Robert W. Motta, PhD, is a professor of psychology and Director of the Doctoral Program in School-Community Psychology at Hofstra University in New York. He is also Director of Hofstra’s Child and Family Trauma Institute. Dr. Motta served in the US Army’s First Air Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War. He is board certified in both Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology and Behavioral Psychology. Dr. Motta is on the examining board of ABPP (American Board of Professional Psychology), is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified school psychologist, and past president of the School Psychology Division of the New York State Psychological Association.