Birthplace: New York, New York

Married, Two Children: Wife, Mary Daughter, Lisa (20 years) Daughter, Brittany (17 years)

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, 1970
Graduate and Undergraduate Courses in Psychology (60 unites), California State University at Los Angeles, 1962 – 1964
B.A., Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1962

California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, Professor , 1982 – 1989.
Courses taught:

• Practicum in Psychotherapy Supervision
• Professional Roles for Doctoral Psychologists
• Child Development
• Piagetian Theory
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Parent Development
• Disadvantaged Children
• Children's Rights
• Research Practica in Parenting and Parent Training
• Introduction to Community Clinical Psychology
• Project Development for Psy.D. Doctoral Students
• Program Development and Evaluation

State University of New York at Albany, Teaching Fellow, 1965 – 1968.
Courses taught: Experimental Psychology Laboratory Sections

Executive Director, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Studio City, California, 1974 – present.
This private, non-profit research, training and community service organization was founded by Dr. Alvy in 1974. Duties as Executive Director include full administrative, planning and supervision functions over resource development, public relations, and various research, service and training projects.

Continuing Education Director, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Studio City, California, 1975 – present.
Dr. Alvy selects, reviews and/or develops all of CICC's continuing education offerings, including national and local professional training conferences, national and local parenting instructor training workshops, and national and local workshops and courses that are designed for specific professional personnel such as psychologists, social workers, counselors, educators, childcare professionals, and physicians. He serves as the key liaison person to accrediting and funding bodies over all of CICC's CE programs.

Project Director, "Does My Child Have Special Needs?" Project, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Studio City, Calif., May 2001 – present.

This one million dollar a year project is funded by the Los Angeles County Children and Families First Proposition 10 Commission. It has produced several vehicles for helping to identify young children with special needs (discovery or identification tools that will be used as part of the project website and in numerous project publications for parents and childcare professionals), a multi-faceted website, and a new Developmental Assessment Course for Psychologists. It is also piloting several ways of providing treatment services for young children with special needs within the natural environment of childcare centers and family childcare homes, and training childcare professionals to identify and help such children, as well as training allied health professionals to deliver parent training services for parents of young children with special needs.

Project Director, Antelope Valley Childcare System and Parent Education Project, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Studio City, Calif., May 2001 – present.
This one-half million dollar a year project is funded by the Los Angeles County Children and Families First Proposition 10 Commission. It provides a variety of parenting education classes, seminars and self- instructional materials for parents whose children participate in the childcare system in Antelope Valley, and it prepares childcare professionals to be Effective Parenting Advocates and Resource Persons.

Project Director, San Fernando Valley Childcare System and Parent Education Project, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Studio City, Calif., July 2000 – present.
This $300,000 a year project is funded by the Los Angeles County Children and Families First Proposition 10 Commission. It is bringing a wide range of parenting classes, seminars and self- instructional materials into the childcare system in the San Fernando Valley, and preparing childcare professionals to be Effective Parenting Advocates and Resource Persons.

Primary Consultant/Expert Panelist, Parent Training and Substance Abuse Prevention Project, Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, ADAMHA, Rockville, MD, 1988 – 1989.
This national project involved the (1) creation of a National Expert panel on Parenting as Prevention, which Dr. Alvy led, (2) the creation of a resource manual on Parenting As Prevention, for which Dr. Alvy wrote a major chapter on the scientific justification of parent training as a substance abuse prevention strategy, and distilled ten specific roles parents can play in substance use prevention, and (3) five regional conferences on Parenting As Prevention for representatives of ten states per conference, for which Dr. Alvy delivered a keynote address and chaired a panel of experts who spoke on the ten specific roles.

Project Director, Statewide Parenting Instructor Training Project: Black and Hispanic Parenting Programs, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1989 – 1990.
This project was funded by the California Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. It consisted of workshops in Southern and Northern California to train human service agency personnel to deliver CICC's Effective Black Parenting and Los Niños Bien Educados programs to families throughout the state.

Project Director, Statewide Parent Training Project, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1987 – 1988.
This project consisted of conducting two major conferences, one in Northern California and one in Southern California, to showcase a wide range of parent training programs for state drug and alcohol, mental health, social service and educational professionals, and two instructor training worships to prepare 35 professionals to deliver a behaviorally-based parent training program in communities throughout California.

Project Director, Hispanic Parenting Program, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1986 – 1988.
This project was funded by a grant from the Mattel Foundation and it consisted of refining a parent training curriculum for Hispanic parents, Los Niños Bien Educados, field testing it in schools of the Los Angeles Unified School District and in the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese, and working with these institutions to incorporate the program on an on-going basis.

Conference Co-Chairman, The Third National Parenting Symposium.
This conference was co-sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring and the International Society for Research in Parenting. It was conducted at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, March 26-29, 1987.

Project Director, Countywide Parenting Information Service, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1983 – 1985.
The directorship of this regional project consisted of the design and on-going supervision of a model telephone counseling and referral service for linking parents and professionals throughout Los Angeles County to the available parent training programs and childcare resources. The project was funded by private foundation grants and service contracts with the County of Los Angeles.

Project Director, Programs for Parents, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1974 – 1985.
The leadership of this regional project included the design, selection and implementation of 30 different parent training programs at various community sites throughout Los Angeles County. These programs were funded by corporate and foundation grants and participant fees.

