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.

Personal Information
Email kcfaller@umich.edu
Web Sites  Early Assessment Project
Interdisciplinary Child Welfare Training Program
Training Program for Child Welfare Supervisors
Mailbox  12
INDI  168
 Location
Room: Rm. 113
Phone: (734) 998-9702
 University of Michigan
SSW - Family Assessment Clinic
555 S. Forest Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
 Location
Room: 2704 SSWB
Phone: (734) 763-3786
Fax: (734) 763-3372
 University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109