Linda Baker, Ph.D. C.Psych.

Dr. Baker is the Executive Director of the Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System (formerly the London Family Court Clinic). She is a clinical psychologist whose areas of expertise include children and youth experiencing mental illness, children and adolescents affected by violence, and youth in conflict with the law. Dr. Baker sits on many community committees and advisory boards including the Board of Directors for the Sexual Assault Centre of London. She is on the Editorial Board for Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: An Interdisciplinary Journal. She is also an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario.

Dr. Baker is committed to integrating research and practice to translate findings into promising practices for front-line professionals. Her current research foci are children of incarcerated mothers and children affected by domestic violence. She is dedicated to capacity-building and skill-building training that engages and enlightens. She has delivered training and train-the-trainer initiatives for children's mental health practitioners, professionals who work to stop violence against women, early childhood educators, and youth justice audiences among others. Topics range from supporting survivors of woman abuse as mothers, assessing and treating children who have lived with violence or experienced other traumas, bullying in schools, adolescent suicide prevention and intervention, introductory and advanced cognitive-behavioural skills for treatment settings, conduct disorder, and community collaboration to end violence against women and children.

Recent Publications

Cunningham, Alison & Linda Baker (in press). The adolescent's experience of adult intimate partner violence and implications for intervention. In Sandra A. Graham-Bermann & Alytia A. Levendosky (eds.), How intimate partner violence affects children: Developmental research, case studies, and evidence-based treatment. Washington, DC: APA Books.

Baker, Linda, Alison Cunningham & Kim Harris (in press). Re-interpreting delinquency through the lens of family violence: Observable indicators and implications for intervention. In F. Jacobs & F. Sherman (Eds.), Health and Well Being in the Juvenile Justice System. New York: Wiley & Sons.

Baker, Linda & Alison Cunningham (2009). Inter-parental violence: The pre-schooler's perspective and the educator's role. Early Childhood Education Journal, 37: 199-207.

She is also the co-editor of Protecting Children from Domestic Violence: Strategies for Community Intervention, published by Guilford Press.

Recent Resources

Linda is the author or co-author of over 20 resources produced by the Centre including these recent titles:

Helping an Abused Woman: 101 Things to Know, Say and Do (2008)

Helping Abused Women in Shelters: 101 Things to Know, Say and Do (2008)

Little Eyes, Little Ears: How Violence Against a Mother Shapes Children as they Grow (2007)

Woman Abuse Affects our Children: An Educator' Guide (2007)

Through a New Lens / Seeing Woman Abuse in the Life of a Young Child: A Resource Package for Teachers of Early Childhood Education (2005)

Professor's Resource Guide: Teaching about woman abuse and its effects on children (2005)

Learning to Listen, Learning to Help: Understanding Woman Abuse and its Effects on Children (2005)

Helping Children Thrive / Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers: A Resource to Support Parenting (2004)

Conferencing for Youth: Increasing Understanding to Enhance Intervention (2004)

Suicide Prevention and Intervention: A Train-the-Trainer's Manual (2004)

What About Me! Seeking to Understand the Child's View of Violence in the Family (2004)

Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence: A Handbook for the Juvenile Justice System to Enhance Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Youth from Violent Homes (2003)

Waiting for Mommy: Giving a Voice to the Hidden Victims of Imprisonment (2003)

Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: An Early Childhood Educator's Handbook to Increase Understanding and Improve Community Responses (2002)

Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: A Teacher's Handbook to Increase Understanding and Improve Community Responses (2002)

Children Exposed to Violence: A Handbook for Police Trainers to Increase Understanding and Improve Community Responses (2002)

Treating Child and Adolescent Depression: A Handbook for Children's Mental Health Practitioners (2002)

Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to Treating Children and Adolescents with Conduct Disorder (2002)

Adolescent Relationship Violence: Increasing Understanding to Enhance Intervention (200)

Peer-to-Peer Aggression In Residential Settings (2002)

Adolescent Relationship Violence: Increasing Understanding to Enhance Intervention (2002)

Understanding the Effects of Domestic Violence: A Trainer's Manual for Early Childhood Educators (2001)

On-site Training

Dr. Baker is an in-demand speaker, workshop faciliator and trainer who travels extensively across North America and to Europe. For information about her availability and training fees, contact Karen Rhiger.