I feel like I’m seeing light at the end of the tunnel for the very first time. It’s a long tunnel but no longer a dark one.

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

The Center for Children and Families (CCF) is an interdisciplinary center at the University at Buffalo, supported by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences. CCF faculty members represent a number of departments, including Psychology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Counseling/School Psychology.


The mission of the CCF is twofold: (1) to study the causes, mechanisms, outcomes, and treatments for mental health and educational difficulties of children and adolescents, and (2) to provide education and services for their families and professionals.


Our goal is to increase the body of knowledge regarding mental health and educational problems of children and adolescents, to promote the dissemination of pertinent knowledge throughout the professional community, and to develop, evaluate, and provide state-of-the-art treatment and related services to children and families with these problems, as well as to provide training in evidence-based practices to the educators, mental health, and health professionals who work with these families.