Billie Farmer Corder, EdD, is a licensed psychologist and a Fellow of the American College of forensic psychology. She is Co-Director of Psychological Services at the Child Psychiatry Training Program of Dorothea Dix Hospital, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. During 30 years of research and applied work with children and families, she has published more than 100 articles in professional journals and books. Her program for social skills development for adolescents was nominated in 1981 for the American Psychiatric Association's Gold Medal Award. She served as Managing Editor of the North Carolina Journal of Mental Health for over 18 years. Dr. Corder developed a series of therapeutic materials for intervention with children in natural disasters which are utilized nationally by the American Red Cross. This work was recognized recently when she was nominated for North Carolina's Eugene Hargrove Research Award and was elected to the Wake Academy of Women.