1. Eileen M. Brennan, PhD, is an associate dean and a professor at the Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University, in Portland, Oregon. She is principal investigator for the Support for Working Families Project of the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health. As part of her studies of the ways in which family caregivers of children with serious emotional disorders balance their work and family responsibilities, she also serves as co-principal investigator...
2. John Poertner, DSW, is a professor and an associate dean at the School of Social Work of the University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign. His research interests focus on children and families in public child welfare and mental health systems. He is currently in charge of outcome reporting for the Children and Family Research Center, a collaboration between the University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.