Deborah Zlotnik, B.A. is a Clinical Psychology doctoral student
at St. John’s University and has been working with the PARTNERS
program since August 2008. Ms. Zlotnik has a BA from the
University of Rochester where she studied psychology and
Spanish. Prior to joining the PARTNERS program Ms. Zlotnik
worked at New York Presbyterian Hospital where she helped implement
the Child and Family Clinic Plus mental health screening program in
schools in Harlem and Washington Heights. Additionally,
Ms. Zlotnik was a research fellow at the Child and Family Research
Section of the National Institutes of Health where she worked on
various projects about child development and parenting. Ms.
Zlotnik is interested in researching empirically-supported
treatment in community settings, childhood resilience, and
caregiver-child relationships.