Karen C. Wells Lecture: Addressing School Avoidance Across Disciplines and Systems

Sponsored by the Karen C. Wells Lectureship Anthony Puliafico, PhD is an associate professor of clinical psychology in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. His professional focus is on the development and implementation of treatment approaches for anxiety, OCD, and school avoidance in children and adolescents. Dr. Puliafico directs the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CUCARD) -Westchester, including its Anxiety Day Program, which provides daily treatment programming for adolescents exhibiting school avoidance behavior. Dr. Puliafico is actively involved in training school- and community based-clinicians in the treatment of anxiety and OCD and has written extensively on these topics. He is the co-developer of the CALM Program and co-author of The OCD Workbook for Kids.