Project Director, Countywide Child Abuse Information Center, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1976 – 1977.
This project was funded by the County of Los Angeles and consisted of a telephone counseling and referral service about the identification, reporting, treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect, and technical assistance and educational services to community agencies, hospitals, school districts, and mental health agencies.

Project Director, Child-Parent Mental Health Worker Training Project, Kedren Community Mental Health Center, South Central Los Angeles, 1974 – 1977.
This project was funded by the Manpower Division of the National Institute of Mental Health and prepared indigenous mental health workers for employment in child mental health settings.

Director of Research and Evaluation, Kedren Community Mental Health Center, South Central Los Angeles, 1972 – 1974.

Head, Children's Mental Health Services, Kedren Community Mental Health Center, 1972.

Staff Psychologist, Children's Services, Kedren Community Mental Health Center, 1970 – 1971.

Private Practice, Clinical Psychology, Los Angeles, California, 1971 – 1974.

Staff Psychologist, Rensselear County Community Mental Health Center, Troy, New York, 1968 – 1970.

Consultant, Albany County Head Start Program, Albany, New York, 1968.

Probation Counselor, Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles, California, 1962 – 1964.

Licensed Psychologist, State of California, (PL3651), 1972 – 1989.

Principal Investigator, "How is My Child Doing?" Research Study, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 2002-2003. This study is to further research the reliability and validity of the tool that CICC developed as part of the "Does My Child Have Special Needs?" Project to help identify young children with special needs, The CICC Discovery Tool. The study is supported by grant funds from First 5 LA, the Los Angeles County Proposition 10 Commission.

Principal Investigator, Drug Abuse Prevention and Black Parent Training, a research project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and conducted by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1985 – 1988. Budget: $790,000. The project was a controlled, longitudinal field test of CICC's Effective Black Parenting Program with inner city African American parents and children.

Co-Principal Investigator, Socio-Familial Context of Black Drug Use and Delinquency, a research project jointly funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and conducted by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1987 – 1989. Budget $106,133. The project tested a model to predict which inner city African American children are likely to become drug users and/or delinquents.

Principal Investigator, Culturally-Adapted Parent Training, a research project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and conducted by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1979 – 1981. Budget: $350,000. The project involved the development of special parent training programs for African and Latino American parents, and basic research that compared the child rearing attitudes and practices of parents from different cultures.

Principal Investigator, Expansion of the Personnel for Parent Development Programs, a training and research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring , 1979 – 1981. Budget: $283,000. The project added on additional training activities to an earlier program and field tested the revised national training model by training additional parenting instructors.

Principal Investigator, Personnel for Parent Development Program, a training grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1977 – 1979. Budget: $176,000. The project developed and tested a national model for preparing mental health, social service and educational personnel to deliver group parent training services in their agencies and schools.

Principal Investigator, Indigenous Mental Health Workers for Children Services, a research and training project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and conducted by Kedren Community Mental Health Center, South Central Los Angeles, California, 1974 - 1977. Budget: $367,000. The project developed a national a model for training workers from the local community to deliver child mental health services.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Expert Panelist and Trainer, Parenting Is Prevention National Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 1999.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Invited Expert Panelist, Reaching Parents in the Workplace Planning Meeting, Rockville, Maryland, September 1998.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Violence Prevention. Expert Panelist, Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention Study Groups, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1998.

White House Conference on Child Care. Invited Participant, White House, Washington, D.C., October 1997.

Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Expert Panelist, National Conference on Systems Building and Service Integration, Washington, D.C., November 1997.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Expert Participant, CSAP and Communities: Collaborating for the Future, Kansas City, Missouri, June 1997.

National Institute of Mental Health, Violence Prevention Branch. Invited Member for Work Group on Scientifically-Based Interventions for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Bethesda, Maryland, September 1994.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health and Human Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Invited Expert to the Federal Interagency Early Childhood Initiative Planning Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland, August 1996.

Office for Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. Consultant, Early Childhood Education/Drug Abuse Prevention Curricula/Materials Project, Washington, D.C., 1989.

Office of Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lead Technical Expert, Parenting Is Prevention Project, 1988.

Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration. Member, Special Review Committee, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant Program, Bethesda, Maryland, 1987 – 1988.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Member, Special Scientific Review Committee, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Rockville, Maryland, June 1985.

Psychological Bulletin. Review of manuscripts on child abuse, 1984.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Invited Expert, Technical Review Committee on Parent Training and Family Life Skills Training, Bethesda, Maryland, 1983.

National Institute of Mental Health. Invited Expert, Technical Review Committee on Ethics and Primary Prevention Research and Services, Office of Prevention Meeting, Los Angeles, California, 1983.

National Institute of Mental Health. Grant Reviewer, Children's Services Funds, Region IX Office, San Francisco, California, 1973 – 1977.

Lighting the Way to the New Millennium Award
July 1999, U.S. Senate Building, Washington, D.C.

This award was presented jointly by the U.S. Government's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Parenting Coalition International to Dr. Alvy for his three decades of accomplishments in helping America's parents raise proud, confident, healthy and drug-free youth.

Distinguished Alumni Award
June 1997, State University of New York at Albany,Albany, New York.

This award to Dr. Alvy was for career achievements in helping to prevent the abuse and neglect of America's children, for improving the effectiveness of parents and communities to raise children as positively and peacefully as possible, and for creating programs that combat racism and oppression.

National Parent's Day Award
August 1995, The White House, Washington, D.C.

