Dr. Waln Brown
PhD
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Youth At-Risk Expert
Dr. Waln Brown Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Youth at-risk, especially juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice, adolescent mental health and foster care
- Best Sellers
- Over 130 publications available at www.amazon.com
- Career Focus
- Author, editor, grant writer, researcher and public speaker
- Affiliation
- CEO, the William Gladden Foundation
Dr. Waln Brown grew up in out-of-home placements, including an orphanage, detention center, state psychiatric hospital and juvenile reformatory. A former special education student who failed the ninth grade, Waln earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago. He has spent his adult life studying and writing about youth emotional and behavioral problems, including his autobiography The Other Side of Delinquency , Rutgers University Press, 1983, and hundreds of publications that can be purchased at www.amazon.com .
Waln is CEO of the William Gladden Foundation, a nonprofit organization that conducts research and provides training about youth at risk, delinquent youth, juvenile justice, foster children and childhood psychological disorders. Visit the William Gladden Foundation website at www.williamgladdenfoundation.org .
He also offers his services to authors seeking editorial assistance and publishing guidance.
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