Karyn Harvey: "COVID & Mental Health"
2021 DSP II Retreat Keynote Speaker: Dr. Karyn Harvey, "COVID and Mental Health"
Karyn Harvey, PhD, has worked as a clinician in the field of intellectual disabilities for over 30 years. She has her doctorate in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Maryland. Dr. Harvey has published articles about therapeutic interventions with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), workbooks for individuals with IDD, and two books. Positive Identity Development was published in 2009 and Trauma-Informed Behavioral Interventions in 2011. Her third book, Trauma and Healing will be released in 2021 by AAIDD. She is the director of program development and training for the Park Ave Group practice in Baltimore, MD where she does both individual and group therapy. In addition, she regularly conducts trainings on trauma-informed care and coping with COVID-19 for both state and individual organizations throughout the US and in Canada.