This award was given as part of the celebration of the nation's first National Parent's Day. Dr. Alvy was among eight individuals who were honored for exemplary accomplishments nationwide in uplifting and supporting the role of parents in the rearing of their children.

Pioneer in Family Support Movement
April 2002, Family Support America National Conference
Chicago, Illinois

This recognition was for contributing to the effectiveness of family resource centers nationwide by providing multi-cultural parenting programs and resources for use through such centers.

People's Champ Award
November 2002, Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles
The Wilshire Grand Hotel, Los Angeles

This award was in recognition of all of Dr. Alvy's work, dedication and commitment to causes of human equality, justice and equal opportunity in assisting children and parents, with particular emphasis on his seminal role in creating CICC's Effective Black Parenting program. Second Baptist Church is the oldest African-American church in Los Angeles.

A. Books, Book Chapters, Professional Journal Articles and Legislation

1. Single and Senior Authorships

   Alvy, K.T. Parent training programs. In Peterson, M.S., Durfee, M. and Coulter. C. (Editors), Child Abuse and Neglect: Guidelines for Identification, Assessment and Case Management. 2003, Volcano Press, Inc., Volcano, CA, p.311-316.

   Alvy, K.T. Addressing the Challenges of Raising African American Children: The Effective Black Parenting Program. The National Baptist Voice. The official voice of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., July/August/September 2002, Vol.1, No. 3, p.55-57.

   Alvy, K.T. The CICC Discovery Tool. 2002, Studio City, California, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 144 pages.

   Alvy, K.T. The Power of Positive Parenting. Studio City, California, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 2000.

   Alvy, K.T. Effective Black parenting. Charities USA, The official publication of Catholic Charities USA, 1999, Vol. 26, No. 1, p. 20-21.

   Alvy, K.T. Parent Training Today: A Social Necessity. Studio City, Calif., Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, 1994.

   Alvy, K.T. Parent training as a prevention strategy. In Parent Training is Prevention: Preventing Alcohol and Other Drug Problems Among Youth in the Family, 1991, DHHS Publication No. (ADM) 91-1715, U.S. Government Printing Office.

   Alvy, K.T. Parenting programs for Black parents. In Bond, L.A. (Ed.), Families in transition: Primary prevention programs that work, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, Calif., 1988.

   Alvy, K.T. Black parenting: Strategies for training. New York, New York: Irvington Publishers, 1987.

   Alvy, K.T. The Parent Development Act of 1985. Legislation prepared for the California State Legislature as Assembly Bill 251, February 1985. California Legislature, Sacramento, Calif.

   Alvy, K.T. Analysis of Potential Impact of AB 251, The Parent Development Act of 1985. Report submitted to the Speaker Pro Tempore of the California State Assembly, Sacramento, Calif., March 25, 1985.

   Alvy, K.T. The enhancement of parenting: An analysis of parent training programs, 1984, 82 pages. U.S. Government Printing Office: 421-166:4364.

   Alvy, K.T. Effective black parenting: A review and synthesis of black perspectives, 1984, 115 pages. U.S. Government Printing Office: 421-166:4415.

   Alvy, K.T. et al. Black parenting: An empirical study with implications for parent trainers and therapists, 1984, 137 pages. U.S. Government Printing Office: 421-166:4416.

   Alvy, K.T. et al. Black parent training programs: Adapted versions of standard programs for black parents and a Pilot Test of the Adapted Version, 1984, 138 pages. U.S. Government Printing Office: 421- 166:4414.

   Alvy, K.T. Ethical dilemmas in primary prevention: Hands-on handicaps in parent training programs. Proceedings of the Ethics and Primary Prevention Conference, 1983, Office of Prevention, National Institute of Mental Health.

   Alvy, K.T. and Rubin, H.S. Parent training and the training of parent trainers. Journal of Community Psychology, 1981, 9, 53 – 66.

   Alvy, K.T. The economy and child abuse. Caring, 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1980. Chicago, Illinois: National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse.

   Alvy, K.T. Preventing child abuse. American Psychologist, September 1975, Vol. 30, No. 9, 921-928. (This article also appeared in Chess, S. and Thomas, A. Eds., Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development, 1976, New York: Brunner/Mazel.)

   Alvy, K.T. On child abuse: Values and analytic approaches. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, April 1975, Vol. IV, No. 1, 36-38.

   Alvy, K.T. Indigenous mental health workers for children's services. In Simon R., Silverstein, S. and Shriver, B.M., Ed., Explorations in Mental Health Training, 1975, DHEW Publication No. (ADM) 74 – 109, U.S. Government Printing Office.

   Alvy, K T. Development of Listener-Adapted Communications in Grade School Children from Different Social Class Backgrounds. Genetic Psychology Monographs, 1973, 87, 33-104.

   Alvy, K.T. Relation of age to children's egocentric and cooperative communications. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1968, 112, 275-286. (This publication also appeared in Lindgren, Byrne and Lindgren, Eds., Current Research in Psychology, 1971, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 396-406; and in Eson, M.E. and Wilkinson, H.J., Eds., Studies for Replication in Child Development, 1975, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 206-219.)

2. Co-Authorships

   Myers, H.F., Newcomb, M.D., Richardson, M.A. and Alvy, K.T. Parental and family risk factors for substance use in inner-city African American children and adolescents. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 1997, Vol. 19, No. 2, 109-131.

