Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD, is the past chair of the National Ethics Committee of the National Association of Social Workers and professor with the Florida Atlantic University School of Social Work. Dr. Barsky's clinical practice includes work in child welfare, intimate partner abuse, family mediation, addiction and forensic social work. Dr. Barsky was awarded "Creative Scholar of the Year" by Florida Atlantic University. His book credits include Ethics and Values in Social Work (Oxford University Press), Clinicians in Court (Guilford Press), Conflict Resolution for the Helping Professions (Brooks/Cole) and Interprofessional Practice with Diverse Populations (Greenwood). Dr. Barsky has spoken at many national and international conferences, including those of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, National Association of Social Workers, International Federation of Social Workers, Family Mediation Canada, Council on Social Work Education, and Association for Conflict Resolution.

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Jackson Rainier, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified Clinical Psychologist, is nationally known and respected as a psychotherapist, educator, author and expert in the areas of grief and bereavement, and end of life and palliative care. Dr. Rainer is a practicing psychologist at the Care and Counseling Center of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, He has taught, consulted, supervised, and written on issues related to life and loss, death and dying, and grief and bereavement for more than 25 years in multi-disciplinary social service and mental health settings. He maintains an active psychotherapy practice that includes grief counseling, and consultation with individuals and families in the presence of life-threatening, chronic, and debilitating illnesses.

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Janet A. Courtney, PhD, LCSW, RPT-S, is the founder of FirstPlay® Therapy — an attachment-based parent-child multi-sensory storytelling approach. She is past president of the Florida Association for Play Therapy (FAPT); is a Certified StoryPlay® Facilitator, a TEDx Speaker, and an Adjunct Professor in the Barry University School of Social Work, Miami Shores, FL. Her therapeutic children's story, The Magic Rainbow Hug, was inspired by her years of clinical experience in Ericksonian play therapy (StoryPlay®) and research in Developmental Play Therapy, and Attachment Theory. FirstPlay™ Therapy merges these distinct theories together and meets the developmental needs of children ages 4 weeks to eight years.

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Frederic G. Reamer, PhD, has been a professor in the graduate program of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, for over 30 years. Dr. Reamer received his PhD from the University of Chicago and has served as a social worker in correctional and mental health settings. He chaired the national task force that wrote the current National Association of Social Worker's Code of Ethics. Dr. Reamer has conducted extensive research on professional ethics and has been involved in several national research projects sponsored by The Hastings Center, Carnegie Corporation, Haas Foundation, and Center for Bioethics of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Reamer lectures both nationally and internationally on the subjects of professional ethics and professional malpractice and liability.

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