Michael J. Carter

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Charter College of Education
Department of Special Education & Counseling
Office KHC-1067J
Phone
x34438
Email
[email protected]

 

INTRODUCTION

Dr. Carter has been at CSULA since 1990 and serves as an Associate Professor and Co-Coordinator of the School-Based Family Counseling Program (MFT+PPS/CWA) graduate program. In addition, he is primarily responsible for teaching the Family Counseling Clinical Courses (COUN 5200, 5210,5230 and 5289) and serves as the Director of Cal State LA's School-based Family Counseling Clinic. Dr. Carter received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at UCLA, has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1984 and is a Credentialed School Psychologist and School Counselor. His research interests are in the area of School-Based Family Counseling and has published numerous articles in this area. He has served as the Chair of the CCOE School as A Whole (SAW) three times and is an appointed member of the California State Department of Education Student Mental Health Policy Workgroup, which advises the State Superintendent on mental health issues for students. He is a lucky husband and fortunate father of three children. He also loves to play basketball.

 

 

TEACHING INTERESTS

Dr. Carter is primarily interested in developing the field of school-based family counseling which focuses on preparing counselors to work with families and children in public agency settings such as schools and clinics. This approach addresses the fact that families can be the greatest positive influence on the academic and social development of children. The view is that this influence is maximized by actively involving parents in collaborating with teachers in the schools.

A primary component of this approach is multiculturally-focused conjoint family counseling in order to promote the success of children through accessing parental information and strengths in a collaborative process together. This approach is in contrast to the primarily Eurocentric delivery system of mental health services to individual diagnosis and treatment. This has resulted in the School-Based Family Counseling Clinic having one of the highest mental health appointment attendance rates for underrepresented groups.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Carter's research interests are in School Based Family Counseling, children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and mood disorders, and Early Childhood Education

Representative Professional Activities

Date

Publications/Presentations

2017-2023
  • Carter, M.J. & Hernandez, E.J. (2023) Conjoint Family Counseling with Grief and Loss. Invited chapter in Gerrard, B.A., Hernandez, E.J. & Deb, S., (Eds.) School-Based Family Counseling for Crisis and Disaster: Global Perspectives. Routledge, New York, NY 10016.
  • Gopaul-Knights, K., Hernandez, E.J. & Carter, M.J. (2022). How to Build Collaboration between Immigrant Families and Schools using Conjoint Family Counseling. Invited chapter in Gerrard, B.A., Morrison, S. & Selimos, E.D. (Eds.), Collaborating with Refugees and Immigrants: A School-Based Family Counseling Approach. Routledge, New York, NY 10017
  • Gerrard, B.A., Carter, M.J. & Ribera, D. (Eds.) (2019). School-Based Family Counseling: An Interdisciplinary Practitioner’s Guide. Routledge, New York, NY 10017 & Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN
  • Hernandez, E.J., Ribera, D. & Carter, M.J. (2019). Family Intervention: How to Build Collaboration between the Family and School using Conjoint Family Counseling. In Gerrard, B.A., Carter, M.J. & Ribera, D. (Eds.) School-Based Family Counseling: An Interdisciplinary Practitioner’s Guide. Chapter 3.
  • Carter, M.J. & Hernandez, E.J. (2019). Effective Referral Processes in School Mental Health: Multicultural Considerations in a Eurocentric System. In Gerrard, B.A., Carter, M.J. & Ribera, D. (Eds.) School-Based Family Counseling: An Interdisciplinary Practitioner’s Guide. Chapter 13.
  • Carter, M.J., Garner, W. Geiger, P, Gerard, B.A., & Soriano, M. (2017). Reducing inter-professional barriers affecting School-Based Family Counseling. International Journal for School-Based Family Counseling, Vol.9, Pgs. 2-17.   
2013
  • Carter, M.J. (2013). How to do Conjoint Family Counseling. In Gerrard, B. A. & Soriano, M. (Eds.) Handbook of School-Based Family Counseling: Transforming Family-School Relationships.  Chapter 9.
  
  
  
  

 

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D. Educational Psychology 1993
 

UCLA, Los Angeles

M.A. Educational Psychology 1982
 

California State University, Northridge, Northridge

M.A. Early Childhood Education 1982
 

California State University, Northridge, Northridge