Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD

Director

Indian Country Child Trauma Center, University of Oklahoma

J13 TRAUMA FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS FOR NATIVE CHILDREN

K13 HONORING CHILDREN: IMPLEMENTATION OF FOUR EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENTS IN INDIAN COUNTRY

Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD, is an enrolled tribal member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr. BigFoot directs the Indian Country Child Trauma Center that is part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administrative. As a doctoral-level counseling psychologist she provides consultation, training, and technical assistance to tribal, state, and federal agencies on child maltreatment, child trauma, and cultural issues.

Dr. BigFoot is recognized for her efforts to bring traditional and spiritual practices and beliefs into the formal teaching and instruction of Indian people and professionals working with Indian populations. She directed the cultural adaptation for the Honoring Children Series of evidence based treatments including the cultural adaptation of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

Dr. BigFoot developed an American Indian parent training program which builds on the strengths of Indian parents, families, and communities to parent children. She co-authored, “Helping Indian Parents Discipline their Children,” and the IHS/BIA Handbook on Child Protection. In addition to those publications, she developed for the OVC/DOJ the cross cultural training manual, “Upon the Back of a Turtle” and the OVC Monograph Series for Indian Country. She provides clinical services in treatment of adolescent sex offenders and Parent Child Interaction Therapy.