Heather Taussig, PhD

Professional Titles

• Kempe Center - Director, Kempe Fostering Healthy Futures Program

Recognitions

• Outstanding Young Professional in the Field of Child Abuse and Neglect, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (2004)
  

Publications

• Taussig HN, Culhane SE, Garrido E, Knudtson MD, Petrenko CL. Does Severity of Physical Neglect Moderate the Impact of an Efficacious Intervention for Maltreated Children in Foster Care?. Child Maltreat. 2012 Oct 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23076837
• Petrenko CL, Friend A, Garrido EF, Taussig HN, Culhane SE. Does subtype matter? Assessing the effects of maltreatment on functioning in preadolescent youth in out-of-home care. Child Abuse Negl. 2012 Sep;36(9):633-44. PubMed PMID: 22947490
• Taussig HN, Culhane SE, Garrido E, Knudtson MD. RCT of a mentoring and skills group program: placement and permanency outcomes for foster youth. Pediatrics. 2012 Jul;130(1):e33-9. PubMed PMID: 22689870
• Hellyer, J., Garrido, E.F., Petrenko, C.L.M., & Taussig, H.N. (2013). Are maternal and community risk factors associated with the presence of asthma among children in foster care? Children and Youth Services Review, 35, 128-132.
• Perzow, S. E. D., Petrenko, C. L. M., Culhane, S. E., Garrido, E. F., & Taussig, H. N. (in press). Dissociative symptoms and academic functioning in maltreated children. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.
• Taussig, H.N. & Raviv, T. (in press). Foster care and child well-being: A promise whose time has come. In J. Korbin and R. Krugman (Eds.). Handbook of Child Maltreatment.
• Perzow SE, Petrenko CL, Garrido EF, Combs MD, Culhane SE, Taussig HN. Dissociative symptoms and academic functioning in maltreated children: a preliminary study. J Trauma Dissociation. 2013;14(3):302-11. PubMed PMID: 23627479
• Taussig HN, Culhane SE, Garrido E, Knudtson MD, Petrenko CL. Does severity of physical neglect moderate the impact of an efficacious preventive intervention for maltreated children in foster care?. Child Maltreat. 2013 Feb;18(1):56-64. PubMed PMID: 23076837
• Taussig, H.N. & Raviv, T. (2014). Foster care and child well-being: A promise whose time has come. In J.E. Korbin and R.D. Krugman (Eds.). Handbook of Child Maltreatment.
• *Hellyer, J., Garrido, E.F., Petrenko, C.L.M., & Taussig, H.N. (2013). Are maternal and community risk factors associated with the presence of asthma among children in foster care? Children and Youth Services Review, 35, 128-132. PMC: In progress.
• Petrila, A., Fireman, O., Schnoll-Fitzpatrick, L., Wertheimer, R., & Taussig, H.N. (in press). Student satisfaction with an innovative internship. Social Work Education.
• Garrido, E. F., & Taussig, H. N. (2013). Do parenting practices and pro-social peers moderate the association between intimate partner violence exposure and teen dating violence? Psychology of Violence, 3, 354-366.
• Taussig, H.N., Harpin, S.B., & Maguire, S.A. (in press). Suicidality among Preadolescent Maltreated Children in Foster Care. Child Maltreatment.

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

• Kempe Children's Center

Specialty Information

• Psychology
• Psychology, License (2000)