| Dr. Cecilia Frometa is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Medicine. She is a core faculty member within the Psychology Section at the Child Study Center and provides clinical training in Family Therapy and Cultural Diversity to Psychology and Psychiatry Fellows. She additionally leads state-wide training for the IICAPS model (Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service) and provides clinical consultation to several IICAPS sites throughout Connecticut. Dr. Frometa is Co-Director of the CONNECTing Children and Families to Care Project (plan4Children.org), which is a federally awarded SAMHSA Systems of Care grant focused on engaging multiple stakeholders from various child and family serving sectors to create a more cohesive family driven child mental health system in Connecticut. The CONNECT initiative is focused on the implementation of the Connecticut Behavioral Health Plan for Children (Public Act 13-178). She leads the Cultural and Linguistic Appropriate Services (CLAS) portion of the CONNECT grant with the purpose of ensuring the child and family agencies across CT align organizational missions and visions to reflect culturally responsive care. Dr. Frometa is a Consultant at the Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI) Inc. She obtained her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University and completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship training at Harvard Medical School/Department of Medical Affairs with a clinical focus on trauma related disorders. She additionally completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University. She has been in the mental health field for over 20 years and has extensive clinical, teaching, mentoring, program development, consultation and supervisory experience. Her current research interests include understanding clinical engagement challenges of the underserved and multi-risk populations. Dr. Frometa focuses her teaching on building skills to improve culturally responsive mental health assessment, treatment and trauma-informed care. |
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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| National Quality Initiative Awardee for School Based Mental Health | National Center of School Based Mental Health/University of Maryland School of Medicine | 2019 |