1988
Dr. Elissa Brown, founder and visionary of PARTNERS, finds her
inspiration PARTNERS began as Dr. Elissa Brown’s passion and
inspiration, more than twenty years ago.
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2001
Dr. Brown is granted NIH/NIMH K-08 Award, Child and Family Recovery
Program Created at the NYU Child Study Center, and Randomized
Clinical Trial Implemented to study Effect of Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy in Treatment of Childhood Traumatic Grief.
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2002
Traumatic Bereavement Program and Silver Shield Foundation
Grant
Out of the Child and Family Recovery Program grew the Traumatic
Bereavement Program led by Drs. Brown and Goodman.
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2004
PARTNERS transfers to St. John’s University, with Dr. Brown as
Associate Professor of Psychology.
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2005
PARTNERS Receives National Child Traumatic Stress Network Grant
“Category III” Status.
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2006
PARTNERS adds day-treatment component to OMH grant.
PARTNERS has collaborated with QCPC since 2004 in the inpatient
facility; in September, 2006, Dr. Brown was awarded a grant from
the New York State Office of Mental Health to extend the QCPC
collaboration to the day-treatment program. PARTNERS and QCPC
staff were trained on evidence-based assessment and treatment
techniques.
2007
PARTNERS Implements data collection for OMH day-treatment Program.
PARTNERS begins collecting data for the day-treatment comparison
study.
2008
Dr. Brown full Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University and
PARTNERS expands exponentially.
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2009
PARTNERS receives Department of Justice Grant from the Office of
Victims of Crime for BRIDGES.
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