   Myers, H.F., Taylor, S., Alvy, K.T., Arrington, A., and Richardson, M. Parental and family predictors of behavior problems in inner-city Black children. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1992, Vol. 20, No. 5, 557-576.

   Myers, H.F., Alvy, K.T, et al. The impact of a parent training program on inner-city African-American families. Journal of Community Psychology, April 1992, Vol. 20, 132-147.

CICC's Effective Black Parenting Program. Includes a 333-page Instructor's Manual, a 152-page Parent's Handbook, Instructional Transparencies, etc. for conducting the complete 15-session version of this national model parenting skill-building program for parents of African American children. Also includes a Leader's Guide and Parent Guide for the one-day seminar version of the program. 1985 and 1996 editions.

CICC's Los Niños Bien Educados Program. Includes a 360-page Instructor's Manual, a 307-page Parent's Handbook (English and Spanish), Instructional Transparencies, etc. for conducting the complete 12-sesion version of this national model parenting skill-building program for parents of Latino American children. Also includes a Leader's Guide and a Parent Guide for the one-day seminar version of the program. 1988, 2001.

CICC's Confident Parenting: Survival Skills Training Program. Includes a 44-page Instructor's Manual with extensive Appendix materials, a 232-page Parent's Handbook, Instructional Transparencies, etc. for conducting the complete 10-session version of this national model skill-building program. Also includes a Leader's Guide and a Parent Guide for the one-day seminar version of the program. 1976, 2001.

C. CICC Monographs

Monograph Series of the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring

Alvy, K.T., A World Class Child Abuse Prevention and Effective Parenting Initiative for Los Angeles County. December 2002, 19 pages.

Alvy, K.T., Plunkett, S.W. and Rosen, L.D. A Study of the Effectiveness of a One-Day Seminar in CICC's Los Niños Bien Educados Parenting Program, December 2002, 22 pages.

Plunkett, S.W., Alvy, K.T., and Rosen, L.D. A Study of the Effectiveness of a Multi-Session Parenting Class in CICC's Confident Parenting: Survival Skills Training Program, December 2002, 11 pages.

Alvy, K.T., Plunkett, S.W. and Rosen, L.D. Effective Parenting Advocates and Resource Persons – A New Role for Child Car Professionals and a Training Conference and Workshops to Learn About the New Role. November 2001, 38 pages.

Alvy, K.T., Plunkett, S.W. and Rosen, L.D. A Study of the Effectiveness of a One-Day Seminar in CICC's Confident Parenting: Survival Skills Training Program, October 2001, 21 pages.

Alvy, K.T. CICC's Responses to Dr. Edward Bloch's Viewpoints on the CICC Discovery Tool. July 2002, 43 pages.

Alvy, K.T., Plunkett, S.W. and Rosen, L.D. A Study of the Effectiveness of a One-Day Seminar in the Early Childhood Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Program. May 2001, 27 pages.

Alvy, K.T., Plunkett, S.W. and Rosen, L.D. A Study of the Effectiveness of a Multi-Session Early Childhood Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Program. March 2001, 15 pages.

Alvy, K.T., Plunkett, S.W. and Rosen, L.D. A Study of the Effectiveness of a Multi-Session Los Niños Bien Educados Parenting Program for Latino-American Parents. March 2001, 20 pages.

Alvy, K.T. and Plunkett, S.W. Helping Palm Beach Parents: A Study of the Parent Education and Parent Involvement Programs and Activities of Palm Beach County, Florida Institutions, and a Plan for a Comprehensive Effective Parenting Project. October 2000, 118 pages and Appendix.

Alvy, K.T. and Rosen, L.D. A Study of the Parent Involvement and Parenting Program Activities at the Elementary Schools in Los Angeles Unified School District: North Hollywood and Polytechnic- Families of Schools. July 2000, 55 pages.

Alvy, K.T. The Warm Line for Parents of the Los Angeles County Children and Families First Proposition 10 Commission: Recommendations for Improvement. January 2000, 7 pages and Appendix.

Alvy, K.T. and Rosen, L.D. A Study of the Parent Involvement and Parenting Program Activities of the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District: The Elementary Schools. January 1999, 48 pages.

Alvy, K.T. and Rosen, L.D. A Study of the Parent Involvement and Parenting Program Activities of the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District: The Middle and High Schools, and the Adult Schools and Preschools. February 1999, 51 pages.

Alvy, K.T. and Steele, M.L. Training Parenting Instructors to Conduct Culturally-Appropriate Programs for Black and Hispanic Parents. May 1991, 138 pages.

Alvy, K.T., Myers, H.F., Arrington, A., Marigna, M., Richardson, M., Huff, R. and Main, M. Effects of a culturally–appropriate Black parent training program on parental attitudes and practices, parental mental health and child behavior outcomes in inner-city Black families. 1988, 44 pages.

Alvy, K.T. and Myers, H.F. Drug Abuse Prevention and Black Parent Training. 1985, 195 pages.

Alvy, K.T. and Rosen, L.S. Training Parenting Instructors: A National Model for Training Mental Health, Social Service and Educational Personnel to Deliver Group Parent Training Programs in their Agencies. 1984, 227 pages.

Harrison, D.S. and Alvy, K.T. The Context of Black Parenting. 1982, 32 pages.

Alvy, K.T. (Ed.) Critiques of Parent Training Manuals: Recommendations for Adapting Parent Training Programs for Black Poverty-Level Parents of Preschool Children. 1981, 119 pages.

