Multidisciplinary Teams
What is a multidisciplinary team? It is a team that consists of several disciplines and professional specializations working together to find the best solutions and means to address your organization’s specific needs. Over the decades, we have cultivated professional relationships with a network of professionals including those with backgrounds in:
- Mental health
- Human Resources
- The Law
- Social work
- K-12 education
- Colleges and Universities
- Medicine and research
Building teams from a list of valued colleagues. We assist you in accomplishing your goals.
Founder/CEO: Dr. Glenn Lipson, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Dr. Glenn Lipson is an internationally recognized expert in Clinical and Forensic Psychology. He has spent three decades tackling violence from all fronts in the prevention, intervention, and prosecution of violent crimes. As an expert witness, speaker, and advisor, he has testified in court martials, regulatory hearings and submitted briefs through counsel to the United States Supreme Court.
He has testified and provided training in the areas of bullying, sexual misconduct, and harassment. As a Subject Matter Expert, he is working with Bridg-It, developing online assessment measures, restorative practices, reporting approaches and courses. He volunteers with organizations like Community Matters to empower youth voice.
He also manages the NASDTEC academy (National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification) with which MRC now takes part in the collaboration. The academy is designed for preventing and correcting misconduct. For his contribution to school safety and prevention, he was awarded Doug Bates Award in October 2019.
More can be found on his webpage. https://drglennlipson.com
Consultant: Steve Sonnich, M.A., Organizational Psychology
Steve Sonnich has 24 years of Human Resources (HR) executive management experience in school districts. For 12 years he was the Associate Administrator, Human Resources, at Grossmont Union High School District and, prior to that, 11 years as Director, Classified Personnel, at Carlsbad Unified School District, both in San Diego.
While at Grossmont Steve and Dr. Glenn Lipson developed an online course on Sexual Misconduct Prevention “Making Right Choices”. His in-depth experience with the implementation of the course in a District with 4,000 full and part-time employees, his training of Administrators in the appropriate actions to take in relation to allegations, and his work with labor unions resulted in changing the District’s culture from reactive to preventative.
As a consultant, Steve has worked with Making Right Choices for over a decade. He also assists Districts and States in implementing NASDTEC Clearing House. Steve’s role is to assist with implementation, policy development, and training based on his organizational and institutional experience. His participation has contributed in developing enhanced awareness, systematic and evidence-based solutions, and in demonstrating effectiveness in the prevention of harm.
The NASDTEC Academy Subject Matter Experts
As colleagues sharing similar goals from different disciplines, we have benefited from working together. You will soon find the bios of Troy Hutchings and Frederick Lane on our website.