Martha Holden
Extension Associate,Sr
2007
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Current Activities
Current Professional Activities
Martha J. Holden is a Senior Extension Associate with the Family Life
Development Center and the director of the Residential Child Care
Project. As project director, she provides technical assistance to
residential child caring agencies, a train-the-trainer program in
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention to residential child care supervisory
staff, training programs in violence prevention, a program in the
Investigation of Institutional Maltreatment, and a program in
Institutional Assessment, throughout the United States, Canada, the
United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Israel, and Russia. In 1975 Ms. Holden received her
M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from Wright State University. She was
the lead editor and writer in the 2001 re-development of the Center's
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention curriculum in use from 1982 and the lead writer of Children and Residential Experiences (CARE): Creating Conditions for Change, a best practice model for residential care organizations. Ms Holden
has published in the Children's and Youth Services Review, Child Abuse
and Neglect: An International Journal, Journal of Emotional and
Behavioral Problems, Residential Treatment for Children & Youth,
and the Journal of Child And Youth Care Work. She has co-authored a
chapter in the book Understanding Abusive Families and For Your Own Safety: Examining the Safety of High Risk Interventions for Children and Young People. In addition to her
extensive experience in training and curriculum development, Ms Holden
served as an administrator of a residential child care facility
overseeing the day to day operation of a residential treatment facility
for children, including its education resources from 1979 - 1988. Since
1982, Ms. Holden has been studying ways to prevent the occurrence of
institutional abuse of children through training, investigating and
influencing organizational culture.
Biography
Biographical Statement
Martha J. Holden is a Senior Extension Associate with the Family Life
Development Center and the director of the Residential Child Care
Project. As project director, she provides technical assistance to
residential child caring agencies, a train-the-trainer program in
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention to residential child care supervisory
staff, training programs in violence prevention, a program in the
Investigation of Institutional Maltreatment, and a program in
Institutional Assessment, throughout the United States, Canada, the
United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Israel, and Russia. In 1975 Ms.
Holden received her
M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from Wright State University. She was
the lead editor and writer in the 2001 re-development of the Center's
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention curriculum in use from 1982 and the
lead writer of Children and Residential Experiences (CARE): Creating
Conditions for Change, a best practice model for residential care
organizations.
Ms Holden
has published in the Children's and Youth Services Review, Child Abuse
and Neglect: An International Journal, Journal of Emotional and
Behavioral Problems, Residential Treatment for Children & Youth,
and the Journal of Child And Youth Care Work. She has co-authored a
chapter in the book Understanding Abusive Families and For Your Own
Safety: Examining the Safety of High Risk Interventions for Children
and Young People. In addition to her
extensive experience in training and curriculum development, Ms Holden
served as an administrator of a residential child care facility
overseeing the day to day operation of a residential treatment facility
for children, including its education resources from 1979 - 1988. Since
1982, Ms. Holden has been studying ways to prevent the occurrence of
institutional abuse of children through training, investigating and
influencing organizational culture.