Alvy, K.T. The Culturally-Adapted Parent Training Project: Original Grant Proposal and First Progress Report. 1980, 49 pages.

Alvy, K.T. et al. Effects of Parent Training Programs with Poverty-Level Minority Group Parents. 1980, 10 pages.

Alvy, K.T. and Rubin, H.S. Personnel for Parent Development Program: Conceptual Framework and Preliminary Results of Pilot Phase Training Cycles. 1979, 60 pages.

Alvy, K.T. Child Abuse: A Summary of What is Known. 1977, 18 pages.

Alvy, K.T. and Rubin, H.S. Save the Children: A Comprehensive Plan for Improving Los Angeles County Services to Treat and Prevent Child Abuse. 1977, 31 pages.

D. Audiotapes

The Job of Parenting. Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Studio City, California, 1992.

Selecting the Right Parent Training Programs for Your Community. Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Studio City, California, 1992.

Getting Parents Into Programs: Successful Marketing Strategies. Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Studio City, California, 1992.

Parent Training and a National Model for Training Professionals as Parent Trainers. Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Studio City, California, 1978.

E. Selected Newspaper and Opinion/Editorial Articles

Warm Line, Properly Managed, Would Benefit Everyone. Pasadena Star-News, February 20, 2000.

Parenting Education Can Benefit Our Children. Los Angeles Daily News, March 14, 1999.

White House Raising Focus on Proper Child Care. Los Angeles Daily News, October 29, 1997.

Parenting Skills Crucial to People Working Way Off Welfare. Los Angeles Daily News, March 23, 1997.

Child Abuse: Can We Do More to Prevent It? Los Angeles Times, February 17, 1985. Syndicated.

Abused Children: Unseen Victims of the Recession. Los Angeles Herald Examiner, July 22, 1980.

Violence Sets an Example. Los Angeles Times, March 13, 1978. Syndicated; Reprinted: National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse.

2002

Child Care Professionals as Effective Parenting Advocates and Resource Persons
Keynote Address, Getting Parents on Your Side Training Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring and the Palmdale School District, Board Room, Palmdale School District Building, Palmdale, California, March.

The CICC Discovery Tool
Keynote Address, Getting Parents on Your Side Training Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring and the Palmdale School District, Board Room, Palmdale School District Building, Palmdale, California, March.

Working Together To Help Young Children With Special Needs
Panel Moderator, Opening Session for the Working Together to Help Young Children with Special Needs Training Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, UCLA, Westwood, California, March.

The CICC Discovery Tool
Keynote Address, Working Together to Help Young Children with Special Needs Training Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, UCLA, Westwood, California, March.

Parenting Programs for Children with Special Needs
Workshop Leader, Working Together to Help Young Children with Special Needs Training Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, UCLA, Westwood, California, March.

The CICC Discovery Tool
Keynote Address, Community Conference, hosted by Prevent Child Abuse America, Chicago, Illinois, April.

The CICC Discovery Tool
Keynote Address, Kick-Off Community Conference for "The Discovery Your Child Campaign," sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Sportsmen's Lodge, Studio City, California, June.

Child Care Professionals as Effective Parenting Advocates and Resource Persons
Keynote Address, Getting Parents On Your Side Training Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn, North Hollywood, California, October.

"The How Is My Child Doing?" Research Study
Keynote Address, Getting Parents On Your Side Training Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn, North Hollywood, California, October.

2001

Successful Strategies for Marketing Parent Training and Family Life Improvement Programs
Invited Panelist, U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Strengthening America's Families Workshop on Marketing Strategies, San Diego, California, May.

Diversity in Parenting
Workshop Developer and Leader, one-day workshop for the Army Community Service and Family Advocacy Program, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April.

Creating Parenting-Rich Environments
Invited Workshop Speaker, National Conference on Research in Child Welfare and CWLA 2001 Western Regional Training Conference, Denver, June.

The Benefits of Effective Parenting
Keynote Speaker, Children's Summit 2000, Children's Services Network, Bakersfield, Calif., February.

Child Care Professionals as Effective Parenting Advocates and Resource Persons
Keynote Address, Getting Parents on Your Side Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Los Angeles Valley College, February.

Yelling, Threatening, and Putting Down: What To Do Instead
Workshop Leader, Getting Parents on Your Side Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Los Angeles Valley College, February.

2000

CICC's Effective Black Parenting Program
Workshop Leader, National Training Conference on Strengthening America's Families, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, San Antonio, Texas, February.

CICC's Effective Black Parenting Program
Workshop Presenter, Parenting As Prevention Workshop, U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's National Conference, Justice for Children, Washington, D.C., December.

Multi-Cultural Issues for Parent Trainers
Workshop Developer and Leader, a one-day workshop created for the U.C.L.A. and U.S.C. Centers for Child Welfare and delivered to the staff of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Los Angeles, May.

The Influence of Stressful Family Environments
Keynote Address, Palm Beach County Parent Educator's Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida, August.

Parenting Education Curriculum Review and Evaluation
Workshop Leader, Palm Beach County Parent Educator's Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida, August.

Helping Palm Beach Parents
Presentation, Findings of Research Study and Recommendations for a Palm Beach County Comprehensive Effective Parenting Project, Board of Directors, Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Florida, October.

1999

An Effective Parenting Campaign for San Diego County
Keynote Address for San Diego County Leaders, Sponsored by AT&T, Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, July.

