Meet your Caring Dads team!

Katreena Scott PhD - Lead Program Developer

Katreena Scott is a Psychologist, Professor and Academic Director of the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at Western University.

Dr. Scott leads an applied research program aimed at ending violence in family relationships, with specific expertise on addressing violence perpetration in men. She is internationally known for her research on empirically and ethically sound policies and practices for intervening with men who have used violence against their partners and/or children. Dr. Scott holds the Tier I Canada Research Chair in Ending Child Abuse and Domestic Violence.

Sarah Webb - Global Enterprise Leader

Many of you know Sarah from training, clinical consultations and all things Caring Dads. Over the past year, Sarah has been using her considerable talents to develop GBV Skills courses for Canada. Now that these courses are started, she is back to her role at Caring Dads!

Shane Bell - Accredited Trainer (Australia)

With a background in social work (MSW), combined with a deep curiosity for gender-based violence, safety and change, Shane initially gained a position within a women’s and children’s family violence support agency, where he worked directly with men/fathers identified within police referrals. The goal of this response was to increase safety for families and people involved, and to create and connect the men/fathers to programs and pathways for change such as Caring Dads, Men's Behaviour Change (MBCP) and Case Management. Since that time, Shane has continued to follow a pathway in this field within a range of services, providing phone counselling and referrals, working within legal spaces such as the Family Court and Neighbourhood Justice Centre, team leading, training provision, comprehensive case management, group facilitation in both MBCP and Caring Dads and most recently the opportunity to work in the Clinical Lead role with Caring Dads at Kids First in Melbourne, Aus.

Dermot Brady - Accredited Trainer (UK)

Dermot Brady qualified as a social worker in 1994. He is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Kingston and St. George’s University of London, specialising in post-graduate social work education.

Dermot is a Practice Educator and Assessor and has managed placements in a range of settings. He has worked as a frontline practitioner and manager and has a particular interest in working with men, fathering and domestic abuse. rior to joining Kingston he was part of a team that developed a Community Interest Company, RISE, which successfully spun out of the London Community Rehabilitation Company.

Current work involved research on a pilot to help young people exit gangs and a programme developing practice guidance, training and teaching around honour based violence, forced marriage, FGM and harmful traditional practices.

Carina Corradi

**Accredited Trainer in Spanish Language - Canada**

Carina Corradi - Accredited Trainer (Spanish Language)

Carina Corradi, Psychologist/Psychoanalyst, BSc, SSW, Life Coach.

With more than 25 years experience, working in human services, within private and not-for-profit sectors, Carina Corradi is the Lead Facilitator of the Caring Dads Program at Changing Ways, London, ON, Canada.

Carina supports men/fathers who have perpetrated abuse, by holding them responsible for their choices and actions, building trust, and successfully engaging men in ending the cycle of abuse against women and children.

In addition, Carina is a certified Caring Dads Trainer for Spanish speaking Caring Dads facilitator trainings.

Elaine Gaskell-Mew - Accredited Trainer (UK)

Elaine is a qualified social worker and lecturer in higher education.

She worked for 25 years in the probation service in London (England) specializing in group work with perpetrators of domestic abuse. She lectured in Social Work at Kingston University for 8 years before returning recently to front-line practice.

Elaine is currently manager of the Outreach Team at St. Michael’s Fellowship, a long-established charity working with young parents in South East London. From there she is also running Caring Dads groups for men of all ages and training and supporting new Caring Dads facilitators in other London boroughs.

Damian Green - Accredited Trainer (Australia)

Damian Green is an experienced Facilitator, Trainer and Supervisor in the areas of violent offending, working with men and fathering, and policy and research.

Damian is currently CEO of Stopping Family Violence (SFV), a national Peak Body for perpetrator response, and through this role is committed to ending violence against women and children through increased perpetrator accountability and intervention.

