Moving the Needle Forward: CFAR Concentration Aims to Train Clinicians Keen on Supporting Children and Families Facing Adversity03/20/2024 09:26:50 AMHannah Van SickleAssociate Professor, Julie Ryan with Dr. Sonya Kurzweil, PhDDr. Julie Ryan and Dr. Sonya KurzweilAssociate Professor, Julie Ryan with Dr. Sonya Kurzweil, PhDA growing awareness of mental health issues in children and families, a largely underserved group in the mental health field, has given rise to an urgent need for evidence-based treatments to address this trend. “Historically, it's been a crisis,” says Julie Ryan, PhD, Director, Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience (CFAR) Concentration of numbers that have reached levels unknown prior to the pandemic. In the News