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Dr. David Arredondo is a medical doctor, clinical psychiatrist for adults
and children, forensic expert and director of both The Children's Program
and The Office of Child Development. An author, expert witness, lecturer,
and consultant, David's work has been featured on PBS; he has been interviewed
on NPR, MSNBC and local outlets nationwide; and he has testified on behalf
of children for the ACLU. His work has been cited in U.S. News and World
Report and most recently in The New Yorker.
Born and raised in the poorest per-capita county in America, David went
on to graduate from Harvard College and was the first Mexican-American
graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. Not one to
rest on his laurels, David has also traveled the world in search of experiences
in all walks of life: Painting in the South of France, working with Native
American Shamans in Mexico and South America and studying Buddhism, Taoism
and Sufism he has combined his education, experience and extensive study
of spiritual, religious and philosophical thought to color the wisdom
expressed in his large body of work.
He has published and lectured extensively nationwide on the causes of
disordered behavior including impaired impulse control, post traumatic
reactions, personality disorders, subtle learning impairments and impaired
decision-making. Dr. Arredondo is also a former member of the clinical
faculty of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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For the last several
years, Dr. Arredondo has focused on the continuing innovation of culturally
competent, community-based services for children in state juvenile justice,
mental health, foster care and early child education systems. This has
culminated in The Tonal Connectedness Initiative, in which he has translated
advances in developmental neuroscience into a child and family friendly
method to deliver support services to those individuals already involved
in the juvenile justice system. His work has been supported by the California
Endowment, the Stuart Foundation, the Michelson Foundation and the San
Francisco Foundation, among others.
The model quickly and accurately assesses the whole of a person's heart,
mind, body and soul connections to key figures in their current environment
to assist judges and other professionals deciding on placement, treatment
and services for their wards. Dr. Arredondo has received funding for
his work on The Tonal Connectedness Initiative, and currently is developing
a scalable model for nationwide use.
Please feel
free to contact Dr. David Arredondo directly for more information about
his speaking schedule.
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