Damian is also the Chairperson at Starick, an organization that provides support services to women and children affected by FDV, a White Ribbon Ambassador and State Committee Member, and a member of the National Fatherhood Project Expert Reference Group.

Nick Green - Accredited Trainer (Canada)

Nick is a Caring Dads Trainer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

His role as a Child Protection Worker at the Children's Aid Society of Toronto, has provided him with the opportunity to experience multiple roles and areas of specialization.

Nick has been facilitating dads groups and training other clinicians in the Caring Dads program for 7 years, and feels passionately about sharing his learnings with others.

He is also a professional artist and active member of the Toronto arts community.

Patrick Harrison

Accredited Trainer - Southern Region

Patrick J. Harrison, MEd, MMin, DMin - Accredited Trainer (Southern Region)

Patrick J. Harrison, MEd, MMin, DMin, is the Accredited Caring Dads Southern Regional Trainer (specialization in working with faith-based and urban communities) for the United States which covers Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. He is passionate about helping to establish Caring Dads programs specifically throughout the South, and stands ready to assist in introducing this wonderful program in the other three regions of the United States.

Abir Al Jamal

**Accredited Trainer in Arabic & English Languages - Canada**

Abir Al Jamal - Accredited Trainer (Arabic Language)

Abir Al Jamal, MSW, RSW, earned her degree from the University of Western Ontario in 2015. She has over twenty years of international experience working with internally displaced, refugees, and vulnerable populations.

In Canada, she is a service provider and researcher at the MRCSSI, London, Ontario. She is focused on researching domestic violence, risk assessments, and social issues that affect immigrants and newcomers’ communities.

She comes from an anti-oppressive, anti-racist, and trauma-informed lens. She believes in evidence-based best practices, more specifically, culturally informed risk assessment and culturally integrative responses to address gaps in services for immigrants and newcomers.

Tim Kelly MSW RSW - Co-Author and Lead Trainer

Tim Kelly MSW RSW has worked with abusive men since 1986 and has extensive experience in this sector. Tim is the co-author of the Caring Dads program and has facilitated groups at the front line for over 20 years as well as runs a private practice working with men/fathers who behave abusively. Tim has spoken both nationally and internationally on issues related to violence against women and children and community collaborations. Much of his efforts have included engaging men to end violence against women and children. He has collaborated with women’s advocates and child protection leaders to develop programs and processes to engage and hold men who perpetrate gender based violence responsible for their actions and systems accountable for change.

Yoshi Takano

Accredited Trainer in Japanese & English Languages - Canada

Yoshi Takano - Accredited Trainer (Japanese Language)

Dr. Takano is an Assistant Professor at the Doctor of Psychology Program in the Department of Psychology, University of Prince Edward Island.

Dr. Takano has an expertise in forensic psychology in various intervention approaches and assessments. Dr. Takano has facilitated court mandated domestic violence intervention programs in British Columbia and Alberta, as well as facilitating Caring Dads programming for many years.

He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters in Canada, as well as in Japan about effective therapeutic approaches for domestic violence. He is an accredited Caring Dads Trainer in Canada, and also trains facilitators for the Caring Dads program in Japan.

Monique Yeoman - Accredited Trainer (Australia)

Social Work trained, Monique spent 10 years working in the Child Protection field in both New Zealand and Victoria, Australia, working with families and community partners towards the safeguarding of vulnerable children prior to moving into the community services sector in 2015. There, she initially worked in and contributed to the implementation of a large scale state funded trial delivering client services in a multidisciplinary, client led framework.

Currently Monique is the state wide coordinator for the state funded Caring Dads trial in Victoria, Australia and is employed by Kids First Australia. Kids First is a non-government organisation working with children and families across a range of services from the primary prevention, through to the tertiary intervention space.

Alongside supporting the operational and clinical implementation of the Caring Dads program across the three Victorian sites, Monique maintains her clinical practice via ongoing facilitation of the Caring Dads program curriculum.