An Effective Parenting Campaign for Palm Beach County, Florida
Workshop Developer and Leader, an invited all-day workshop for Palm Beach County Leaders, sponsored by the Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, December.

1998

Black Parenting Training
Workshop Developer and Leader, Catholic Charities USA National Conference, Atlanta, May.

An Effective Parenting Campaign for Los Angeles County
Keynote Address for Los Angeles County Leaders, sponsored by AT&T, Xerox, and ABC7, Los Angeles City Club, Wells Fargo Building, Los Angeles, January.

1997

Psychologists and the Effective Parenting Movement: Roles, Opportunities and Programs
Workshop Developer and Leader, Continuing Education Workshop at the American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, August.

The Nationwide Effective Parenting Movement
Keynote Address, The Third National Training Conference on Strengthening America's Families, U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Washington, D.C., March.

Working Effectively with Youth and Parents
Workshop Presenter, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Fourth National Injury Control Conference, Washington, D.C. November.

Parent Training: Selecting the Best Programs and Staff Training for Your Community
Workshop Leader, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Bureau of Maternal and Child Health's National Conference on Community Systems-Building and Services Integration, Rockville, Maryland, September.

Involving Fathers in Parenting Education
Keynote Address, The Third Annual Fathers' Conference, sponsored by the California Department of Social Services, Anaheim, June.

1996

Creating a Parent Friendly Work Environment
Moderator for Conference Plenary Panel, The Third National Parenting Instructors Association Conference; Careers and Kids: Balancing Work and Parenting Responsibilities, Universal City, California, July.

Adapting Parenting Programs to Meet Local Needs
Panel Presenter, The Second National Training Conference on Strengthening America's Families, U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Salt Lake City, October.

1995

Effective Contemporary Parenting
Keynote Address, The Second National Parenting Instructors Association Conference, Parents and Schools: Partners in Building Americas Future, Universal City, California, April.

1994

The Future of Parent Training
Keynote Address, The First National Parenting Instructors Association Conference, Violence in America: The Solution Starts at Home, Century City, California, April.

1992

Selecting the Right Programs for Your Community
Keynote Address, The California Parent Training Leadership Conference, sponsored by numerous California state departments, corporations and the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, North Hollywood, March.

1991

Parenting California's Children
Keynote Address, The California Parent Training Conference, sponsored by numerous California state departments, corporations, and the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, North Hollywood, March.

Empowering Parents Through Skill Building
Keynote Address, The Parent Training Conference, Bakersfield City School District, Bakersfield, California, April.

1990

Parent Training and Drug Abuse Prevention
Keynote Address, Southern California Parent Training Conference, sponsored by numerous state and county agencies, corporations and the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, North Hollywood, March.

1989

The Effective Black Parenting Program
Invited Presentation, Baltimore Area Grantmakers, Abell Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland, September.

Parent Training for Ethnic Minorities
Invited Address, United Way Planning Council, Lynwood, Calif., August.

Parent Training for Ethnic Minority Parents
Invited Presentation, California State Department of Education, Parent Involvement Task Force, California State University at Northridge, July.

Parent Training: A Social Necessity
Keynote Address, Eighth Annual Conference of the Stepfamily Association of America, University of California, Irvine, July.

Parenting As Prevention
Plenary Session Addresses, Regional Conferences on Parenting as a Substance Abuse Prevention Strategy, Sponsored by the U.S. Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, F. Lauderdale, Florida, June 2; Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 4; Hartford, Connecticut, April 28; San Francisco, California, April 7; Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 3; Baltimore Maryland, February 10.

The Effective Black Parenting Program
Presentation sponsored by the Illinois State Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Chicago, May.

1988

Culturally-Specific Parent Training Programs
Presentation to the staff of the Illinois Prevention Resource Center and directors of statewide agencies, Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Chicago, October.

Culturally-Specific Parent Training Programs
Presentation before the Directors of the Los Angeles County Head Start Agencies, Head Start Grantee Office, Norwalk, October.

The Effective Black Parenting Program
Invited Address, Parent Training Conference, Co-sponsored by the New York State Department of Education and the Center for Family Resources, Holiday Inn, Rochester, November.

Culturally-Specific Parenting Programs
Invited Address, Department of Psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Downey, California, June.

The Effective Black Parenting Program
Invited Address, Department of Mental Health, State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, June.

Parent Training as a Substance Abuse Prevention Strategy
Invited Address, Crime Prevention Conference, California Attorney General's Office, Burbank, California, May.

The Effective Black Parenting Program
Invited Address, New York State Conference on Schools and Today's Families, co-sponsored by the New York State Education Department and the Center for Family Resources, Sheraton Inn, Syracuse, New York, April.

The Effective Black Parenting Program
Invited Address, sponsored by the California Consortium of Child Abuse Councils, Foothill Family Guidance Clinic, Pasadena, March.

Contemporary Parent Training
Keynote Address, Southern California Parent Training Conference, sponsored by the California State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, February, San Diego.

A Better Way of Raising America's Children
Invited Address, Carson Coordinating Council, Carson, California, February.

1987

Contemporary Parent Training
Keynote Address, Northern California Parent Training Conference, sponsored by the California State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, Concord, California, November.

Programs for Abusive Parents
Workshop Presentation, Northern California Parent Training Conference, sponsored by the California State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, Concord, California, November.

