Naomi Baum

Naomi Baum, Ph.D., Director of Resilience Unit of ICTP

Naomi Baum is a School Psychologist who received her undergraduate training in psychology at Bar-Ilan University. She then went on to earn a Masters Degree in school psychology as well as a Ph.D. in counseling and child development at Bryn Mawr College. Naomi was a fellow at the Mandel School for Educational Leadership, and was the director for psychological services for a large, rural school district. She has worked as a consulting psychologist for pre-school, elementary, junior high, and high schools for over 20 years. She has also taught psychology at several colleges and universities both in the United Statesat John Carroll University as well as in Israel at Oranim Academic College, Efrata, David Yellin, and Herzog College. Currently, Baum serves as Director of the Resilience Unit at The Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma and the National School Resilience Project. Her work at ICTP focuses on developing programs to build resilience in communities that have been highly exposed to trauma and stress. Her work has been implemented in the school system in Israel and among the police, firefighters, and paramedics. She has successfully brought her approach to Biloxi, Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Her work there included seven visits to the city, she trained teachers, social workers, school nurses, and counselors.^[1] She has also written about Trauma and Resilience in several published articles and books.^[2] Baum is a native of the USA moved to Israel in 1987.

Publications

• Baum, Naomi. (2005)"Building Resilience: A School Based Intervention for Children Exposed to Ongoing Trauma and Stress". Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, 2005.
• Baum, Naomi. (2009) "Building Resilience in Schools in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina". Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 2009.

References

1. ^ "Using what's right, to fix what's wrong". http://israel21c.org/people/using-whats-right-to-fix-whats-wrong. 
2. ^ "Publications and Lectures". http://traumaweb.org/content.asp?PageId=154&lang=En. 

External links

• http://www.traumaweb.org/content.asp?PageId=10&lang=En
• http://www.israeltrauma.org/

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