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Background

Mark Horwitz, PhD, MSW, JD, is Professor in the Department of Social Work at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, where he teaches strengths-based developmental psychopathology and clinical intervention across a range of social work practice modalities. He received the John F. Nevins Award for outstanding teaching in the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ State graduate school in 2016. Professor Horwitz has presented over 275 workshops on psychological trauma and resilience, family engagement, kinship network building, and self-care at national conferences and to child welfare organizations across the United States. He worked for 25 years as a trainer and clinical consultant with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, and he supported the Connecticut Department of Children and Families as a program consultant, coach and evaluator of family conferencing and wraparound initiatives for 20 years. Professor Horwitz has also worked as a forensic evaluator, psychotherapist, court officer and residential counselor. Prior to his position at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ State he served on the faculties of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the social work schools at Smith College and Salem State University.

Selected Publicaitons and Reports 

• Horwitz, M.(2020). Experiencing Traumatic Events. (unpublished manuscript) 

• Horwitz, M. and Propp, J. (2020). Full-on fidelity – NWI standards, process outcomes and relationally-based, trauma-informed Wraparound practice. (unpublished manuscript) 
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• Schreier, A., Horwitz, M., Marshall, T., Cummins, M., Bracey, J. & Kaufman, J. (2020). Trauma symptoms and relationship with CFT characteristics and outcomes in a statewide system of care. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, December.

• Schreier, A., Horwitz, M., Marshall, T., Cummins, M., Bracey, J. & Kaufman, J. (2019). Child and Family Team Meeting characteristics and outcomes in a statewide system of care. American Journal of Community Psychology, 0:1-12.  
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• ​Horwitz, M. & Marshall, T. (2015) Family engagement in child protection social work. Journal of Family Social Work, 18(4), 288-301.

• Padykula, N.L. & Horwitz, M. (2012). Using psychodynamic concepts to measure interpersonal competencies during social work training. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies 9(1), 48-61.

• Horwitz, M. (2008). DCF Family Conferencing. Prepared for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, Hartford, CT.

• Horwitz, M. (2007). Work-related trauma effects in child protection social workers. Journal of Social Services Research, 32(3), 1-18.

• Horwitz, M. (2003). Building permanency with family group decision-making.  Prepared for the Children’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

• Horwitz, M., Roche, O., Lovelace-Graham, V., and Prostak, N. (2001). Making kinship happen: Factors influencing the development of a kinship orientation and family group decision-making in child protection.  Prepared for the Children’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

• Horwitz, M. (1998). Social worker trauma: Building resilience in child protection social workers. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 68(3), 363-377.

• Bulkley, J. & Horwitz, M. (1994).  Adults sexually abused as children: Legal actions and issues. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 12, 65-87.

• Horwitz, M. & Bulkley, J. (1994). Legal remedies for adults sexually abused as children. The Advisor: Journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 7(2), 1-8.

• Horwitz, M. (1992). Prior acts evidence in child sexual abuse proceedings, American Bar Association Juvenile and Child Welfare Law Reporter, 11:10, 259-260.

Selected Presentations 

• Full-on fidelity: Using multiple methods to support best practices in a statewide child behavioral health wraparound system (virtual conference), January, 2021. (accepted).  

• Strengths-Based Developmental Psychopathology in the HBSE Curriculum, Council on Social Work Education (virtual conference), November, 2020 (accepted).

• Coaching to the Data in WRAP-CT. 31st Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference, Tampa, FL, March, 2018.

• Measuring and Improving Wraparound Practice: A Success Story from Connecticut. 27th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference, Tampa, FL, March, 2014.

• Effective Family Engagement in Child Protection Practice, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect European Regional Conference, Dublin, Ireland, September, 2013.

• When Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder are Exposed to Domestic Violence, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect European Regional Conference, Dublin, Ireland, September, 2013.

• Work-Related Trauma Effects in Child Welfare Staff. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October, 2011.

• Family Engagement in the Intensive Case Practice Model. Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, October-December, 2010.

• Building Resilience in Child Protection Social Workers. Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, June, 2009.

• Engagement, Empowerment and Family Conferencing in Child Protection Social Work. Connecticut Department of Children and Families, September, 2004-June, 2008.

• Family Conferencing as Core Child Protection Practice. American Humane Association Family Group Decision-Making Conference, Long Beach, CA, 2005.

• Evaluation of Family Group Decision-Making as a Permanency Planning Tool. American Humane Association Family Group Decision-Making Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June, 2003.

• Building Resilience in Child Protection Social Work Staff. Fourteenth National Conference, National Centers for Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, D.C., April, 2003.

• Confidentiality, Privilege and Expert Testimony for Child Welfare Professionals. Child Welfare League of America National Conference, Miami, FL, October, 1999.

• Building Resilience in Child Protection Professionals. Fourteenth National Symposium on Child Sexual Abuse, Huntsville, AL, March, 1998.

• Parental Competency and Expert Testimony in Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings. Eleventh National Conference, National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, D.C., September, 1996.

• Adults Sexually Abused as Children: Legal Actions and Issues. American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children National Conference, Boston, MA, May, 1994.

• Repressed Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Legal Dilemmas and Responses. American Bar Association, Center on Children and the Law National Conference, Washington, D.C., April, 1994.