Parenting World Views: White, Black and Brown
Plenary Address, Third National Parenting Symposium, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, March.

Training Parenting Instructors
Workshop Presentation, Third National Parenting Symposium, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, March.

1985

Black Parent Training Programs
Invited Presentation, Vermont Conference on the Primary Prevention of Psychopathology, June, University of Vermont, Burlington. This conference was sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Training Parenting Instructors and Disseminating Information About Parent Training Programs
Invited Workshop, Vermont Conference on the Primary Prevention of Psychopathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, June.

The Enhancement of Parenting: An Analysis of Parent Training Programs
Invited Presentation, The National Institute of Mental Health (The Center for Studies of Minority Group Mental Health) and the National Institute of Drug Abuse (Prevention Research Branch), Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Rockville, Maryland, June.

Prevention of Child Abuse
Invited Address and Panel Discussant, National Conference on Child Abuse, State Capitol, Sacramento, April.

Organizing and Implementing Parent Training Programs
Invited Address, University of Southern California Conference: Issues in Parent Education, Los Angeles, February.

Adapting Parent Training Programs for Ethnic Minorities
Invited Address, California School of Professional Psychology Conference: Effective Parenting Training for Black, Latino and Asian Families, Los Angeles, January.

1984

Why Parents Hit Children
Invited Address, Long Beach Child Trauma Council, Long Beach, November.

Parenting Education
Invited Address, Emphasis on Prevention Conference, California Consortium of Child Abuse Councils, Sacramento, June.

Parenting and Child Abuse Prevention Resources
Invited Address, Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools Conference: Meeting the Needs of Adolescent Parents, Los Angeles, March.

1983

Group Parent Training: Research Issues and Cultural Relevance
Invited Address, National Institute on Drug Abuse Technical Review Conference, November, Bethesda, Maryland.

Prevention Through Parenting Education
Invited Address, California Primary Prevention Network Conference, Northridge, June.

1982

Parent Training Approaches
Invited Address, California Department of Mental Health Conference, Ventura, Calif., May.

Child Abuse and How You Can Help
Presentation delivered at College Preparatory Schools (Westlake, Buckley, Montclair), Los Angeles, October through December.

Preventing Child Abuse is Good Business
Invited Address, Town Hall of California, November, Stock Exchange Club, Los Angeles.

A Commitment to Parent Training is a Commitment to Improve Child Mental Health
Invited Address, Statewide Conference on Putting Mental Health Back on Track, co-sponsored by State Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, and the California Coalition on Mental Health, Los Angeles, April.

1981

Parent Training Approaches
Invited Address, National Head Start Association Annual Training Conference, Los Angeles, May.

Violence Between Parents and Children
Invited Speech, Applebaum Institute, Vista del Mar Child Care Services, Los Angeles, May.

Training Mental Health Personnel as Parent Trainers
Panel Discussant, Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, September.

1980

Parent Training and the Training of Parent Trainers
Presentation, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration Regional Office, San Francisco, April.

Parent Training and the Training of Parent Trainers
Workshop Presenter, Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, Canada, September.

Training Parent Trainers
Keynote Address, CICC Conference, An Ounce of Prevention: Parent Training Approaches, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, July.

Child Advocacy Within Public Non-Profit Organizations
Invited Address, Bush Foundation Lectures on Child Development and Public Policy. UCLA, Westwood, Calif., May.

Contemporary Parenting
Invited Address, California State University at Dominguez Hills, May.

1979

Parent Training
Invited Address, LA County and City Schools' Conference on Discipline In the Home and the Schools, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, March.

Parent Training
Invited Address, LA City Schools' Council of Nurses Conference on Perspectives on Parenting, Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, March.

Parent Training
Invited Address, San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council, January.

Corporal Punishment
Invited Address, National Association of Christians and Jews, Southern California Conference on Behavior Control, UCLA, March.

1978

Problems, Pressures and Successes of a White Administrator in Providing Services to Blacks
Keynote Address, Conference in Shreveport, Louisiana, Improving Services for Blacks in Community Mental Health Centers, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Region IV Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, January.

Parenting
Keynote Address, Thirty First District PTA Annual Meeting, Van Nuys, Calif., February.

Training Parent Trainers
Keynote Address, Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Palm Springs, Calif., June.

Training Parent Trainers
Keynote Address, Long Beach Area Child Trauma Council, July.

Training Parent Trainers
Keynote Address, CICC Conference An Ounce of Prevention: Parent Training Approaches, Thalians Community Mental Health Center, Los Angeles, September.

Child Advocacy
Keynote Address, Los Angeles County Psychological Association, Great Western Convention Hall, Los Angeles, September.

1977

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Invited Presentations: Department of Health Services, LA County, February; American Association of University Women, Covina, Calif., February; Head Start personnel, Greater Community Action Agency, Los Angeles, March; Department of Psychiatry, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, June; Community Conference on Child Abuse, Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital, Compton, Calif., September; Mortor Board Honor Club, UCLA, September; Westminster Neighborhood Assoc., South Central LA, November.

Child Advocacy
Invited Address, Junior League of Los Angeles, November.

Training Parent Trainers
Keynote Address, CICC Conference, An Ounce of Prevention: Parent Training Approaches, Thalians Community Mental Health Center, Los Angeles, October.

1976

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Invited Addresses: Downey Area PTA Council Annual Meeting, Downey, Calif., October; Pacific Palisades Elementary School PTA, November; California State Health Training Center, Los Angeles, December.

