminal prosecution of sexual abuse, allegations of abuse in cases involving divorce, and descriptive studies of sub-categories of sexual abuse cases. She is principal investigator on the Training Program on Recruitment and Retention of Child Welfare Workers and principal investigator of the Hasbro Early Assessment Project. These programs at the University of Michigan School of Social Work involve collaboration with the Law School and the Medical School. She is the author of several books, Social Work with Abused and Neglected Children (The Free Press, 1981), Child Sexual Abuse: An Interdisciplinary Manual for Diagnosis, Case Management, and Treatment (Columbia, 1988), Understanding Child Sexual Maltreatment (Sage, 1990), Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment (DHHS, 1993), Interviewing Children Suspected of Having Been Sexually Abused: APSAC Study Guide (Sage, 1996), Maltreatment in Early Childhood: Tools for Research-Based Intervention (Haworth Press, 2000), Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition (Sage, 2003), and Interviewing Children about Sexual Abuse: Controversies and Best Practice (Oxford, 2007), as well as approximately 70 research and clinical articles.
Selected Publications
| Faller, K. C., Masternak, M., Grinnell-Davis, C., Grabarek, M., Sieffert, J., & Bernatovicz, F. (in press). Realistic job previews in child welfare: State of innovation and practice. Child Welfare. |
| Faller, K. C. (in press). Child sexual abuse: Disclosure, reporting, and intervention. Encyclopedia of trauma and abuse. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. |
| Faller, K.C., Cordisco-Steele, L, & Nelson-Gardell, D. (in press). Allegations of sexual abuse of a child: What to do when a single forensic interview isn?t enough. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. |
| Staller, K., Faller, K. C., Vandervort, F., Birdsall, W. C., & Henry, J. (in press). Seeking justice in child sexual abuse: Shifting burdens and sharing responsibilities. New York: Columbia University Press. |
| Faller, K. C. (in press). Navigating solutions, Section II: Child abuse: Victim services. In M. Koss, J. White, & A. Kazdin (Eds.), Violence against women and children. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. |
| Jayaratne, S., & Faller, K. C. (in press). Commitment of private and public agency workers to child welfare: how long do they plan to stay? Journal of Social Service Research. |
| Faller, K.C., Grabarek, M., & Vandervort, F. (in press). Child welfare workers go to court: The impact of race, gender, and education on comfort with legal issues. Children and Youth Services Review. |
| Gonzalez, R. P., Faller, K. C., Ortega, R. M., & Tropman, J. (2009). Exit interviews with departed child welfare workers: Preliminary findings. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 3(1), 40-63. |
| Faller, K. C. (2008). Interviewing the prepubertal child for possible sexual abuse. In C. Christian & R. Reece (Eds.), Child abuse: Medical diagnosis and management (3rd ed.). American Academy of Pediatrics. |
| Faller, K. C., Friedrich, W., Fontes, L., Olafson, E., Davies, D., & Hewitt, S. (2007). Interviewing children about sexual abuse: Controversies and best practice. New York: Oxford University Press. |
