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Christopher Morano, Ph.D. has been a licensed psychologist for nearly 30 years. and served as past Director of Emergency Mobile Mental Health Services for Milwaukee County Children and Families. Along with experience both performing the service and managing those who do, Dr. Morano has trained locally and nationally in community crisis intervention. He has helped set up teams across the country and served as a consultant from Oakland, CA to Buffalo, NY. At present Dr. Morano is the consultant for child crisis services for the state of Nevada. He also serves on the faculty of the University of Maryland at Baltimore, doing national training in crisis intervention. Dedicated to the delivery of mental health services in the community, Dr. Morano’s work is committed to helping systems develop successful community solutions utilizing a continuum of care, with formal and informal support, emphasizing less intensive, safe and naturally occurring strategies. He also recently published a book on alternative ways of thinking about, and helping children, called Paleo Parenting: The Many Myths of Childhood Mental Illness. His recent presentation, entitled “Risk Assessment – Self-Harm and Risk Response and Planning,” can be viewed here. Download PDF of Presentation
