Martha Farrell Erickson, PhD
Martha Farrell Erickson, PhD, is Director of the Children, Youth and Family Consortium at the University of Minnesota. A developmental psychologist, she specializes in parent-child attachment, child abuse prevention, and community-based approaches for strengthening families. With colleague Byron Egeland, Dr. Erickson developed the STEEP program (Steps Toward Effective, Enjoyable Parenting).The author of numerous scholarly publications, she also writes a syndicated parenting column and appears...See more
Martha Farrell Erickson, PhD, is Director of the Children, Youth and Family Consortium at the University of Minnesota. A developmental psychologist, she specializes in parent-child attachment, child abuse prevention, and community-based approaches for strengthening families. With colleague Byron Egeland, Dr. Erickson developed the STEEP program (Steps Toward Effective, Enjoyable Parenting).The author of numerous scholarly publications, she also writes a syndicated parenting column and appears regularly as the parenting expert for KARE-TV. Karen Kurz-Riemer, MEd, is a family education consultant, writer, and trainer, based in Minneapolis. A former childhood teacher and administrator, she played a leading role in coordinating the development of Minnesota's Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) program from six pilot programs in the mid-1970s to a statewide program that serves nearly 300,000 parents and children each year. She has assisted the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning as ECFE expands its statewide activity with families of infants and toddlers. See less
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