Children's Rights
Keynote Addresses: Department of Psychiatry, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, March; Los Angeles Association of Humanistic Psychology Conference on Strategies for Human Liberation, March.

Parenting in Contemporary Society
Keynote Address, CICC workshop on parent training at Oxnard Community College, Oxnard, Calif., February.

1975

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Invited Address, Southern California Vasser Club, Beverly Hills, January.

The Child-Parent Mental Health Worker Training Program
Invited Address, Region IX Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration special meeting on Child Mental Health Services, San Francisco, June.

Parenting in Contemporary Society
Keynote Addresses: CICC Conference, How To Be A Better Parent, UCLA, June; Temple Ramat Zion, Northridge, Calif., October.

As part of his work at the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, Dr. Alvy has written funded grant proposals and negotiated funding support from the following foundations and corporations.

CICC Foundation and Corporate Supporters (1974-2002)

ABC Entertainment ABC7 Ahmanson Foundation Daniel T. Alvy Family Foundation American Medical International Annenberg Foundation ARCO Foundation AT&T Foundation Boeing Company CBS Entertainment Chrysler Corporation Columbia Pictures Collins Food International Costco Crail-Johnson Foundation Creative Artists Agency Ducommun, Inc. Essick Foundation Florence Hallum Child Abuse Fund Ford Foundation Foundation of the Milken Families Freddie Mac Foundation Friars Club Foundation General Telephone of California Getty Oil Company Gilmore Foundation Golden State Mutual Life Ins. Goldrich and Kest Industries Great Western Savings and Loan Group W Productions Hearst Foundation Herald Community Newspapers Hewlett Packard Home Savings and Loan Host International Hughes Aircraft Employee's Club Hyman Jebb Levy Foundation Informatics James Irvine Foundation John and James Knight Foundation Joseph Drown Foundation Litton Industries Lockheed Employee's Club Lon V. Smith Foundation Los Angeles Daily News

Los Angeles Herald Examiner Los Angeles Times Mattel Foundation Max Factor Family Foundation Mervyn's Metropolitan Theaters NBC Television Newsweek Nissan Motors Northrop Corporation Pacific Bell Pacific Life Foundation Pacific Telesis Foundation Paramount Pictures Permanent Charities of the Entertainment Industries Prudential Insurance Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Rastar Productions RCA Corporation Republic Corporation Robinson's Rockwell Employee's Club Security Pacific Foundation Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Southern California Edison Company Southern California Gas Company Stuart Foundations Target Stores Technicolor, Inc. Texaco Toyota Times Mirror Foundation Transamerica Corporation TRW Employee's Club Van Nuys Charities Variety Club Children's Charities Verizon Walt Disney Company Warner Communications Weingart Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Western Gear Foundation Xerox Corporation

1973 – Present

Expert Witness

Delivered testimony on topics of child abuse and neglect, corporal punishment, child care and parenting before various public hearings held by the California State Legislature, the LA County Board of Supervisors, the LA City Board of Education, the Carnegie Commission, and numerous federal government agency committees, including those from the Departments of Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services.

1977 – Present

Press Conferences

Delivered prepared statements and handled questions from the news media at press conferences at such venues as the Los Angeles Press Club and the American Civil Liberties Union on such topics as child abuse treatment and prevention, children's television, corporal punishment in the schools, parenting and parent training.

1975 – Present

Media Consultation

Served as a professional consultant, both paid and volunteer, to various television programs and films having to do with child abuse, child development, and parenting including:

• "Yelling, Threatening, Putting Down: What To Do Instead" – an award-winning video program by Gold Bell Productions, Salt Lake City, 2000.
• "National Child Safety Test," Disney Channel, 1988.
• Expert Judge – 1988 Scott Newman Dug Abuse Prevention Media Awards.
• "Crimes of Violence," KTLA-TV Special, Arnold Shapiro Productions, 1987.
• KTLA-TV Evening News Series on Child Abuse, 1982.
• KNBC-TV Evening News Series on Parent Training, 1980.
• KCET-TV, Gary Gelson Productions, Los Angeles, 1978 & 79
• NBC "Knowledge Series," Keith Berwick Productions, 1978 – 20 programs on child development and parenting.
• "Good Times," Norman Lear Productions, 1977 – four shows dealing with child abuse.
• Telefilm on parenting and adolescence by Alan Landsburg Productions, Los Angeles, 1975-76
• "Parenting: Growing With Children" – a documentary film by Peter Schnitzler, Carousel Films, Inc., Los Angeles, 1975.

Television	Radio
NBC Today Show	KFI-AM
KABC-TV Evening News, Parenting Series	KNX-AM
KNBC Morning News at 5AM	KFWB-AM
CNN Evening News	KHJ-AM
KNBC Knowledge Series	KPFK-FM
The Saturday Show	KIIS-FM
ABC's AM Los Angeles	KOST-FM
Daybreak	KFSG-AM
Michael Jackson	KDAY-AM
CBS Noontime & Sunnyside Shows	K-100 FM
John Davidson Show	KCRW-FM
LA Patterns	KRLA-FM
KCET 28 Tonight	KRTH-FM
NBC Today in LA	KCAL-AM
Century Cable TV- "Week in Review"	KCBS-FM
Kansas City CBS Evening News
KNBC Evening News at 5PM
Adelphia Cable: "Week in Review"