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Course

  • 61700 Group Work with Children

Job Experience

  • Private Practice, Child and Family Therapist 
  • Divorce Mediator
  • University of Michigan Center for the Child and the Family

Fields of Special Interest

  • Attachment difficulties and disorders in children and adolescents
  • Adoption-related issues (Child therapy and parent guidance)
  • Divorce-related issues (Child therapy and parent guidance)
  • Anxiety disorders

Publications or Presentations

  • "Under What Circumstances Should Parenting Time Be Limited or Reduced?" with Lori Buiteweg, JD., Ann Arbor Mediation Center Annual Interdisciplinary Meeting, May 2008. 
  • "Your Child's Adjustment to the Divorce", Start Making it Livable for Everyone ("SMILE") Program, Washetenaw County, Michigan, 2007
  • "Sibling Rivalry in Early Childhood: Helping Your Children Get Along", First Presbyterian Church Women's Group,  Ann Arbor, MI., 2007
Jeff Simms

Jeff Simms, AM '12

"I chose to study social work, and especially policy, because I believe working at that level is where one can truly affect some of the wider causes of poverty and homelessness."